Happy Wednesday! Polly Shannon here with a quick and easy tutorial about making your own hidden journaling cards for Project Life. My Project Life is all hybrid/paper and I love the fact that I can keep thoughts hidden but still able to be found. What I love even more is how easy these cards are to make!Start by printing what will br the front of your journaling card. Be sure to leave 3" (if you're doing a 3x4 card) of white space to the left of the card so that the card can folded. [if you're like me and don't like to waste paper you'll likely have other items on this paper as well]Next you're going to cut out the card. You'll notice in my photo that I'm making it just under 6" long. This is because the pockets in the page protectors are just under 3" wide and I want my card to fit once it's folded.Then you're simply going to fold the card in half. I like a bone folder to get … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Authenticity in Scrapbooking
I've been pondering this question lately to myself: who are you when nobody is looking? It's a hefty question to be sure. So wait, how does this relate to scrapbooking, you ask? Who is your audience when it comes to scrapbooking? Is it yourself? Your family? Other scrapbookers? There is no right or wrong answer to this. But I've discovered something about when I scrapbook... my most favorite pages of all time are the ones where I look at it after some time has passed, and I love it because it was honest and authentic, and true to myself and the stories I told. It's so easy to be caught up in popular trends, latest products, creative teams, or doing pages so that other scrapbookers admire us. There's nothing wrong with those things per se. I like trends and products as much as anyone else. But ultimately, what you spend time working on should matter to you and who you are. … [Read more...]
Wonky Cutting in Photoshop
Don't worry, no real scissors necessary! But if you like that slightly imperfect, hand-cut look to your paper blocks, strips, banners, flags, etc., then read on. Today I'll show you step-by-step how to use the Polygonal Lasso tool in Photoshop to quickly cut out any shape you want, in just a few clicks. The beauty of this kind of "cutting" truly is in the imperfection of it, so don't worry too much about getting perfectly straight lines or even sides! To give you a few ideas of how you might use this technique, here's a bunch of paper shapes I "cut out" of my digital papers in just a minute or two (all papers are from Lauren Grier's Rainbow Joy paper pack):To cut out your own shape (pretty much anything with straight lines), choose your paper and then select the polygonal lasso tool.Now click once on your paper where you want to start "cutting." You should see a line … [Read more...]
February Challenge Spotlight
Happy Saturday everyone! This is Polly Karen here to show off just a sample of the amazing pages that our members are creating for the February challenges this month. I have been laughing at some of the posts in the forums from people saying that 7 challenges don't feel like enough after the extra 31 daily challenges we had in January. Before I point the spotlight on this month's challenges, I'd like to show you the winners from the January daily challenges. You can see the individual winning LOs for each challenge in the forum HERE. Now let's look at some of the layouts created for February challenges: 1. Journaling Challenge - Little activities in our lives: by asali: by cherpea: 2. Product Challenge - Word Art:by Tree City: by … [Read more...]
Fabulous Froggy Friday is Here!
Hello Happy Scrappers!Liana here, to get you raring to go for the weekend with our new offerings for Froggy Friday here at The Lilypad. Just wait until you see all the beautiful products that our designers have added to our store... and they're all 20% off this weekend. I myself have been drooling over them for days-- there are so many lovely and varied kits and tools. Let's look at some inspiration, created using these brand-new products and provided by our Pollys:From Tronesia, using Going Places (collaboration) by One Little Bird & the Ardent Sparrow:From Amber (AmberR), using Sahlin Studio and Brittish Designs' Project Mouse (sold as bundles and separately):From Amanda (amandaresende), using Tattered Photos v.1 by Lynne-Marie and Embrace Life by Amy Jaz and Cornelia Designs:From Amanda (MandaKay), using Gina Miller's Filler Notecards 12 and Lynne-Marie's … [Read more...]
Hybrid Cutouts
Hey all! Polly Jewelle here with a hybrid tutorial for you. Cutouts on digital pages are all the rage right now. Seeing that paper peeking through a cutout always brings I smile to my face. I love taking trends I see in digi and using them in my hybrid projects. Lets make a card that uses these cutouts!1. In Photoshop create your card including a shape that you would like to make into a cutout. Keep all layers accessible. For my card I used Just Be Paper Pack and Just Be Elements by Amy Wolff Designs.2. Create an 8.5 x 11 document to place your card pieces on.3. Back on your original card, select the item that you wish to turn into a cutout. Press control + left click on the layer so that you have marching ants around your item.Now select the paper layer that you want the item to be cut from. Hit delete. You have a newly formed cutout! {I've turned … [Read more...]