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Classics – Fleur De Violette and Creme de la Peche

August 18, 2015
Classics
cheryl

Hi there digital scrapbooking fans! Have I got a treat for you! Today we’re featuring not one but two of Chelle’s Creations classic kits that are full of summery goodness and flowery happiness.

First, let’s take a look at Donna’s page that showcases the flowers in her garden. The kit and Donna’s photos are such a perfect match it looks like Chelle visited Donna just to create this kit. First, I’ll show you Donna’s page, and then you’ll see a preview of Chelle’s kit (which is linked to the market). I Love that bow Donna attached to the title. It’s the perfect touch!

Next, is Jenny’s page who has used Creme de la Peche to match her baby’s photos. The soft peach color and flower clusters are adorable with her beautiful photos. That word art she used for the title is also available in the market in a set of golden titles here.

Recoloring My World

August 12, 2015
Scrap Skills
cheryl

Hi digital scrapbooking friends! I know you’ll agree with me that one of the greatest reasons to scrapbook digitally is because kit items that don’t quite match my pages can be recolored and match photos perfectly. Recoloring items in a kit can change the entire feeling of a page and stretch your stash infinitely. Chelle’s friends have a couple of examples to show you how they like to recolor. If you need some help with the specifics of recoloring, check out Chelle’s Creations YouTube video on recoloring her CU Mini FLowers here.

First, Jenn had some photos from a family vacation, and Chelle’s kit Out of This World was the obvious choice to match the theme. But she wanted word strips that would mimic the signs captured in her photos. The word strips in the kits were bright colors, but it was easy for her to recolor them to the gray she wanted. It was the perfect touch to make her pages unique and personal for her event. I’ll show you the double page first and then the single sides so you can see the word strips more easily.

Next, Helen needed some green paper and elements on her page to match her photo, so she recolored a patterned paper and a word bubble to give the desired look. She changed a red paper to green and a blue word bubble to green, all from the mini-kit I need a Hero. She points out that this is a great way to make a mini-kit feel much larger. Check it out:

Want to play? If you do some recoloring on your pages using Chelle’s Creations products, post your work in the Scrap Orchard Gallery and leave us a comment here.

Magical Minis

August 4, 2015
Classics
cheryl

Are you aware Chelle’s Creations has a couple of fabulous mini kits that are perfect for your Disney digital scrapbooking projects? They are compact and yet completely full of magical goodness for your photos from the happiest place. But they are versatile enough to be used for a variety of themes. Chelle’s CT had the minis Mickey Mouse Club March {sampler} and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {Sampler} and they combined them to make a couple of example pages for you.

First Jan made a page of her photos of the Disney character statues at Disneyland. I love the combination of colors and patterns she chose for her background papers.

Take a look at Christine’s page. She made a non-Disney page and look how creatively she formed the border. Do you recognize the shape she used? Pretty magical, I think.

Here’s a closer look at the two mini kits in the market. Just remember, you don’t have to go to the World or the Land to use these awesome little bargains.

Modifying Templates

It’s time to stretch ourselves and maybe think outside of the box for a bit. There are lots of great templates in the digital scrapbooking world including ones Chelle has in her store. But, maybe you’d like to use something you have already and make it all new, stretch your stash a little. Chelle’s very talented CT members have been playing with templates and their favorite Chelle’s Creations kits to show you how they like to modify templates.

Changing it up can be as easy as making just a few simple moves. Take Roxana’s page, for example. She used Lay It On There {Singles} 5&6 and One Year Older. Then, she modified the background papers and added a photo spot. Now, the template looks totally different, and the page is perfect for capturing her celebration memories.

Kayla got really creative and resized a double page template to fit on one 12×12 page. She began with the Lay It On There {Doubles} 20 freebie. (Hurry: it’s still available for a few more days as the July Template Challenge at Scrap Orchard). She says this about her process: “I simply opened the double file selected all layers except the background layer and copied them to a 12×12 layout. Then shrunk it all down to fit on the page to my liking. I love that I still have a multi-photo layout with plenty of white space to give it a more roomy feel.” She used the Lemonade Stand kit and alpha.

