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Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

August 1, 2011
Gallery Standouts
andrea

Happy Monday to you from Chelle and the Chelle’s Creative Team! Guest Andrea here to show you a couple of fantastic layouts that have been uploaded this week. It’s been just about a month since July 4th but I think I am still feeling extra patriotic as both of these layouts use Chelle’s fantastic Fireworks! kit.

The first is by amber565. I love how she highlighted the black and white picture with the bold white frame in the center and balanced out the outer portions of her layout with the angled papers and stitching. The combination of the awesome Fireworks Alpha and the classic white typewriter font she used for the date is perfection. And who can resist that sweet little 4th of July baby?!?

Next we have chocochoco’s amazing page called Feeling Free. Her photo treatment and blend is just stunning, and it’s angled placement and shape is so eye catching. Paired with her lovely clusters that have a great sense of motion – you’ve got one fabulous page!

I’m sure you can agree these two are true patriotic gallery standouts!

Friday Recipe: Meatloaf

July 29, 2011
Creative Team Features
Liz

Here is a recipe…..
Hi Everyone! Happy Friday! I don’t know about you but I love the weekends and how I can relax and at the same time spend a little time on some favorite recipes! I’ve decided to share my all time favorite and only meatloaf recipe today! Years ago, during a weight loss journey, I found this in a Weight Watchers cookbook and loved it after first bite. I don’t eat any other meatloaf, and will make two at the same time and freeze one loaf! I hope you enjoy it!

Prep: 10 min
Cooking Time: 45-50 min @ 400 degrees
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds ground skinless turkey
1 cup Fat Free Mild Chunky Salsa
1 Small onion, diced
1/2 cup Frozen Corn kernels
1/3 cup instant Mashed Potato Flakes
1 Egg White
2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Pepper
1. Prehead oven to 400 degrees.
2. Combine in a large bowl: turkey, 1/2 cup of the salsa, corn, potato flakes, egg white, oregano, salt and pepper. Mix up really well.
3. Transfer to meatloaf pan.
4. Spread the remaining salsa onver the top.
5. Bake until temerature registers 165 degrees, approx 45-50 minutes.
6. Let stand for approx 10 minutes.
7. Cut into 12 slices.
Approx for 2 slices — 160 Cal, and 1 G Fat.
As for my own preference, I use more salsa than the recipe calls for, so I can completely cover the top. Any salsa works great…Also, if you love cheese – sprinkle some on top after baking! YUM!

Have a great Friday and thanks for visiting!

Change Up!

Hello! Roxana here! Do you have kits, that you bought for some specific pics and then never used again? I guess for most of us the answer is yes, but there are some ways to get the most of our kits. In every kit you can always find generic stuff, like ribbons, flowers, buttons or even non themed patterned papers. Having that in mind and the palette of the pics you want to scrap, choose a themed kit, you’ll see that using most of the generic elements you’ll be able to get a great page. And remember some extra tools that might help you as well, clipping papers or using blending modes and styles with the themed elements.

Here a couple of examples I made to inspire you to use a themed kit with non related pics.

First this page I scrapped using History Lessons. See how I used most of the generic elements and papers in the kit. And I even used one themed element as a mat for the center pic.

The next page was made using Fireworks, I decided to use all the stars and fireworks as the main elements in my clustering, as I had a big light on my BG pic. And I really love banners, but this one was themed, so I clipped a patterned paper to it. In this kit the alpha is themed too, so I clipped a paper and added a stroke.

Hope these tips are helpful and you can re-use your themed kits again and again! Happy scrapping!!

Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

July 18, 2011
Gallery Standouts
Melissa

Hi everyone! Melissa here, aka PrettyPeaches, with this edition of Gallery Standouts. There are soooo many beautiful LO’s, but here are a few that I thought I would share with you today! Firstly, here one from rachnmaddie, I love all the clustering and how the photos fall off the page.Here’s a stunning LO from, gonewiththewind.. I love how she used the waffles to give a blocking effect!!And finally, here’s one from CaroB71, I just love how she blocked all of her photos and how she did her journaling.Images are linked, so make sure you go leave some love! Have a great week!

On the Water, Gone Fishin, On the Trail, and Let’s Camp S’more | Digital Scrabooking Inspiration

July 14, 2011
Blog Freebies / Playdates
Liz

Another fab Fresh Fruit! Chelle has a brand new kit, On the Water. Great for all the lake and water sport pages. Plus there are extra felties and wordart. The wordart is free with the purchase of the bundle this week!

And for new CU, a cute alpha, Cricket Alpha.

And then Chelle is also re-releasing On the Trail, Let’s Camp S’more, and Gone Fishin’. Plus there are new Forest Friend felties and things have been bundled with quickpages! Just so much so check out the store for all the great goodies!

Several CU items have been moved to Scrap Orchard:

And here are some layouts from the CT:
And here are a couple of freebies that coordinate with the kits:

Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

July 12, 2011
Gallery Standouts
Whit

Hey scrappers! Whit here with some inspiration from Chelle’s *new* gallery at Scrap Orchard! There are already pages and pages of layouts using her products- that is really something!

First is Cowboy Up by HeyJude- talk about perfect pictures for the Yeehaw kit! I love the photo treatment she used and the elements are placed perfectly! What an adorable LO!

Play It by jbigley1 really impressed me! The striking blue background captures my attention and the simple design looks so great! Her titlework is the perfect touch too!

How can you not smile at Messy Face by britaneejean? All of the items on the page just flow so well together and it is sooo colorful! She looks like she really enjoyed her breakfast!

Lastly, I want to share the stunner Cowtown Cutie by scrapper@heart. Man oh man I love her clustering- it just draws you in and you can’t stop staring! Love all the cowgirl bling that she added to the LO!

All images are linked if you would like to give some gallery love. These layouts, like all in the gallery, really display how fun and easy it is to scrap with Chelle’s amazing products! Have a great night!

Yee-Haw, Sunnyside Up!, History Lessons Playdate | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

July 7, 2011
Blog Freebies / Playdates
Liz

It’s another great set of Fresh Fruit! Chelle is re-releasing some old favorites plus she has some new CU as well. And hang out until the end for some cute freebies. First up, Chelle has added a great alpha to the already fabulous History Lessons!

Next up, the Yee-Haw Bundle, along with the individual boy and girl kits are in the store. And the wordart is free when you buy the bundle!

And then one of my favorite kits, Sunnyside Up along with wordstrips (free with purchase of the kit this week). Great for those breakfast pictures you have!