Journal Jumpstart

Hello Fans of Chelle! Karen (aka merchi) here to share an idea for journaling!

When I have everyday photos that are just too cute NOT to scrap, I struggle with what to write in the journaling... "I really love your smile today", "you were happy to be outside", "wearing your favorite sweater" etc., can sound, well, rather boring.

Here's another option... why not interview your kids and put those questions and answers on a page? Or have them create a list of something, such as - that day's favorite food, color, toy, etc.

I had two really sweet photos of my kiddos doing nothing more than smiling at the camera, and decided to ask them (privately) what they loved about each other! I asked for a list of five things and scrapped three of them! There answers were so cute, and I know these are pages I will treasure... glimpses into 6 and 7 year old hearts! To make it a bit more authentic, I journaled using a font that looks as if the respective child wrote it themselves.





I used Chelle's Tell Me More kit and her Doodles: Border It element pack, both available in her ScrapMatters Shop!

I hope you try my idea, and if you do, please feel free to comment here and let us know, we'd love to see it and leave you some love!

Good Monday Morning. It's Shanell Here with a great way to express our thanks this Thanksgiving week. I had a great time during DSD weekend. One of the things that I loved were the SAT's (Scrap-A-Thon) challenges. One challenge was to ask someone questions, like an interview. Well, I didn't get it done during the challenge, but I really wanted to do it and thought I would share with you. I asked my daughters something that they loved about their dad. I love how it turned out and so does my Husband.

I used Chelle's Beary Cute Boy (I was so excited to use it since I don't have any little boys running around) and Newsies Alpha.

Your Challenge today is to scrap about what someone in your family, or YOU, loves or appreciates about someone else in your family. I asked all my girls the same question: What do you love about your Daddy? I tried to write it just how they said it. For example, Eliza said she loved watching "basefootball" I didn't want to correct her, it was perfect just how she said it. So, find someone or a few people to tell you what they love about your family...count your blessings this Thanksgiving.

Karen (merchi) asked her kids what they love about each other. I love that they both said they like that they have the same eyes. She used Chelle's Doodled Borders and the kit from the Tell Me More Journaling class.

I really hope you'll take the time to be Thankful this week, even if you aren't in the USA. There are always so many things that we can be grateful for. Remember to upload it to Chelle's gallery if you use her products!

Speaking of being grateful, I am grateful for the family that I have that live so close. On Thursday, we will go to my Aunt and Uncle's house. There will be about 60 people. That's missing some too. We are always needing some activities to keep the kids entertained during the final dinner prep time. I made this for the kids to put together and wanted to pass it along to you. We are very grateful for all of Chelle's fans. I used Chelle's With Thankful Hearts to make a Blessing Mix.

You can download it HERE at 4 shared. It also includes a page to print 2 on a 5x7. Enjoy your week and I can't wait to see all the blessings/thankful pages in the gallery!

October's Journal Jumpstart

Hi, it's Heather (snowdrop) with your Journal Jumpstart for October! Fall brings us closer to the start of the holiday season, and everyone has a favorite holiday. For today's journaling prompt, I want you to journal WHY you love your favorite holiday. Not just a sentence or two, but really journal any feelings, emotions, and/or special memories that make that holiday your favorite!

My favorite holiday is Halloween. I have special childhood memories of that holiday with my mom and grandma, and when I saw Chelle's vintage Halloween kit, All Hallows Eve, I had finally found that perfect kit to scrap those memories! It's a rare non picture layout for me, but of course your layout can include pictures!

Monday's Journal Jumpstart!

Hi! Fran here with a Journal Jumpstart for you. Sometimes we all forget in the midst of making beautiful pages, that we need to document the story. Journaling is a wonderful way to keep the memories alive and to pass on to your kids and grandkids! Today's Journaling prompt is a little different. I want you to journal in more than one spot on your layout. Be sure to tell the whole story. If there are different "parts" to the story, I like to split up the journaling, put each topic in its own spot. I hope you will try this, it can be really fun and might make it easier for those of you who have trouble with journaling. Here are two examples of mine using this journaling technique.

The first layout uses Ho Ho Ho! and Ho Ho Ho Word Art and the lower one uses Chillin and Grillin all by Chelle!

I hope this inspires you to add the journaling to your pages to preserve the memories you want to pass along to future generations in your family!

Monday: Journal Jumpstarts- Siblings

Hello!  It’s Liz and I am here bringing you this month’s Journal Jumpstart.  I don’t know if you are aware but April 10th was National Siblings Month.  Siblings and the relationships between them is always an interesting topic for layouts.  I can’t count the number of layouts I have done of my two girls or the relationship between my brother and I.  This month reflect on the siblings in your life, whether they are your own siblings or not and scrap a layout about it!  And if you are an only child, think about what you might want in a sibling and do an All About Me page.

Here is a layout I did about my little brother:

I used With Thankful Hearts, Tell Me More, Stitch Me Up: Grids, and Chelle’s newest release Wet Paint Alpha (I am seriously in love with this alpha!). 

So take some time to think about some of the siblings in your life (or the ones you wish were) and scrap it!