Jenn took inspiration from Kayla and did something similar. She began with the Lay It On There {Doubles} 3&4 and the Big City kit. I love the way it looks as the center of her single page.

I hope you’re inspired to use those templates in new ways. If you have a creative way to re-cycle a template, leave us a comment below.

Bug Town

July 21, 2015
Classics
cheryl

We’re looking back through our digital scrapbooking stash of Chelle’s Creations goodies today. Chelle’s CT has been playing with Bug Town and some of her Little People. Check out what they have for you!

First, Donna did a spectacular job preserving her memories of her special little people collecting Love Bugs. They’re a nuisance to us, but they are fun to the littles. She used At the Park {little people} with our featured minikit Bug Town. She also used one of Chelle’s templates, Lay It On There 3.

Krista also had a play but used fewer papers and colors from the kit. I love how she got a totally different look from the Bug Town bundle and recolored the alpha and the frame to achieve the look she wanted. By the way, she also used the At the Park {little people}.

I’m seeing a lot of Chelle’s Little People on pages lately. I love how they add extra interest to any page.

Source: via kc71595 on Scrap Orchard

Liberty and Scrapbooking for ALL!

July 15, 2015
Classics
cheryl

Did you celebrate the 4th in style this year? What about our friends overseas – do you celebrate your patriotic holidays with a bang? I love the July 4th celebrations in the USA, and I love that Chelle has the perfect classic kit to use to scrapbook my memories. It’s a mini-kit called Liberty and the Lady herself is even included, but there are coordinating items in the store ( an alpha, and word art ) but you’ll save money if you buy the bundle. But don’t let the name of the kit make you think it’s got tunnel vision; it’s great for a variety of uses. Chelle’s creative friends have made a couple of pages to show you how they used the kit this year.

First, Jenn scrapped her family memories about the Liberty Belle boat in her area. The brass and green accent colors in the kit work great with her photo of the paddleboat on the water.

Next, Donna shows us a picture of her daughter and son-in-law waving an American flag at her city’s celebration. The kit is perfect for images as this. Note she has used the word art for her title.

Source: via djp332 on Scrap Orchard

Next year, I’m planning to celebrate Independence Day at Ft. Bragg with my family there. I can’t wait to hear the cannons fire during the 1812 Overture and you can bet I’ll have photos to scrapbook with this great classic kit Liberty.

Using Pocket Cards

May 27, 2015
Scrap Skills
cheryl

If you aren’t much of a pocket-style digital scrapbooking fan, you might not realize how easily Chelle’s Creations InstaLife and Journal Cards can speed your page making along. They can certainly be used to fill pocket spaces on templates, but they are also great as enhancements to any page. Chelle’s CT members have made a few pages as examples for us.

First, Jenn made a page in the pocket style, so the journal cards fit right into the spaces. She added some additional elements atop the pocket spaces, but the pre-made journal cards were dropped right into the spaces with no extra effort and are perfect for enhancing her photos and filling the spaces. She used Zoo Crew {Safari}, {Journal Cards}, and Animal Print Papers.

Next, Helen took a grid-style and used the Mickey Mouse Club March {Sampler} and matching cards to make a page that resembles the pocket scrapping style but has more layers added. She has stacked the papers in the background and added lots of fun embellishments on top of the page for accent.

Finally, Jan has taken a template that was made for lots of photos of various sizes and she used the square InstaLife cards that matched her kit in the square photo spaces of her page. She used Roller Coasters & Cotton Candy {kit} and the coordinating InstaLife Cards. The pre-made cards have the perfect accents for her theme already placed and shadowed.

Do you have an idea for using Chelle’s Creations InstaLife or Journal Cards in a unique way? Leave us a comment and a link to your page in the Scrap Orchard Gallery so all can see.

