Creative Team Features

CU Striped Twill Ribbons & Summer Rewind Sale | Digital Scrapbooking Information

August 31, 2013
Playdates
Sari

Hello Friends!

This week Chelle released a fun new digital scrapbooking CU item, CU Striped Twill. Twill & stripes. Two staples in kit design. CU Striped Twill by Chelle’s Creations includes 7 trim configurations in original natural and aqua color. Tweak the colors to match your designs.

There’s a huge sale as Scrap Orchard on all of Chelle’s Summer Products!

Click here to go to Chelle’s Store & see the items available for 20% off.

Spend $10 & get the Rewind Collab Kit for Free & Spend $15 & get the Rewind Add-On Free.

Don’t miss the September Mega & Facebook Train Journaling Cards Freebie.

Last week she released a new class, DSR: Advanced Recoloring. So what IS the best way to make your recolored image look real? How can you create realistic yellows and oranges? What about pastels? How do you recolor transparent items? Design Secrets Revealed: Advanced Recoloring delves into these issues. An in-depth discussion about how to recolor a variety of elements. DSR: Scanning & Photographing: Advanced Recoloring includes 8 video lessons with over 135 minutes of instruction. After purchasing this product, send an email with your invoice # to: chelles.creations1@gmail.com Allow up to 24 hours for access to the video library.

Chelle created a new You Tube video last week, Tweaking Templates: Go BIG or go home!

Leah created a new Desktop Freebie for you to use. It’s available in 3 different sizes & she used Back 2 School also. Do you sense it’s time for school to begin? LOL

Finally Kayla created a Freebie using Back 2 School.

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Letters from Home

August 27, 2013
Chelle's Classics / Classics
cheryl

It’s Tuesday, Chelle’s friends, so let’s look at a classic Chelle’s Creations kit, Letters from Home. It has a vintage feel and a bit of a patriotic look, as well, so it’s perfect for your digital scrapbooking projects of various events from the past or present. Chelle’s Creative Team members have a few pages to show you.

First, Krista has a photo of a young person she supports through World Vision, and she made a page using Chelle’s kit about her personal story and involvement with Madalitso in Malawi. I love all the angles she used for placement of the photo and all her elements. And, I love the way the little felt stamps are tucked under the framed photo.

Next, Jenn made a page about her daughter leaving home to go to college. A lot of us, including Chelle, are going through that same experience right now, and what better way to celebrate a young person’s accomplishments and at the same time assuage the pangs of this bittersweet time than by making a scrapbook page as a tribute. Like Krista, Jenn used lots of layered frames and elements behind her photo, and yet the photo is still center stage and the highlight of the page. I love all the buttons Jenn used; it’s so much easier to do this digitally than with real buttons, right? And, yet, Chelle’s elements look like actual, tangible buttons on the page.

Finally, Tammy has made a page about her cute little guy dressed the part of postman for his speech class. She tells the story of how he was too shy to volunteer to play the part, but on the last day of class, he overcame his hesitancy and did very well. I’m so glad she has the photos for the page! Look how she used the twine in the kit – it looks great wrapped around the banner behind her pictures.

Here’s a closer look at the kit in the market. The preview image is linked to the store, in case this classic kit has escaped your grasp in the past.

Gallery Stand Outs | Digital Scrapbooking Ideas

August 26, 2013
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hello Friends! It’s Monday and that means I get to peruse the gallery for some great digital scrapbooking layouts to share with you. This week I found 2 that I want to show you.

Zippyoh used At the Park to share her reunion memories. I really like the different shapes she used to create her layout.

by Zippyoh She used At the Park

Shari used Primarily Mini, Celebrate Bold, & Chilln & Grillin. Her use of the 3 pictures really tells the tale of the pinata party they had.

Pinata Fun by Shari (Right) She used Primary Mini, Celebrate Bold, & Chilln & Grillin

Make sure you remember to upload your layouts to the gallery. I really enjoy looking at what you create.

Hugs!

