New Blog Challenges Start This Month!

2014 is here and it's time to crank up the Blog Challenges at Kellybell Designs again. Are you ready? We're making a few tweaks this year making it more fun to participate and easier to win. It's pretty simple, here's the 1-2-3s...

1. Read the directions and create a layout
2. Everyone who submits a layout receives a cool participation prize
3. One random layout will be chosen to win a $6.50 gift certificate to Kelly's Store

Sound simple enough? Easy peasy!

Now onto the good stuff... what's the participation prize. You know you love all the freebies that Kelly's Creative Team members whip up for you. This month's participation prize was made by CT member Lisa and Guest CT JulieP.

Just gorgeous, aren't they!! They only way to get them is to create a Blog Challenge layout. Can you guess the theme of this month's challenge??

Here are the rules and instructions to participation in the Monthly Blog Challenge:

• Scrap a page showcasing your memories from Disney's Magic Kingdom. This can be about rides, characters, shows, dining or any other fun photos around the park.
• While the instructions are written for Walt Disneyworld, please adapt them for any of the other Disney parks around the world.
• You can use as many photos as you want and include as many elements and papers that you choose. We want to see your creativity sparkle!
• Layouts should be made with 100% Kellybell products or freebies (you are allowed to use a template from another designer). You are welcome to submit more than 1 layout.
• Post your layout into the Challenges Gallery at Kellybell Designs by midnight EST Feb 28th. Participation prizes will be sent to the email address you have listed with Kelly's gallery so make sure you're registered and logged in before posting your layout.

The random winner will be announced the first week of March. That's also when the participation prizes will be sent out.

Check your stash to see what Kellybell Designs kits you already own or take some time to browse through Kelly's store to see if you want to pick up a new collection to scrap with. Here are a few of Kelly's kits to use.

You can find lots of inspiration at Kelly's Blog to give you some ideas of what to scrap for this challenge. Here's my page for the 'Magic Kingdom' challenge. Can you tell that I just love taking pictures of the Castle!

King of the WIld Frontier...New from Kellybell Designs.

Yeehaw and howdy pardner! It's time to mosey on down to the corral and check out what's new in the barn today. Kelly's got a wild, wild treat for you today! It's a fun new collection inspired by Disney's Frontierland. It's filled with lots of western and locomotive goodies! Take a look at this week's new release called....

This kit is amazing! It's perfect for scrapping photos from Frontierland, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, character meetings with Frontier Donald or Woody and Jessie, the Shooting Arcade, Tom Sawyer island and lots of other western themes.

The kit contains 15 papers in beautiful patterns, wood and plaids. Inside you'll find barrels, wagon wheel, locomotive engine, lanterns, horseshoe, covered wagon, flowers, stitching, mountain, trees, chicken wire, jug, coonskin cap, wanted poster, saddle, train tracks, boot, sheriff's badge, frames, butter churn, camp fire, cowboy hats, stove, snake, water pump, train whistle and so much more. You'll also get a matching full brown alpha.

The pre-made packs include 5 different page starters featuring 2 cluster strips and 3 frame clusters. There's also a set of 5 word art titles and 4 paper stacks. These are gorgeous and expertly clustered making them so easy to whip up a quick layout.

This new collection 'The Wild Frontier' can be found at www.KellybellDesigns.com and will be sold for 25% off this weekend only. Make sure you browse through the store, there are lots of great Disney collections to be found!

It's amazing how versatile this kit is. Here's a page that I made...Highlights from our 10th Anniversary trip:

Kelly's Creative Team has 3 fabulous freebies for you that coordinate with 'The Wild Frontier' collection. Make sure you stop by all 3 gals and give them a hug too.
Happy scrapping and have a great weekend!

Linda's Blog - http://www.mjajdesigns.blogspot.com/

Lisa's Blog - http://lisacampbelldesigns.blogspot.com/

Sharon's Blog - http://quietangelsb.blogspot.com/

Evil is Their Middle Name...Just in for Halloween!

Something evil has arrived today. Those nasty and wicked Disney Villains are now getting their turn inside a Kellybell collection. Kelly is famous for creating lots of sweet princess kits, but today she's showing off some badness with a new kit called...

Wow! Soak in all those deep rich colors! This collection is both gorgeous and evil. The kit features lots of elements from Jafar, Evil Queen, Queen of Hearts, Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Ursula and Dr. Facilier. Inside you'll find flairs, sword, poison apple, fire, magic mirror, serpent staff, playing card, crown, cigarette holder, clock, Cruella hair, dragon, dragon wings, hats, smoke, ribbons, skull, snake head and much more.

For page starters, you'll get 6 beautifully clustered frames. And those rich papers and colors are really shown off with the 4 paper stacks.

Kelly's got 2 packs of word art titles that feature the Villains' names as well as some evil titles to match. These are perfect for your character meetings at the Villains Mix and Mingle.

You can browse through the Kellybell Designs Store to find all these new items and all of Kelly's collections. The 'Villainous' collection will be 25% off this weekend only.

This collection is fabulous for scrapping photos from Haunted Houses, costume parties, Halloween dress-up and of course meeting the Disney Villains. For inspiration, take a look at what I scrapped.

You'll find 3 evil freebies that coordinate with the 'Villainous' collection if you are brave enough to venture over to Jenn's Blog, Julie's Blog and Linda's Blog. Can't wait to see what wicked layouts you can create with this collection. Have a great weekend!

Every Story can be a Fairy Tale!

Once Upon A Time...

Every good fairy tale story begins this way. And of course it always has a happy ending where they lived happily ever after. What's between 'Once Upon A Time' and 'They Lived Happily Ever After' is an adventure filled drama for each princess. For Cinderella, she's held captive by an evil stepmother and 2 rotten step sisters, only later to be magically transformed into a princess attending a royal ball and marrying a handsome prince. In today's world, this only happens on reality TV, but for those of us with a dream filled heart, it happens every day in a magical fairy tale story at Disney.

Honoring the magic of Cinderella, Kelly's got a brand new collection that is fit for a princess. It's called...

Inside this gorgeous kit you'll find royally rich patterns and colors with over 50 elements including castle, castle wall, ribbons, carriage, glass slipper, blue bird, crests, scrolls, clock face, pumpkins, flairs, frames, flowers, greenery, banners, strings, sprays and much more. There's a full alpha that's white with a blue outline.

Check out these 5 word art titles. So pretty for your castle or Cinderella layouts.

Don't forget to add the page starters and paper stacks to your shopping cart. These are so brightly colored and beautifully clustered.

When you're scrapping a princess page, you always need some glitter. These glitter papers make a great addition to your princess scrapping stash.

All of Kelly's creations can be found at www.KellybellDesigns.com. This newest collection will be 25% of this weekend only so hurry over to the store and grab it while it's on sale. While you are at the store, check out all of Kelly's princess kits too.

'Fairytale Story' is a beautiful princess collection that can be used for scrapping photos in front of Cinderella's castle as well as meeting any of the princesses. I loved having breakfast prior to park opening at Cinderella's Royal Table! We were sat at the Engagement table and had a magical view of the New Fantasyland section! Can't wait to go back in February! Here's a page that I scrapped.

Now we're at the end where everyone lives happily ever after.... because they get 3 amazing freebies!
Here's one from me! Hope you like it! I do a lot of word art freebies and this has to be my favorite one!!

Image linked to 4Share for download

You can find a fabulous goodies from other team members here: 

Kelly - http://kellybelldesigns.com/blog/
Roxana - http://scrapscardsandmore.blogspot.com/

Have a magical weekend!