Who are the heroes in your life, and when is the last time you documented them? This month's collaboration and add-ons pays homage to the heroes and super stars in your life... whether they are those around you, or you yourself.Here is a look at the kit and add-ons for this month. And some pages using the kits/add-ons. There are a lot of fun ways to use this kit and the coordinating extras. If you have kids, you can document them in comic book form. Or you could help them to create a comic of their own. Make a zine or a mini album.And here are some ideas for other projects you could do to incorporate comics or super … [Read more...]
Pocket Scrapping Art Journal Challenge – Announcing a New Format and February Sponsor
Hi all, Sarah here. I'm so excited to share with you a new format for the Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling challenge starting with February. The challenges will now be weekly and anyone completing two of each month's weekly challenges will receive a coupon code from the monthly sponsor. For more information check out my post in the forum here.This month's sponsor is Amy Wolff. She is contributing a $3 coupon to her store for anyone finishing the required weekly challenges. For this week's challenge I chose to work with Amy's It's All Good (available for 50% off in the SOSN sale for today only).This week's challenge is to journal about something good in your life right now. You can find it in the forum here. This is the page I came up.Amy has a lot of awesome product in her store perfect for an Pocket Scrapping Art Journaling page. I love using premade journal cards … [Read more...]
How Do You Doodle?
Hello! Hello! If you happened to visit the blog yesterday you read a little information about the incredible selection of doodles available at The Lilypad. Still, some of you might be wondering what to do. Hopefully this will help solve the mystery of doodles and help you incorporate them into your next creation. There are a number of ways to use doodles other than just straight out of the kit. Adding color to doodles will completely change the look. This allows you to customize the object to fit your project. There are different ways to add color to a doodle. A few examples are: flood fill a doodle with any color from the color palette; use the gradient tool to add a variety of color; or clip paper to add both color and texture.Word art in the example above is from Science Lab element pack by One Little Bird.Layer them. Layer a few of your favorite doodles to create a new … [Read more...]
Doodle all the Day
Let's talk about Doodles! I for one am a constant doodler. I draw all over my grocery lists. I doodle while I am chatting on the phone. I also sketch in my daily journal. Little doodles and hand drawn graffiti make me smile. It just seemed like a natural fit to add doodles to my digital creations. Did you know that there is an entire Doodle section in the store? You will find all sorts of hand drawn elements available in the store. Here are just a few samples:Doodled Alphas FramesBordersWord Art FlourishesThere is so much more to see at The Lilypad. One of the December Art Journal Challenges is all about using Doodles in your art journal style pages. Head over to the Art Journaling Pad for plenty of art journal inspiration. There is a doodled freebie available for you as well as a couple of video tutorials. Go check it out! While you … [Read more...]
Polly Picks: AmberR
It's Polly Pick Time again and today we are going to get to know AmberR's style. Amber's gallery is so fun to look at. Seriously, it's like a visual feast. Bright. Colorful. Full of life. I just love her style. She uses a lot of blending and techniques that are tough for me, but she makes it all look flawless. And she is a master with paints, stamps and textures. She is grungy and can take any template and give it her own twist. She knows how to work with dimensional products like a pro, but adds in some artistic flavors are quite unique and stunning. It's like Paper Scrapper meets Art Journaler. It's fabulous. Really!Take a look at some of her Picks in the store. Right now you can browse this category and grab some of the things that help make Amber's style so special for 20% off. Here's how Amber describes her style:I started as a very traditional scrapper. I … [Read more...]