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 Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, with our last installment of Froggy Finds: Templates. One last peek at some templates that may have been overlooked because they’ve been in the store for a while. It’s like finding buried treasure… even…
Having blogged the Mixed Media Beginners series a few years back, I still feel artsy scrapping is not exactly my comfort zone and so everything just takes me longer. I really appreciate when the bones of an artistic background have…
Polly Dawn here with my very first blog post! I know that we all love using digital supplies from The Lilypad for digital and hybrid scrapbooking but I’d like to share how you can extend the use of these products…
Hey Happy Scrappers! Polly Liana here, with the fantastic privilege of introducing you to our wonderful BYOC (Build Your Own Collection) for the month of March!   It’s a unique concept developed by the Lilypad:  each month our fabulous designers create products…
Howdy, Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, with another installment of Froggy Finds. Today we are highlighting more templates that are oldies but goodies. They’ve been in a store a while and they are timeless. In this installment, we’re featuring classic…
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for March. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month….
Howdy everyone! 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…
Polly Robin here for another Make It Monday and I’m going to show you how I made a clean and simple card. I was challenged to make a card with one patterned piece of paper and one embellishment. Honestly, I…
Hi there! Frames are one of those often overlooked scrapbooking elements that can serve several purposes. There’s a quote by Otto Preminger that says “It’s not about the frame. It’s what you put in it.”, but I would argue the…
Over the years (cough: decades) I’ve been a scrapbooker, I’ve gone through phases of valuing perfectly flat papers (carefully bringing them home from the bricks and mortar store without so much as a dog-earred corner) then preferring highly textured ones…
Happy February! To me, this month means I have a ton of cards to make as so many of my family members celebrate birthdays and anniversaries during February. Polly Robin here with another Make It Monday blog post. Today I’ll…
Hey Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, feeling so psyched about sharing our new BYOC for February with you. If this concept is new to you, let me fill you in: BYOC stands for Build Your Own Collection. It’s a monthly…