Hello all my artsy friends! I'm just dropping in today with a quick tip on how to use artsy digital papers as a template for your digital page design. I recently created this page with a fabulous collab called Fallscape by Little Butterfly Wings and Studio Basic Designs: This page came together about as quickly as if I had used a digital scrapbooking template. That usually does not happen when I am creating on a clean slate, but I found that the artsy background page was just as good as a template. I used the background paper to direct my design and the elements just fell into place on the page. Here is what the plain background page looks like: As you can see, the background paper has the outline of a design arc that helps the eye travel around the page. It starts at the top with the arrows that lead the eye down the page. I continued … [Read more...]
Working With Text
Text is often used in scrapbook page design, in journaling, title work, etc. Working with text can be as simple as choosing a font to use and typing out your word, phrase, title, etc. If you want to take it a step further, let me share with you some ideas and tips that are simple and quick and can greatly enhance text.I peruse Pinterest quite a bit and have a bit of obsession (ok, maybe a lot of obsession LOL) with looking at art journaling, junk journaling, any kind of journaling, actually. I just find all that chaotic messiness and texture so intriguing. One thing that stands out to me quite often is the use of text, whether it is handwritten or digital. I've gotten a lot of ideas for how to enhance text. Here are some samples from Pinterest that intrigued me and I'll explain what ideas they gave me for text manipulation.Here are a few others.Some ideas I got from … [Read more...]
Thankful for a free printable!
Hi Lilypadders!November always focuses on being thankful. What could you be thankful for? A FREE printable of course!I like to use Thanksgiving printables to decorate my home or for fun activities for kids. You could include printable art for Thanksgiving dinner, place markers or Thanksgiving activities that you can print!You can print this cute statement and frame it as part of your Thanksgiving décor or print it on the back of a menu or an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner. This is a perfect print to display so all those that come into your home, have a sweet little reminder of what the holiday is all about! I made this print using the I am Blessed kit by LBW … [Read more...]
Gratitude Notecards
Hello pad scrappers!!!November is a month that we typically give special notice to showing gratitude. It's the month when we pause to recognize all of the things that we are thankful for. Today I want to share with you a simple way to put gratitude in practice with gratitude notecards that you can use to write a simple note to those people that you are especially thankful for.I created four 4x4 sized notes using this month's Create Crate collection. At the top of each, I typed out "I am grateful for you because..." and then I added a simple element from the collection. I also added a neutral textured background paper.Then I flattened the layers and placed these four notecards on one letter sized document. I printed out ten copies so that I would end up with forty notecards.I used a paper trimmer to cut each notecard out.Now, I have a complete set of … [Read more...]
November Hybrid Member Feature
Hey there, it's Katrina (aka katrinahunt13) back with a few more fun hybrid projects to share from the gallery!!First up, we have this fun traveler's notebook spread by heymarshamakes using Golden Days (paper elements cards). I love how she used the cards on her page and also the stapled tags at the bottom!Next up, we have some fun bookmarks from bellbird! These would make some great stocking stuffers! She used Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles and Pink Reptile's Splatter Brushes.And I love this next one, it's a great way to jump into hybrid, without a lot of printing! It's by Krscraps and she used Project Mouse Basics 2.0 by Sahlin Studios. This is just a fun page!Thanks for sharing your hybrid projects in the gallery! We love to see them!!! … [Read more...]
Create Crate Monthly: Find Thanks
The fall|winter holiday season is definitely upon us! Halloween festivities may be over, but Thanksgiving and the December holidays are fast-approaching. Create Crate Monthly: Find Thanks is just perfect for scrapping gatherings with friends and family. It is also a fabulous set to use for all of your Thankful 30 projects or individual pages that highlight the little things that bring joy to everyday life. Cultivating thankfulness brings a sense of hope, calm and quiet joy to our lives - something we all need on a daily basis. This collaboration by Becca Bonneville, Bella Gypsy and Kristin Aagard is full of appreciation for all that we hold dear and lends itself to all scrapping styles. It contains: 30 patterned papers, 15 solid papers, 100 elements, 1 alpha and 48 word bits. You can grab the main kit for $11.99 this weekend and get any add-on kits for … [Read more...]
Trend Watch – Geometric Hearts
Hi scrappy friends!!!I love watching Instagram for scrapook inspiration and I especially love following some paper scrappers to see what trends are new in that world. This past weekend, I noticed a new hashtag that I full of great inspiration. The hashtag is #scrappytrendwatch and each week, paper scrapper Tracy Fox puts up new trends to watch and some examples of pages using that trend.I love how paper scrapbooking trends can cross over to the digi-realm. I am challenging myself to take these paper trends and scrap a digi-layout using them as inspiration.This past week's trend was "geometric hearts". And I found a template in our store by Mommyish that uses this trend perfectly!!! It's Templated Trio #9 and I used it to scrap my layout using this fun trend.I used Becca Bonneville's Our Nest papers and elements to scrap this layout as well. I loved all the fall … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving wine labels
"Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often" Johnny CarsonI find this quote to be quite hilarious! Surely I'm not the only one who has had to dodge a flying drumstick or 2 when a distant relative showed their not so great side. You gotta laugh! So, I was inspired to make these two wine lables for whatever state of mind you may be in this holiday. Wether you wish to use these as a fun conversation starter around your table or take to your host, they are sure to please even the most difficult relative. I made the turkey tag with This Month Captured kit and the thankful label with this M3 Thankful bundle So smile and volunteer to wash the dishes … [Read more...]
Warm up to November’s BYOC!
Howdy Pad Partners!Polly Liana here, hoping you're all recovering from our awesome Halloween weekend party. I had a BLAST! Now, onto to the fun part of my day: introducing you to our newest BYOC products for November. For those who are new to the concept, BYOC stands for Build Your Own Collection. Every month, our designers create products using the same palette. Because we have such a wide array of talented designers, they all contribute something unique and special. And everything magically coordinates! Let's have a look at our newest collection:First off, bold papers:Fun elements and kits:Useful templates:Creative word art and alphas:And for you pocket scrappers, here are some journal cards:Best of all, it's all on sale this weekend! Here are the details about our Buy More, Save More deal:Isn't that great?! I'll tell you what: I'll race you … [Read more...]
November Challenges
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen here back to show off a brand new batch of monthly challenges. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st (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 prize?!?! You’ll get lots of great memories captured in your scrapbooks AND you could win a fat gift certificate prize!!! Pretty great, right?! So let’s take a look at this month’s new batch of challenges! 1. Photography Challenge - The first challenge up for … [Read more...]