By now you have noticed and possibly shopped the Doily Trend Watch. You might have played along with the Trend Watch Challenge. Continuing the doily theme check out the latest episode of The Hybrid Variety Show where a slew of doilies are on display. Today, you guessed it, more doily talk! I am going to share with you some tips on shadowing doilies. I took photos of both lace and paper doilies as a point of reference for creating shadows. This visual reference will help aid in creating realistic shadows. In looking at the photos you can see that the doilies do not lay perfectly flat. The shadow beneath the doilies varies in darkness and in depth. Let's talk about the different types of doilies that are available as digital products. There are all sorts of doilies available for purchase. The sample image below includes the most common doilies. Now that you have seen the different … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Behind the Design of Lynne-Marie Digital Designs
Hi all! Polly Jewelle here with another edition of Behind the Design. With a little bit of pleading and maybe a few bribes the designers here at The LilyPad to agreed to show off their design spaces at home. They also agreed to answer a few questions about their design space that will allow us to get to know them better. This month we are going behind the designs ofLynne-Marie Digital DesignsMac or PC?Mac all the way!! I have a very old one though. It's a 2011 PowerBook Pro, 17" screen, 2,5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 6 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (I just copied that off my computer - I have no idea what it means!) My husband is the tech guy and I just scream when something doesn't work. I'll be updating my computer soon... hopefully!Coffee or tea (or both/neither)?Ok, so I've been addicted to coffee since University, but I recently quit... so right now it's … [Read more...]
The Distraction Dilemma
Hi Happy Scrappers! Wait, is it 9 p.m. already? How in the world is it so late? Where did the time go?How often does this happen to you: you sit down at your computer to get some work done. Before you start, you decide you'll take a quick peek at some emails or a glance at a little social media. Two hours later, you're freaking out-- realizing you've just spent tons of time looking at photos of your cousin's wedding or videos of cats falling in bathtubs and now you've got no time for your work. It happens to me more than I'd like to admit. Sites like Facebook and Pinterest are deadly for my productivity because they offer a never-ending wealth of new and interesting information that keeps popping up. It's tricky because after a long day, it's really nice to just sit down and scroll for a while but if you let it get away from you, you're liable to fritter away hours of valuable … [Read more...]
Polly Pick – Krista Pearl
Krista Pearl? Who? What? We all know her as Norton94, and I affectionately call her NORT. I adore this woman! I mean seriously crush bad. She is a remarkable scrapper, and she does so much behind the scenes to keep the Lily Pad (pun use) hopping!I was a guest Polly for 3 or 4 months, and was a tad bit overwhelmed at the back pond. It is such a well run shop, and dear NORT, was so kind to me and encouraged me in my strange hairbrained ideas. She is really one remarkable lady! I know you are going to want so much of her picks from the sale too! Krista (aka Norton94) has a unique style that I know you are going to enjoy. Here is Krista's own words about her scrapping process and how she goes about it: I typically use a template as a starting point, but I often switch them up by rotating them, adding or subtracting photos or elements to fit my need, or combining … [Read more...]
Video Tutorial: Add Transparent Text to Photos
Hi, all! I'm here to bring you a little tutorial on adding transparent text to your photos. If you make it until the end of the video, there are a couple of other little tips as well. As always, there are several ways to do this, but I found a little shortcut so thought I'd share. The video was done with PS CC but has a work around for PSE. I'm sure you can also do this with other programs as well.And once I started playing, I couldn't stop. You'll find that you may just get addicted to this technique. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Thy4uBojvHQ] Be sure to check out the FONT category in The Lilypad store. There are some awesome fonts and dingbats in there and I always seem to find something I can't live without! Let me know your thoughts on this (or anything). … [Read more...]
3 Easy Ways to Scrapbook the Bad Days
Do you scrapbook your bad days? Do you scrapbook about things that aren't so great? Some people do, and some people don't. The reality is: we all have them. Everyone has bad days, and has not so great things happen to them. They aren't always easy to talk our journal about, though. So what do we do, as memory keepers, with these memories? If you are inclined to include them, here are three easy ways to get them onto your pages. Give the memories a positive spin - Sometimes, it's easier to think about the positive things associated with bad memories. For example, recently my wife was reassigned to another school, having to leave her friends and the school that has been her home for 10 years. I could have included how upset she was, or how it made us all feel. Instead, I used a picture of the flowers I got her, and wrote about getting her flowers after finding out the bad … [Read more...]