Earlier this month, I shared here on the blog some of the big hashtags that are associated with The Lilypad. The real reason for sharing those with you, was so that we can bring back Mobile Highlights. I've spent some time checking out what you're posting on Instagram this month, and these are the things that are really standing out to me!I absolutely LOVE how the Halloween Mats by Forever Joy are used here. The tone on tone look helps the photo and elements stand out, but the paper mat adds a lot of visual interest.Here are those Halloween Mats again, but what really stands out to me here is the title work. The vellum "You" has an almost ghostly look to it, and the flair with the boy picture is a nice addition.On this pocket style page, I loved how the elements expanded over the "pockets" of the page and off the edge of the page itself. It helps give a very … [Read more...]
Mobile Highlights
It's time for our last mobile highlights of the year, where has the time gone! My husband and I have been out this evening finishing off some of our last holiday shopping and soaking up the atmosphere in our town, it's been lovely.So, lets start with this lovely layout mollycscraps! Molly uses patterns is a beautiful way here to mat her large photo without distracting from her adorably cheeky subject. The different sized snowflakes and careful placement of elements really draw your eye in to the photo.Next up is this fabulous pile of prints of gorgeous DYD products from idocumentlife; I always think it's so lovely to see how lovely digital products translate so well into printed form. I look forward to seeing what comes of these!Lorryfach's vibrant and masculine layout is up next, the use of the geometric shapes from the chevrons gives a really urban feel which is again … [Read more...]
Mobile Highlights
The Halloween Bash is in full flow over on the forum and it's a slight spooky Saturday night here in the UK; I've been playing along in forum games most of the day before I went looking through our list of hashtags again and have some awesome instagrammed highlights to share with you.First up is this lovely Disney themed layout by @yzerbear19, I love the blues with the neutrals!Up next we have an awesome layout from @toriloowhoo using the Template Challenge freebie from Just Jaimee:I love how that adorable cutie photo is the focus of this fall themed page from @chocochocochics:It's no secret that I love POCKETS, and I get so excited when I see truly beautiful pages, just like this one from @emmadoan:Gotta love a spooky fun, pocket page at this time of year. Just like this one from @beetreestudios:I absolutely adore Paris, and this sweet and simple page by … [Read more...]
More Mobile Fun… Plus Some Awesome New Releases!
Did you know that The Lilypad is still riding the Mobile-Ready Crazy Train? Well, it's not too crazy, but it sure is fun! There is a whole line of products now in the store especially geared for this. They are specifically designed to decorate your smart phone photos, making them so cool to share on social media and even to scrap with. Check out this blog post for details on how to use them, including screenshots. Here is the video from that post that the Font/Dingbat Guru Heather created for us.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6_C_U3gWRQ]And for those of you without smart phones (you know who you are), you can still enjoy these products because most also include png versions that can easily be used on scrapbook pages or other projects. So it's sort of like wordart with a bonus dingbat! What is not to love about that?Now that you know HOW to do it, let's look at … [Read more...]