Have you gone through the gallery recently? It has been an explosion of banners and garland. Must be something in the air. Check out these beauties that have gone up in the past week:FalalalalaLA! by JenJSanta by KarenFavorites by mlewiscute, cuddly, sweet by jdesaiFavorite Things by 4noisyboysNaughty or Nice? by aly3212011 christmas card by DanaSnow! by jam1el33Color Love, Color Wonderful by Strange.Bird2ge+her by talktoheatherxmas abfallentsorgung by cocoFamily Fun Night by Lisa CarollMerry Merry! by christina[Natal 2010] by Dani Vignolifruits by Ana.PaulaIf you find yourself inspired but needing a little bit of help, here are a few templates Amy and Valorie have to offer: Garland mini v1 by Amy MartinGarland by Amy … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2010
December Scraplift Challenge
Challenges are off and running here at The-Lilypad!Sometimes we need a little extra kick of inspiration to get us going.So this week we bring you the Scraplift challenge.Polly Jenni tipped us of the beautiful work going on in the gallery of our very ownValorie Wibbens, and let me say it is stunning.Here are some examples of the lovely pages and lifts so far:Valorie's More and More:Jenni's lift:Valorie's Mud:Crystall's lift:Valorie's A Perfect Moment:Coco's lift:Hope you all are inspired. And to find out a bit more about Valorie, check out her blog here!Don't forget the rules of this challenge:1) Your page must contain at least 75% TLP products2) One challenge per layout no combining challenges3) Upload your finished page to the scraplift gallery and post in the December Scraplift … [Read more...]
Tips and Tricks – Creating PDF
So yesterday I was all set to upload my calendar design onto a site to print (and take advantage of 50%off!) But lo and behold, they did not support .jpegs. (Okay that seems totally crazy to me, but whatcha gonna do?) But they did support PDFs.And that's how I got shoved into the lovely world of PDFs. So I was thinking, what a great Lilypad T&T (at least I hope it is helpful to you, lol)Now first of all you need to have Adobe Acrobat already on your system. Which if you are like me and all over the web, you probably have and it is updated regularly by Adobe whether you like it or not.Next, open you jpeg in your Photoshop program. I am using PSE 7. Then go to SAVE AS. When the box opens up choose PHOTOSHOP PDF (*.PDF,*.PDP).Whoo hoo. Now you have a PDF.You will need to do this to all the documents you want to be in a PDF document. Now if you want all the images to … [Read more...]
Lovely Lyrics
Hello to all of my friends out there, this is Aly... one of the newest Polly's! I know this is the time of year that is crazy for everyone. The hustle and bustle of the Holidays is all around us. Somedays I just blast my Christmas music to help calm myself. I don't know about you, but music can have such a dramatic impact on my mood. One song that has been on my mind is the Christmas song, "Still, Still, Still." You can find the full lyrics here...I hope that through all of the fun and joy of the holidays, we can all take some time to be Still! … [Read more...]
December BYOC Challenge!
It's that time again! This month's BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) is here!And that means, so is this month's BYOC Challenge! What is the BYOC Challenge?It's only the most A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. challenge ever!You have the chance to WIN next month's entire BYOC collection!And the best part is, it's simple! Here's the scoop:- Your page must contain 90% current BYOC.- You must use at least 3 different Pad designer’s products on your layout.- Upload your layout to the BYOC Challenge Gallery.That’s it! You may enter more than once following the rules above.There will be TWO winners chosen at random from the layouts entered.And CONGRATULATIONS to November's BYOC Challenge winners:stampin rachelsnaggletoothCongratulations ladies! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL layouts!! … [Read more...]
December’s BYOC Products & New Guest Designer
Happy December, AND Happy BYOC!!Today's Build Your Own Collab goodies are some of the most amazing yet!Plus we have a new guest designer, and new BYOC challenge.Check here for December's BYOC products. … [Read more...]