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It’s a banner day at Chelle’s Creations! The Creative Team members have been using Chelle’s kits to make digital scrapbooking pages with banners on them. Banners can be any shape or size and are the perfect digital embellishment to add to any page. Let’s see what they have to show us.

First, Kayla used One Year Older to make a page about Grandpa Bob’s birthday. She used the banners to create movement from left to right and give a festive feel to her page.

Next, Tammy used the crocheted heart banners from  Fleur de Violette to create this gorgeous page about the Princess Fantasy Faire. She also has large banner ribbons as mats behind her photos, which are perfect accents.

Donna used Beat the Heat and Gnome Sweet Gnome to create her bright page about the gorgeous birds at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. She used a banner from a Scrapping with Liz calendar template and filled the pennants on the string with papers from Chelle’s kits.

Next, Jenn used a banner a bit differently. She tucked the banner under the matted photo on her page to accentuate the photo and give more texture and depth to the page. The colors in the banner pieces coordinate perfectly with her little guy’s swimsuit in the photo. 

Helen used Snowlandia to  make this gorgeous page. I love the mitten banner she used as part of the title work at the top. It’s the perfect treatment for it.

Finally, Kassie has used Lady Bug Hugs to make this sweet page about her daughter proudly turning four. Isn’t she precious? The banner really ties the page together and gives a fun feel to it.

I hope you’re inspired to use banners on your next page, maybe in ways you hadn’t before.

I LOVE using large characters on a digital scrapbooking page, don’t you? Chelle’s Creative Team members have been making pages with such features to inspire us. Let’s take a look!

First, Kimberly used a font on her computer for her “&”. She sized the font up to around 200, simplified the layer, and then adjusted size with the aspect ratio turned OFF to make the letter a little more customized. She also recolored the sunburst paper using a hue/saturation adjustment layer. She used Chelle’s At the Park kit for her page.

Next, Jan used a large “&” in her title. She used Chelle’s Lovin’ from the Oven and the matching {stripes & plaids} for her page about a delicious treat at a very magical place. I love the way she made the “&” stand out by making it larger than the other letters in the title.

Heather used a large “C” for emphasis on her page since the page was about making cupcakes with her daughter. I love the fun feel of her page and the way the elements seem to pop off the page.

Finally, Jenn wasted no time in making a page about her son’s pi day birthday this year. You know, it was ONLY last week – way to go Jenn! She used Chelle’s One Year Older to make her page, and she used her son’s age as the large numbers on the page. I absolutely adore the way the numbers look like tissue paper stapled and stitched to the page. 

Feeling inspired? If you make a page with Chelle’s kits and this technique, be sure to post it to the gallery at Scrap Orchard and tag your page with #chelle. I would love to see it and leave you some love.

I’ve been thinking about the various ways to use stitches on a digital scrapbooking page. Chelle’s Creations Creative Team members have played with her stitches and have some great pages to share with us.

Check out what Jenny did with stitching. She used Chelle’s Gone Fishin’ Kit, and she used the included stitches to anchor her papers to the page and frame the main section. I love the way she mixed straight and zigzag stitching, too.

Did you know Chelle has some stitched creations in the market separate from kits? Leah used Chelle’s Stitch Me Up Grids with lots of Chelle’s other products. Added to the Oh Snap kit were some banners, and flowers, and she used the Stitch Me up Grids as a backdrop for all the goodies on the page.

Finally, Jan made some custom stitching for her page using Chelle’s stitches included in the Yeehaw Bundle. She took the small length of tan stitches and made them into one long seam, then made it into double rows of stitching to frame her page. It’s a creative way to mimic the stitching on jeans, so it’s an adorable addition to the denim paper background. Way to go, Jan!

Stitches are included in most kits, but if you want to add that extra sewn emphasis, you could also use Chelle’s Stitch Me Up Grids like Leah did or the Stitch Me Up Frames, also in the market. Do you have a creative way to use Chelle’s stitches? Upload you page to the gallery at Scrap Orchard and tag your page with #chelle. I would love to see what you’ve done.

Here’s a fun thing to do on your digital scrapbooking pages: use paint splats! Lots of kits and collections come with paint splats and splatters. Chelle’s Creations even has some CU paint splats in the market. Last week, Jenn wrote a blog post about using paint to highlight a title, and today Chelle’s creative team has been playing with different ways to use them on pages.

Jenny used the Apple of My Eye bundle to make her page. She used the paint splats as part of a large cluster of elements highlighting her adorable photos. (I absolutely LOVE that buttoned alpha in the bundle).

Jenn was feeling creative and headed to the bay to take photos on a really cold day. I like that idea! She used At the Beach, and she used the paint splat as a base for her journal tag.

Finally, Jennifer used Berry Berry Sweet to make a birthday page, and she used Chelle’s CU Paint Splats to show you how to add them to a page. They are very versatile being easily recolored to match any kit.

Digital paint – so much less messy than the real stuff, and yet it still feels like playing with paint when I add it to my page! Have you tried it? I think you’ll agree with me, if you do.