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.
As my kids would say, “Holy Guacamole!” Where in the world has the time gone? I looked up and realized that December is already almost halfway gone. For those of you who are riding along on this challenge we are…
Happy Froggy Friday and TGIF! Did you see all of the new goodies? SQUEAL! Come look…come look….
Have you gone through the gallery recently? It has been an explosion of banners and garland. Must be something in the air. Check out these beauties that have gone up in the past week: FalalalalaLA! by JenJ Santa by Karen…
Challenges are off and running here at The-Lilypad! Sometimes we need a little extra kick of inspiration to get us going. So this week we bring you the Scraplift challenge. Polly Jenni tipped us of the beautiful work going on…
So yesterday I was all set to upload my calendar design onto a site to print (and take advantage of 50%off!) But lo and behold, they did not support .jpegs. (Okay that seems totally crazy to me, but whatcha gonna…
Hello to all of my friends out there, this is Aly… one of the newest Polly’s! I know this is the time of year that is crazy for everyone. The hustle and bustle of the Holidays is all around us….
It’s that time again! This month’s BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) is here! And that means, so is this month’s BYOC Challenge! What is the BYOC Challenge? It’s only the most A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. challenge ever! You have the chance to WIN…
Happy December, AND Happy BYOC!! Today’s Build Your Own Collab goodies are some of the most amazing yet! Plus we have a new guest designer, and new BYOC challenge. Check here for December’s BYOC products.
So, you’ve gotten into digital scrapbooking.  Surely, you have an ever growing supply of digital kits, elements, alphas, etc…!  Now lets say you don’t have ACDSee or a tagging system, making it easy to find just what you are  looking for right when…
Happy Wednesday! Happy December! and a later tonight, Happy Hanukkah! Heather here to bring you a run down of the December challenges. Journaling Challenge hosted by Katrina Journal whatever Christmas tradition is your favorite. Scraplift Challenge hosted by Jenni Lifting…
This week our journaling prompt revolves around conversations. In the car, at home, at school, we know that our families and friends say the funniest things and we rarely document them. Well, here’s your chance! This week’s prompt is to…
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