Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, super psyched to introduce you to the M3 for January. What is M3, you ask? M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Every month some of our finest mixed media designers collaborate on a collection of mixed media products connected to a color palette and three central words. For January, the words are SQUEEZE/LIVELY/ZEST. Let's take a look at the main kit:Don't you love how bright and sunny it is?? An added bonus of M3 is that the designers can then create add on kits that coordinate with the main kit. Here are a few that have been released already: . There will be more released soon. AND... it's all on sale this weekend!! So race on over to the store to pick up this new kit and add ons and we will see you in our forums this weekend! … [Read more...]
MOC 2020 Spotlight – Part 1
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen here bringing you a SUPER-sized special edition spotlight post! Since we are knee deep in awesome daily challenges here at The Lilypad for MOC (Month of Challenges) I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to shine my spotlight on a couple of the standouts for each of the daily challenges so far. I am going to try my very best to pick two for each of the 15 challenges that have already been posted for this month… but we all know I’m terrible at narrowing my choices sometimes. Ha ha! So grab a snack and a drink and enjoy all these amazing layouts!1. Blind Scrap:by MlleTerraMoka: by Roxana: 2. List of Favorites:by mcurtt: by Bec:by Sharon-Dewi: 3. Crazy Number of Frames:by michelepixels: by JenniferHignite: 4. Simple … [Read more...]
Scrapping and Staying Healthy
Scrapping; be it memory keeper, altered art maker or just art journaling, causes us to move less. Studies EVERYwhere show, moving less can cause your body to grow larger in places you don't want to grow. Staying healthy sitting in front of a computer for hours and hours with a bowl of M&Ms or box of Chez-Its (my favorite) can really mess with your ability to maintain our girlish figures. Today, lets talk of things that can be done.Setting time parameters for scrapping is a good beginning. I have a semi tough rule that I am doing, I must do ONE housework chore and exercise before sitting down to scrap. That way,when I eat my Chez-Its, no guilt if I have done treadmill already.Sitting for long periods of time in front of a computer is tough on the body, we all know that. I try and get up every 45 minutes (yep, timer is the key) to walk around, water my plants (a chore … [Read more...]
Hybrid Bookmarks
Hello friends and happy Tuesday!!I'm an avid reader and I know that many of you are, too. In fact, there is even a space dedicated to talking about our love of reading in the forums here at The Lilypad. The Reading Pad even has a monthly book club.I exceeded my reading goal last year and I'm looking forward to tackling a new reading goal this year. I love having cute bookmarks on hand to use when I'm reading. I love the quote, "Bookmarks are for Quitters." It's cute, but not very realistic??One of the easiest hybrid projects that I absolutely love is making bookmarks. I just made a fresh batch and thought I would share these with you along with the instructions for how I made them.I used Page Turner by Paislee Press and One More Chapter by Soco Designs to create these cute bookmarks. There are lots of adorable book-themed kits in the store.I made these … [Read more...]
Photo Frame Borders in Photoshop
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you are having fun with this year's Month of Challenges. I am hosting today's challenge, which involves using a template from the "oh so fabulous" Cheryl of Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs. You can find the challenge HERE. If you haven't heard about the Month of Challenges, you definitely need to check that out in the Lilypad Forum. It is not too late to join in - you have the entire month (plus a couple of days) to get all your layouts done. As I mentioned in the challenge, today's blog post is a quick tip to show you how I made the colored outline around the photo frame. Here is my challenge layout: My technique uses the "Photo's Inner Stroke" layer in the template to create the border. Step 1. Select the "Photo's Inner Stroke" layer (which is just above the photo layer in the layers palette) and … [Read more...]
Soup..sweats…and Sisterhood!
When it's cold outside, nothing will get me out of the house - other than soup lol True story. So when I wanted to have some girlfriends over, I thought - why not offer them the same thing. So my invite said ' soup, sweats and sisterhood' and you know what, just about everyone came! We all wore our coziest clothes, ate a variety of soups and talked and talked. It was fabulous. And there by a roaring fire, with tummies filled with soup (& a little wine) we all shared with each other openly about what was happening in our lives. No one should do life alone.It was great, we all vowed to meet again in February.A variety of soups were brought that night, but I made a twist to an old favorite. I love chicken noodle soup, but the cheese tortellini in this, is oh so extra!Hope you gather a group of sister friends too!Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Backstory, Now They are Gone.
I am a mom. My kids go to school. Christmas break just ended. Eighteen days they were home. These are Christmas, New Years and all the other Holiday event days off. There is so much going on, it is almost overwhelming. Okay, it is overwhelming. Now, the house is quiet and I am perusing thru the all the photos I did take. What a time.Surprisingly, there are more poignant photos, and ones that cause me to remember the moment, to reflect back. Journaling the moment, the thoughts and the back story are going to be big for us now. The Backstory, is the history or background of the event or memory. The photos I took after we got home from the big church banquet in the mountains, and the amazing conversations we had coming down the mountain. I haven't done the page yet, but it is coming and I am excited about it also.As scrapbookers, we can open a Christmas or Birthday kit … [Read more...]
Preparing for 2020 Project Pages
Hello friends and happy new year!!I am so excited for my scrapbooking year to come and I truly hope that you are, too. One of the most integral parts of my scrapbooking plans for 2020 is to continue documenting our everyday moments with pocket scrapbooking. Today I am going to share with you some of my plans for tips for preparing for creating project pages with pocket scrapbooking this year.I have been creating weekly project page spreads since 2011. I keep these pages super simple so that I can be successful with them. Some may call that boring, but boring works for me in terms of getting these everyday memories down in a chronological way. I really love that I can crank out a spread so quickly and even lots of pages in a relatively short amount of time if I'm falling behind.There is a great thread in the Project Life/365/52 forum here at the Lilypad where community … [Read more...]
The First BYOC of 2020!
Aloha Pad Scrappers,Polly Liana here, thrilled to be introducing you to the first BYOC of 2020. What is BYOC, you ask? It stands for Build Your Own Collection. On the first Friday of each month, our designers release tons of new beautiful products that are all created using the same color palette. So no matter what you choose, everything coordinates perfectly. Let's have a look at the new products.First off, lots of wonderful elements and kits: Bright papers:Clever alphas and word art:Helpful templates:And for you pocket scrappers, lots of journal cards:And best of all, it's all on sale this weekend! Check it out:And have you checked out our Month of Challenges yet? It only started three days ago so you totally have time to catch up and join us. It's a fantastic way of honing your skills, trying new things and challenging yourself to scrap like … [Read more...]
More photos than time…solving the dilemma!
Well hello there 2020! The new year brings many opportunities - but for me, I'm staring at a million photos from the holidays! I bet I have 1 million photos between Halloween & Christmas!These days, due to easy access to digital photos from cameras and phones, this brings a large number of images on our phones and hard drives. And I can't just blame the holidays either, I love taking pictures of sunsets and how they change minute by minute or even when I capture various facial expressions or movements. So that explains why I have a million. Busted.I love using several photos on a single layout. I like this idea because it can be a great way to showcase all these photos without having to spend days and weeks to create multiple layouts. Am I right?! Sometimes, I feel a bit overwhelmed with that many photos BUT it's a good thing, that here at the Lilypad, there are plenty of … [Read more...]