I’m a creative who pulls inspiration from all corners of life—both the joyful highs and the real-life moments that punch you in the gut. Honestly, I don’t think I can pin down a single scrapbooking style for myself, so let’s just go with eclectic. My layouts really depend on my mindset. If I’m in a deep, cerebral mood, you’ll likely see something chaotic and messy. If I’m more relaxed, it tends to come out clean, simple, and structured.
My brain is usually running on several channels at once, so it’s completely normal for me to be working on a digital layout, dabbling in a hybrid project, and getting messy with art journaling or mixed media—all at the same time.
Here are a few of my go-to tools: Digital:Â Adobe Photoshop CC + my MacBook; Photos:Â Canon Rebel or iPhone; Hybrid:Â Cricut Joy + sewing machine; Art Journaling:Â watercolors, stencils, and artsticks
And when it comes to embellishments—digital or physical—I’m always reaching for messy threads, ribbons, and Polaroids. Always the Polaroids.
Hi there! Back in February, I challenged myself to use the same photos and products (same kit and template) to produce two different styled layouts. It was an interesting experiment and I’m back for another Minimal and Maximal Monday! … but…
Hello and welcome back to another Make It Monday blog post! Polly Robin here with another beginner card hybrid project. My goal is to show you that you can easily make your own cards for a fraction of the cost…
 Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for April. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the…
Greetings, Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, super psyched to introduce you to the MPM for April. What’s MPM, you ask? It stands for Memory Pockets Monthly.  It’s a wonderful monthly collection that’s perfect for those scrappers who love to work with pockets…
Hello there! It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration packed Challenge Spotlight post! 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…
Today we’re starting to get to know the free graphics program GIMP by scrapping with a layered quickpage (QP). Fair warning – this is a long post with (hopefully) enough information and screen images to make using it easy for…
Hello and welcome to a Make it Monday blog post! Polly Robin here to share with you another card tutorial. This week I’d like to show you how to make a faux fractured card. It’s a simple card that doesn’t…
 Hey! What’s up, Doc?! It’s nearly that time of year again and I’ve been hopping around the gallery checking out all the bunny pages! Not just the Easter ones, but the backyard critter ones as well as the cuddly toy…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with some wonderful layouts inspired by the Emerald Isle and all things Irish. St Patrick’s Day is the 17th of March, do you celebrate it? and if so how? Traditional Irish Blessing May the road…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here to encourage you to document how your senses can ground you and spark joy. The 5 primary senses of: See (Eyes/Sight) Smell (Nose/Odor) Hear (Ears/Sound) Taste (Mouth/Flavour) Touch (Skin/Feel). We all have favourite smells, that…
Happy March y’all! Polly Robin here with another Make It Monday Blog post. Today I’m going to show you how I take a PNG and make a cutout card.  You could use part of this tutorial to digitally scrap a…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here to highlight the Template challenge. You can find it here in the forum, along with the freebie template supplied by Anita Designs this month. I love the versatility of templates, I usually add paper layers…