I can't get enough of planner stickers! Last month I showed how to make planner stickers from digital supplies. While I really enjoyed my stickers I was getting a little frustrated with having to hand cut out each sticker out. I knew my silhouette machine must be able to solve the problem. Today I have tutorial showing you how to "kiss cut" your stickers and create a sticker sheet on your silhouette machine.1. Open up a blank document in your silhouette software. Determine the size of sticker sheets you want. Create your sticker sheet using the rounded rectangle tool. I chose 4" x 6" for my sticker sheets. I also added a few thinner rounded rectangles to fill in the spaces around my sticker sheets. I did this so that I don't waste any of my sticker paper.2. Select all of your rounded rectangles. Go to the line color window at the top of the screen. Change your line … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling Showcase – April 2015
Hi, everyone. Sarah here, and I'm so happy to share with you all some of the fun pages that have been created for the Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling challenges this month.The April 1st challenge is to create something with flowers. redplaid3 did such an awesome job with this frog themed page. I just love the springy feel and the large size pocket page.The April 8th challenge is to write a letter to yourself. I adore this letter about setting and meeting goals by cfile. I love the use of the coffee themed kit to talk about this subject!For the April 15th challenge I asked people to use wordstrips on their pages. I love how dvhoward used her pockets on a larger layout.The April 22nd challenge is to create a page using at least one cluster. This cluster of tickets and other ephemera on Cath_'s layout is just the perfect touch. This month we … [Read more...]
Polly Picks – Hana
Every two weeks we ask one of our staff members to choose their favorite products in the shop. Then we put those products on sale! Our latest Polly Picks sale includes products chosen by the fabulous Hana (Hanazana1): Hana (Hanazana1) is a Polly that can blow me away with each and every one of her layouts. They are so unique and totally artistic! Hana has the ability to seamlessly mix artsy painty bits and pieces of paper with shadows that look so real you have to check twice to see if it's hybrid. She also adds so many fantastic details to each page that I love to just look and look at each one. We asked Hana to describe her style, and this is what she had to say:“My scrapping style is just freestyle. Almost always I use patterned paper. Actually, always. Often even more of patterns. I love to play with the elements and layer around the photo. And I love … [Read more...]
Photo Shoot Clothing on a Budget
Greetings, Happy Scrappers!Polly Liana here with some quick ways to stretch your dollar when gathering clothes for your kids' photo shoots. With the great weather reaching many of us these days, it's fun to get your kids outside and the some fun photos of them for framing, gifts, etc. However, you don't want to have to plunk down hundreds of dollars on dance fashion clothing that your kids are only going to wear a couple of times. I've gathered a bunch of tips that will help you save money and still have your kids look like a million bucks. Full disclosure: I have two girls so I don't have as much experience with boy's clothing. However, I'm including a bunch of tips that apply to everyone.The Basics: 1. Avoid overly trendy looks and cartoon characters. Sure, your Elsa dress might look cute on your daughter now but after a few years, there will be a new "it" character. Keep … [Read more...]
April Challenge Spotlight
Hello everyone! Polly Karen here, bringing you the April edition of the Challenge Spotlight. Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of my favorite layouts and shine my spotlight on them here.If you aren't familiar with the challenges, here’s a little information about them to get you started. If you play along with our 7 monthly challenges you can earn yourself a coupon to use on your next Lilypad shopping spree. You will earn as follows: 2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off. Also if you finish all 7 challenges, in addition to your coupon, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 2 guest spots on the Creative Team (be a Polly) for a month! Now let’s look at some of the standout pages created for this month’s challenges:1. One Word Challenge - Blessed:by … [Read more...]
80s Hybrid Mini Album
Hi all, Sarah here. I've been thinking a lot about documenting my past stories. I was a child of the 80s so a mini album about those memories seemed like a great place to start.Real Life in Pockets - Old School by Just Jaimee and Mommyish is just perfect for this project.I began by creating an 8"x10" canvas and placing two papers side by side (each paper measuring 4"x10") on the canvas and then printing. I did the same thing with two different papers and printed on the back side of the previously printed paper. I then cut each two sided piece into 3.5"x7.5" sections. I repeated the process once more with four different papers.A side above - B side below. I made the printouts slightly larger than the final size that I needed to make sure that if for some reason my print was a little off I'd still be able to line the two sides up perfectly.I then folded a … [Read more...]