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May Adventures

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We had my mom visiting for 10 days in May. We had such a great time! She left on Tuesday, and I’m already looking forward to our next get-together. Of course I took lots of photos, and I started scrapping some with the newest releases at The Lilypad:

 

Stick With Me | Collection by Sabrina’s Creations

This month’s Memory Pockets Monthly collection is so much fun! And it was perfect to start documenting our little adventures!

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Have a great weekend!

Wednesday Musings

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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.

 

Clean and Simple n18 template by Sabrina’s Creations
 
Everybody Dance Now Kit by Allison Pennington

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!

May BYOC at The Lilypad

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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!

Credits:
May template challenge template by Sara Gleason
Irvine Park kit by One Little Bird

 

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Wink: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington
Blue Skies | Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
May 2017 BYOC Styles by Mommyish

I hope you’ll join us for some of the games and challenges!

April Mixed Media Monthly at The Lilypad

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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.

 

Credits:

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!

 

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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!

April BYOC at The Lilypad, & Mari Koegelenberg is back!!

| cristina

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.

 
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Tags and Letters Templates by Scrapping with Liz
 
Between Us Papers and Between Us Elements by One Little Bird
 
Notebook: Patterns & Backgrounds by Allison Pennington
 

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!

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I have missed her designs so much and I’m so happy to see her creating again!

Memory Pockets Monthly: RENEW at The Lilypad

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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!

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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!

Planning Ahead

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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:

Everything 50% off!!
Credits:

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

The template is also 50% off but only through Wednesday. So now the only thing left for me to do is remove the journaling and adapt this to 11″x8.5″, and my October 2018 calendar topper is done! 1 down, 11 to go! 🙂

March 2017 Mixed Media Monthly at The Lilypad

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Hello and happy almost Friday! We’ve had some crazy weather this week, so I had to document it right away with some of the latest releases from The Lilypad – and they are 20% off through the weekend!

 

Credits:

Everyday Life Templates Set 8 6×8” by Sabrina’s Creations

Bloom Digital Kit – Storyteller March 2017 Add-on by Just Jaimee

I also played with the latest Mixed Media Monthly collection – and this one did not disappoint!! (nor does it ever!)

 

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Mixed Media Monthly – Mar. ’17 from The Lilypad

The background paper was just gorgeous, and I had fun layering some tree stamps and using other elements to make the tree foliage.
Have a great end of the week!