Using Glitter | Digital Scrapbooking Skills

Have you ever wondered what to do with the glitter elements or papers in a digital scrapbooking kit? Maybe you tend to shy away from them, but I would encourage you to use them once in a while to give a little sparkle to your layouts. Chelle’s Creations has glitter in various forms; for example, the Pearly Whites kit has glitter frames and brads in various colors, and the Ho! Ho! Ho! Bundle and the Holly Jolly Bundle each have a pack of glitter papers. The elements that are already glittered can simply be added to a page, and the papers can be simply added, as well. But, Chelle’s very talented team members have made some pages to show you some simple ways to add glitter where there wasn’t glitter already in the kit.

First, Roxana used the Mane Event kit to make a page about a trip to the salon, which was a perfect kit for her photos. She used the black glitter paper from Holly  Jolly Holiday Glitters to clip to the banner elements from CU Banners V3, and she also clipped the glitter to a paint splatter. Using the black glitter in multiple places on the page draws attention to their dark hair and helps to keep a reader’s attention on the “mane” point of her page. Next, Melissa used the glitter splats in the Holly Jolly kit on her page, and she clipped a glitter paper to her title alpha. It is the perfect compliment to the vintage black and white photo she used. Finally, Ophelia used the red glitter paper to clip to the stars scatter on her basketball page.

Let’s take a look at a couple of bundles in the market that have glitter papers and elements.

I’m planning to use this technique of clipping glitter papers to elements when I scrapbook my pictures of the nighttime view from the top of Rockefeller Center. Even though I visited New York City in the summer, I will use glitter papers from these winter kit bundles because I think my pages will benefit from the sparkle. Think outside the box: do you have some pages that need sparkle? Clip some glitter papers to some elements; I think you’ll like what you see.