Hello and welcome to a Make it Monday blog post! Polly Robin here to share with you another card tutorial. This week I’d like to show you how to make a faux fractured card. It’s a simple card that doesn’t require many supplies and can be made in batches without taking much time. Let me show you what I mean.As always, I do a rough project in PSCC just so I can see what colors and sizes I want to use. I am making a birthday card for my brother-in-law, so I wanted masculine colors. These papers from Lynn Grieveson’s Joulukuu kit were perfect for the vibe that I was after.So, after printing both the black patterned and solid grey papers, I cut a diamond out of the grey paper using my scissors. Then I used a stamp and black embossing powder to create the greeting in the middle. I placed that on my black patterned paper and cut out ¼- inch strips from silver foil paper. I … [Read more...]
Seasonal Inspiration: Bunny Layouts
Hey! What's up, Doc?! It's nearly that time of year again and I've been hopping around the gallery checking out all the bunny pages! Not just the Easter ones, but the backyard critter ones as well as the cuddly toy ones, the cute headband and selfie ones, and for those of you still waiting for Spring, the snow bunny pages! Let me show you a few that caught my eye this weekend - click on through to the gallery for credits and to comment on any you love too!____________________________________________________________________These ones celebrate the Easter Bunny (cute or creepy is in the eye of the beholder and if you grew up like me, you never actually saw the Easter Bunny, you always just missed him and only saw what he left so I can relate to photoless pages about him)...These celebrate the backyard kind, whether they are regular visitors, part of the … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday : St Patrick’s Day
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with some wonderful layouts inspired by the Emerald Isle and all things Irish. St Patrick's Day is the 17th of March, do you celebrate it? and if so how?Traditional Irish BlessingMay the road rise to meet you,May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rains fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet again,May God hold you in the palm of his hand.May God be with you and bless you;May you see your children’s children.May you be poor in misfortune,Rich in blessings,May you know nothing but happinessFrom this day forward.May the road rise to meet youMay the wind be always at your backMay the warm rays of sun fall upon your homeAnd may the hand of a friend always be near.May green be the grass you walk on,May blue be the skies above you,May pure be the joys that surround … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday : joy through senses
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here to encourage you to document how your senses can ground you and spark joy.The 5 primary senses of: See (Eyes/Sight) Smell (Nose/Odor) Hear (Ears/Sound) Taste (Mouth/Flavour) Touch (Skin/Feel).We all have favourite smells, that spark happy memories. For me the smell of melting butter always reminds me of childhood growing up in Germany. Cigarette smoke reminds me of my Mom. Favourite fragrances, for me its frangipani.As a child I had some tactile defensive issues, there would be feels I liked and other feels I avoided. So I would wear cotton and linen, but avoid nylon and chiffon type feels. We all need to get a hug or cuddle a pet. What kinds of touch do you savour? My daughter enjoys a good hard hug, but a more gentle one with a side to side action is less pleasant for her. Have you ever thought of documenting and capturing … [Read more...]
Make It Monday Cutout Card
Happy March y’all! Polly Robin here with another Make It Monday Blog post. Today I’m going to show you how I take a PNG and make a cutout card. You could use part of this tutorial to digitally scrap a cutout, or you can go further and make a card. Let me show you what I mean.First, I wanted to use a flower from Scrapping with Liz’s Flower and Leaf Cut Outs.I created a new project in Photoshop, placed my flower on my page, and added a stroke of 30px on the outside of the flower.Next, I separated the stroke from the flower by using the Create Layer function.I filled in the white spots by creating a box, filling it with the same white color as the outline, and then merged that white with the white outline. I created my card by creating a 4.25 x 5.50-inch box on a new layer and filled it with the white background. Next, I clicked on the thumbnail of the … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Template Challenge
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here to highlight the Template challenge. You can find it here in the forum, along with the freebie template supplied by Anita Designs this month. I love the versatility of templates, I usually add paper layers into the background layers of a more clean and simple template. I scoured the Pollywog gallery and found that three of us have created layouts with the selfsame template but ended up with very different takes on it.Layout by JennLayout by Me,layout by MarijkeEven though we all kept the same size and orientation of the original, you could re-size it, flip it, duplicate parts of it, remove parts of it. You could really change things up. … [Read more...]
March Challenges
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for March. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month. (the BYOC Challenge is posted on the 1st Friday of the month.) You can use the challenges simply to inspire you to keep creating new layouts OR you can also earn yourself a fabulous coupon for your next shopping trip in the Lilypad Store. (2 challenges = 10%, 4 challenges = 20% and 6 challenges = 30%). Those who complete at least 7 challenges will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Isn’t that an awesome prize?!?! You’ll get lots of great memories captured in your scrapbooks AND you could win a fat gift certificate prize!!! Pretty great, right?! So let’s take a look at this month’s new batch of challenges!1. Template Challenge - The … [Read more...]
A Rainbow of Beautiful BYOC!
Greetings, Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, feeling super lucky to be able to introduce you to the newest BYOC for March!What is BYOC, you ask? It stands for Build Your Own Collection. On the first Friday of each month, our fab designers release a collection of products that have been created using the same palette. So, even though each designer has her own unique style, you can mix and match products from this collection and they all coordinate. Let’s have a look at this beautiful release, shall we?First off, beautiful papers: fantastic elements and kits: helpful templates: and journal cards for you pocket scrappers: Beautiful, right? And the best thing is that it’s all on sale this weekend! So head on over to our store, show off your creations in our gallery and stick around in the forums for some weekend fun. Have … [Read more...]
Art Journaling Challenge Week 4 : Hues
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here highlighting Angela's art Journaling challenge for this final week of February. You can find it in the Lilypad forum, HERE.Each week we are exploring different colour schemes, and this week our scheme is Monochromatic.What is a Monochromatic (or Monotone for short) colour scheme?Basically Monotone is defined as only using only one colour (or hue as we call it in colour theory). The monochromatic scale is created by adding black to get a darker colour (the tone) or adding white to get a lighter colour (the tint)In digital scrapbooking the best way to visualise this is to look at the colour dialogue.The colour in my colour picker is my main colour. Have the colour view option set to HSL mode.Then look at the L slider - by moving that left or right we get the tones and tints for our monochromatic colour pallet.Using MonotoneHere are 3 … [Read more...]
February Challenge Spotlight
Hello there! It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration packed Challenge Spotlight post! Each month we have 8 monthly challenges hosted in our forums and at the end of each month, I look through the challenge galleries and shine my spotlight of just a few of my favorites. So without further delay, let’s check out some amazing new layouts created for this month’s challenges! 1. Style Challenge - Use big typography/Paint/Alphas and use no photos:by kendrawalter: by cinderella: by Beth Holmes: 2. BYOC Challenge - Use 90% current BYOC products from at least 3 designers:by Janisn: by Mum23ms: 3. Journaling Challenge - Journal about your 10 favorite things:by myka: by cinna: by MariSt: 4. Random Challenge - Fill a … [Read more...]