A fun way to work with digital paper is to use it to create a page border. You can use solid or patterned paper. One or more papers can be layered together to create an interesting page border.Determine which paper you would like to use. Do you want a tone on tone look (same color) or do you want a contrasting border? Do you want it to be subdued colors/patterns or would you like something solid or maybe bold? There are so many ways to go with this.For my sample page, I chose a paper I loved as soon as I saw it. This paper with the scallop doodle on it by Little Butterfly Wings (SummerScape kit) caught my eye and fit in with the neutral page border I wanted to create. I knew the main portion of my page was going to be colorful so I wanted to keep the border low key, not distracting from the main focus but enhancing it. I dragged the paper onto my page and selected a wide strip … [Read more...]
Recipes for Summer Fun!
As the school year draws to an end, I start my plan for memories for the summer.Although my boys are growing up, and go to summer camp most of the summer, we still do some fun things just us together. I have a recipe for our hot days of happiness!INGREDIENTS:4 CUP of LOVE5 TBsp of LOYALTY, RESPECT & TRUSTthat we are family through and through and will make memories one way or another1 LB of FORGIVENESSapplied heavily on a daily basis1 over flowing handful of HOPE and KNOWLEDGE that we will get through this and tomorrow is a new daya pinch more PATIENCE than you think you need3 QUARTS of TENDERNESS4 SPOONFULS of FAITH, taken often and held onto no matter whatTidbits of SHARING 1 BARREL (monkeys are optional) of LAUGHTERSprinkle with kisses and a lots of hugs. Combine with the joy of … [Read more...]
Say Hello to May’s M3!
Greetings, Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here. I hope you had fun at our iSND celebration recently-- I did! Well, we've got more fun in store because today we're releasing our M3 Collection for May. For those of you who are new to the concept, M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Every month around this time, some of our most talented designers in mixed media get together and design products using the same palette and three words. This month's words are DEFINE/WORTHY/IDENTITY. Check out this beautiful main kit:Love the coral and turquoise pops! And after the main kit is released, each designer is able to design and release some add-ons that also connect with the palette and words but allow the designer to explore her own interests and designs. Check here to see the add-ons that will be added soon!Have a great weekend, … [Read more...]
for the GRADS!
Yall………..my 4th spawn is about to graduate high school. I only have 2 more kiddos to go after this. I find this mind boggling. (cue typical mom response in 3...2...1...) When did this happen? I swear he was just a paste eating preschooler just yesterday!If you too have a graduate, these great kits will aid you in any awesome project or pages you need to complete.These kits have so much variety, one is sure to fit your needs. From vintage to the kindergarten grad :) Smart Cookie collab , Graduation kit and Graduate Create Crate making the grade … [Read more...]
Another Birthday Page??
Every year, every child(grands, nieces and nephews), sisters, brothers, husband, wife, moms, dads and yep even our pets have a birthday. We take a zillion photos, and then sit down to scrap ANOTHER birthday page. This can cause the scrapper to shut down and be in a birthday funk from the repetitive feel to scrapping.How many candles, balloons and cake elements can one scrapper arrange on a page? Apparently, a whole lot, because there are 12 pages of BIRTHDAY designs in the shop here at the-Lily Pad, and those are just the ones that are themed for birthdays.There was a thread started last month; Anyone else bored with birthday/holiday layouts?, and it sparked this blog post. One of the ideas was to do an interview of the birthday celebrant. Mrivas has the most amazing way to showcase the interview on her page here:and Lynnette goes to the masculine side of the … [Read more...]
Unicorn Playdough!
When my daughter told me that my granddaughter needed to take something fun to school to celebrate her birthday, I knew just the thing! With all the allergy alerts from teachers these days, it is hard to send in snacks, so I went to the old classic.....homemade play dough! I had sweet memories making this because, many many years ago, I did this for her mother's class when she was little. Since my granddaughter is into unicorns, I decided to add a twist - so presto change-O ...Unicorn Play dough of course!I made her 4 favorite "unicorn colors" and placed 4 small balls in a snack size ziploc bag. Spoiler alert - the class loved it! Have fun!! … [Read more...]