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 there, Polly Stefanie here with another step by step layout. I chose this stunning template from Lynn Grieveson Designs. I placed the photos I wanted to scrapbook, telling the story of a recent out and creative clay cafe’…
Happy last Monday of August! How has this summer gone by so fast? Well, now that my youngest is off to college, I’m officially an empty nester and trying to fill all my time so I don’t think about that…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with another step by step layout. I started with adding paper layers and elements and then my photos and then the finishing touches. A little out of order for me. But I didn’t really…
Hi there! I’ve been scrapping a lot this month but it’s definitely been more on the ‘clean’ side, then today I started feeling the call of mixed media and that grungey vibe again (more on grunge from a few month’s…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with some inspiration from the entries of the template challenge, that you can find, with the free template, right HERE. By Dorci by flowersgal by kendrawalter by lynette by cinderella by janisn I love…
Happy August! Polly Robin here with another Make It Monday blog post. Some days you just need to get your fingers inky so for today’s card, I pulled out my Distressed Oxide inks and did some ink smooshing! I used…
Hi there! Guess who’s hosting the challenge for Week 6 of Summer School? It’s me, and we’re doing a STEM challenge, loosely based on Engineering: we’re making layouts that include a shelf that holds at least 3 different items. Even…
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with another step by step layout. I used Paper Play Templates from Scrapping with Liz. This time I changed things up and started with the paper layers. I added a variety of coloured and…
Well hello there, Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, super psyched to introduce you to the newest BYOC for August.  What’s BYOC, you ask? Great question! BYOC stands for Build Your Own Collection. Every month on the first Friday (actually, the night before,…
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for Augst. 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, Polly Stefanie here with some gorgeous layouts created by the Polly’s showcasing goodies in the 50% off SOSN (something old, something new sale today!) You can find everything on sale HERE. from Bellbird: Easy Peasy {Page Pockets No2} | NBK…
Hello there! 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…