Hello again everyone! It’s Polly Karen here bringing you the Challenge Spotlight post for April. 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. We offer 8 monthly challenges in the forum each month. If you play along with these 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 at least 7 challenges, in addition to your coupon, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate! Now let’s look at some of the standout pages created for April’s challenges: 1. Photography … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2018
Memory Pockets Monthly : Origin
Hi friends!!!Once again I am thrilled to introduce you to this month's Memory Pockets Monthly collection! This month's collection, Origin, is a fantastic nod to our roots and the backstory that is a part of all of us.You can celebrate your own unique family, home and history beautifully with this amazing collection!!This jam packed main kit includes: 25 - 3 x 4 journal cards, 4 - 4 x 4 journal cards, 6 - 4 x 6 journal cards, 116 elements, 1 alpha, 8 solid papers. 11 patterned papers and 1 template. The journal cards are available in both vertical and horizontal orientations, as well as additional colorways. This collection is ideal for digital pocket scrapbooking and hybrid albums, as printable PDFs of all journal cards and kit pieces are provided!In addition to this main kit, there are lots of options available for add-ons from the contributing … [Read more...]
Snapshots: The Freebie Hop
It's almost time for NSD - {inter}National Scrapbooking weekend! Our big forum party and store wide sale is coming up on May 4 - 7th, but we're kicking off the fun early with a FREEBIE hop! You can get this entire kit for free by visiting all of the stops on our hop. We hope you love the kit as much as we do!>>DOWNLOAD contributions from Lynne-Marie and Sabrina HERE<<< Then, continue on to the next stop at Sara Gleason's Plant Your Story blog for more gorgeous freebies. … [Read more...]
1-Sheet Mother’s Day Trifold Box Card
As a Guest Pollywog this month, I have a confession to make. I’m a hoarder. I hoard all things scrappy, both paper and digital, yet I almost never make cards.So, when the opportunity arose for me to share a blog project with our wonderful community, I knew that I had to challenge myself to create a hybrid Mother’s Day card that incorporated items from my stash and kits from our awesome designers here at The Lilypad.The card I decided to make has a base that uses only a single sheet of 12x12 cardstock, which is folded and scored to create an impressive trifold, flip-out card in just a few simple steps.What you add to it to create your own gorgeous creation is limited only by your imagination. Let’s get started!STEP 1: Trim .25” off the right side of a 12x12 sheet of cardstock.STEP 2: Without changing the orientation of your paper, create vertical score lines at … [Read more...]
5 easy Spring organizing tips!
It's Spring and while some amazing people love to spring clean, I do not. I do try however, to make myself feel a wee better by doing some spring organizing. Do you like to organize? Would love any tips that you have!I must confess that the title is misleading and I apologize, these are organization tips and some tips - just add a bit of joy! Here are 5 things I have done so far:1) With all the rain here in GA, I got an umbrella holder (shout out to TJ Maxx!) and placed it by our back door where we exit.2) I splurged and got some new pretty sheets for the Master bedroom.3) I love to use my oil diffuser next to my bed, so I decided to try some new oils that have more of a spring feel.4) I am knee deep in serious closet organization. I bag up the clothes and items I no longer use and store them in our extra closet. I know - the words extra and closet seldom go together, … [Read more...]
Creating Backgrounds With Stamps
Almost any digital product can be used as a stamp to create a background. Brushes, paper, overlays, etc, these can all be used as is or altered to create a background which you can customize in so many ways. Let me share some ways to use your digital products to stamp onto a background to create a layer.For my stamped background, I first chose four products from Dawn Inskip's Live For Today Mixed Media Papers and Lynn Grieveson Designs' Accounted For Brushes.Here are the layers.I opened two two papers and added a fill layer (with cream color) and changed opacity to 50%. This created a soft colored neutral base to apply the darker tones of the mixed media papers overtop. On the mixed media papers, I changed the blend mode to overlay and darker color. When creating a background with multiple layers, I change the blend modes to see how the selected layer interacts with … [Read more...]