Back 2 School {Little People} Playdate | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

August 24, 2013
Playdates
Sari

Hi Ladies!

The wheels on the bus go round & round,
round & round, round & round.
The wheels on the bus go round & round
All through the town!

Are your kids and grandkids headed back to school? Chelle made the perfect set of Little People to add to your digital scrapbooking layouts. Let me show you.

Our ladies had a grand time with these fun new Little People. Let me show you how they’ve been dressing their little people.

: Carol (Iowan) She used Back 2 School {Little People}

: Helen (winipeg1) She used Back2School & Back2School {Little People}

: Jenny (jenn18)She used Little People, Back2School {Little People} & Back 2 School

: Leah (CatLady) She used Back2School & Back2School {Little People}

: Roxana (roxanamdm) She used Back2School, B2S {Little People}, BS2 Fall Semester, & Stitched Alpha {Red}

: Shanell (HappinessIs) She used Back 2 School {Little People}

: Tammy (CraftyTam) She used Back2School & Back2School Fall Semester & Back2School {Little People}

Have a great weekend!

Likely Pairs: Beat the Heat and In the Pool | Digital Scrapbooking Kit Combinations

August 19, 2013
Perfect Pairs
Sari

Hello! I bet you can think of several photos you could scrap with Beat the Heat and In the Pool that are just sitting in your computer. Or, several you could “manufacture.” I think everyone “creates” a photo for the layout they want to do. Just in case you don’t remember, here’s the pieces of these 2 great kits.

Now let me show you what the ladies came up with. Erica (stanworth) used the yellows in Beat the Heat along with the blues from In the Pool to demonstrate how excited her son was with his new goggles. Love all the little photos showing the different stages of his grin.

Jenny shares her layout showing what happens to a clean face when you add ice cream. Love the use of the frames and clusters. Judging by his face, the cone was really good!

I hope you take a few minutes and scrap one of your favorite photo’s using Beat the Heat and In the Pool. Perhaps you’ll find just the spot for the ITP {Little People}. If you do, share it in the forum so I can see it also.

Gallery Stand Outs | Digital Scrapbooking Layout Ideas

August 18, 2013
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hi Ya’All, I found some digital scrapbooking layouts to share with you from the Scrap Orchard pin gallery.

First I have Aurian’s layout using Naughty or Nice. Love all the bitty pictures showing all the activities her family celebrated during Christmas 2012. Absolutely love this.

Next I have Meagan43. She used On the Trail. I love split in the page with the large photo on one side and the journaling on the left. It really emphasizes the height of the trees and waterfall.

The 3rd layout I have to share this week is by Janine (Neeny) She used Stacked Wonky, Apple of my Eye, Raninbow Greens & Reds. Just adorable!

Pizza & Pasta Playdate | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

August 17, 2013
Playdates
Sari

Hello Friends! Are you hungry? Does your family love Pizza? Pasta? Both? Chelle has some yummy new digital scrapbooking kits available this week to help you get in that Italian way. You can purchase them as a bundle or separately, Pasta La Feasta, or Pizza Amore. We have WordArt & a bonus Noodle Alpha. Let me show you the goodies.

Then we have CU Label Shapes for those of you who want to try your hand on the commercial side of scrapping. There are some great shapes and labels that you could easily place in your layouts. Give them a try!

We had a lot of fun this week playing Scrap Twister, our new monthly scrap-along-with Chelle chat. Click on the link and see what layouts the ladies created. We used the spinners to get the specifics of the layout requirements. Type of Photo, Frame Requirements, Papers Requirements, Word Requirements, & Embellishment 1 &2 Requirements. Try the spinners out, they sound just like that spinner in the middle of the LIFE board game. So cool! There was a participation alpha freebie that matched the Pizza & Pasta bundle if you posted a layout from the challenge. Keep your eyes and ears open, we’ll announce the date for next month’s Scrap Twister closer to the 1st of September.

Our Creative Team and Guests had a wonderful time working with our digital scrapbooking Pizza & Pasta bundle and the individual kits. Spoiler Alert! If you are hungry, view thse at your own risk. LOL!

