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Kick it! | Digital Scrapbooking Classics

May 22, 2012
Classics
cheryl

Hello, Chelle’s Creations fans! That title “Kick it!” is not a command for you to take out your aggression on your computer that’s lagging, but rather it’s the title of one of Chelle’s classic digital scrapbooking kits with a soccer theme. The parts and pieces come in 8 different colors, so it should be easy to match it to all your team colors. But, even if you aren’t a fútbol fan, this kit is very versatile and could be used for a variety of layouts.

Let’s take a look at some pages the Creative Team has made. First, Carol had some terrific pictures of her little guy playing soccer. Look at his enthusiastic expression! And, I love that cluster of the soccer ball and buttons on top of the ric rac wrapping the page.

Here’s a page you might have seen before. Kairyn used some of the blues in the kit to make her page about a soccer game, and I love how she used the photos in circle shapes. I also like how she colored the silhouette to match her background.

Jenn took a different approach and used the greens in the kit to scrap a St. Patrick’s Day layout. She also used one of Chelle’s new In the Pocket templates. She used one of the full size square templates but made it smaller to create pockets on her page, and it gives the page a very tactile look.

Let’s take a closer look at the kit in the store. The image is linked to the kit at Scrap Orchard. And, here’s a look at the team colors included free in the kit. Have you scrapped a page today? If not, maybe you can pick up this kit and kick a layout into shape.

Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

May 21, 2012
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hi, Chelle’s Aunt Sari again. Today I’m doing a gallery stand out about Grandma’s Garden and in particular her fruits. When I think of Grandma’s fruits, I think Strawberry Freezer Jam using M&C Premium Pectin and this recipe. We would make Strawberry Jam every year. Kairyn kindly provides a beautiful 2-page LO of her children picking strawberries. I love the “vine” in the background paper and the way she coiled the string around. Squares on one page and circles on the other. They sure make pickin’ berries look a lot more fun than I remember.

Every few years, it would be our turn to get Grandma Pearl’s (Chelle’s Great Grandma)Black Cap Raspberry harvest. On summer mornings, we’d throw on a yucky old T-shirt, a long-sleeved flannel shirt, and a ball cap. No one wore flip flops, they didn’t provide enough protection. Next we’d snag a belt & a plastic ice-cream bucket. We were very cute and the picture of young womanhood! Cameras were not allowed! The belt went through the handle on the ice cream bucket so we could pick with both hands. (That’s a laugh) The ball caps and flannel shirts were are only defense from those horrible thorns! It didn’t matter how carefully you picked, you ALWAYS left the garden scratched up and with thorn punctures on your hands. Black caps have a darker, more intense, sweet taste than a regular raspberry and are my favorite fruit. I remember Grandma Pearl having her Fruit Juice Steamer going on the stove making Black Cap Jelly when we’d take the newly harvested berries inside for her. I can still taste the freshly baked bread, slathered with melting butter and that yummy burst of that sugary-sweet berry in the first bite. Or newly made pancakes with black cap syrup dripping down the sides. Is there any doubt why I’m diabetic? [HeeHee, so was my Dad and his mother, Grandma Pearl!] If you ever have the chance, you should definitely try them. On the funny side, Grandma had many bottles of black cap jelly in her storage room in the basement and when she passed, we’re pretty sure they’d turned to Black Cap wine. LOL
As I looked through different LOs, I couldn’t resist this one provided by Janine. She tied in the shrubbery with the lovely basket with her daughter. I love the texture of the blanket next to the shrubs. I remember many shrubs in both of my grandmother’s gardens… AND how we tore them up playing hide n seek on Sunday nights.