We would like to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season! … [Read more...]
Document Your December – mid-month highlights
Hey there, it's Heather(gw) bringing you some mid-month inspiration and some prompts to keep you going with your Document Your December albums.First, I put together a little prompt list of things to document this month if you're feel a little stumped...DYD PromptsGallery InspirationI also wanted to highlight some of the amazing pages I'm finding in the gallery... it's so fun to see how different every album is turning out and they are so very inspirational in keeping me motivated to keep going! Check out the gallery HERE and be completely inspired...here are a few recent pages I found in the gallery...RebeccaH is inspiring me with all her photos and just a pop of color here: I'm having fun blending papers w/ cards and labels to create new cards and labels, like the Winter Wonderland papers by Splendid Fiins with the Project Mouse bundle by Sahlin Studio and … [Read more...]
DYD: Confetti Pockets
Hey scrappers, Polly Jewelle here! I'm so excited because December 1st is finally here! I along with many other will be starting to document their December today. Before you get started I have another tutorial to share with you. Today I'm going to demonstrate how to make confetti pockets. I'm going to show how to make a confetti pocket for hybrid albums as well as how to make one on a digital layout. Let's get started!Digital Confetti Pocket1 - Compile your layout including a clear pocket for confetti. On my layout below I used the clear 3 x 4 pocket in Pear Tree {confetti} by Sara Gleason. 2 - Add scatters inside of your pocket. To do this all scatter layers should be BELOW your pocket layer. Spend time spreading your scatters out so they aren't all bunched together. 3 - Add shadows to the scatters. Keep in mind how each type of scatter will have a different size … [Read more...]
DYD Prep: Are you a planner or do you fly by the seat of your pants?
Hello scrappers, it's Polly Heather(gw) here with my very first blog post and I'm excited to share with you how Polly Jewelle and I have been preparing for Document Your December. I would be the fly by the seat of my pants kinda girl and I basically just print and cut a bunch of goodies and gather them all together in stacks and piles... Jewelle is a very organized planner and is sharing some of her planning sketches with us today...Do you fly by the seat of your own pants?I was in Nashville all last week, so I didn't get to play much with all the yummy goodies that were popping up before leaving. So, I'm going to share a little bit about what I've been up to the last few days as I get ready to document our December before heading out of town again for Thanksgiving. I'm also excited to share a little bit of a tutorial and some tips for the hybrid crowd too. WOOT WOOT!!! Are you … [Read more...]
Document Your December
BRRRR!!! The air is getting chiller here in the United States. Which is always a great reminder that December is just around the corner! For most people, magical memories take place during the month of December and they want to document them. To help with that the LilyPad designers have gone above and beyond creating the most beautiful holiday collection! For those of you who are new to the Pad the designers call it Document Your December. This weekend only you can pick up over 75 DYD products on sale for 20% off! This year Heather(aka heathergw) and I (aka mrspotts) have teamed up to create tutorials all about Documenting Your December. Heather is a seasoned pro who has created some beautiful DYD's in the past. She will be letting us peek into her DYD process this year. I am more of novice at the whole DYD thing, but I'm excited and ready to show you my own process! … [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...]