Hello there! It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration filled Challenge Spotlight post for April. Each month we have 8 monthly challenges hosted in our forums and at the end of each month, I pour through the challenge galleries and shine my spotlight of just a few of my favorites. So without further delay, let’s check out some amazing new layouts! 1. Journaling Challenge - Use at least 5 typewritten lines of journaling:by zinzilah: by jam-on-toast: 2. Style Challenge - Use paper strips or ribbons:by silent ranks: by dotcomkari: by Thuria: 3. Random Challenge - Scrap a milestone:by bjc: by mcurtt: by … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2022
Monthly Muse at your fingertips
The Monthly Muse Challenge this month is being run by our amazing Ona. We are on WEEK #4 and you have until July 3rd to enter. WEEK #4 is all about TEXTURES, one of my favorite things about Art Journaling. It grounds your ideas (in a good way!) This is Ona's interpretation of the inspiration boards she provided from two amazing artists.Remember, you can make one page per week, you can make more. Just in case you don't know where to find these cool art journal challenges here are the links to all 4 weeks this month: WEEK 1: Collage Art, WEEK 2: Abstract Art, WEEK 3: Glue Book, and WEEK 4: Textures.Here are some entries for July's Monthly Muse. … [Read more...]
Bonjour, MPM!
Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, excited to introduce the newest MPM for July (and it’s not even July yet!). For those who are new to the concept, MPM stands for Memory Pockets Monthly. It’s a wonderful monthly collection that’s perfect for those scrappers who love to work with pockets and journal cards. Each collection is created by some of our most talented pocket card designers (this month it’s Becca Bonneville, Sara Gleason, Designed by Soco, Mommyish and Allison Pennington). They work with the same color palette so all of their designs coordinate, and they are inspired by one key word. This month’s word is GO (as in, you should GO to the store right now and scoop it up). July’s main kit has plenty of bright summery colors and concepts. Let’s check it out:After the main kit is released, the designers then create add-on kits that coordinate with the main kit but … [Read more...]
The Monday Mash-up – Unique Story Kit Combinations
Are you primarily a one kit only scrapper, on a budget or looking for ways to extend your stash?Mashing 2 (or 3!) kits together (and making your own customised collab!) gives you so many opportunities but means you won’t have to spend all your time tagging or searching your stash. If mixing and matching is not your normal style and feels daunting, this series will look at several ways to make mixing different design styles easier than you think! ______________________________________________________________________________________________Hi there and welcome to a fun new way to start Mondays in the middle of the month – The Monday Mash-up! definition: Mash-up noun- informal.* a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources. Some background:I hope you are … [Read more...]
Tutorial Thursday | Silhouette Photos
Hello scrappers, Kayla, aka keepscrappin, here with a Tutorial Thursday. The Threshold filter (Photoshop & PSE) is an adjustment filter that converts a photo to pure black and white, creating a silhouette.Here's the steps in PSE and they are similar in PSCC. Sorry I don't have the steps for other programs, but you can probably search the internet to find a way to get a similar effect in your program. Duplicate your photo (File -> Duplicate -> OK) and close the original. Double click the background layer to unlock it. Select the photo layer and go to the half filled circle in the layers palette or select Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Threshold from the menu bar. Click ok. You will get a threshold window. You can change the Threshold Level if you want. I moved the slider to the left to get more white and detail in the … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday | BIG Photo Backgrounds
Hello Scrappers,Kayla, aka keepscrappin, here again with another Template Tuesday quick tip to stretch your template stash. It's no secret that I love BIG photos. I always say go BIG or go home! One way I like to use BIG photos is as the background for my layout. It's such an easy way to get a different look from your templates and it really helps showcase the photo.For my example today, I used the first template in Press Play #5 by our talented Lynne-Marie. I've been eyeing this template pack for ages and was so happy to finally come up with an idea to scrap a layout with it that would do it justice. Don't be afraid to modify the template a bit to make it work with your BIG photo. I selected all the template layers above my photo and used the arrow keys to nudge them down a bit so they wouldn't cover my eyes. I clipped some papers to … [Read more...]