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Interviews | Digital Scrapbooking Words on Wednesday

December 17, 2013
Words on Wednesday
Sari

Hello Friends!

Interviews? The concept is great fun for digital scrapbooking. You never know what answers you will get. Some funny, some profound. Sit down a child, or have a visit with Grandma or Grandpa, or a neighbor down the street. You can shift these lists below to fit your needs.

Kid Interviews:
1. What is your happiest memory?
2. Why do you like being a kid?
3. One word to describe you would be _______.
4. What advice would you give your parents?
5. If you could be any animal, which one would you be and why?
6. What do you like to do for fun?
7. Tell about a funny time in your life.
8. What is your favorite thing to do? Why?
9. What is your favorite thing to do with your friends?
10. What do you love most about your sibling?
11. What was the nicest thing you did for someone?
12. What do you think you will be doing 10 years from now?
13. What is your favorite thing to do in the summer?
14. What would be the ideal allowance? Tell me how you would use it.
15. What do you think makes a person good-looking?
16. Name two things we should do as a family on the weekend.
17. What is the grossest thing you can think of?

All about My Mom
1. How old is your Mom?
2. What is your Mom’s favorite color?
3. What is your Mom’s favorite food?
4. How tall is your Mom?
5. What shoe size does she wear?
6. What is her favorite TV show?
7. What time does your Mom wake up in the morning?
8. What does you Mom do while you’re at school?
9. What is your Mom’s first name?
10. What do you like best about your mom?

All about your Dad
1. How old is your dad?
2. What is Dad’s favorite sport to play?
3. What is Dad’s favorite food?
4. How strong is your Dad?
5. Where does your Dad work?
6. What is Dad’s favorite TV show?
7. What is your favorite thing to do with Dad?
8. How tall is your Dad?
9. What do you like best about your Dad?
10. What is your Dad’s first name?

Let me show you a couple of layouts from our creative team.

Roxana asked her son some questions about leaving 3rd grade. She used Back 2 School.

Here is a link to the Back 2 School Bundle and a recent addition to her school series, Little People.

Jenn Schultz also did an interview with her daughter about Christmas. That’s a great idea. She used O Holy Night.

Here are the links to O Holy Night. The coordinating word art is FREE w/purchase of the kit.

Last, Heather (Htew) used About A Boy as background to her son’s favorite things about being 8. A cute way to frame the picture of her son.

Here are the links to the kits she used.

Use some of your crazy-funny ideas about interviews. I bet you’ll end up with a layout you never expected.

Hugs!

Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

June 3, 2013
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hello Friends! I have some great new digital scrapbooking layouts to share with you I found in the gallery this week. It’s always interesting for me to look at the gallery and read what other’s write to support each other in our digi-world?

djp332 used Chelle’s (& Dream Big Design’s) Heroes: Police kit in an unusual off-theme way. Who’d of thunk of using it for a school crossing guard? I love the borders and the clusters. The stitching and chevron’s, just wonderful!

Everyday life can make the best layouts. Enjoyyourpix had a minor fall, but her daughter gave her a photo assist so she was able to share this funny layout. She used Chelle’s “Oh Snap” Kit.

Jen (grahamlikethecracker) has given us a just delightful double layouts of her “Little Lottiekins.” How can you not smile when you see that little face. I want to just pick her up out of the picture and just hug her. Jen used Tea for Two off-theme.

DigiCheryl’s layouts used many pictures, but I love the way they go and forth as the cascade down the page. The little 3-strips photos are great! This layouts has some great clusters andI love the way she used the Kanzashi flowers. It makes me think of a visiting with my siblings on a Sunday afternoon. She used Berry Berry Sweet.

Herbrok, created a tender reminder of the love between Mother & son using Chelle’s About A Boy kit. A simple & touching.

Check out the gallery when you can. There are some marvelous masterpieces you may have missed seeing.

Hugs!

Galley Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

April 22, 2013
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hello Friends. I was wondering if you have seen these great digital scrapbooking layouts from the Scrap Orchard Pin Gallery? I found some that I wanted to share with you.

First up is McB Designs. She made this layout when there were only 2 boys in her family. She used About A Boy.

Nest up, is tsukushi82, who did her layout on their toprical fresh water aquarium. She used In The Pocket {freebie}

Meagan34 used Street Smarts {Reloaded} to create this banner for her local elementary school.

Hugs!

Perfect Pairs: About A Boy & Techno Love | Digital Scrapbooking Kit Combinations

April 2, 2013
Perfect Pairs
Sari

Hello Friends! I think we just might have Spring here in Northern Utah. We have a couple of fabulous kits to highlight for you this week. About A Boy & Tencho Love. I love the bright colors of About A Boy and the Black & pink/red tones of Techno Love will spark your imagination. I’ve a few layouts to show you from our creative team to help get you started.

