Stretch your Stash

Hello friends! Have you ever wondered what to do with the strings that Chelle includes in her gorgeous digital scrapbooking kits? She has some lovely strings in various shapes and sizes. Take a look at the cute blue and white strings in her Pearly Whites kit. Melissa used one of these to wrap around her photo and the toothbrush embellishment on this gorgeous page about her little one’s new tooth. Heather also used a string in a cluster of embellishments, but rather than having it in the focal area of the page, she chose to use it as a subtle part of a flower cluster in the top right corner to draw your eye to the pumpkin scarecrow picture on her layout. Take a look: In case you’re wondering, she used two kits to make her page: Shades of Autumn and Midnight Crow.

Next, take a peak at Erica’s layout using Chelle’s new Winter Thrills kit: She used several strings on her page to help your eyes move across the page from one photo to the next. They’re tucked under frames across the page, and the end of a string is even tucked under a button giving it the illusion of being sewn to the page.

Finally, Fran made use of several strings all over her layout. They’re very effective in showing the layers of her border, and the ribbon and rope behind the photo draw your eye to her focal point photo. She used the Prehistoric kit, Bedrock Alpha, and some Ric Rac Flowers.  I have to say, I love the Christmas decorations on those dinos!

Take a look at the kits you own, or maybe take this as a cue to shop, and let these layouts inspire you to use your strings to enhance your pages. If you use Chelle’s kits, be sure to post your layouts in her gallery at Scrap Orchard so we can all be inspired!