Whether your child is just starting 'big school', a new school, a new school year or has been out of school for a while and you have a back log of photos and stories to document about them (or your grandkids or yourself!), this is a great time of year for school-related layout inspiration and revisiting kits in your stash that help to scrap them!Let me share a bit of inspo I’ve seen in the gallery recently and what I’m loving or taking from them. Click on any of them to see them full size in the gallery!_________________________________________________After pocket scrapping for the first time in a while last week, I was immediately drawn to this pocket page by wvufan04 - such great photography combined with crisp lines and a great visual storyand then this page again using pocket cards, but in a freestyle way by Vrielinkie - love the stacking and the way the banners are … [Read more...]
Mixed Media Beginners: Artsy Pockets & Photos
Hi again! For this month's Mixed Media Beginners I was inspired by a recent blog post by Gaelle on pocket scrapping. (If you haven't seen her blogpost about getting started with Pocket Scrapbooking on the Project Life app, you can check it out here). Pocket scrapping can be clean and simple, messy and mask-y, or somewhere in the middle, which I call 'Clean and Artsy'.Personally, I started making digital pocket pages through Project Mouse and my style definitely evolved over the years from 'clean and simple', with a lot of plain pocket cards and rectangular photos and white borders (and also rounded corners - I remember those days, Gaelle!), to 'clean and artsy', where my borders were obscured with painted or blended edges, elements overlapped everything and there were less clean lines and more doodles and scribbles, but still featuring a white background and border. That was my real … [Read more...]
Seasonal Inspiration: Christmas (in July)
Have you seen that this week (until July 31) Christmas, Winter, and Document Your December (DYD) products are all on sale for 35% off?I don't tend to actually celebrate Christmas in July but I love that it inspires me to get out previous Christmas photos that I have a backlog of and feel a bit over and burnt out on by the time December is near done, given the stores have been playing carols on repeat since October. Let me share a bit of inspo I've seen in the gallery recently and what I'm loving or taking from them. Click on any of them to see them full size in the gallery! This page by garrynkim makes me think of wrapping paper and I want to use *all* the patterned papers! She has achieved expert level at mixing colours and patterns!The rays on this page by LivyBug is another brilliant way to use all the patterned papers and channel the crazy energy of … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday: full size to card size
There are a lot of templates in my stash. And I am always looking for different ways to use them. One of those ways is adapting them for pocket pages. Today I'm going to show you a couple of ways to do that.Adapting your templates is a great way to stretch your stash. And the ideas I am going to show you can easily be combined with pocket page templates to create a world of possibilities. So let us have a look at three techniques I often use.The first way to adapt a template is making it smaller. This works well with templates that have big items on them and not too many layers. I chose one of Gina Millers Foxy Templates for this technique. Because the composition is centered on the page it still works really well when you reduce the size. To go from a full 12x12 inch layout to a 6x4 inch card you need to reduce the size to 50%. As you can see I leave a few layers out when … [Read more...]
The Monday Mash-up – Mashing Pocket-style
Are you primarily a one kit only scrapper, on a budget or looking for ways to extend your stash?Mashing 2 (or 3!) kits together (and making your own customised collab!) gives you so many opportunities but means you won’t have to spend all your time tagging or searching your stash. If mixing and matching is not your normal style and feels daunting, this series will look at several ways to make mixing different design styles easier than you think! ______________________________________________________________________________________________Hi there and welcome to a fun new way to start Mondays in the middle of the month – The Monday Mash-up! definition: Mash-up noun- informal.* a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources. Some background:Welcome back … [Read more...]
Memory Pockets Monthly December 2016 | Wonder
Hi Everyone! Crystal here for this months MPM round up! I can't wait to share with you everything that has been happening in the world of Memory Pockets Monthly!This month's collection, Wonder, is perfectly lovely and so beautiful! The bright and happy colors and theme are so perfect for all of your December and Winter memories. I just adore it so much!What is Memory Pockets Monthly? MPM is the monthly pocket scrapbooking subscription here at the Lilypad. Each month, our six very talented MPM designers create a single collection for all your pocket scrapbooking needs. They also create a wide variety of add-ons to complement the main collection.Here’s a peek at this month’s main collection!Each month the designers also release add-ons to the main collection. This month’s add-ons are outstanding! There are so many awesome options to add to this collection! Perfect for … [Read more...]