Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen here bringing you the monthly overview of the 7 new challenges for July. This month we are mixing up our challenges again. Next month we will be back to the same challenges as last month... Or will we? This month, we are adding a few more new challenges such as an Inspiration challenge and a Fill-It-Up Challenge. As a reminder, based on our percentage system, you can earn three levels of coupons for the store just by participating in our monthly challenges. In addition to the coupon, if you complete all 7 challenges within the month of July, you will be entered in a drawing to win a one month guest spot on the Lilypad Creative Team! The discounts available are as follows: 2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off. Now let’s take a look at the new challenges: 1. One Word Challenge - … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
Easy Canada Day Decor
Hi all, Sarah here. Happy Canada Day to our Canadian readers. I'm from the USA, but I married a Canadian 15 years ago and I always try to do something special for him and my daughter on Canada Day. Today I decided to create some really simple framed pieces from journal cards.I chose this set from Just Jaimee for my project. I resized the journal cards to fit better in the opening that would be left by the frame (slightly larger than 3.25"x2.25") and printed them out on bright white cardstock.For the frame I used craft sticks. For each frame I needed two 4" lengths and two 2.25" lengths. Since I needed two frames I cut four of each length. I was able to cut these with some heavy duty scissors. A utility knife would have probably worked better since I did experience some splitting, and that may have solved the problem.Since this is a temporary piece just for today I … [Read more...]