Haunted House Mini Album - Brutus Monroe

 

Hi! I had a spooktacular time creating this haunted house mini album out of Lightweight Surface Board, cardstock, and products from the Halloween Glow Box for Brutus Monroe. This fun kit includes everything you need to create glowing Halloween crafts that shine bright in the dark. If you're like me and love a little eerie excitement, this kit is all treats, no tricks. If you missed the class and kit purchase options, you can pick up many of the supplies separately while they last on the Brutus Monroe site.

I started this project with the Haunted House Card Panel Digital Cut File. I don't own a machine that uses cut files, and that is OK, especially with designs that are not too detailed, like this haunted house. I printed the file onto an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and cut it out by hand to create my own template. I made one change to the printout to make this album easier to bind. I made the left edge of the house a straight line, rather than a slanted one like the right side. I thought that this would ultimately make the pages of the album easier to flip. I used Lightweight Surface Board for the front and back covers, which I covered with colored cardstock on both sides. I didn't cut the windows out of the back cover so that I had a solid base for the album. In total, I cut this house by hand a total of 6 times in varying levels of detail.

I filled the window on the front cover with the new Orange Faux Leather. The silver stars are on the leather, and they add a fantastic shine to this otherwise matte house. I cut the window frames by hand out of Poison Apple cardstock and then applied a coat of Glow in the Dark Glitter Glaze to give the windows an eerie glow. I cut the bat from the Halloween Glow paper pad. I cut the shingles out of Raven cardstock using a cutting die from the Elaborate Edges Die Set and layered them onto the roof sections of the front cover.

I die-cut this pair of smaller bats from Glossy Black Iridescent Mirror Cardstock using the bat cutting die from the 2024 Brutus Monroe Advent Calendar. You can purchase the 2025 Halloween Advent Calendar HERE. I die-cut a cloud from Alabaster cardstock and cut a moon from a piece of patterned paper from the Halloween Glow pad to finish the small night scene around the top turret. I applied Glow in the Dark Glitter Glaze to the moon, so it shines when the lights are out!

I used the Bricks Cutting Die with grey cardstock to add some detail and contrast to the front of the house. The grass along the bottom of the front cover was cut using the Stay Rooted Cutting Dies Set. A little black ink adds some shade and grit to the cardstock accents that is perfect for a Halloween project. I cut a piece of wood veneer down to size to create a door for the house and then stained it using the Americano Dobber. I found a Click Label Printable in the Digital Section of the Brutus Monroe Store and used pieces from that to add the year and an address to the house.

The inside pages in this album are A2 size black cardstock pieces that I embellished with strips of Halloween themed washi tape. I used 5 different spooky designs. This album is ready for photos and journaling!

You'll definitely want to click over to the Brutus Monroe Store to check out all the fun spooky designs for Halloween crafting that are available while supplies last. Use my AFFILIATE LINK or the Coupon Code THEYCALLMETATARSALAD to save up to 10%.

Brutus Monroe Supplies:
BRUXXXX Haunted House Card Panel Cut File
BRU2686 Halloween Glow 6x6 Paper Pad
BRU6270 Neon Nightmares Washi Sheet
BRU8859 Spooky Rainbow Duofoil Washi Sheet
BRU5646 Spooky Postage Washi Sheet
BRU8990 Gaggle of Ghosts Washi Sheet
BRU8949 Halloween Glow Duofoil Washi Sheet
BRU9000 Lightweight Surface Board
BRU5617 Orange Faux Leather
BRU2715 Elaborate Edges Cutting Dies
BRU0968 Bricks Cutting Die
BRU1330 Stay Rooted Cutting Dies
BRU4591 Ravishing Rainbow Cutting Dies
BRUXXXX Spooky Party Cutting Dies
BRU4783 Glow in the Dark Glitter Glaze
BRU9616 Americano Dobber
BRUXXXX Click Label Printable
BRU9494 Not Your Mamas Heavyweight Cardstock
BRU4509 Alabaster Cardstock
BRU5505 Poison Apple Cardstock
BRU5499 Jurassic Cardstock
BRU6519 Raven Cardstock
BRU5536 Aubergine Cardstock
BRU9122 Slate Cardstock Half Pack
BRU2910 Craft Glue
Tonic Studios Glossy Black Iridescent Mirror Cardstock
SKU19043 Orange Sketch DecoFoil Transfer Sheets

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