Hello! Following on from discussing design styles for Beginners in my last post, I gave myself an informal challenge to produce 2 different style layouts using the same photos and same products, and seeing it's Monday and I like alliteration, well, here we are.Starting with a template my mindset was to make a minimal style page and then switch things up to make it more maximal, and because I mentioned that Artsy and Mixed media can work with either of those styles in that previous post, I purposely picked a kit with some artsy pieces and papers in it and a template that is simple enough that I could art-ify.Scrappers often gravitate to one particular style but there 's also a lot of scrappers that jump between styles as they feel and I'm one of those people. Maybe it's the kit, maybe it's the photos, maybe it's a challenge but something will pull me in one style direction and I … [Read more...]
So You want to Start Digital Scrapbooking: Design Basics & FAQs
I remember as a new digiscrapper, galleries were both awe-inspiring and also a bit daunting. If you are new to scrapbooking and galleries, the various different styles and methods people use may seem a bit overwhelming at first, and you may wonder what a scrapbook page *should* look like and how it should be.The good news and short answer is that like any artform, part of the beauty of this hobby, is that your page can look however you'd like and be however you want it to be. There is no right or wrong way to scrapbook. There are various common styles scrapbookers will adopt and commonalities to all of them so let's summarise and intro all the types and parts of scrapbook pages.*Basic Anatomy of a Digital Scrapbook Page*Regardless of the overall style of a digital scrapbook layout (or page, we use the terms interchangeably), each layout starts with a background paper just like … [Read more...]
Art Muse Challenge Highlight : Week 2 Rainbow
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with a rainbow inspired challenge, hosted by scribler, you can find it here.For the month of February, each of our weekly challenges is exploring color. Last month, we played with black & white pages. This week, we are going in a completely different direction.It's time to head back to Junior High/Middle School science class where we learned the acronym ROY G BIV. Never heard of ROY G BIV? It stands for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. Figured out this week's color exploration yet? That's right, we are going to explore a Rainbow of Color.For this week's challenge, I want you to create a page using at least three of the colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo or violet). It can be page with or without photos. If you use a photo it can either be in color or black & white. That is up to you. The … [Read more...]
Make It Monday Slider Card
Welcome to another Make It Monday Blog Post. Polly Robin here to show you how I made another card. This week I needed to make my father-in-law a card for his 84th birthday. Now something to know about him is that he is one of the top Door Dashers in his county. Y’all, he’s turning 84 and Dashes every day. He loves it so I wanted to give him a card to reflect that. I decided to do a card with movement that mimic’s his hobby. It’s not hard I promise!As usual, I roughly planned both the inside and the outside of my card in Photoshop just so I could get a quick feel for what I wanted to do and how I wanted to use the paper and elements. I knew I wanted to use Road Tested by Forever Joy since it had the perfect “man driving a car” element!Next, I created my print sheet by selecting “Print to PDF” and then printing THAT with my Epson ET printer.I also needed one … [Read more...]
Art Muse Challenge Highlight: Week 1 Black & White
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here again to highlight the Art Journaling challenges. Each week has a host creating a challenge for you to play along with.Week 1 of February is here.Polly Kim (garrynkim) challenged us to:1. Make a layout using only Black and White. You must have both colors on your layout.2. Your page can have Black and White photos or be photoless.Layouts included are by Angela Toucan, StefanieS (me) and garrynkim (Kim.)You can create any style of page ie. clean and simple, artsy, pocket style etc,. Your page can be all digital or hybrid. Wherever the inspiration takes you as long as you include TLP products on your page. … [Read more...]
February Challenges
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again with a look at our new batch of monthly challenges for February. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the month. (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. Random … [Read more...]
What’s Up, February BYOC?
Hi Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, thrilled to be able to introduce you to the BYOC for February. What’s BYOC, you ask? It stands for Build Your Own Collection. It’s a unique concept developed by the Lilypad: each month our fabulous designers create products that are coordinated around a central palette, so any products you choose will be sure to match with one another. That way, you can decide whose products you want to mix and match together and it all works! Brilliant, huh? This month’s colors are just right for a month of love. Bright primary colors with vibrant reds leading the pack. Let’s have a look:First, fun papers: Diverse elements and kits: Helpful templates: And for you pocket scrappers out there, beautiful journal cards: And guess what? All BYOC products are on sale this weekend!So head on over to our … [Read more...]
Designer Challenge Highlight: Lynn Grieveson Designs
Hello again, Polly Stefanie here with some layouts and a challenge for Lynn Grieveson Designs, Hosted by Angela Toucan. You can find it in the forum HERE.Every month Lynn is putting a selection of products on special offer and your challenge is to use one or more of them. These will be at least 50% off and can be found in the "Lynn Grieveson Specials" category.Challenge Requirements: Create a new scrapbooking or digital art journaling page Use at least one of the products in this month's "Lynn Grieveson Specials" category. Use a minimum of 75% Lynn Grieveson Products. If you use a template from this month's specials then a minimum 75% of the rest of the products used must be Lynn Grieveson products, but doesn't have to be from the specials. Post your page to Lynn Grieveson's Gallery, and then come back to this thread and post a link to your layout. … [Read more...]
MOC 12 Spotlight – Part 3
Hello there! It’s Polly Karen back again with the last of three supersized spotlight posts to feature a big ole batch of amazing layouts that have been created for our Month of Challenges days 21-31. If you are unfamiliar with the Month of Challenge (MOC), this is our twelfth year of this wonderful creative adventure. We have 1 new challenge posted every single day for the month of January and you have until February 2nd to complete all of them. If you complete all 31 challenges you qualify for a several random drawings to win a whole bunch of amazing prizes. You can check out the prizes HERE. Without further delay come dive into a rabbit hole with me as I shine my spotlight on some amazing MOC layouts:Day 21 – Kit Connections:by zotova: by Smileark: Day 22 - Large Photo with Pop Out:by bjthomas: by … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday : Step by Step
Hello there, Polly Stefanie here with another step by step layout that I created which started with a template by Anita Designs.I started by adding the background paper and the photos, adding a large photo to the blended spots in the template.I decided I wanted to add some more of the patterned papers in there, so I duplicated and rotated the blended masks. Next I added a card to house my journaling, some layers below that, some word strips and scatters. A string for the additional dimension and visual attachment that adds.Some cute embellishments included in the collection, a flower and foliage (don't think I ever leave that off)and some snowflakes for the fun sense of movement they bring to the layout.I hope seeing my process helps you to try something likewise. … [Read more...]