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.
Hello Friends! Are you one of those lucky scrappers who’ve inherited a cherished family photo album, or a couple of shoeboxes full of old family photos? Good for you! You’re already well on your way to scrapping beautiful and compelling…
Hello Friends! The holidays are fast approaching and, if you are like me, the days are flying by in a flurry of blur and building chaos! As much as I love the upcoming weeks and want to soak in all…
Hello Friends! Each month, The Lilypad offers a free template for the monthly template challenge. For the November 2022 Template Challenge, TLP designer Lynn Grieveson has created yet another gorgeous and versatile template, which you can download HERE. Here is…
Hey there, Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, questioning how it is possible that I have just typed the word “November” in the title of this post.  Egads, how did we already get to this part of the year? Here where…
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for November. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month….
Hello there! It’s Polly Karen bringing you an inspiration filled Challenge Spotlight post for October. 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…
Hi there and Happy Halloween, I’m popping in with a Mega Mash-up for the end of October so given the timing, I’m calling it a Monster Mash. In the past colour schemes, designer styles and themes have been the focus…
Greetings, Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, super psyched to introduce you to the MPM for November. 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…
Hello and Happy (soon to be) Halloween! I love to craft and make fun decorations for my house. This is a simple and inexpensive activity that allows me to easily change things up each year. I found some great deals…
Hello friends! TLP’s wonderful designer Allison Pennington created a fantastic template for our October template challenge. FYI, it is free this month, so check out the October Template Challenge thread in the TLP forum to download it and join in…
Hi there! Even if it is not Autumn where you are, you may have noticed the abundance of foliage in the gallery recently and whether it’s the greenery of Spring or crunchy colours of Fall, leaves are always in season…
Hello! It is hard to believe that time is passing by so fast and soon it will be November! I don’t know how this happens each year, but it does….time flies by and I always seem to feel like I…