Classics

Somebody come and play! Chelle’s Creative Team did just that this week with her Street Smarts and Make a Monster. The combination of these two kits makes for an adorable digital scrapbooking page about playing, reading or coloring or any of your memories of a child’s preschool years. Let’s see what they did with it.

First, Donna created a digital felt monster to look just like the one in her large photo she took when her daughter Krissy visited Sesame Place. She used the Street Smarts {bundle}, which is a great deal since it includes the Street Smarts kit, Make a Monster, Word Art quickies, and the Crayon alpha. 

Next, Christine used some photos of her son and his friend having a silly time. The green monster she created is the perfect whimsical touch for the playful page.

Finally, Kimberly had fun playing with the fun monster face pieces to build Oscar the Grouch. She used Chelle’s Me & My Shadow Styles to perfectly match the shadows in the felties and pre-made crayon border. She used a textured brush in PSE 11 to make a blended sky out of the solid blue paper with the white paper peeking through to highlight the journaling and make the sun look like it was chasing the clouds away. She clipped the green paper to oval shapes she made in PSE to give a ground to the felties.

Like what you see? You can check it out more closely in the market. The images below are linked.

We’re looking back at a classic digital scrapbooking collab that Chelle and Cheri of Dream Big Designs created called Heroes {Super Bundle}. It’s HUGE, and it includes everything you would ever need to make a fabulous scrapbook page honoring those who serve to protect us. The greatest thing about this collab is that you can purchase it as a giant bundle or you can purchase the sets for specific Heroes separately. There is one each for Fire, Police, and EMT. Chelle’s Creative Team Members have been playing with it, and I have lots of pages to show you today. Rather than make you read my words, I think I’ll just let you drool over the images today. They are outstanding!

From Christine: 

From Kimberly: 

From Camijo: 

From Krista (2 pages):

From Helen:

From Mel:

From Kayla:

Aren’t they all simply amazing? If that’s not inspiration, I don’t know what is. Here’s one last look at the bundle in the market:

With the onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, designers are turning their creativity toward snow and various kits that have snow themes. Chelle’s Creations has a great set of chalked snowflakes that goes well with any of the kits you have already, I’m sure. Adding this product is a great way to stretch your stash. Check out the great ways the CTMs have used this.

First, Jenn has used the snowflakes in large form on a chalkboard background, and it looks fantastic with her photo of the onset of winter. I love how she used buttons in the centers of the chalked snowflakes.

Next, Ophelia has used the chalked snowflakes as accents all around her page. I love all the purples and blues in her cheerful layout.

Next, Krista used the Chalked {snowflakes} with Snowlandia and the Snowlandia {alphas}– a perfect combination of kits – to document the photos she took of a winter storm in her area.

JennS used the snowflakes to make a Christmas page with Maddie’s adorable photos from Christmas 2012. She also used the Chalked {boards} and some elements from Capture Your December.

Next, Carol used a smattering of Chelle’s kits including Snowlandia, Penalty Box, Anchors Aweigh, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Graduation, Home for the Holidays, Tutu Cute, and Ho, Ho, Ho to make her most excellent page.

And finally, Heather used Home for the Holidays Bundle, Chalked Cards {Winter}, In the Pocket {Small} and the Chalked {Snowflakes} to make a perfect blocked page about her little one playing in the snow.

Are you inspired yet? Take a closer look at Chalked {snowflakes} in the market. It’s a fabulous find!

I know it’s still a couple of days before Thanksgiving in the USA, but the Christmas season has already begun for me. My first holiday concert of the season was this past weekend, and I have some photos to scrap. I know just which products of Chelle’s I will use: We Wish You a Merry Christmas. In the bundle are the kit, the add-on, and the carols, but if you’re shopping, don’t miss the quickies. They’re a great time saver, and in this busy holiday season, I can use all the help I can get saving time.

Chelle’s CT ladies have been making pages to inspire us. First, Jan has a page about her Santa Lucia celebration, and the bundle matches the theme of her photos perfectly. 

Next, Karen used her photos from the Magic Kingdom to make a page. The colors in the kit match the colors of the Christmas décor at Walt Disney World perfectly, and I love the blocked layout she chose to show lots of photos.

Jenn chose to use this holiday kit to record her memories of a favorite place where the family gathers to celebrate. I love the little cardinals peeking out of the clusters of greenery on her page.

Leah has a double page layout for us. Her large photo that spans the background of both sides of the page makes a big impact, doesn’t it?

Finally, Heather chose to make her page with her family portraits. It looks like she planned their outfits based on the papers in Chelle’s kit, but I know that isn’t true. Still, the colors and plaids in the kit are the perfect complement to the colors those adorable children are wearing.

I can’t wait to get started on my page. Here’s a closer look at the kit in the market, and don’t forget there’s an add-on, carols, and quickies in the market, too. If you want to save a bit, purchase the bundle and all you will need in addition is the quickies.

Have you seen Chelle’s classic kit Family Tree? It is perfect for scrapping family togetherness, family reunions, or family history pages. But, with its yummy earth tones and hues of orange and green, it is also a great selection if you are scrapping fall photos or photos of other special memories. Let me show you some examples by Chelle’s Creative Team.

Carol had a colorized photo from 1947 that looks fantastic with this kit. She erased part of the background of the image, but otherwise that is the original photo in digital form you see on her page. The colors in the photo and the colors of the Family Tree kit are a perfect match. See that great title she used? It’s in Chelle’s coordinating Word Art for the kit, and it saved Carol tons of time using it instead of creating it from scratch.