Lynett (lynett_rock) created this layout about her son Tyler. I like the wonky shapes of the shadowed squares. They caught my eye and I looked at her layout longer to see if I could figure out more detail about the shadows. A great example of how shadowing can add dimension to your layout.

Teri (ta_merkins) shows us this great layout about her son and the Kindle he loves to play with. Love the bright pops of red that she includes to help us recognize he is in Kindle “LOVE.”

Jan also used gaming as her representation of Tehcno Love. Love her journaling about beating her son, John. I wonder if we all have a mantra about our kids… “Beat John. Beat John. Beat John.” Go Mom.Great Job on showing the big screen of the game statistics. Love the clusters!

Here are the links to the products used by the Creative Team.

Enjoy your week. Hugs!

Emphasis | Digital Scrapbooking Words on Wednesday

March 27, 2013
Words on Wednesday
Sari

Hello Friends! Need a way to emphasize your layout? Why not use Chelle’s Mark My Words kit? With over 140 options, you should be able to find exactly what you need. For those of you even more creative, try adding color, changing blending modes, & adjusting the opacity for even more creative options. With this helpful kit, you should be able to “doodle-up” your layouts. I bet if English teachers were in digi-land, they’d absolutely go crazy grading papers with these fun options. Let me show you the kit.

Here are a couple of ideas from the Creative Team.

Jenn J (jmljensen) She used About A Boy & Mark My Words

Jan (gramhamlikethecracker) She used Heroes {Fire} & Mark My Words

I bet you’ve thought of several layouts you can add some of these creative doodles to. Sit down! Pull your laptop over and have some “me” time. You know you want to.
Hugs!

Multi Font Titles | Digital Scrapbooking Words on Wednesday

March 12, 2013
Words on Wednesday
Sari

Hello Everyone! Need to add a punch to your digital scrapbooking layout? Try using multiple fonts in your title. You can pick “matchy-matchy” or “not-matchy” at all. Let your creativity shine and make those titles pop. Let me show you what I mean.

First up is Kariyn Lisa. Isn’t that picture of her daughter holding the fish so darn cute? I think she enjoyed the boating portion of their activity more than the fishing part. Kairyn used In the Pocket {Strips}, Gone Fishin & Gone Fishin Word Art & On the Water. Wouldn’t it be interesting to jump 20 years into the future and see if her daughter (now a Mom) would take her daughter fishing?

Next we have Jen G (grahamlikethecrackers) She used About A Boy and CU Dynamic Alpha Doodles. That little guy is going to break some hearts with that blonde hair and blue eyes. Oh, and those dimples! Love how the 3 vehicles look like they just drove off the banner. Great use of 2 large pictures and multiple fonts.

Jen G (grahamlikethecracker) She used About a Boy and CU Dynamic Alpha Doodles

Melissa (pretty peaches) has our last layout for today. She used Gone Fishing, Darling Stitched-a-bet, & Sew Crafty. The wood shutters are a great way to “frame” the picture and the strip of lined paper really creates a stage for her clustering. She used a regular alpha and then placed the alpha stitches precisely where they needed to be. The fonts made me want to look closer at the layout. Last, I love the tape measure in the cluster at the top. Who doesn’t need to measure their award-winning fish?

Melissa (prettypeaches) She used Gone Fishing & Darling Stitched a-bet

Take a chance, change up your fonts. Take you layouts to a new level. Hope to see your digital scrapbooking layouts soon in the pin gallery at Scrap Orchard.

Hugs!

Friday Freebie! About A Boy | Digital Scrapbooking Freebies

March 8, 2013
Friday Freebies
jmljensen

Happy Friday! Jennifer (aka jmljensen) here to bring you another fabulous freebie from Chelle. I love March. Spring is starting to show it’s face and I absolutely love the smell of spring. And to celebrate spring, my boys are itching to get their bikes out and start riding all over the place. I don’t know about you, but spring time also signifies a ton of new photo opportunities. So, I created this fun little word art for all those little boys in your life. I used About a Boy, which is probably one of my favorites. I love the color scheme, such wonderful, bright, spring colors and that it’s a boy kit, given I have only boys. Simply click on the image above to download or click HERE.

Here’s a closer look at this absolutely adorable kit.

Don’t forget to upload your pages to the new Scrap Pin Gallery and hashtag using #cc and/or #chelle and we’ll leave you some love on your pages. Thanks for stopping by!

by_Jennifer

Perfect Pairs: About A Boy & Vrooom! | Digital Scrapbooking Kit Combinations

March 5, 2013
Perfect Pairs
Sari

Hello ladies! Glad you’re stopping by. Can you imagine the fun you can have creating layouts of your little guy? I was at a church meeting last Saturday. I had taken a Manhattan Toy truck with me. Zion (my nephew) who is almost 3 played with it for a time, but then his 15th month old sister Tanzi, got her hands on the truck. She had so much fun taking it apart and putting it back together. What could be more perfect? But… as my story said, don’t forget those little ladies in your life who like to “Drive.”

