We strive to take many photos of our loved ones, our family life, our day-to-day life. Taking photos of our family, friends, pets, special occasions and events, at these times we usually remember to pick up a camera and snap some photos to remember the moment. But how often do you take photos outdoors of your surroundings? As time goes on, some of the details of a memory may fade and photos help to provoke a memory, a feeling, a sense of what was felt, seen or heard at that moment the camera clicked. One of the first details that may fade is the memory of your surroundings, the environment, the background of where your photo took place. That's why I take a lot of outdoor photos of my surroundings. I find that looking back at the outdoor photos I've taken help me to remember more details, such as the weather, the time of day, how I felt at that time, little details my eye caught of my … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Get More Out of Your Kits
I love to shop. There’s just something about how it makes you feel to get something new, a new shirt, a new kit…anything really. Unfortunately, in today’s economy, we all can’t just run around spending money. Most of us have to be very specific about the things we buy, and how we use them. In the spirit of stretching everything we purchase, I thought I’d share my five tips for getting the most out of the kits I buy. Tag your favorite basics – In every kit, there are some basics that I just fall in love with. Maybe it’s a nice kraft paper, or a simple white alpha, whatever it is, I give it a special tag so that when I am looking for a good basic building block, I can check out these first. Maybe you put them in a special folder, or keep a list...it doesn't matter really as long as you know how to find them. Look for “inventive” ways to use theme kits – Earlier this year, on … [Read more...]
Member Hybrids Project Feature
Looking for some hybrid inspiration? Don't know what you would like to make hybrid style? Or just love to sniff the glue and play with paper?! Well, our gallery has some fun hybrid projects from members and in another round of Member Hybrids Project Feature, I am going to show you some of them here on the blog! First up, it's summer party season and invites are a good hybrid project! With her Day Dreams and Ice Creams invites and Thank You tags, alleycat used her Silhouette Cameo along with with the Print and Cut feature for some fun birthday invites! She used the Mommyish Day Dreams and Ice Creams Elements and Papers. These are adorable little invites for a 2 year old birthday party! Next up, we have a very romantic layout titled Happy, with a unique look at how she did it from member Isa Marks. She is a member of Amber LaBau's team and from what I can tell by her … [Read more...]
Memory Pockets Monthly: Snapshots
Hello!!! Well, it's my favorite Friday of the month because the newest Memory Pockets Monthly collection released today!! Memory Pockets Monthly: Snapshots is just perfect for scrapping all of your favorite summer snapshots. Memory Pockets Monthly is a pocket scrapbooking collection put out each month by six amazing designers here at The Lilypad. It includes alphas, elements, journal cards in three different sizes, cut files, a template and a pack of solid papers. Each month the MPM designers also release add-ons to compliment the main kit. This month’s add-ons are so versatile and simply gorgeous!!! I seriously have to have them ALL! from Allison Pennington... from Paislee Press... from Mommyish... I loved the bright colors of this collection so much and especially fell in love with the 4x4 cards, so I had to make this … [Read more...]
Conquering the Fear of Applying for a Creative Team
When I left the world of designing four years ago and entered back into the realm of scrapbookers, I knew that I wanted to become part of some creative teams. Having been away from that part of the industry for so long, I was really scared to put myself out there and actually try to become part of the teams for my favorite designers. It wasn’t too long before I found out that I was not alone in my fears. Many people in the industry have the same fears about applying for Creative Teams. So how do we conquer this fear? There are a lot of different ways to conquer fears, but there are some specific ones that are really helpful in conquering the fear of applying for Creative Teams. These are the things that I found the most helpful in preparing to apply for Creative Teams. Clean up your galleries. Your layout galleries are the place where designers look to see your layouts, to see … [Read more...]
Skill Building: Digital Technique Tutorials
Hello all my artsy friends! Soooo, have you see all the new June Weekly Focus Challenges coming out this week? The Weekly Focus Challenges are posted every third week of the month from May - September. There are no deadlines for posting, no "rules" to follow (other than the Lilypad Gallery posting rules), and no "right or wrong" way to complete these challenges. You can do them daily, or as your schedule allows, so you have total flexibility! The May Challenges focused on Inspiration, and this month the Pollys are bringing you some awesome Technique Challenges that will get your creative mojo flowing and build your digital skills along the way. I kicked things off on Monday with a super fun photo filter challenge inspired by this layout: On Tuesday, Karen had an "oh so awesome" technique for inserting video clips onto your … [Read more...]
Weekly Meal Planner {Free Printable}
Every week I sit down to plan my family's meals, focusing mostly on dinners, so at least that much is planned out. Planning our meals out has become a real necessity for my peace of mind. It saves time and so much stress!! But, still, without fail, I hear, "what's for dinner??" no less then one bazillion times from my kids throughout the day. I promise...my son starts asking about what we're having for dinner before he's even had breakfast. To solve my frustration at having to answer this one question repeatedly, I started printing our weekly meal plan out and placing it on the refrigerator for all to see. I have a fun creative project each week and my kids know what's for dinner without having to ask me...it's a win-win for everyone! I thought I would make this printable I made using One Little Bird's Foodie papers & elements available for you, too! Just click … [Read more...]
Free Summer Printable!
It’s Summer Time yall!! School is out and the pools are open, and the neighborhood kids are in and out of my door! I enjoy changing up the décor in my house for the seasons, but I certainly don’t want to spend a lot of money. I've been changing out some of her décor in my home with printables. What a fun (and cheap) idea! I created this free summer printable, so all you have to do is add to a frame! Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Brushes
Digital brushes are fun to use. You can use them as an accent on your page or as the focal point, it's up to you. Mixed media brushes cover a wide range of choices, some are script or ephemera, others are textures brushes or borders, and many can be used to create a clipping mask. The choices are endless and the design capabilities are just staggering. You can recolor, resize, combine, blend, and on and on go the possibilities. Anyone can use brushes, regardless of your scrap style; there is something for everyone! You can use your brushes as an inverted mask and stamp parts of a paper onto your layout, such as I've done in my first sample layout. I used the Mixed Media Monthly May 2017 collection, Lynn Marie's Soar Collab and Little Butterfly Wing's Element Add-On. These and all the other May 2017 M3 products can be found HERE. All the brushes can be found HERE. I used a variety … [Read more...]
Travel Ephemera
Hello all my artsy friends! I'm just popping in with a fun tip about creating and using travel ephemera on your digital scrapbooking pages. When I travel to new places (especially abroad) I always find the time to send a postcard to myself from the new location. It is so much fun to receive the "happy mail" after I get home and it always brings back fond memories of the trip. On our recent trip to Paris, I made sure to keep up with this tradition and air mailed a postcard back to the States. It took a couple weeks to get there, but it was a sweet treat to receive the post card along with the canceled stamp in the snail mail! Ideas for starting (or continuing) your own post card mailing tradition 1. Take a picture of yourself mailing the post card from the travel location. 2. Take a picture of the post card in your home mailbox when you receive … [Read more...]
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