Hello and happy hump day! I have been reminiscing lately – it’s been almost 2 years since I finished my MBA and I miss my classmates! So I uses some of the products that are 50% off in today’s sale at The Lilypad to scrap about some of those memories.
I love how this page turned out! But then it’s no surprise, since I love anything by Allison Pennington! 🙂 Have a great rest of the week!
Hello! I am so excited to share the latest stamps released by Sakuralala! There are two sets, and they are by Igloo*dining. They are called 365: CELEBRATION and 365: FAMILY, and I had so much fun using them!
In this traveler’s notebook spread, I used both stamps. On the right page, I had fun with some stamping celebrating my mom’s birthday.
And here’s what the final spread looks like in my TN:
These stamps are fantastic for cardmaking also. Here’s two cards I made – the first one is an anniversary card. I loved this stamp so much that I kept the card simple, letting the stamps shine.
I used Zebra Sarasa Clip gel pens to color a few accents. It turned out so well, that I decided to do the same for the bride’s dress, and also gave some silver accents to the groom.
I love how the colors pop against the kraft background!
Next, I made a colorful card with some watercolor accents. I shot a video of the stamping process. I apologize for the not-fancy background: I shot this in a break at the office, propping my phone up on an open drawer and stamping on the floor. 🙂
After stamping, I added a few more touches to my card: I colored in the girl, and added some gem embellishments. I love how this card turned out! So playful and happy.
I know I’ll be using these stamps over and over, they are so versatile and fun! Have a great weekend!
Hello and happy May! This weekend is filled with fun games and prizes at The Lilypad to celebrate interNational Scrapbooking Day! And 30% off the entire store! There will be a special product release Saturday too, but in the meantime the new BYOC (build your own collection) hit the stores, and I’m so in love with this month’s color scheme!
I hope you’ll join us for some of the games and challenges!
Hello! I am keeping this post short and sweet to share a page I made with products from The Lilypad that are 50% off today!
These templates are so much fun to use!!
Hello and happy Friday! I am so happy spring has made its arrival, although it’s amazing to realize nearly a third of the year has gone by already!
I am loving the monthly recap pages I have been putting together, and here is the one I made for April.
April Month in Review ’17 Template by Scrapping with Liz
April Stuff by Allison Pennington
All the bright colors! 🙂 And here’s a look at each page.
I added a new Foxy Fix notebook to my collection last week – I need to blog about it! Here are my previous posts about these traveler’s notebooks.
And then I also made a page with the new Mixed Media Monthly (M3) collection. I love how the M3 inspires me to try new techniques. Here I blended 2 papers (the one for the background and the one with blue and white clouds and sketched trees), as well as a photo (on the bottom of the page). So fun!
Mixed Media Monthly April 2017 from The Lilypad
Have a great weekend! And save the date – May 6 is iNSD (interNational Scrapbooking Day!) and there will be some fun events and sales at The Lilypad!
Hello and happy Friday! I have had one of the busiest/most stressful weeks of my life (like top 3..!), yet I managed to scrap a couple of pages after my work deadline was passed, and I love how they turned out!
This first one is with the April BYOC from The Lilypad.
The floral patterns are stunning!!
And then I am SO happy to share that my friend Mari Koegelenberg has a new collection in the shop, and it’s so perfect for this time of the year!
I have missed her designs so much and I’m so happy to see her creating again!
Hello! It’s almost April so I thought it fitting that the next kit I chose for my Kill My Studio Calico Kit blog series is from April 2016, Film Club! 🙂
This page was inspired by the painted wood butterflies by Nancy Damiano; I only had 2 wood butterflies in my stash, so I added some feathers, and some paper butterflies (cut using a die from Papertrey Ink). I mostly used only items from the kit, and only added some puffy hearts and stars from Freckled Fawn (puffy stickers are my absolute fave!!), as well as some purple gems from an old Studio Calico kit (I think a card add on from Copper Mountain – Jan. 2014) to tie in the color of the flowers. I just love these colors, they feel so spring-y!
I stamped two phrases from the stamp in the kit on the paper butterflies (I stamped on wood veneer in the past and the ink feathered a bit, and didn’t want to risk it on the wood butterflies – although it probably would be fine with pigment ink, which sits on top of the surface). I used washi tape to mask the wood veneers before painting them with acrylic paint – lime light and mint hint. Then I used the small dots in the kit stamp to add the polka dots on the feathers. I like how that touch of black matches the paper strips I used at the top and bottom of the page.
