You’ve Got A Friend In Me!
About a million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I wrote a book about friendship. I think you can find it on Amazon now for a buck. I wrote the book with my friend Wendy and we had a…
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Welcome, June BYOC!
Greetings Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana, coming to you with all kinds of strong feelings. Much of the US (and the world) seems to be in a place of some deep reckoning and soul-searching, which can be so exhausting. There have…
Graduation Cards
Hello pad friends!! With graduation season upon us, I thought it would be fun to share some graduation cards I made recently. Our church is having a drive-by graduation for our high school seniors on Sunday. My oldest girls asked…
June Challenges
Hello everyone! It’s Polly Karen back again to give you a quick overview of all the new challenges for June. Each month we have 8 brand new challenges that are posted in the forum Challenge Pad on the 1st day of the…
Welcome to MPM for June!
Well hello there Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, hoping you’re doing well and staying safe. I’m happy to introduce you to the newest MPM collection for June. What’s MPM, you ask? It stands for Memory Pockets Monthly. Every month around…
Ghosted Titles in Photoshop
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend! I’m dropping in today with a quick tip for creating the look of ghosted titles in Photoshop. A ghosted title is one that is made to blend in with the background paper…
May Challenge Spotlight
Hello everyone! I hope you are all staying safe and healthy these days!  It’s Polly Karen here bringing you another monthly Challenge Spotlight post. Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of…
how did you spend Memorial Day?
In this time of Covid-19, how did you spend Memorial Day? Our family stayed home, grilled our little hearts out, had watermelon and looked through photo books of my husband’s family. The photo books are filled with photos of his…
Scrapbook Album Storage
Hello friends!! Over Digital Scrapbook Day weekend I did something that I had been putting off for WAY too long! I uploaded and sent Project Life and other scrapbook layouts from 2017 on to be printed. In total I had…
Welcome to May’s M3!
Hi Pad Scrappers! Polly Liana here, wondering how on earth it is already mid-May. Things for us are kind of blurring together but we hope you are healthy, happy and able to do lots of scrapping. I am happy because…
Square Cards
Hello, Lilypad friends!! I think we can all use a little encouragement right now, and one of my favorite ways to give love and encouragement is to make and send a card. I was inspired by some elements in the…
Creating Digital Texture with Transparencies in Photoshop
Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m dropping in with a quick tip today for using a transparent element (such as a page border) to add texture to a solid background. If you look at my Gallery, you will see that I adore…