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.
Greetings, Happy Scrappers! Polly Liana here on the first Friday of the month, with the honor of introducing you to this month’s BYOC collection.  For those of you unfamiliar with this concept, BYOC stands for Build Your Own Collab.  It’s a…
Hello everyone! Â It’s Polly Karen here. Â Has everyone recovered from the awesome whirlwind that is the Month of Challenges? (MOC) Â I’m sure there are lots of you that are with me in feeling a little MOC withdrawal right about now….
Hi all, Sarah here. I’m so excited to share with you a new format for the Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling challenge starting with February. The challenges will now be weekly and anyone completing two of each month’s weekly challenges will…
Every two weeks we ask one of our staff members to choose their favorite products in the shop. Â Then we put those products on sale! Â Our latest sale involves products chosen by the lovely Celeste: Celeste is one…
Happy Groundhog Day! It’s Groundhog Day and it almost pains me to report the prediction for the day. According to the famous Punxsutawney Phil that appeared at 7:28am on February 2, 2015, the prediction is six more weeks of winter. The…
January Hybrid Variety Show – All Occasion Cards Welcome to the January Hybrid Variety Show. A new year brings new reasons to celebrate, and while MOC is winding down we still have a year filled with other celebratory occasions. This…
It’s so fun seeing all the fun new hybrid layouts and projects in the gallery. I’m so happy to share a few of these amazing creations with you today. First up is a layout by 3littleks. I love all of…
Wow! Â We have been having a blast with the Month of Challenges (MOC) in forum and gallery. Â This is Polly Karen here. Â Every day I’m amazed at the creative takes on each of the challenges and how fast some of…
Hey there, it’s Heather Greenwood aka heathergw. Did you see the new Mixed Media Monthly release this weekend yet? I say this every month but this one is my FAVE! I love maps and vintage ephemera and might be a…
Good Morning Lovely Scrappers, Polly Liana here with a quick tutorial about personalizing dishtowels.  I have a dear friend who, because of a large family and lots of action in her kitchen, has considerable distress about cross-contamination of her dishtowels.  Her…
Hi all, Sarah here. I’m excited to share an album I’ve been working on for the past few months. I keep hoping that my daughter will fall in love with the process of memory keeping as much as I have….
Welcome to the first mobile highlights of the year! Can you believe that January is nearly gone already? So, lets start with this lovely layout by @lbvancura! She uses a brushed technique to create a mask for an image behind the lovely template from…