Next, Krista also had a family photo to scrap. She did a great job editing her photo: first she changed it to black and white, and then she added a color layer of brown matching the color of one of the papers. She placed that color layer above the photo layer and clipped it to the photo, then she adjusted the blending mode until she was happy with the results. What do you think? It’s a perfect match.

Heather is new on Chelle’s team, and I am thrilled to be able to feature a page of hers. She used the Family Tree kit to record a memory about seeing the temple as she travelled. She tells the story of her dad singing a little song in the family car as they approached the temple, and it signaled to her they were close to home after any trip. I love the striped paper she chose for her background, don’t you?

Finally, Leah has given us a gorgeous page she has made to remind her to eat a balanced meal – totally off-topic from the theme of this kit, but I’m sure you will agree with me that she could not have chosen a better match. Her flower clusters around the photos and journaling are fantastic. And, I love the way she blended paint layers onto the background. Did you notice the vines back there? They are my favorite element in this kit.

Here’s a closer look at Family Tree in the market. It’s a great kit to have in your stash.

Ever feel the need to add a hand-written touch to your digital scrapbooking pages? You could grab some colored pencils and doodle a title right on your page after you print it, or you could just use Chelle’s Creations Scribble 2 Alpha. Chelle did all the hard part for you. All you have to do is plop those individual letters onto your page. Her team has been busy creating layouts to show you this alpha in use.

Jenny has a great page for this time of year. She used Chelle’s Carve it Up kit with the Scribbles 2 alpha in black – a perfect combination. I love the effect of the scribble writing on the trimmed notebook paper. It really adds to the texture well.

Next, Ophelia has used Chelle’s new Game On kit with the Scribbles 2 alpha in a gray shade, perfectly matching the hue of the grays in the kit. Looks like that Monopoly game was a ton of fun! 

Finally, Jenn had a flight to Utah in which she was able to capture some gorgeous shots of the scenery out of the window. Even though the flight didn’t go well after those first few images, she made the best of it by creating this beautiful page. She also used the alpha in a gray color to match the grays in Chelle’s Aviator kit.

The Scribbles 2 alpha (preview shown below and linked to the market) comes in black AND it comes with brush files making it ultra easy to recolor to match any color on your layout. Need some help? Chelle has lots of videos on her YouTube channel that teach you how, and she has one specifically for this alpha. Check it out here.

Hi there, friends! It’s Cheryl again, and I am still excited about Christmas coming! It’s my favorite time of the year, and it’s never too early to start planning for gifts to be given or received. It’s also never too soon to think about being nice if you’ve been naughty. He’s keepin’ a list, you know. Chelle’s Creations has a super cute Christmas kit called Naughty or Nice that gets me thinking about that list every time I see it, and her Creative Team has been playing with this great kit this week.

Krista used an Instagram photo to make a terrific page about her lovely tree. I love a page with a large photo, and I really love the edge treatment the photo app added to this one. The ribbons and embellishments at the corners were just the right amount of accent, and I especially love the stitches she added.  She used Chelle’s CU Stitch Tool Kit for those.

Helen made a gorgeous page with this kit, too. I love what she did with the colors in the large photo, and I really like the placement of the pictures in a diagonal across the page. The clusters of flowers and greenery from the kit are shadowed perfectly to look very three-dimensional. Did you notice the QR code on her page? That’s a great way to add video to a digital scrapbook page.

Finally, Roxana chose to make a page with some adorable pictures of her son with some favorite gifts. Looks like he might have tried to explain a mishap in that “Dear Santa” letter, and that is definitely a memory worth recording! I love the little elf she used in the flower cluster and the washi tape holding the letter down. 

Do you have some “Dear Santa” letters to scrap? Or maybe you have a picture of a broken tree ornament with a sad note from your husband about how it really wasn’t his fault – not that I would know anything about that. But, I do have a reason to use this great scrapbook kit, and I may or may not have a similar story to tell. Here’s the kit in the market. Only 3 more months to Christmas Eve!

While shopping last week, I saw Christmas decorations already out in some of my favorite stores. It’s so exciting! I thought we could carry the excitement over to Chelle’s blog with a look at a classic kit We Wish You A Merry Christmas. Let me show you the merry pages Chelle’s team members have shared with us.

Here’s a fun page by Jenny. Looks like Elvis is still with us! He made a surprise visit to her family Christmas gathering, and Chelle’s kit matches her photos in theme and color perfectly. I love the music pages used as accent mats behind the photos, don’t you?   

Next, Mary had some photos of Katy decorating her little tree, and she used We Wish You A Merry Christmas to make her page. I love the use of the wood paper for a background, and the heart banner across the top is the perfect touch.

Helen made a double page layout for us, and her photos are also about decorating the tree. Looks like she has a cute little helper, too! I love the way she used the music notes as accents. It reminds me how we always have Christmas music playing in the background while we decorate.

Erica has a page for us that is has a most adorable photo and the perfect title. I’m sure those boys ARE the joy of her world! She has done a masterful job of layering the mats and accenting the photo with clusters of greenery, snowflakes, berries, and flowers.

Finally, Jan has made a page about her visit to the Disney Christmas Carol Train when it visited Washington, DC. The style of Chelle’s elements coordinate perfectly with the decorations in the photos. I love the clustered look and the way she was able to use several photos on her page. She told me that she made 9 pages of her visit to this event using We Wish You A Merry Christmas bundle, and this page was the last in her series (hence, the appropriate title). Can you find the Quickies she used? Those Quickies save tons of time when making pages.

I’m getting more excited about Christmas coming again! I hope you are, as well. Here’s a closer look at the bundle and the individual kits and quickies in the market.