: April (billvarmint) She used Pizza Amore

: Donna (dj332) She used Pasta la Feasta

: Donna (djp332) She used Pizza Amore

: Erica (Stanworth) She used Pizza Amore

: Helen (winipeg1) She used Pasta & Pizza & CU Label Shapes

: Jan (QuiltyMom) She used Pasta la Feasta, Pizza Amore & Pasta & Pizza WordArt, & CU Label Shapes

: Jenn J (jmljensen) She used Pizza Amore

: Jenn S (jennschultz) She used Pasta & Pizza

: Jenn V (SuperGrilJennie) She used Pasta la Feasta

: Jenny (jenn18) She used Pasta la Feasta & Pizza Amore

: Kassie (kass_23) She used Pizza Amore

: Kassie (kass_23) She used Pasta la Feasta

: Krista (kc71595) She used Pasta La Feasta

: Leah (CatLady) Left She used Pizza Amore

: Leah (CatLady) Right She used Pizza Amore

: Leslie (lab130) She used Pasta la Feasta & CU Label Shapes

: Melissa N (KSCroppyChic) Left She used Pizza Amore

: Melissa N (KSCroppyChic) Right She used Pasta La Feasta

: Ophelia (navaja77) She used Pizza Amore

: Roxana (Roxanamdm) She use Pizza & Pasta

: Tammy (craftyam) She used Pasta la Feasta & CU Label Shapes

: Tammy (craftytam) She used Pizza Amore

Don’t miss out on the Facebook Freebie that coordinates with Pizza & Pasta, Noodle Alpha. Kayla, KeepScrappin, created a new Freebie you can use on your Back 2 School Layouts. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend! Hugaroos!

Friday Freebie! Back 2 School | Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

August 15, 2013
Freebies / Friday Freebies
kayla

Hello digi scrappers,

It’s Back 2 School time around here and I’m not ready – Yikes! I’ve got just over a week to get it all done. With 3 kids going to 3 different schools, this year is going to be crazy, crazy, crazy. I’m hoping to get them on a good schedule and try to keep things simple this year so we all don’t go insane. LOL

Speaking of keeping things simple, I’ve made up a little cluster for ya with Chelle’s Back 2 School kit. Use it to quickly document that first day of school or another educational moment.

Take care and keepscrappin,

Back 2 School: Fall Semester

August 13, 2013
Classics
cheryl

Are you ready for the new school year? I’m getting excited! I love to shop for school supplies, and digital scrapbooking school supplies are no exception. Chelle has a great mini kit for scrapping my high school student’s pictures called Back 2 School: Fall Semester, and a couple of members of her CT have been playing with this mini using snapshots from their children’s school days.

Jen has the perfect formula for a meaningful page for the first day of high school: first, she has the picture of her students inserted into the laptop frame from the mini kit. Next, she listed the courses for the year on the side of the page using the brads as bullets on her list. She added the chalked alpha from the Back 2 School kit and a few other items from that kit, as well. With the clusters of elements from the mini around her photo, it’s the perfect first day of school page for a high school student.

Tammy also used the Back 2 School kit and the Fall Semester Mini kit for her page. She also chose to use the laptop frame – it is perfect for photos of middle school and high school students, isn’t it? I love the spiral notebook she used as a background, and I really love how she changed the chalked alpha to black so that it looks like it was written with a crayon.

Let me show you the kit and the mini in the market. By the way, if you’re thinking of buying them both, check out the bundle. For the price of the these two kits, the bundle also has some great word art added as a bonus. The images below are linked to the store.

Social Media Icon & Felt4U Winner Icons | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

August 10, 2013
Playdates
Sari

Hi All, I have some new digital scrapbooking feltie goodness from Chelle to show you today. If you attended Chelle’s birthday party last month, these may seem familiar. In Chelle’s Felt4U contest, she created felties that her peep’s requested. Chelle’s releasing some of the winning felties in the market this week.