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.
Last week, I started the process to help you get those photos digitized. You can read about the organization and GOAL process HERE. Today, let’s actually get the hard copies of the photos onto your computer! Digitizing! There are many…
Happy Wednesday everyone! I am dropping in this week with a quick tip for creating consistently angled elements on your digital pages. I don’t know about you, but I love change up my layout designs by tilting them at an…
Hello Pad Scrappers!!! Welcome back to another Template Tuesday! I am excited to share with you today a layout I recently created for the September Template Challenge. Each month The Lilypad has a template challenge as a part of the…
Hi Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, flabbergasted that I just wrote “September” in the title of this post. Seems like just last week it was August. 😉 Anyway, I am super excited to introduce you to the newest BYOC for…
That overflowing box (or boxes) of old photos is daunting. The pile of albums, that have photos stuck to them are stacked in a corner. The idea to take those (ALL of them) photos and organize them is overwhelming. This…
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again to give you a quick overview of all the new challenges for September. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the…
Hello everyone! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy these days!  It’s Polly Karen here bringing you another monthly Challenge Spotlight post. Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of…
Hi Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, super excited about the newest MPM collection for September. What’s MPM? It stands for Memory Pockets Monthly. Every month around this time, we release a collection of pocket scrapping products created by some of…
Hey, hey scrappers, I’m here today with a quick tip for using journal/pocket cards on your layouts. Not a pocket scrapper you say… no worries, you can use all of the wonderful pocket cards and MPM packs in the TLP…
Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday! As always, there is an amazing SOSN sale today with lots of digital kits available for 50% off. I am dropping in with a quick tip for creating a patchwork neutral digital background. Here is…
Hello pad friends!! It’s hard to believe that it’s Tuesday already! For today’s Template Tuesday, I’m going to share a page I created in my Traveler’s Notebook using a template set by Sabrina’s Creations. I have a ton of Traveler’s…
Hello friends!! Tis the season for going back to school and I know it looks super different for many of us this year. I decided to make some Back to School cards using digi-scrap supplies to brighten the day of…