Month: October 2014

DSD at The Lilypad

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Oh my goodness… I don’t even know where to start!! But there’s one thing I know. The Lilypad sure knows how to throw a DSD party!! There’s fun games and challenges going on; a store-wide sale and free with purchase collab, and some amazing new releases. And then… wait for it… there’s a new monthly subscription called Memory Pockets Monthly. Seriously, I was blown away with all the gorgeous new designs!
Let me start with the Memory Pockets Monthly. Here is this month’s collaboration kit.

And here’s my first page with it.

Credits:
Background paper from Documentary papers by Sahlin Studio
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Isn’t it funny how well our clothes matched the kit colors?? 🙂
In addition to the monthly collaboration, the designers also made coordinating add ons. The next page uses the add ons by Sahlin Studio.

Credits:
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I left the page simple to let the word art and that lovely leaf shine.
The shop has lots of new releases as well. Here’s what I made with some of them.

Credits:
Nutmeg papers and Cut It Out: Gather by Valorie Wibbens
Sweet Boos by CD Muckosky
Layers of Leaves by Amy Martin
Monthly by Paislee Press
Font: CK Chloe

I will leave you with the gorgeous free with $15 purchase kit:

And here is a page I made with the fabulous free with purchase kit! Did you grab part 1 on the free hop?


Credits:

Currently collaboration by The Lilypad designers – get part 1 on the freebie hop and find part 2 in the store (it’s free with a $15 purchase over DSD weekend!)
Sweet Treat Cards by CD Muckosky
Font: gimme space

Happy DSD, and Happy Halloween!!

Hey Pumpkin

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Hello hello! As we are gearing up for DSD (Digital Scrapbooking Day) that is this Saturday, I will have lots of pages to share with the new releases over the next couple of days. To start the party, there’s this new collab by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie.
It was perfect to scrap my favorite of the photos from the pumpkin patch.. and one of my favorite photos ever!!

Credits:
Happy Haunting by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Streetwear

I wanted to keep the photo big, so I just created a design that showcases the lovely papers in the kit. While the kit is Halloween-themed, as you can see it works very well for fall photos as well.

Also to get in the mood for DSD, check out the gorgeous free collab from The Lilypad, that you can collect on a blog hop!

Keep an eye on the special DSD forum too for more fun games and prizes.
See you soon with more DSD inspiration!

Fall Favorites

| cristina

I scrapped some more pumpkin pictures using a new release from The Lilypad.

This kit is 20% off through the weekend. The pops of orange and those cute pumpkins were perfect to scrap these pictures.

Credits:
Sweater Weather by Valorie Wibbens and France M Designs
Border It Up #1 by Studio Basic
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I decided to make two matching pages because I wanted to keep the photos big.

Credits:
Sweater Weather by Valorie Wibbens and France M Designs
Border It Up #1 by Studio Basic

Happy Friday!

Sweater Weather

| cristina

Oh how I love fall! I love to scrap fall too. And the newest collection by Digital Design Essentials makes me so happy!

This is a steal at only $4.99! Here’s what I made.

Credits:
Happy Fall collection bundle by Digital Design Essentials

Sweater weather indeed! The picture is from last weekend, when it was chilly but sunny – my favorite kind of weather!

Pumpkin Patch

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I have a hybrid/paper page to share today, made with a bunch of digital products by Ali Edwards. I love how by using the digital elements I can start my design in Photoshop, so all of the guesswork is taken out of the assembly part.

Credits:

I created the background using a combination of digital stamps, and printed it out on American Crafts 8.5″x11″ card stock. Then I added my photos, a couple pieces of paper cut to fit one of the diamonds in the background, and some embellishments.
I couldn’t resist painting that word bubble to make it look like a pumpkin! 🙂 I love how this page turned out.

I Love Fall!

| cristina

Mari Koegelenberg has a new collab in the store.. and I love the organic feel of it!
Fall is such a pretty season.. and so many awesome photo opportunities! 🙂 Here’s a photo I took last weekend.

Credits:
At the Farmers Market by Mari Koegelenberg and Sugarplum Paperie
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Have a good weekend! I most definitely have some crafty plans, I need to relax after a super stressful week. 🙂

October M3 at The Lilypad

| cristina

Hello and happy Friday! I’ve been quiet around here lately.. just dealing with a couple emergencies at work. But I have two three pages to share made with the new Mixed Media Monthly collaboration and add ons at the Lilypad!

This was so much fun to play with! I especially found the background papers amazing.. All my pages were inspired by the backgrounds in the kit.

Credits:
M3 Add ons by Lynne-Marie: Artsy Bits, Sketchbook 03 and Dymo Family Edition
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

We did a couple of outings last weekend and I got some great shots.. this is one of them. Can’t wait to scrap the rest (pumpkin patch anyone??)! 🙂

Credits:
M3 Add on by Lynne-Marie: Artsy Bits
M3 Add ons by Quirky Heart: Build a Mess 2, Home Sweet Home and Journal Spots
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens


A picture from our trip to Chicago at the end of September. Seriously, I would never get tired of that view.. breathtaking!
ETA: and yay, this page made Gallery Standout! 😉

Credits:
M3 Add ons by Lynne-Marie: Artsy Bits, Sketchbook 03 and Dymo Family Edition
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

This is a last minute page I made last night.. Once again, using one of the amazing background papers in the kit. I’m in love!

October BYOC

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I am so inspired by the new BYOC  (Build Your Own Collab) at The Lilypad! These colors are soooo pretty.

I had very little time this week, yet I scrapped these four pages in one day.. so yeah I guess that I was indeed inspired by these lovely products! 😉

Credits:
Just Right papers and Sprinkles v28 by Valorie Wibbens
Oh Layers Alphas by Amy Martin
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens


Pumpkin spice latte = fall for me for sure! Yummy..

Credits:
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

This one is probably my favorite page of this bunch. I just love these warm colors.

Credits:
Nutmeg papers, Nutmeg elements by Lynne-Marie
Sprinkles v28 by Valorie Wibbens
Oh Layers Alphas by Amy Martin
Good Morning elements by Paislee Press
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens


This adorable bear was perfect for me to tell this story! I used one of the elements to create a distressed mask to blend my photo in the background.

Credits:
Oh Layers Alphas by Amy Martin
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

And now.. the weekend may commence (OK.. one more day)! And I definitely need it after a rocky work week this week *sigh*.
I do have some good news to share in the next few days

The BYOC is 20% off through the weekend. Do yourself a favor and get this alpha… it plain ROCKS!