Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 — which started in 1970 — every year we demonstrate support for environmental protection. Or rather, protection of our Earth, since we only get one planet. (at least until they figure out how to get us to Mars....lol)Protecting our planet from things like pollution and deforestation is a huge deal and countries, cities & states across the world remember this goal by having local charity events, marches and festivals in honor of the day. Even corporations are jumping on board to make efforts by hosting online events & sales. Going "green" is everywhere these days and while not all of us are into sustainable fashion or global cleanups, there are small steps we all can take to make this planet better everyday.I visited the Earth Day website and they had an awesome page with tips. Here are few easy things we all can and should try to … [Read more...]
Call it Luck: inspiration for St. Patty’s Day
Grab your green dye and don't forget the shamrocks. Today is St. Patrick's Day and all over the world people are celebrating in their own ways. I don't call myself superstitious but wearing a bit of green today is a sure bet I won't get pinched. Do you celebrate the holiday of luck? Whether it's your thing or not, I'm here with a bit of inspiration to help you document any type of luck you want with some finds from the gallery and the shop.Who needs luck when you've got beautiful products and photos to scrap?!Maybe you want to make sure you're pinch proof? Grab a shamrock for extra luck.Good luck is finding the perfect photo to compliment the template you chose.It might be serendipity or maybe you just deserve a bit of luck in your life.Or maybe you're just lucky all the time and it shows.Did you find the pot of gold at the end … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday | Old to New
Hi friends. I'm here with a fun throwback Thursday post this week. MOC is going on in the forum right now and each day brings a new challenge. MOC Day 4 asked us to re-scrap an old layout of ours and if you haven't completed that one yet, then this post may be helpful right now.Of course, there are many reasons to re-do or revisit an older layout. Maybe your overall scrap style has changed and this would allow you to create the older layouts in your new style. Maybe there's some new products that fit the theme, mood, or photo more than when you first scrapped it (hello fellow digi-stash hoarders like myself lol). And then, maybe you just weren't quite happy with the old layout and re-doing it is the only thing that will ease your feeling you get when you look at it. (again, I'm raising my hand, lol)I went through my gallery here and found a super old layout that at the time I … [Read more...]
Monday Mash-Up | Varied Template Styles
Hey everyone welcome to a little Monday Mash-up using two varied style of templates. Mashing templates together creates new ways to stretch your stash and gives you the opportunity to try a new style, save time, or stay inspired as we scrap all of our memories. definition: Mash-up noun- informal.* a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources.There's been many mash-up posts on the blog, like using the same designer kits with different themes or like using more than one kit with the same color scheme. But today I want to share how I use different styles of templates to create one unique page to fit my needs or artistic inspiration.I had a photo in mind already and an idea of what I wanted to scrap so I spent some time in the Shop just perusing Fiddle Dee-Dee's templates … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday | Winterize Me
Hey everyone I'm back on the blog for a little fun this happy Tuesday. At least I hope it's a happy day where you are. As we push closer to the end of the year, many regions of the world are gearing up for winter. The color, snowy season that blankets the earth with its wonder. Of course with winter and snow come lots of outdoor activities (and indoor ones too) as well as things like shoveling and of course, our favorite holiday, Christmas. lolI was browsing the winter section of the shop earlier and saw so many wonderful things that can help us document all those cold memories. One thing I was really interested in seeing was the template options so I figured I'd come over to the blog and share them here too. I wanted to find options with clear winter themes and others that may not be specifically themed but could definitely work to winterize my pages.The template area of the … [Read more...]
Template Tuesday | A Clean Slate
Hey everyone I'm super excited to be presenting my very first Polly blog post here at TLP. Every month I enjoy playing along with the challenges and one of my favorites is seeing what designer will be giving us a cool new template for the template challenge. This month Lynn Grieveson is giving us a super easy clean & simple template design that lends itself well as a clean slate ready for your creative ideas! Find the November challenge template in the shop right now and it's totally FREE for the month.If you know me, then you know I love me some clusters but sometimes I just need a clean slate to be creative with. To let all my ideas just ebb & flow on the page. The template Lynn designed this month allowed me to do just that. This is Lynn's template:I started with the clean slate of her simple design with all that whitespace:and my first steps were pretty … [Read more...]