Greetings, Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, super psyched to introduce you to the MPM for April. 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 with pockets and journal cards. Each collection is created by some of our most talented pocket card designers (this month it’s Sara Gleason, Designed by Soco, Becca Bonneville, Rachel Jefferies and Allison Pennington). They work with the same color palette so all of their designs coordinate, and they are inspired by one key word. This month’s word is GENUINE (and this collection certainly is o` beautiful!). April’s kit features the classic balance of bright pinks with cool blues-- perfect for spring. Let’s have a look at the main kit:Would you just look at those cute images of birds, butterflies and flowers?So now … [Read more...]
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with some layouts I found that all feature the same photo over multiple photo spots.This is not something I often do, but it can be very eye catching when done correctly.I used the same photo, just tweaked it slightly to better fit in the template, nudging my face up a little to be more visible.But look at these, all the same photo spread over a variety of different photos spots. And the wonderful effect that has.How would you get creative with this idea? … [Read more...]
March Challenge Spotlight
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 of just a few of my favorites. So without further delay, let’s check out some amazing new layouts created for this month’s challenges! 1. Photography Challenge - Capture an image of YOU doing something you love:by cinna: by Aerobigirl: 2. Inspiration Challenge - Make a page about someone that never gives up:by Electra: by aflorent: 3. Random Challenge - Create a layout that features torn edges:by janedee: by myka: 4. BYOC Challenge - Use 90% current BYOC products from at least 3 designers:by … [Read more...]
So You want to Start Digital Scrapbooking: Getting Started Step-by-Step in GIMP with a Layered QuickPage
Today we're starting to get to know the free graphics program GIMP by scrapping with a layered quickpage (QP). Fair warning - this is a long post with (hopefully) enough information and screen images to make using it easy for someone that is a beginner to digital scrapbooking or just new to GIMP.What is a QP? As we talked about a few weeks back in the Beginners FAQ blog post, a QP is a pre-made scrapbook page. A traditional one would be a single flattened page with a cut-out for a photo that you would simply drag in, and maybe add some text on but no ability to move items on the quickpage around. If it has a flower on there and you don't like the position of the flower, you would have to try to cover it up with something because the flower and everything else is flattened onto the background and can not be manipulated in isolation (well not especially easily or by someone … [Read more...]
Make it Monday Faux Fractured Card
Hello and welcome to a Make it Monday blog post! Polly Robin here to share with you another card tutorial. This week I’d like to show you how to make a faux fractured card. It’s a simple card that doesn’t require many supplies and can be made in batches without taking much time. Let me show you what I mean.As always, I do a rough project in PSCC just so I can see what colors and sizes I want to use. I am making a birthday card for my brother-in-law, so I wanted masculine colors. These papers from Lynn Grieveson’s Joulukuu kit were perfect for the vibe that I was after.So, after printing both the black patterned and solid grey papers, I cut a diamond out of the grey paper using my scissors. Then I used a stamp and black embossing powder to create the greeting in the middle. I placed that on my black patterned paper and cut out ¼- inch strips from silver foil paper. I … [Read more...]
Seasonal Inspiration: Bunny Layouts
Hey! What's up, Doc?! It's nearly that time of year again and I've been hopping around the gallery checking out all the bunny pages! Not just the Easter ones, but the backyard critter ones as well as the cuddly toy ones, the cute headband and selfie ones, and for those of you still waiting for Spring, the snow bunny pages! Let me show you a few that caught my eye this weekend - click on through to the gallery for credits and to comment on any you love too!____________________________________________________________________These ones celebrate the Easter Bunny (cute or creepy is in the eye of the beholder and if you grew up like me, you never actually saw the Easter Bunny, you always just missed him and only saw what he left so I can relate to photoless pages about him)...These celebrate the backyard kind, whether they are regular visitors, part of the … [Read more...]