Summer time is barbecue time! Photographing your summer foods, your BBQ favorites, can provide you with some wonderful photos to scrapbook with. Take some photos of your cooking area, your barbecue. Step back and capture the location of your BBQ,…
Often, people use the digital scrapbooking terms “clustering” and “layering” interchangeably. Is this really true, though? Are clustering and layering the same digital scrapbooking technique? The answer is no, clustering and layering are not the same technique. In fact, they…
,,,,,,FOR ICE CREAM!! Well it’s NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH and that makes us all scream! What a perfect treat to cool off from the heat with your favorite flavor – or heck, try a weird one! Did you know that…
Greetings, Happy Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here with the honor of introducing you to the M3 for July. For those of you new to the concept, M3 stands for Mixed Media Monthly. Every month around this time, four of…
I love when we can all discuss topics and share ideas, both old and new. That exact thing happened this past week in the forums. I had posted about my blog post 5 Ways to Get More Out of Your…
Hello all my artsy friends! I’m just dropping in today with a fun tip for adding shadows and dimension to patterned background papers. Have you ever found the most amazingly perfect background paper and wanted to work it into a…
Word Art is a very versatile digital product to use in your layout design. There are many ways to incorporate word art; let me show you some of my favorite ways. Sometimes word art is perfect the way it is…
Now that the 4th has come and gone – I thought a salute to America was in order!! So cheers to the red, white & blue! So hold onto your Uncle Sam hat, for inspiration from these great pages in…
Happy July everyone! Here in the USA, that means it’s time for BBQs, sparklers, and everything patriotic. I had no doubt in my mind that July 4th would be the focus of this month’s Create Crate Monthly, and boy the…
Howdy Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here with a tip about how to use Photoshop to recolor parts of your photos so they coordinate with the rest of your layout. I’m sure you can think of times that you’ve been working…
Hello and happy summer! I’m just dropping in with a quick tip today about making journal strips look more finished on your digital pages. I was playing with Fiddle-Dee-Dee’s awesome Artsy Fartsy templates (which are available in today’s SOSN sale…
This month is a pure crazy-town time of transition for my family. My husband came home from a year long Army assignment in Korea last Thursday night and our packers arrived today for our move from Kansas to Texas. We’re…