This year I am looking forward to creating a themed daily album for the month of November. While I have done this album many times in the past, as I shared here, this year I am approaching the project from a different perspective. Instead of documenting something I am thankful for each day throughout the month, I am going to focus on finding something good in each day. This slight shift in my focus renewed my excitement for the project as this year has been challenging and I really do want to embrace the philosophy that "every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day".I really enjoy themed albums and I have found that I am most successful at completing the album when I do a few things: Limit the variety of supplies I use. This allows me to maintain a cohesive look throughout the album, which is important to me and helps be not become overwhelmed. Use … [Read more...]
Fabulous Free Fall Printables!!
Oh Fall - you have always been my favorite season of all! You bring us colored leaves, delicious foods and ....Haloween! So to celebrate my love for it all - you guessed it, not one but TWO printables! Yippee skippee!! So no matter what you celebrate, there is one for you!I made both of these using the cute kit Happy Haunting Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Introducing M3 for October!
Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, psyched to be introducing you to our newest M3 products for October. For those of you new to the concept, M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Each month around this time, some of our shining stars in mixed media design create a collaboration inspired by words or a phrase. This month, the phrase is What Holds You Back?. The palette is this beautiful teals and browns, contrasted with rust and neutrals. Have a look at the main kit:On top of all this fabulousness, the designers then release add-on kits that coordinate with the main kit but allow you to customize the look you’re going for by choosing the details that mean the most to you. Here are some examples of the add-on kits for M3 October Best of all, it’s all on sale this weekend! That’s right, the main kit and all the add-on kits are a bargain for the next three … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday // Musings on a November Thankful Hybrid Scrapbooking Album
For several years each November I created a hybrid scrapbook album focused on things I am thankful for. Each day I would photograph and document something that was meaningful and I was grateful to have in my life.I’ve loved these albums as they helped me focus on what was important to me and what blessings I had in my life. I tended to always circle back to similar themes - home, family, food, safety, freedom, nature - many things we are all thankful for, especially each November as we reflect on the meaning of Thanksgiving.I always looked forward to doing this themed album every year, but last year life was busy and I lost my mojo so I didn't embark on the project. Then 2020 hit with all kinds of challenges and I lost my mojo for so many things. Recently, I’ve been making an effort to tune into my feelings and understand why I'm feeling the way I am. Some of what I realized was … [Read more...]
Continuity in Printed Pages with Templates
Continuity in printed books is something I never thought to try. I have always been a scrap a memory as the muse hits (or new kit comes out) kinda gal. I would date them and print in a organized and chronological way. Painstakingly making sure I got all the memories in for each book. This meant some really rushed pages, and layouts that were almost painful in there composition and colors! They still were read, and enjoyed, but my creative streak cringed at them. Although very eclectic, they were a shock to the eyeballs too!Due to Covid, (I mistakenly believed it would only be a few weeks), I started a daily page challenge to myself. It was light and fun and full of facts and us coping with the pandemic.As day pages became weeks, and more of a Project COVID Life my pages had two page spread feel. I used so many templates, and would add extra photos in to complete the … [Read more...]
Halloween Banner
Hello scrappy friends!!I am loving Fall and the cooler weather here! One of the things I love to do around this time of year is decorate for Halloween. This year I decided to put some of the cute Halloween themed digi-supplies in my stash to use and make a cute Halloween banner for our mantel.For this project, I used Boo Ya stickers from Becca Bonneville, my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine, cardstock paper, bakers twine and a crop-a-dile.In the Silhouette software, I traced several of the stickers in the Boo Ya sticker pack and then used the offset tool to create a border around them. I printed these on cardstock paper and then cut them out using the Silhouette cutting machine.After cutting out all of the images I wanted to use for this project, I laid them out to arrange them in the order I wanted on the banner.I used the Crop-a-Dile tool to punch … [Read more...]
It’s cake and candle time!
Go me, it’s my birthday – it’s my birthday – it’s my birthday! In honor of my “29th” birthday, I wanted to highlight some of the new super cute birthday kits at TLP. They have the cake without the calories! Yes please!!I just love these cute elements by Becca Bonneville - they add the perfect Sprinkles to any birthday page! This incredibly gorgeous Happy Birthday To Me kit by NBK Designs - is a must have and the perfect gift to yourself! The layers and design are so fun and elegant! This Party Time kit by Sabrina's Creation is super fun and … [Read more...]
Centered Borders in Photoshop
Hello everyone - and happy Wednesday! I am dropping in with a quick tip about centering border layer in Photoshop. I love adding layers of different background papers to create a border on my digital pages. When I first started with this technique, I would resize the paper and then move it around until it looked centered on the page. Then I discovered a super quick and easy way to perfectly center the paper using the Transform Tool. I used the technique on this page with the olive green colored paper: All you need to do is follow these simple steps: Step 1. Place the paper on the page and activate the Transform Tool (Ctrl > T). You should see an outline surrounding the paper. Step 2. To change the size, place your cursor on one of the corners of the outline so that it changes into a double ended arrow. Adjust … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday
Hello and happy Tuesday pad scrappers!!!I'm excited to bring you another Template Tuesday post today! This month's free template for the template challenge was provided by Allison Pennington and is a lot of fun to use!Here is a look at the template:You can find October's Template Challenge and download this template here.And here is the layout I created using this superb template.I added extra layering to the photo spot on the template and added journaling underneath the title as well. Other than that, I didn't make a ton of changes to this template.There are lots of other amazing layouts already in the template challenge forum that you can be inspired by as well!!Head on over to the forum and download this template to participate in this month's template challenge!! … [Read more...]
3 Great “On The Go” Image Editing Tools
Living in the peak of the digital age, we all want to look our best on social media. While we all know and love Photoshop and Lightroom, they aren’t always the most time-conscious photo editing options. Many of us want to snap a picture, write a clever caption, and upload. However, the perfect photo is few and far in between. The photo is too dark, my teeth don’t look white enough (coming from an avid coffee drinker), the list starts to pile up as soon as we observe the picture we just snapped. I am going to be sharing 3 user friendly and convenient photo editing apps for when you’re in a pinch and that picture you want to share is almost perfect. You can even use these edited photos later for your digital layouts!1. FacetuneFacetune is one of the most noteworthy on the go photo editing apps. This app has made its way across the digital sphere, from Influencers to average social … [Read more...]