As you might have guessed, this month we challenged the team to make digital scrapbooking layouts using Vrooom! & About A Boy. Let me show you the products Chelle has designed using those 2 kits. I’ve linked them up for you below.

Now for the big reveal on the team’s LO’s. Erica’s (stanworth) tells of taking her her little boy to a church function where he could learn about go-carts. Dad drove him around. Just before leaving, Everett jumped on himself, smiled, and started making those driving noises that all kids are born with!

Teri (ta_merkins) reminisces about how her life has changed since she got her “Little Man.” Great clusters!

Last we have Kayla (keepscrappin), her layout is all about daughter’s driving experiences. The large photo really pulls you in and I can almost feel the wind streaming out behind her while she drives the “convertible.”

On your marks! Get Set! Go!

Go directly to your computer, look through your photos, and make your layouts. I bet you’ll be surprised at how many different ways you can use these 2 kits. Go for it, the checkered flag just might be waved at you!

I’ll be back soon with more digital scrapbooking inspiration.

Hugs!

Gallery Standouts | Digital Scrapbooking Inspiration

March 4, 2013
Gallery Standouts
Sari

Hello Everyone! I’ve been exploring on the new pin gallery at Scrap Orchard and I have some layouts to share. I hope these digital scrapbooking layouts give you some great inspiration.

First Up is ChocoChoco. She did some pretty intricate clustering and it really made you focus on her cat. The kitty kibble and embroidery are a great addition. She used “Here Kitty Kitty.”

(by Karen)#cc #chelle #honeybeeHere Kitty Kitty and Rainbow Collections by Chelle's Creations - Inspiring Layouts

Shazabess provided this creative layout. Love that big orange arrow. A fun idea for showing a child through a period of time. Awesome clustering and I adore the title, “Hatties.” She used About A Boy.

About a Boy by Chelle's CreationsTemplate by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs#SB2013 #chelle #fiddledeedee - shazzabess Layouts

Carrie1977 used some lovely papers to create this LO about her wedding. Love the Tag. I really like the way she added the elements in. They all work well together to make this LO a lovely reflection of her special day. She used Love Grows.

Fuss Free: I Must Damask You by Fiddle-Dee-Dee / Love Grows Bundle by Chelle's Creations#honebee #so #fiddledeedee #chelle fdd_ffIMDY cc_lovegrows_buncle - Honeybee Layouts

Thought I’d show you the previews to the product(s) used in these layouts. I also hooked you up with links to the market. Just click on the image.

Can’t wait to see what you create! I’ll be watching the gallery to see what you post.

Hugs!

Perfect Pairs: About A Boy & Gone Fishing | Digital Scrapbooking Kit Combinations

February 5, 2013
Perfect Pairs
Sari

Hello Friends! Today we are looking at two of Chelle’s kits to see how well they work together: About A Boy and Gone Fishin’! We challenged our team to ramp up their creativity and show us some great digital scrapbooking layouts using these 2 marvelous kits. Look how realistic the rainbow trout looks!

Look at this sunshiny layout by Erica (stanworth). You can’t beat a little boy and his stick. If there’s water nearby, you know that little guy is going to find it and a stick makes it all the more fun. Find some worms that have drowned and you have little boy utopia! I like the way the green looks like a stage and then banner hooks into the “drapes.” Her journaling is awesome as it wraps around the “Stick.” That little guy pulls me right in, even though I only see his back!

Next we have a layout by Carol (Iowan). The fish, the bow & arrow, the clusters, and those hints of color to go with the browns. Carol skillfully added charm to this layout by incorporating bits & pieces of About A Boy with the fish and water drop of Gone Fishin’. Even though Dad doesn’t appear in the picture, you can bet Dad and Grandpa (& Grandma) are right there encouraging their little guy to do his best.

Mel used a great picture of her son, Quentin, for her layout. Isn’t that a cute way to show he’s 13? The strings and clusters are perfect. The paper strips and the flowers make this LO very nice and “boy” approved.

Leslie (lab130) just e-mailed me another LO. Oh, this little guy has stolen my heart. He needs a hug from his newly adopted Aunt Sari. Those eyes…. OK back to the subject at hand. Leslie used scallops to perfection. With that little car right next to his face, you can tell, he’s ready to go drive around on all those fun scalloped edges. I can almost hear the car crashing as it reaches the end of the road. Great use of the blue eyes with the blue paper. The wood grain paper is a solid base that pulls it all together. Cutie pie! What a great title.

Here are the links to the kits used in these layouts. (Here’s a funny. Some of our ladies used Something Fishy and some used Gone Fishin’. We decided to just show you “3” perfect pairs. LOL

Hope we have given you some great ideas. Perhaps you wouldn’t have put these two (or three) kits together, but now that you see how they work together, I bet you’ll have some great ideas. Scrap them and put them in the gallery. I enjoy seeing what you create. Hugs!