I have a few new pages to share with new releases from the last couple of days. First up, a lovely kit by creashens, with which I made this page.
The fun colors and the pineapples were perfect for these photos! 🙂

I have a few new pages to share with new releases from the last couple of days. First up, a lovely kit by creashens, with which I made this page.
The fun colors and the pineapples were perfect for these photos! 🙂

Yay, it’s Friday!! 😀 And it’s a very special Friday at The Lilypad, because not only is the shop filled with awesome new releases and the quarterly store-wide 30% sale is going on and there’s a free with purchase kit.. but especially because today is also the kick off of a new exciting monthly subscription called Mixed Media Monthly (M3).
I made 2 digi pages with the August M3 collab and add ons, and 2 hybrid ones. I had so much fun with it!! Are you ready for an overload of color?? 🙂 Let’s start with the digital pages.

I would say that my digital scrapping style leans towards the minimalist side, but I had so much fun adding brushes and embellishments on my page! These colors are right up my alley!

Credits:
This page was inspired by the gorgeous butterfly in Lynne Marie’s Sketchbook 01 add on, and then I layered brushes and stamps on top of the colorful background to tone it down a bit and add interest. I love how it turned out! OK, let’s move on to the hybrid pages now. These were done with the August M3 collab.

I used the gorgeous cut filed in the M3 collab to cut out a stencil with my Silhouette machine out of transparency paper. It worked beautifully!! Then I painted over the mask using Tim Holtz distress paint (picked raspberry, fired brick and spiced marmalade, top to bottom) and Heidi Swapp mists (gold and citron). Here’s a closer look:

{ENABLER ALERT} I’ve only had this gold mist by Heidi Swapp for less than a week, but let me tell you… I am in L-O-V-E! It’s the most perfect gold color ever! I bought the Studio Calico gold Mister Huey in the past but it’s not nearly quite as good. The Heidi Swapp one has such perfect coverage, it looks like liquid gold! These pictures don’t even do it justice, but it is so good.

I added some doodling in black pen on the background to tie in with the digital printed out elements (everything printed on Canon matte paper). And yes, that is indeed the same picture I scrapped in the digi LO above. What can I say? Our outfits were just perfect for this M3! 🙂
On to the next page. This one came about because after painting and misting the background for the page above, my stencil was covered in paint and looked very pretty, so rather than just rinse it off I pressed it onto white cardstock to create another background.

I keep going back and forth, but I may love this background even more than the previous one..

I misted the wood veneer using Peach and Primrose Heidi Swapp mists.

I placed the wood veneer in the holes of the mask, and added more splatters of gold mist.

Gold stitching of course.

Finally, I also made a page with some non-M3 new releases.

I love how this page turned out. The design was inspired by the “Change Ahead” element and I went with it!
Happy Wednesday! Select products are 50% off at The Lilypad, including the lovely kit I used for this page!

My “me time” is really important.. I often say that scrapbooking is my sanity, and I really believe it! This is so much more than a hobby.. Is it the same for you?
After a few months off over the summer, Gina Cabrera is back with a gorgeous collection! Check out the detailed images in the store:
And it’s such an amazing deal at only $3 that you cannot pass!! Here’s my page:

I cannot believe that August is already half gone. I have to say I have been really enjoying the cooler summer this year and wish we had more of it. I hope we’re in for a nice fall.
The We Are Storytellers inspiration at The Lilypad is getting my creative juices flowing indeed! Here are two pages I made for Challenge 7.


This kit is right up my alley, with bold colors and fun brushes!
I can’t stop playing along in the We Are Storytellers challenges at The Lilypad. They are so much fun! This page was for challenge 5.

I am soooo happy with how it turned out! Bonus points because I was able to salvage some very crappy phone photos and make a page I love. 🙂
The We Are Storytellers event is going strong at The Lilypad! I made a page for Challenge 1 – Photo Series.

Have you been playing along with the challenges?
Have you been downloading the free daily kit at The Lilypad?? The We Are Storytellers event is proceeding in full swing with challenges, resources and tutorials. I made a page for Challenge 6 – Play with Scale.

One more day to the weekend.. cannot wait!
The August theme for the monthly gallery at write.click.scrapbook was “the best”. I had just the right pictures for this theme: ice cream in Rome! 🙂



And just like that August has arrived! Rather than go into panic mode that summer is coming to an end, I will focus on the happy things. And the new BYOC (build your own collab) at The Lilypad is definitely something that makes me happy. 🙂
I will start off with this hybrid page I made with designs by Sahlin Studio. This page was so much fun to put together!

I made it to celebrate my love of photography. I just added a kraft background, a red doily and some stamps from my stash. The rest is all printed out on Canon matte photo paper.
I also made three digi pages.
This next page took me 21 minutes (that’s the difference in timestamps between the saved LO above and the one below). I’ve always considered myself to be a fast scrapper, but I find that my pages hover well above the half hour mark. So I was pleased that this page turned out so quickly, because I happen to love it!

Credits:
Five weeks ago.. this is where I was. Sigh.. I need another vacation! 😉

Have a great weekend!