Good morning ladies ( and guys if we have some). It's Carly here to just post about what I must have in my Lilypad scrapping folder. Now these are items that I have used more than one time and that I JUST had to have. I do have ALOT of must haves so I am going to keep it really small and simple ( kinda lol). I have been a lover and shopper of all things Lilypad for a long time. I just have found everything my scrapping heart desires here at The Pad. I will probally always find what my scrapping heart desires here forever if I need to be honest. So anyway, before I go off into a whole new post, the list of TLP designers is in one word WOW. Yep just WOW. Have you seen it lately? If not you should. PerfectionSo here are a few of my MUST haves. I will say before hand that I NEED a little sumthin sumthin from every designer at the Pad but these are just my use all the time folder. So lets … [Read more...]
Froggy Friday!
Well hello there, Weekend Scrappers!Liana here, on another Froggy Friday to highlight some of the gorgeous new products offered at 20% throughout this weekend in our store. Wait until you see all the clever kits that have been created this week by our talented designers.There are festive hybrid crafts: Huge, coordinated kits with various topics:Beautiful, glittery winter papers and elements:Pops of color and messy piles:Here are some sample layout pages made by the Pollys, using the products from this week's Froggy Friday: From Mel: A hybrid from Ana Paula:From Cecile:From Christine:From Jordan:From Kim:From Amber:From Petra: Well, that's it for now. Have a wonderful weekend and we hope you are able to keep up with all the details that seem to fill our lives this time of year. If you get stressed, just follow these simple … [Read more...]
Hybrid Origami Box Tutorial
The holidays are just around the corner. If you are anything like me you have a pile of Christmas presents hiding under a blanket needing to be wrapped. I've begun to whittle that pile down during nap time, but I came across a problem. Some presents are too small to be wrapped, so I had to think of solution for that. The easy solution for that problem would be origami boxes. Now don't be alarmed by the word origami. These boxes are very easy to fold and are quite beautiful when done. Let's get started!1. Open an 8.5 x 11 file in Photoshop. Create an 8 x 8 shape and fill it with a digital patterned paper. I used Gina Miller's Very Merry Paper Pack. Print your paper. Cut it out.2. With the patterned paper side facing up score a line both vertically and horizontally at 4 inches. Crease these lines by folding the patterned paper in on itself. Be sure and use a bone folder for this … [Read more...]
SOSN 12/12/12
Hey there fellow Lily-Padderrrrs. :)It's Something Old Something New (SOSN) today at the Pad and those products are 50% off!Yay!Here are some sweet pages from some of the sweet Pollys of those goodies that the designers have (re)released...from Rachel:from Tracy:from Karen:from Amanda:from Amber:from Petra:from Brynn Marie:from Chantal:from heathergw:from HeatherB:from Julie:from snaggletooth:Some amazing stuff!Click here to get to the shop.Have a great Wednesday!Brandi … [Read more...]
Digital DYD!
Hi Festive Scrappers! How has your December been going so far?Liana here, with some super inspiration to help you Document Your December in style. Michelle gave us some lovely examples of her clever hybrid book in our last blog entry and I'm here today to lay down some digital tracks as well. We're now in our 11th day and you may be looking for some new ideas about how to document each day. Our nifty forums are a great place to start. Here, you can find lists of some possible topics for pages in your book which is a good place to start. Here's a link the DYD section of our store which has over 60 beautifully-coordinated quality products to meet your every need. (Last year's offerings were fabulous, too!)Now, the fun part: I dug around the gallery and forums and found some really diverse and breathtaking layouts that I wanted to share with you...From Sarah:From … [Read more...]
A Happy Hybrid Document Your December Album
Hi, Michelle here today! Are you creating a December album this year? Maybe you couldn't resist grabbing some of that fun Christmas-y washi tape that's taking over Pinterest:And of course, crafty blogs and craft stores - and even Walmart - overflow with gorgeous holiday paper, stickers, buttons, ephemera, and more this time of year. It's enough to plant the paper itch in the most die-hard digi gal among us! I definitely caught the bug this year, plus I had a stash of paper crafting supplies from years past that were crying out for attention.BUT then I saw the Document Your December section in the TLP store. And I watched behind the scenes as December's BYOC gallery filled up (if you haven't checked this stuff out yet, go ahead and click the links I kindly included for you. It's ok, you can come back when you're done shopping!). And I decided I wanted the best of both worlds this … [Read more...]
December BYOC is here!
I'm in shock that it's already December. Seriously, where has this year gone?On a lighter note... the Pollys have been hard at work at their beautiful BYOC pages for this month.I'm gonna show you some of my favorites!caramellche:ChantalK:Celeste:snaggletooth:stampin_rachel:RebeccaH:ReSales:amandac:Hanazana1:mommy2boyz:Tronesia:Ana.Paula:kewl_jive:heathergw:jenny:Brandi:Oh my!I could have put about 10 more but I don't want to bombard the blog. :)Hope you're inspired!All December BYOC is 25% OFF this weekend so what are you waiting for?!?!Happy Holidays!Brandi … [Read more...]
December Challenges
Happy Monday morning everyone! Polly Karen here bringing you a peek at the new challenges for the month of December. Once again the challenge Pollys have a whole new batch of challenges to kick start your mojo and get you scrapping! Remember if you choose to participate in the monthly challenges you can earn yourself a coupon (2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off) plus if you complete all 7 challenges you will be entered in a drawing for a one month spot as a Polly (Creative Team member). Now that is worth playing for! Here is a peek at this month's challenges: 1. Scraplift Challenge - Heather (HeatherB) has us scraplifting a LO from our Favorites gallery at TLP. Once you create your lifted page you should upload it to the Scraplift Gallery. Here is a page from Heather's Favorites gallery:and her lifted … [Read more...]
DIY Fun Festive Wreath Tutorial
Hey everyone! I'm so excited to share with you my lovely {Christmas} wreath and how I made it.It's so fun and festive and is perfect for the holidays!It's also VERY quick and VERY easy!Here is what it looks like...Now keep in mind you do not have to have the wooden monogram that I have in mine.(I do switch it around to each wreath that I create, it's not permanently glued in there, hence why I use twine)What you will need:and of course your GLUE GUN!:)Start gluing...Then add your ribbon and your picks.With the ribbon... you can tie in bows, knots, and/or bows and then cut the actual loop so it almost looks like a star.It's up to you!Make it as festive as you can.I chose to leave the left side of the wreath bare because I like the way it looks.And there you have it.Easy Peasy!:)Here is what it looks like on my front door.For those of you wondering what the BSM … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments
Hey Happy Scrappers!Liana here, with a new craft for a new month. Can you believe it's December already?? Well at The Lilypad, we're extra excited about this month because we have an incredible, ultra-fantastic super special collection of kits, alphas, fonts and templates just for documenting every day of this wonderful month. Have you checked out our Document Your December (DYD) area of the store? It's full of everything you could possibly need for scrapping all the days this month. (Last year's DYD collection was fantastic, too!)Here is a terrific craft that I will definitely be including in my DYD book this year. It's easy peasy and a wonderful activity to do with kids of all ages, especially on those days when you're cooped up in the house with nothing to do. It makes the house smell great and the results make great gifts and decorations. Let's make Cinnamon Applesauce … [Read more...]