How is the weather where you live? I’m hoping the forecast for snow is accurate…and the groundhog can’t find his shadow. I’m ready for spring! To celebrate I have a fun little freebie for you:
Click HERE to download Groundhog Day Freebie
I love reading Dr. Suess books to my children. The silly, catchy sounds in his books always make us laugh. You don’t probably don’t want titles in your scrapbooks like: Quick Trick Chick Stack or Tweetle Beetle Puddle Paddle Battle, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn something fun about titling your layouts from Dr. Suess. Dr. Suess was a master of Alliteration. What does that mean? It means repeating the same sounds in your title or your journaling. It can be as simple as using the same beginning letter, like Furry Friends or Helping Hands. Give it a try. Here’s a few examples from the Creative Team:
From Kayla:
using Fireworks:
From Melissa:
using Pearly Whites:
From Cara:
using Celebrate Brite:
You’re in for a treat today! A few of Chelle’s Creations team members have been making beautiful digital scrapbook pages with the classic kit Pearly Whites. Have you seen it? Do you own it? It’s a gorgeous mix of blues and pinks perfect for pictures of your little one’s toothless grin or even pictures of your teen’s beautiful smile on the day she had her braces removed. Jami used the kit to make a page with a picture of the tooth pillow she uses with her children. I love how she used two teeth for the o’s in the title. 
Jenn had a similar idea with her title using the tooth as a substitute for the letter “o” in her layout about her daughter losing a tooth while the tooth fairy was “on vacation. “ Oooops! I’m sure the tooth fairy made up for overdue work when she returned! 
Lest you think this kit is only good for pictures about teeth, take a look at Jan’s page about her daughter’s ice skating competition. Everything about the papers in this kit make it perfect for Jan’s pictures, from the pink, blue, and gray striped paper to the papers with sparkly embellishments that make me think of snow and ice. 
Heather also made a page about an impressive ice sculpture she saw called “Eskimo Kisses.” No teeth here, yet look how well the papers match the colored ice in the sculptures!
Do you see how versatile this kit is? You can see it in more detail here. 
I hope you’ve been inspired to make some creative pages with it. Happy Scrapping!
Most digital scrapbook designers include frames in most of their kits, and Chelle’s Creations kits are no exception. Most of us think to frame our pictures with them, but they can be used in many other ways. Chelle’s team members have made some examples for you to see the many ways to use frames. Jennifer used two frames stacked and turned at angles to frame her photo in a non-traditional way. She also created the perfect background paper by arranging frames and papers together in a grid pattern. 
I hope this bruise is better by now. Ouch!!
Kairyn used a frame for a photo, but she also framed some embellishments and then had them hanging from a clothes line – very creative. 
Likewise, Lynnett framed some embellishments, but she has them peeking out from behind her photos, and her arrangement draws your eye to the center photo very well. 
Finally, Kim used a frame to enclose her story, and it’s an entertaining one, so take time to read it. Very cute indeed! 
Why don’t you take a minute to add a frame or two to a page you’re working on, and try to stretch yourself – use the frames in a way you haven’t done before.
Hello! Another fabulous playdate today. Chelle’s new products are perfect for the techie and romantic in all of us. It is super sweet kit and check out the awesome pages the team did!
And here are the fabulous products the team got to work with: Techno Love Collection (kit, wordart, quickies, and bead alpha also available separately)
Techno Love Valentines (which are free with the purchase of the bundle this week)
CU Grab Bag Collab 2 with Happy Scrap Girl
And of course, a fun freebie!
Hello Friends!
It’s Kairyn here again… January is nearing its end, and Valentines Day will be upon us soon! What special way do you celebrate Valentines Day?
This month’s desktop was created with Chelle’s new Sweet Valentine kit and it is sweet! Take a look:
My finished desktop with my son enjoying a sweet valentine of his own:
~ DOWNLOAD HERE ~
As always, your download comes in three sizes… 1280×1024, 1280×800 and 1024×768 – Enjoy! And Happy February!
Hello! I’m happy to be here today chatting with you about some fun and exciting ways that you can use ribbons on your pages. I know that it’s easy to get stuck in a rut and always use things in predictable ways. So I’m here to share some pages and some ideas for ways to get out of that rut and make your pages stand out! Let’s take a look at some pages from Chelle’s awesome CT:
Jennifer used ribbons on this layout using Gone Fishin as a striking focal point. She placed rows of them at a slant framing her photo.
Kayla used ribbons in this layout using Tutu Cute as a way to hang her photo cluster. It’s definitely too cute!
And Roxana used ribbons in this one with Kick It and Play the Game to fill up an empty corner. Sometimes you just don’t want all that extra space in a layout, so you can fill it up with some slanted ribbons.
So here are some ideas for using ribbons on pages:
use them as framing
hang things off them
fill up those corners
use them in clusters
split up your pages with them
having them peeking out from the edges
line your journaling with them
And there are so many more ways you can use them! See what you can come up with! We love to see those layouts in the gallery!
Happy Tuesday everyone! Kimberly here with your unlikely pairs post. Today we will look at 2 digital scrapbooking kits: Sunnyside Up and Primarily. The creative team did an amazing job mixing these two kits. Have you checked your stash lately to see what kits you can combine for amazing layouts?
First up is Pick Your Battles by Carol
Erica created Waffle Breakfast 
Fonnetta created this Yummy Page which also features Primarily Stitched alpha
Cara created this humorous layout: Nero
Here is a closer look at these fun kits:
I have both of these kits so I am going to go see what I can do with them. Remember to upload your layouts to Chelle’s Gallery so we can leave you some love!
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EDITED TO ADD WINNER of the Techno Love kit!!!
Random.org picked #22 – Alyna says: Computers and hearts means it’s perfect for me! Can’t wait to see it revealed! Thanks for the chance to win!! Alyna – please email Chelle at chelles.creations1@gmail.com to claim your prize.
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Hello digi scrappers – Are you ready to see what Chelle’s been designing this week? Well, here’s a sneaky peek that’s sure to please the techno geek lover in all of us. LOL
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, January 25th 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 and keepscrappin’
Can you believe that January will be over before too long? And then it will be Valentine’s Day right around the corner. Chelle’s new products will bring out the sweetheart in all of us! Here is what the team did!
And here are the sweet goodies they got to play with!
My Sweet Valentine Quickies (Free with Purchase this week of the kit!)
And a sweet freebie:
Until next week, stay sweet and keep scrapping!
You must be logged into the ScrapOrchard forum for the link to work. $14.99 per month OR $74.99 for six months = Six for the price of Five.
Hi! I'm Chelle: a 40 something mom of 7. My husband & I live in a rural community in the rocky mountains with our 4 children still at home. In the winters we enjoy sledding & snuggling by the fire. I the cool fall evenings we love relaxing around the campfire & meeting friends at the county fair. Admiring the stars 
on a clear summer night and splashing in spring mud puddles. We love making memories together. Me? I love blueberries, fresh salmon, creating, memory keeping, & above all my family & my faith.