Classics: Heroes

May 19, 2015
Classics
cheryl

Today we’re taking a look back at a digital scrapbooking bundle that is a collaboration between Chelle’s Creations & Dream Big Designs. It’s a bundle that shows the hero in all the Police, Firefighters, and EMTs who serve to protect us. All our children have been excited about meeting these special public servants at one time or another, and this collab is full of the perfect digital papers and elements needed to preserve those fun memories and more. The bundle includes kits for Police, Firefighters, and EMT that can also be purchased separately, but check out the extras included in the bundle. I have a couple of layouts to show you from the CT. They chose to use the Fire part of the bundle mostly.

First, Jen had some special photos of her little guy visiting the Fire Department. I love the cluster she made on the lower left.

Source: scraporchard.com via jmljensen on Scrap Orchard

Next, Krista made a double page with Chelle’s Creations template “Lay it on There {Doubles} 15 & 16” as well as the Fire part of the Heroes Bundle. She shows us that this product is not just for fun photos of our children but also works really well for documenting more serious events. I’ll show you the double page spread first, but then take a look in detail in the individual pages posted after the full double. Her photos are spectacular, and I love the title work she did with the cluster anchoring the title to the photos on the page.

You can find the bundle and the individual Hero kits in the market at Scrap Orchard. I’ll put them here and link to the market for your convenience.

Using Bubble Wrap

May 13, 2015
Scrap Skills
cheryl

OK, I admit it: the kid in me LOVES bubble wrap. I love to pop it in real life (and my son knows this and once played a trick on me by putting sheets of bubble wrap under all the area rugs – you should have seen me jump when I stepped on the first one). But I love it in my digital scrapbooking kits, too. It’s a most versatile element, and it adds the perfect texture to a flat paper. Chelle has CU bubble wrap brushes that can be used in any color to add texture to any paper or color, and they come in .png and .abr formats to use in many digital scrapbooking programs. But she also includes bubble wrap in some kits like her newest creation Green Thumb {elements} . Her CT members have been busy playing with these products to show you how they like to add the bubble wrap to add dimension to their pages.

First, Kayla used the CU bubble wrap brushes behind the cluster to give the solid yellow paper some interest and texture. She also said, “I think the bubble wrap was just what the layout needed to tie the journaling spot and cluster together.” I think she’s exactly right. She also used Chelle’s Creations Pajama Party {Sampler 1} and {Sampler2} and a template from Scrapping with Liz.

Next Krista used the Green Thumb bubble wrap in white to mimic the white flowers in her photos. It makes the perfect textured background to her photo mats. She used the Green Thumb papers, elements, and alpha for her page as well as Chelle’s template Lay It On There Doubles #15.

Source: via kc71595 on Scrap Orchard

Finally, Kimberly used Creme de la Peche, CU Bubble Wrap brushes, and Curled Frames. The starburst background is a Scrapping with Liz background template resized and placed on the wood paper. She used a gradient map adjustment layer in PSE to sample the browns and creams from the papers when she converted her photo to “black and white,” and I absolutely adore how well this works with the kit! For the bubble wrap, she selected a lighter shade green and pink papers and used a mixture of the different brushes with a low opacity.

Ready to try some of these techniques for yourself? I hope you’ve been inspired to use the digital bubble wrap. It’s sure a lot quieter than the real life kind. Smile

Military Bundle

May 5, 2015
Classics
cheryl

Here in the USA, Memorial Day is just around the corner. This year, I’ll celebrate Memorial Day with my little brother who will be promoted to Colonel in the Army at that time. Of course, I’ll take LOTS of photos, but Chelle has the perfect Military Bundle for me to use to showcase this important event. It’s a bundle of kits with elements specific to the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Donna has used the kit to save a very special keepsake in digital format. Donna says, “This is a copy of my husband’s grandfather’s Army discharge papers. If you look really close, you will see that they were signed by Lt. Col. Dwight D. Eisenhower, before he became President.” Very cool! Check out the word art she used for the title – it’s included in the bundle.

Kimberly used the bundle to scrap her photos of her family at the Veteran’s Day ceremony. I love the story she tells of her children meeting a Vietnam veteran, and I love how she framed the photos she took. I also love the anchor and rope layered with them, adding a great 3D effect.