When I left the world of designing four years ago and entered back into the realm of scrapbookers, I knew that I wanted to become part of some creative teams. Having been away from that part of the industry for so long, I was really scared to put myself out there and actually try to become part of the teams for my favorite designers. It wasn’t too long before I found out that I was not alone in my fears. Many people in the industry have the same fears about applying for Creative Teams. So how do we conquer this fear? There are a lot of different ways to conquer fears, but there are some specific ones that are really helpful in conquering the fear of applying for Creative Teams. These are the things that I found the most helpful in preparing to apply for Creative Teams. Clean up your galleries. Your layout galleries are the place where designers look to see your layouts, to see … [Read more...]
Skill Building: Digital Technique Tutorials
Hello all my artsy friends! Soooo, have you see all the new June Weekly Focus Challenges coming out this week? The Weekly Focus Challenges are posted every third week of the month from May - September. There are no deadlines for posting, no "rules" to follow (other than the Lilypad Gallery posting rules), and no "right or wrong" way to complete these challenges. You can do them daily, or as your schedule allows, so you have total flexibility! The May Challenges focused on Inspiration, and this month the Pollys are bringing you some awesome Technique Challenges that will get your creative mojo flowing and build your digital skills along the way. I kicked things off on Monday with a super fun photo filter challenge inspired by this layout: On Tuesday, Karen had an "oh so awesome" technique for inserting video clips onto your … [Read more...]
Weekly Meal Planner {Free Printable}
Every week I sit down to plan my family's meals, focusing mostly on dinners, so at least that much is planned out. Planning our meals out has become a real necessity for my peace of mind. It saves time and so much stress!! But, still, without fail, I hear, "what's for dinner??" no less then one bazillion times from my kids throughout the day. I promise...my son starts asking about what we're having for dinner before he's even had breakfast. To solve my frustration at having to answer this one question repeatedly, I started printing our weekly meal plan out and placing it on the refrigerator for all to see. I have a fun creative project each week and my kids know what's for dinner without having to ask me...it's a win-win for everyone! I thought I would make this printable I made using One Little Bird's Foodie papers & elements available for you, too! Just click … [Read more...]
Free Summer Printable!
It’s Summer Time yall!! School is out and the pools are open, and the neighborhood kids are in and out of my door! I enjoy changing up the décor in my house for the seasons, but I certainly don’t want to spend a lot of money. I've been changing out some of her décor in my home with printables. What a fun (and cheap) idea! I created this free summer printable, so all you have to do is add to a frame! Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Brushes
Digital brushes are fun to use. You can use them as an accent on your page or as the focal point, it's up to you. Mixed media brushes cover a wide range of choices, some are script or ephemera, others are textures brushes or borders, and many can be used to create a clipping mask. The choices are endless and the design capabilities are just staggering. You can recolor, resize, combine, blend, and on and on go the possibilities. Anyone can use brushes, regardless of your scrap style; there is something for everyone! You can use your brushes as an inverted mask and stamp parts of a paper onto your layout, such as I've done in my first sample layout. I used the Mixed Media Monthly May 2017 collection, Lynn Marie's Soar Collab and Little Butterfly Wing's Element Add-On. These and all the other May 2017 M3 products can be found HERE. All the brushes can be found HERE. I used a variety … [Read more...]
Travel Ephemera
Hello all my artsy friends! I'm just popping in with a fun tip about creating and using travel ephemera on your digital scrapbooking pages. When I travel to new places (especially abroad) I always find the time to send a postcard to myself from the new location. It is so much fun to receive the "happy mail" after I get home and it always brings back fond memories of the trip. On our recent trip to Paris, I made sure to keep up with this tradition and air mailed a postcard back to the States. It took a couple weeks to get there, but it was a sweet treat to receive the post card along with the canceled stamp in the snail mail! Ideas for starting (or continuing) your own post card mailing tradition 1. Take a picture of yourself mailing the post card from the travel location. 2. Take a picture of the post card in your home mailbox when you receive … [Read more...]
Summer Survival Printables
Hi scrappers! I hope you're enjoying your summer! My kids have been on summer break for a couple of weeks now and we're having a blast together. The beauty of summer is laid back days and less structure. While that can definitely be a very beautiful and enjoyable thing, it can also be a cause of angst and stress. It doesn't take long before relaxing summer days become a reason to complain of boredom. I have three printables for you today that will hopefully help you survive these days of summer! Bored? Try these... Use this to give your littles some options when they cry out, "I'm bored!". You can download and print this by clicking here or on the image above. Weekly Summer Schedule If you crave a bit more structure for your summer days, this printable would be great for you! Each day has a theme that also allows for lots of flexibility. A "Lazy Monday" is needed (at … [Read more...]
Happy Father’s Day!
Father's Day is coming up and this is the perfect time to honor every Dad who is there for his children. It's not an easy thing, but they are making a huge difference in their child's life. So to the Dads out there, please accept my deepest thanks! Whatever else you may accomplish in your life, in my opinion it pales compared to your role as a father. A little history of Father’s Day According to Wikipedia, Father’s Day was first celebrated in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910, by Sonora Smart Dodd. Her father was the civil war veteran William Jackson Smart, who was a single parent that raised his six children. Thanks to Ms Dodd, we now have this day to acknowledge the important role played by fathers. Now, to honor the contribution of Fathers, let's consider some recent research findings that may surprise you. Did you know that: -Children whose fathers are highly … [Read more...]
Masking And Frames
Two of my favorite digital scrapbooking products to use are masks and frames. It's fun to combine the two products. Let me show you how you might do this in Photoshop. Create your digital page; my pages are often 12 x 12 inches. Place your photo on your page. Duplicate your photo (Control + J). I changed the blending mode to hard light on the duplicate photo to add a bit of emphasis to the inner portion of the photo. You can click the eyeball (in the left side of the layer) to turn this duplicate photo layer off until you are ready to work with it, if desired. Then open up a frame psd with a clipping mask or a jpeg frame. A frame psd will have layers, one of which will be the frame and another will be the clipping mask for your photo. A jpeg frame will be a single layer frame that will be placed overtop of your photo. For my sample, I used Picture Perfect Crumpled Frames by Dawn … [Read more...]
Create Crate Monthly June 2017: Rad Dad
Hi all! It's time for CCM again!! I am really starting to look forward to when the CCM kit comes out. I really like the idea of it being based on a holiday, but that the designers always include Add Ons that extend the kit beyond the holiday. I was extra excited because I knew this month's kit would be all about me: Dad!!! This month's kit pays tribute to Dads everywhere, celebrating Father's Day. Check it out! I loved the colors here, and there was a ton of fun word art to play around with! On top of all that, there is some really nice looking wood papers and accents, and I love wood! Here's a layout I made with the kit about my own Dad. I really liked playing around with these masculine colors for a change! It was a fun challenge to not use any flowers for a change either. I checked out the gallery, and there were some great layouts that used both the CCM kit, Rad Dad, … [Read more...]
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