Every two weeks we ask one of our staff members to choose their favorite products in the shop. Then we put those products on sale! Our latest sale involves products chosen by the lovely Celeste: Celeste is one of my favorite scrappers at The Lilypad. I adore her colorful, clean and crisp style. Her pages are so fun to look at, and I admire how she keeps the focus on the story. Celeste is such an inspiration and is always honing her craft. She is one of our most active challenge scrappers at the Pad. We asked Celeste to describe her scrapping style and this is what she had to say:"My scrapping style is fairly clean, but layered. I leave quite a bit of white space on my pages. I am a lover of patterned paper and really have a knack for mixing pattern, scale and color. I rely mostly on paint and round elements like buttons, brads or flair to finish off my … [Read more...]
Happy Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day!It's Groundhog Day and it almost pains me to report the prediction for the day. According to the famous Punxsutawney Phil that appeared at 7:28am on February 2, 2015, the prediction is six more weeks of winter. The sweet sentiment was created using Signs of Spring by Kate Hatfield, Srsly Stoked by Kate Hadfield and Kim Jensen, as well as Doo-Ah-Ditty by CD Muckosky.Don't let the winter blues from the Groundhog Day news get you down. Keep an eye on the blog this month for some fun ways to keep the winter blues at bay. … [Read more...]
January Hybrid Variety Show
January Hybrid Variety Show - All Occasion CardsWelcome to the January Hybrid Variety Show. A new year brings new reasons to celebrate, and while MOC is winding down we still have a year filled with other celebratory occasions. This edition of the Variety Show is all about celebrating a variety of occasions throughout the year. Juliette created this adorable inspiration card using April 2014 Storyteller by Just Jaimee.Sarah created this super cute birthday card using Eat Cake by Valorie Wibbens.Sarah also created these cute "pun intended" cards using Also Edgy and Under the Sea by Kate Hadfield and The Typewriter by Heather Joyce. They are sure to make the recipient smile.I had a great time creating a bundle of cards to share throughout the year. These two cards were created using Rainy or Sunny by Little Butterfly Wings and Rain or Shine by … [Read more...]
Hybrid Spotlight
It's so fun seeing all the fun new hybrid layouts and projects in the gallery. I'm so happy to share a few of these amazing creations with you today.First up is a layout by 3littleks. I love all of the dimension she achieved with those amazing paper layers. Her layout is just so soft and pretty.This cake box by livelys is so cool. I love the added fringe and ribbon on this Queen of Hearts themed box.And ohmygosh!! These birdhouses by MlleTerraMoka! Aren't they adorable?Next up is this planner page by Ellie. I totally love all the paper bits and baubles she's included on her pages. So much fun!Polly Amanda shared her first hybrid layout with us in the forums a couple of weeks ago. I loved seeing even more hybrid projects from her in the gallery including this fabulous layout!And finally, I wanted to share this fun party decoration created by … [Read more...]
MOC Spotlight – Take 2
Wow! We have been having a blast with the Month of Challenges (MOC) in forum and gallery. This is Polly Karen here. Every day I'm amazed at the creative takes on each of the challenges and how fast some of you are! I love that when the new challenge is posted after I go to bed, people all over the world are creating their pages while I sleep and I can use them as inspiration for my own pages! Now we are in the final stretch and only have 3 more challenges left to post. I don't know about you, but I'm super happy that this year the 31st falls on a Saturday and I'll have a whole weekend to finish up any challenges that I might be behind on! Now, just in case you need a reminder, the MOC goes from January 1st through January 31st. There is a new challenge posted each day in the forum. You have until February 1st at 11:59 pm EST to complete all 31 challenges. Everyone who finishes … [Read more...]
Scrap With Me – Mixed Media Monthly – January 2015 Edition
Hey there, it's Heather Greenwood aka heathergw. Did you see the new Mixed Media Monthly release this weekend yet? I say this every month but this one is my FAVE! I love maps and vintage ephemera and might be a little addicted to anything travel related. I had fun playing with the subscription kit and wanted to share with you how I created this art journal page.Watch me put together this page:Isn't this kit great? You can tell a few times in the video I was totally hesitating on what to use. I wanted to use it all, it's so GORGEOUS!Did you know that you get so much more when you subscribe? We have tutorials and challenges every month and I will be sharing tutorials on some fun techniques you can do including some of the ones I did in the video above. I can't wait to share with you guys some fun things you can do with the Mixed Media Monthly kits, and not just art journaling … [Read more...]