Hello there! It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration filled Challenge Spotlight post for August. Each month we have 8 monthly challenges hosted in our forums and at the end of each month, I look 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. Scraplift Challenge - Scraplift a layout from you own personal gallery:by AnotherAmanda: by marijke: 2. Random Challenge - Feature a sun on your layout:by Angela Toucan: by Annsofie: 3. Photography Challenge - Photograph the "evening" and scrap it:by Claire Grantham: by nhudao: by … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
Template Tuesday: Making it Your Own
Hello friends! Did you know that each month The Lilypad offers you a free template for your digital scrapbooking enjoyment? You can find the freebie in the monthly challenges section of the pad's forums, and they are always awesome! I love using templates when I'm in a creative rut and I *really* love modifying them to make them a little more unique to my scrapbooking style. I tilt, rotate, enlarge, shrink, add and delete items on the template as desired to discover what will fit best with that I'm envisioning - I like to think of it as a creative puzzle that I play with to come up with a new look for my layout.Sara Gleason designed the August template challenge freebie and it is such a great design! It is perfect as it, but I had a few photos I wanted to scrap so I decided to take this freebie and see how I could make it my own with really only a few changes.This is the template … [Read more...]
Introducing… The Newest MPM!
Hey Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, super squirmy about being the first to introduce you to our newest MPM for this month. If you're new to the concept, MPM stands for Memory Pockets Monthly. Do you like journal cards and pocket scrapping? Well, this is the collection for YOU. Each month, a bunch of our talented designers create products using the same color palette and a central word/concept. This month, the word is ANTHOLOGY. It's got warm fall tones and adorable images of ways to document life events. Let's have a look at this new collection, shall we? Well, it gets better. After the main kit is released, the designers are able to release add-on kits that coordinate with the main kit so they all work together. Keep an eye on our store for more kits, soon.And it gets even better! It’s all on sale this weekend AND you can save … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Journaling Prompts!
Hello Friends! Journaling is often such a big part of memory keeping and a wonderful way to preserve our thoughts, feelings and memories. Telling our stories can be therapeutic and helpful for not only us, but others. However, sometimes knowing what to document can create a stumbling block if we aren't sure where to start. When this happens, journaling and story prompts are a great tool for brainstorming ideas and topics to explore. Today I'd like to share some story prompts that can be used right now and in the month's ahead. The seasons will soon be changing and often the seasons of our life change with calendar and weather changes. So this is the focus for today's journaling prompts..."season of change". Interpret them however you like - seasons of life, seasons of nature, seasons of the calendar, or a mix of all of these!Layout credits: Memory Pockets Monthly: Change and … [Read more...]
The Monday Mash-up! – Rainbow plus Neutrals
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'm back with … [Read more...]
Beginners Mixed Media: Using Ephemera
For some of us, there is nothing more nerve-wracking than attempting a scrapping style out of your comfort zone or more daunting than a blank canvas with infinite possibilities.(OK, yes, I’m talking about me personally but I’m sure this applies to others as well!)So in this blog series, I’m attempting to make Mixed Media less daunting by giving you (and me) some jumping off points. Where to begin with digi – mixed media scrapping? Right here for Mixed Media Beginners! I'm back for the sixth Mixed Media Beginners -if you haven't been following this series, all the previous posts are here and I focus on a particular type of mixed media each month and how I can incorporate it into my more traditional, paper style of scrapbook page. This month I'm working ephemera into my page design.Ephemera is loosely defined as printed material, often for a short-term purpose but it … [Read more...]