For about a year now, I've been actively trying mixed media techniques and products on the blog here, and venturing outside the box of my traditional scrapping style. With the Retiring Products Sale on until the end of March 2023, I wanted to highlight a few bargain mixed media products that are being clearanced to make way for more goodies in the store that would be great investments if you are starting out and looking to build or add to your digital mixed media stash.Basic Brushes and Gesso / Impasto Paint - I started out Beginngers Mixed Media with just a template and some 'nothing fancy', fairly dense, linear brush strokes (that post and layout are here), and gesso has become one of my fave ways to add some dimension or a pop of 'non-colour' especially on dark backgrounds, like here. Watercolour style paint generally is pretty thin in real life so digi watercolour often has a … [Read more...]
Congratulations to the Grads
Congratulations to the GradsIt's that time of year - Graduation Time! We love to celebrate milestones and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate the accomplishments made throughout the school year than with a sale!! A graduation sale courtesy of Kate Hadfield. USE COUPON CODE GRAD20 and get 20% off (coupon expires June 8, 2015) these fabulous end-of-school products. Keep reading for inspiration on how to use the doodles in your projects and on your pages. From scrapbook pages to hybrid creations and everything in between, Kate's doodles add just the right touch. Make the perfect celebratory invitations, cards or scrapbook pages with Graduation. Don't forget the younger grads with Little Graduates.Milestones start in grade school. Celebrate in style with Little School.For the older kids, Big School is more fitting. The School Days Wordy Bits are a … [Read more...]
Hoppy Scrapping
Hoppy Scrapping!!We hope you all are enjoying the retirement sale! There are some amazing products that are retiring. It's such a bittersweet time. Speaking of time... it's almost time for Easter. The bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail in just a few days. There will be lots of fun moments to capture during the holiday weekend and where there are memories there is scrapbooking. The Lilypad is no stranger to preserving those special memories and we want to help you find just the stuff! When searching for specific things at The Lilypad, the seasonal category is a great place to start. Since we are talking about Easter, go ahead and check out the Easter category. Another great option is to enter a more specific topic in the search box. Instead of Easter, you could search bunny, egg, or spring. With that being said, let's just have a look at some beautiful Easter themed eye … [Read more...]
Retirement Sale!
Yes you read that right, a HUGE retirement sale is hitting the LilyPad! Hundreds of items will be going, going, gone! Before those items are gone for good you can snatch them up at 50% off! Now don't go rushing off to the store just yet. The sale will be running March 20 - 29. Tomorrow the store will have a special category designated as "Retirement Sale", where you can find all items part of the sale. I'm sure I will be picking up a few...ok maybe more than a few...of these products. Be sure and check out the store tomorrow and take advantage of this amazing deal! … [Read more...]
Black Friday Sales Have Arrived
It's Black Friday ladies and gents! Check it out! This sale is epic! New Releases are 30% off during this special weekend of sales. There are also more than 300 deals at 40% to 60% off. Don't forget to shop on Sunday and Monday when there will be hundreds of additional Cyber Monday deals at 40% to 60% off.Here is just a taste of what is new! Thanks for visiting and happy shopping! … [Read more...]
Polly Picks – ForeverJoy
You cannot help but feel a little joy when you cross paths with Renne of ForeverJoy Designs. She is such an amazing designer and quite an inspiration. I just adore her whimsical personality and I am sure that I am not alone in celebrating the excitement of her new home at The Lilypad. If you are new to ForeverJoy Designs now is the perfect time to try out her style, while it's on sale!We asked Renne to tell us a little bit about her scrapping style and this is what she had to say:"I would say that my style is to tell a story first- and usually I do that by focusing on one moment in time. A freeze frame of sorts. It's like I push pause on one memory and zoom in. I don't always do a lot of word journaling- but will use often a word art title or a series or pieces of word art to tell my story- and I always add a little bit of symbolism or word play that may not be apparent to anyone … [Read more...]