Unlikey Pairs: Bugcatcher & Spic N Span | Digital Scrapbooking Kit Combinations

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Kristin here today to share some digital scrapbooking pages that mix two kits that you probablly wouldn’t think to try together. Chelle’s Creations wonderful creative team ladies used the kits Bugcatcher and Spic-n-Span. Are you ready to see the masterpieces these ladies created?

Creepy Crawly by Jen

Dirty Pool by Ophelia

Ewwww! Love Bugs by Heather

Chew Chew Train by Jan

Here are the kits these talented ladies used. Be sure to stop by Chelle’s Creations shop to check them out.

Bugcatcher

Spic-n-Span

Also be sure to check out the Wordart and the Quickies that cordinate with Spic-n-Span.

2/11 Hairy Playdates

Hi Everyone!

The Playdate “playsters” have been at it again. Loved all the fun “do’s!” Some days putting my hair up in a pony-tail is creative for me. Great Job everyone!

 

 

 

Tips from Chelle…and a giveaway…| Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

I’ve been fortunate to be able to share some tips at a couple of my favorite digi hangouts this week.

I did a guest post @ simple scrapper sharing one of my favorite easy journaling tips (Let someone else do the journaling)  You can read/see the details:  Where to find the Words for Scrapbooking @ simple scrapbooking  Jen @ simple scrapbooking focuses on keeping scrapbooking doable.  Check out her website & add it to your reader.  You’ll love all the inspiration to keep things simple.

And today is my feature at Keeping Life Creative.  Pam shares a little about me including one of my favorite speedy scrapbooking tips.  There is a discount coupon and I’m giving away a $10 coupon to one of Pam’s lucky readers.  Head on over and enter to win.  And make good use of that coupon code :)

Friday Freebie! Mane Evenet Cluster | Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

Hi!  Lynett here with another Friday Freebie!  I just love Chelle’s lastest kit, the Main Event.  I can see myself using it over and over again.  I wanted to make myself a little a little cluster to use as a date box on future layouts.  I figured it would be the perfect little cluster for a freebie.  So here it is.

You can download it here, enjoy!

Improving your on camera flash

I thought when I built my house that having one wall that was mostly windows would add lots of light…and it does…in the middle of the afternoon. But I want to take photos throughout the day, so I end up using my flash…A LOT.  I know there are all those fabulous natural light photos, and I have some of those.  I know there are tricks for adding more light to your photo situation (like a fixed 50mm lens & upping the ISO).  I use both of those tricks as well, but the reality is, with a busy 2 year old, sometimes I need a flash.

Last week I was perusing my blog reader when I ran across this article on improving your on camera flash.  My favorite part of Sarah’s suggestion was that it doesn’t involve any fancy or expensive equipment…just a simple piece of white paper and a little piece of tape.  In a nutshell, Sarah recommends you roll a piece of paper into a tube and place that over your camera flash.  The diffused light will give you a much more “normal” looking photo.  Here’s Sarah’s tube rolled up:

She shows a with/without comparison in her tutorial.  We decided to give it a try.

Here’s Fonetta’s “with” photo using Techno Love Bundle, In Harmony, & Love My Fans Alpha:

Here’s her “without” photo:

Here’s Ronnie’s “with” photo using Tutu Cute:

And here’s her “without” photo:

Jami reminded us that sometimes even when outside we need to use the flash.  Here’s her “with flash” photo using Let’s Camp S’more:

And here’s her “no flash” photo:

Our consensus is DO IT!  It’s not very difficult, not expensive, and we loved the results.

Under Construction | Digital Scrapbooking Classics

Hello Chelle Fans! Welcome to another digital addition of  “Classics!”  Today we are going to be looking at some great layouts made by some of Chelle’s Creative Team Members using the must have “Under Construction” kit.  If you have a little boy in your family, or a guy who loves to build things, this is a kit you have got to have in your digital scrapbooking stash! Lynette made a wonderful layout documenting the new porch she and her husband built for the house that didn’t have one! Love the element placement!Here is one made by Carol showcasing a cute little construction worker having fun at a Children’s Museum!That slight grungy feel is great!Here is one by Fonnetta showing off the remodel of her kitchen cabinets! I love that border and title work!Now, lest you think that you can only use a themed kit for that specific theme, here is another one by Fonnetta showing us the versatility of this kit.  Isn’t is great?! Here is a look at the full kit.  The image is linked to Chelle’s store at Scrap Orchard so that you can go and pick up this kit  for yourself! Happy Scraping!

2.08 Tutorial: Using Strings

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. Two-Tiny-Teeth-LSMelissa 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: wwohp_hagrid600Heather 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: EricaKeystone- Snowmobiling 2-11 (2) 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!

Sneaky Peek & A Chance to Win!

Hello digi scrappers – Are you ready to see what Chelle’s been designing this week? Well, she’s had a hairy week…and here’s a little peek:

You can enter to win the collection 3 ways. By commenting on this blog post, sharing the link on facebook, or tweeting about the collection — but we won’t know you’ve facebooked or tweeted unless you come back here to tell us and leave the link to your FB post or Tweet. We’ll choose a winner at midnight Wednesday, February 8th EST.

Please check back here to see if you’ve won…or leave us your email addy, and we’ll get in touch with you.

Have a great day!

 

Edited to add:  Congrats to scrapingramma!  You win The Mane Event collection.  Please email chelle @ chelles.creations1@gmail.com for your downloads.  Thanks for entering everyone!

Friday Freebie! Happy Birthday Word Art | Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

Happy Friday to you!  Last Friday it was my Mom’s birthday.  I better not share her age though!  And who doesn’t love birthdays?  In honor of her birthday, I created this little word art cluster for your next birthday layout using Chelle’s Celebrate! Bold kit.

Just click here to download it.  And once you create your layout, be sure to post it to Chelle’s Gallery at Scrap Orchard.     Happy Scrappin’