September BYOC at The Lilypad

Happy Friday! It’s BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) time at The Lilypad!

I love the deep colors, and especially the navy! So far, I made a card:

Credits:
Free Spirit Alpha by CD Muckosky

and a page:

Credits:
Documentary papers by Sahlin Studio
Heirloom papers and Heirloom elements by Paislee Press
In the Orchard elements by Stolen Moments Design
Heimili elements by Pink Reptile Designs
Little Talks elements by One Little Bird
Mended Corners by Amy Martin
Sprinkles v27 by Valorie Wibbens
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I love how this turned out!
Have a nice Friday!

Hello September

New month, new gallery at write.click.scrapbook. This month’s theme is Back to School.

As I am getting ready to start the second and last year of my degree, it was fun to sit back and look at the pictures I have collected over the past year. I decided to take a picture of me for each week of class, and I love looking back and thinking about all that I have accomplished.

Credits:
Daiy Brads no. 1 and Typeset Alphas No. 3 by Sahlin Studio
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

There were a lot of colors in these pictures, so I decided to convert most of them to black and white and only keep a few favorites in color.

It’s kind of daunting to think I have nine more exams to go.. but one at a time, I will tackle them all. Let’s go!

50% Off Products

It’s time for the weekly 50% off sale at The Lilypad! Lots of products on sale. There is also still time to play along in the challenges of the We Are Storytellers event: the deadline is next Tuesday.
Here are two pages I made with some of the discounted items.

Credits:
Strength in Hope by Stolen Moments and Litabells Designs
Doodled Borders no. 1 by Pink Reptile Designs
A Bit Worn alpha by Valorie Wibbens
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I clearly love that big worn alpha template set. 🙂

Credits:
Foxy bundle by Forever Joy
Doodled Borders no. 1 by Pink Reptile Designs
A Bit Worn alpha by Valorie Wibbens

Ready for fall?? Well, not really, but I sure am ready for a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.. so I may very well be ready for fall after all. 🙂

More Pages

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.

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

The fun colors and the pineapples were perfect for these photos! 🙂

Next, I made a page with the new collection at Digital Design Essentials.
Credits:
About a Boy collection bundle and cork alpha from Because I’m Happy by Digital Design Essentials
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens
I hope you’re having a good weekend. We had a “fun” weekend project – our garage door broke so we had to replace the springs.. took all the morning pretty much but at least it worked out well. I’m hoping tomorrow is more fun. 🙂

Introducing M3 (Mixed Media Monthly) at The Lilypad

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.

Credits:
Sketchbook 01 by Lynne Marie
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

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:

Artsy BitsJust My Type and Sketchbook 01 by Lynne Marie
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

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.

This is a piece of a gorgeous paper in the M3 collab, printed out on Canon matte paper. I had so much fun getting messy with these hybrid pages!

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

Credits:
A New Chapter by Valorie Wibbens
Today Is Stamps and Tags by Paislee Press
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

I love how this page turned out. The design was inspired by the “Change Ahead” element and I went with it!

August Idea Notebook

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:

Credits:
August Idea Notebook by Digital Design Essentials
The Dirty Dame font by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

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.

Happy Storytellers

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.

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

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. 🙂