Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again to give you a quick overview of all the new challenges for December. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month. (the BYOC Challenge is posted on the 1st Friday of the month.) You can use the challenges simply to inspire you to keep creating new layouts OR you can also earn yourself a fabulous coupon for your next shopping trip in the Lilypad Store. (2 challenges = 10%, 4 challenges = 20% and 6 challenges = 30%). Those who complete at least 7 challenges will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Isn’t that an awesome … [Read more...]
November Challenge Spotlight
Hello everyone! As always, 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 my favorite layouts and shine my spotlight on them here.1. Style Challenge - Use a minimum of 3 AUTUMN patterned papers:by Erin2: by Cherylndesigns: 2. Random Challenge - Use recipe: 1-2 photos, up to 3 patterned papers, 1 word art OR a title, up to 5 elements:by *sylvia*: by Annsofie: 3. Journaling Challenge - Journal with the 5 Ws: Who, What , When, Where and Why:by Donitab: by JenEm: by … [Read more...]
WOW! Huge Black Friday Sales and New MPM!
Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, not wasting a single moment before I tell you about all the amazing deals we have this weekend. First, there is a new MPM collection for this month. MPM stands for Memory Pockets Monthly and it's designed with the pocket scrapper in mind. This month's collection is called "Bauble" and it is a super bright and fun holiday kit. Check it out:Isn't it the cutest? You can use also use these elements for scrapping, hybrid and planners. In addition to pocket cards in various sizes, it's also got papers, elements, word art and much more! This weekend, the collection is 30% off.But WAIT, there's so much MORE. It's also BLACK FRIDAY today!! And since we can't really go anywhere anyway, why not grab a bunch of goodies from our Black Friday sale. They are deeply discounted at 40, 50 and even 60% off or more, like this huge collection from … [Read more...]
Tell Me Something Good! Hybrid Journal Cards for Family Members
Happy Thanksgiving! With so much going on during this time of year, I'm always looking for quick and easy projects for my memory keeping. As my kids get older, it has become more challenging to get them to engage in all of the thankful arts and crafts projects that I so loved creating with them in their elementary school years. And to be honest, I wouldn't expect them to do those cute craft projects any more!But I still love having their perspectives and handwritten preserved, so this year I decided to make some simple journal cards for each family member to write down something that they are thankful for, a favorite memory from the past year, or anything they'd like to share. I just want them to tell me something good!While there are so many great journal cards already available in the shop at The Lilypad, I was feeling creative and decided to make my own cards using a variety … [Read more...]
Must Get Photo Ops for Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is a big day for many, some due to Covid are unable to see friends and families, others are gonna have housefuls! Facetime screen shots for those far away conversations are a must to get. Remember 2020, and be grateful for what we do have around us. I went to a few sites for "normal" ideas and gave them a little twist! Take as many as the guest allow you too! Behind the ScenesThis is all the prep, from the house cleaning, to the food prep. The non-cooks need some camera attention too! I think there is football on somewhere! The kids are running around, go find them and get some pre-eating shots! These are the best. There is a lot of work, just like in movies/tv to make the magic of Thanksgiving happen. Get those workers in the shots!Interview some of the kids, about what is Thanksgiving about and video them for scrap pages to cover this day. … [Read more...]
Template Combos
Happy Tuesday all my artsy friends! I am dropping in with another Template Tuesday tip for you today about combining two templates to make a unique page design. Some people don't favor templates because they want a more unique design to their pages. There are actually lots of ways you can alter a template to make it your own, but one of my favorites is combining two different templates (from different designers) to make your own unique design. Here is an example with a 12x12 template by Cheryl of Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs and a 6x8 template by Rachel Jefferies: These are the two templates that I used: While you can definitely see the main composition from Cheryl's Passage Template, it is still a unique design overall with the addition of Rachel's 6x8 template (store links are included above and in the gallery credits for … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Cards
Happy Thanksgiving week, pad scrappers!!!I'm thankful for a break this week and for our Thanksgiving celebration later this week as my little family gathers around the table together. Thanksgiving is going to look different this year for many people. I decided to make some Thanksgiving cards for friends and family that we're missing this year.I used the Homespun mini page kit by Forever Joy Designs to create each of these cards. The papers and elements included in this mini-kit were absolutely perfect for sending Thanksgiving wishes!These cards are A2 sized portrait layouts with a top fold. I used patterned papers as the card base. The first card features a sweet little house illustration with the sentiments "Thankful" and "Blessed" against a white paper.For the second card, I used the elements in the kit to create a table scene along with the "Happy … [Read more...]
Hola, November M3!
Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, excited as can be to share our newest M3 for November. For those who are new to the concept, M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Every mid-month, some of our best and most talented mixed media designers create a wonderful kit using the same palette and some theme words. This month, the words are A Harvest of Memories. I am totally in love with the palette this month! Check out the main kit:Isn’t it just delicious? Then, once the main kit is complete, each designer can create add-on kits that coordinate beautifully with the original kit, but allow the designer to explore her own style. Feast your eyes on some of these amazing add-ons… Can you just imagine what you’d be able to create using these amazing products? Well you know what? I’ve got great news for you: they’re all on sale this whole weekend! Yep, you can get all … [Read more...]
Why I Create Single Photo Layouts
Hello scrappy friends!!I'm here today to give my perspective on creating single photo layouts. Judie has previously written about converting templates to single photo templates and her artistic philosophy behind creating single photo layouts. We thought it would be helpful to give you all another perspective on the why behind creating single photo layouts.If you take a look at my gallery, you'll notice that most of my layouts are created using a single photo. It is what I'm most comfortable with in my personal scrapbooking and what I gravitate towards.I think it's important to examine your "why" behind anything that you do and scrapbooking, including your personal scrapbooking style, is no different.Personally, I have two different ways of scrapbooking. There is my documentation of everyday life through Project Life and pocket scrapbooking. These are two page … [Read more...]
It is Wednesday! LOOK at these Pages!
It is here! Wednesday! The middle of the week, the hump to the weekend! I adore Wednesdays! I accomplish so much on Monday and Tuesday, that I know this is the day of scrapping and more sedentary types of things. When a day involves scrapping, I know it is a day of relaxing. Wednesday is also the day of saving 50%! That my friends is HALF off! That is a jumping up and down good sale.If you are subscribed to the Lily Pad newsletter, you probably heard the thump of the sale hitting your mailbox last night! CLICK HERE If you are not subscribe, oh you must, you really must! You see the sale only last thru Wednesday, then it is over! (insert sad face for reals)psst (the big blue box is linked to the sale right now)Here are a few of the sales, and some pages done by the scrappers of the-Lily Pad:Domi092 page called Family, using so much of Designed by Soco collab with … [Read more...]