I love how it turned out! Now if the weather would just cooperate and get spring started! 🙂
Hello and welcome back for another installment of my Kill My Studio Calico Kit series! I am not going in order… this is the 11th kit I have killed, and in total I have made a whopping 130 layouts. Yay me!
This month I killed the September 2016 Lost River scrapbook kit.
Notes: I bought this kit with a $10 promotion (they also have a $5 promotion if you want to try a kit, check here and use the code SCKIT5), and I really like it. I found it to be a bit light on embellishments, but no big deal as I am trying to use up my stash more this year and was happy to add some items to supplement the kit. I also used some stamps from my stash. I didn’t care for the washi tape nor the stamp (in fact I have not used them).
Status: Killed! Knowing I had not paid full price for this kit resulted in me not pushing myself as much as I normally do to crank out 10+ pages from a kit. I used two of the cardstock pieces for other layouts but I didn’t count them towards killing this kit because all the rest was from my stash.
I made 8 layouts (6 12″x12″ and 2 8.5″x11″), for a total of $10, or $1.43/page.
Here’s a roundup of all the pages I made:
And here is what I have left:
Leftovers: I ended up not using the yellow cardstock – I tried, but it was just too bright. I’ll use it on some other page in the future. But otherwise, this kit is thoroughly killed. I used a lot of the gold alphas, but I still have plenty left, and I have most of the vellum alpha. I didn’t touch the washi tape and stamp. I’m very happy I used up all the envelopes, and most of the tiny red sequins.
And here’s a look at all the projects I made:
While I normally start by using my least favorite paper, this time I started by using my favorite paper in the kit for this page – it was just perfect for this story! The stamp I used is from an old add on called Caramel Apple – I purchased it when it went for sale at last call last August for $10 (score!). The alpha stamp is from Freckled Fawn (discontinued), as are the cork trees (aren’t they pretty? I used up the whole pack – it may be my first time ever doing that! :)).
Most of the items on this page are from my stash – only the background paper and the gold alpha are from the kit.
I used some alpha stickers and embellishments from my stash.
This one is my favorite page this month. And I get bonus points for using up some flair from my stash! 🙂
I love how this one turned out. I used some stamps from my stash, as well as some heart stickers. The pretty owls are printables by Wilna Furstenberg.
On this page I used the kit almost exclusively: the only think I added from my stash is the enamel dots.
I had so much fun making this page! I used stamps from Sakuralala with Distress Oxide Ink (cracked pistachio), and then used some scraps of paper from the kit, along with a rubber banner and the vellum alpha.
I love how this page turned out! I used up my last paper scraps, and put to good use the red sequins and the rest of the kraft envelopes.
And that’s it for this month! If you have any questions, please leave a comment and let me know!
This was my most recent unkilled kit, so now I’ll have to dig up some more kits from 2016 that I haven’t used yet: I still have Film Club (April), Scout (June) and Pool Party (July) that are mostly untouched. I cannot wait!
Hello and happy Friday! Today is release day for the newest Memory Pockets Monthly collection at The Lilypad. I fell in love with the floral patterns included in it!
March Month in Review ’17 Template by Scrapping with Liz
Memory Pockets Monthly: RENEW from The Lilypad
And as usual all the new releases are 20% off through the weekend.
I thought March hadn’t been too eventful, but as I was putting together this monthly summary spread I ended up with lots of photos to document it!
We never have plants around the house, but my husband got us a small potted clover for St. Patrick’s Day and I love having it! It’s so cute the way the leaves fold up at night and open up again during the day. Here’s to hoping we don’t kill it off too soon!
Have a great weekend!
Every year, starting in 2009, I make a photo calendar for my parents and in-laws. It features for the most part scrapbook pages I have done over the previous year. I always end up having to make a few pages around the fall (that’s when I order my calendars), but the majority of the months is already made. This process works really well for me, and I know that this gift is much loved and appreciated.
For some reason, though, I always dread putting together the calendar. Ugh! Working ahead of the deadline is always the best idea, so this week I took advantage of the awesome retiring products sale at The Lilypad to trap some autumn kits, and made this:
Papers are Fun Templates by Scrapping with Liz – 50% off for SOSN
and 50% retiring products sale:
Storyteller October 2014 kit by Just Jaimee
Musings by Pink Reptile Designs
For the Love of Alphas 2012: Doodle Sans by Allison Pennington