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.
Well Hello There, Happy Scrappers! Polly Liana here, with a quick tutorial about how to prepare Lilypad images for use on 3D cards. Â A year ago, I purchased a Cricut Explore machine, which most of you will know is…
Hi, all! Sarah here and I’m so excited to share another fun hybrid project with you today. I’ve always been a planner. I adore to do lists, journals, and calendars but I’ve always struggled to figure out how to make…
Hey all, Polly Jewelle here! I am back to bring you another TLP member spotlight! This month I asked the other Polly’s here at the pad to help pick our member to spotlight. We chose KerriAnne who is an active…
How to Make Your Own Stencils Making stencils is made easy as well as  affordable when you follow the steps in today’s tutorial. Let’s gather our supplies and get started. Supply List Digital images from The Lilypad of course! Silhouette Cameo…
Every two weeks we ask one of our staff members to choose their favorite products in the shop.  Then we put those products on sale!  Our latest Polly Picks sale includes products chosen by the fabulous Ana Paula (Ana.Paula):  Ana…
How to Make Your Own Enamel Dots Today I am going to show you how to make your own enamel dots. I just love DIY crafts. There is something so satisfying about putting your own personal touch into crafting. These enamel…
Hey Happy Scrappers! Polly Liana here, with the fantastic privilege of introducing you to our wonderful BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) for the month of June!   It’s a unique concept developed by the Lilypad:  each month our fabulous designers create products…
Hey guys, Sarah here and I’m so happy to share a few pages from the participants of May’s Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling challenges. I’m also wanting to take a minute to let everyone know that I will be taking a…
Hello everyone!  It’s Polly Karen here bringing you the monthly overview of the 7 new challenges for June.  This month we are mixing up our challenges just a little bit.  We are adding a few new challenges such as…
Congratulations to the Grads It’s that time of year – Graduation Time! We love to celebrate milestones and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the accomplishments made throughout the school year than with a sale!!  A graduation sale courtesy of Kate Hadfield. USE COUPON CODE…
Hi, everyone! Sarah here with an update to my Weekend Mini Album post that I shared a couple of weeks ago. The May BYOC has been such a great collection to use for this project and I just love how…
Hey scrappers, Polly Jewelle here! Today I have a two more tips in our pocket scrapping out of order series to share with you. Although I primarily do hybrid pocket scrapping I believe these tips can work with digital pocket…