October BYOC at The Lilypad & Happy DSD!

Hello! The October BYOC collection is in the shop at The Lilypad, and the DSD (Digital Scrapbooking Day) festivities are in full swing!

Supplies:
hello autumn LOADED templates by Emily Merritt
Turning It Around Paper Pack and Turning It Around element pack by Lynn Grieveson
Autumn Aesthetic: Elements by Allison Pennington

I didn’t have as much time as I hoped this week, but I’ll be going back over the weekend because the BYOC this month is just fabulous!!!

Supplies:
Falling Leaves – Templates by Soco
Pure & Simple | Papers and Pure & Simple | Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
Autumn Aesthetic: Elements by Allison Pennington

I’m also busy putting together photo calendars that I do each year for our families as a Christmas gift. I take 12 scrapbook layouts and turn them into calendar toppers, and you can bet these two made the cut! 🙂

Memory Pockets Monthly: Change

Hello and happy Friday! I’m excited to share the pages I made with the newest releases at The Lilypad, which are 20% off through the weekend. We are also gearing up for Digital Scrapbooking Day next week!

Supplies:
Memory Pockets Monthly: CHANGE from The Lilypad

This month’s Memory Pockets Monthly (MPM) collection has a fabulous theme, and my favorite colors!

Supplies:
September 2018 Template by Sara Gleason
Changes kit by Sabrina’s Creations

In this page I used the free template from the September template challenge, with an MPM add on. I am in love with that patterned paper!

Supplies:
September 2018 Layout Templates, Golden Days Papers, Golden Days Elements and Golden Days Cards by Sahin Designs

Finally, some fall colors on this last page. Have a great weekend!

September Mixed Media Monthly at The Lilypad

I am back home after a few weeks of travel, and slowly settling back into my routine. I was thrilled to play with the newest M3 collection from The Lilypad. The color scheme is just fantastic this month! Here’s what I made:

Supplies:
Many Splendored {Dressed Up} by Fiddle-dee-dee Designs
September ’18 Mixed Media Monthly from The Lilypad
M3 Sept 18: Bundle by Rachel Jefferies
Supplies:
September ’18 Mixed Media Monthly from The Lilypad
M3 Sept 18: Bundle by Rachel Jefferies

I also made an art journaling page with Tangie Baxter’s latest kit and I love how it turned out:

Supplies:
Excavations No. 1: The Mind (Kit & Mini-Workshop) by Tangie Baxter

Now if only this cold I brought back from my trip would leave me alone, so I can relax and craft this weekend!

Summer’s End

It feels like summer is almost over… but I’m doing my best to squeeze as much out of it as I can! The designers at The Lilypad are on fire with some awesome new releases, so even though I was traveling most of the week I managed to squeeze in a few pages before I left.

 

 

Supplies:
Off The Grid: Bundle by Rachel Jefferies

I cannot take any credit for it, since it’s my husband who waters it, but our little garden is giving us lots of satisfaction this year!

Supplies:
Off The Grid: Bundle by Rachel Jefferies

Squash blossoms are the best!

Supplies:
Project Mouse (Wilderness): Papers, Project Mouse (Wilderness): Elements, Project Mouse (Wilderness): Journal Cards and Project Mouse (Wilderness): Word Art by Sahlin Studio and Britt-ish Designs

Supplies:
August 2018 Layout Templates, Blue Skies Papers and Blue Skies Elements by Sahin Designs

All these products are 20% off through the weekend. Have a great (almost) weekend!

August BYOC and New Designers at The Lilypad!

Hello and happy (gulp!) August! Summer is just flying by, but the good news is that as of this week we have a new patio!! 😀 So we’ll be definitely enjoying the last few weeks of summer. 🙂

Today I have a few pages to share that I made with the August BYOC collection from The Lilypad – and there are some fabulous new designers joining the store! I made a project using products from each of them.

Supplies:
Inked: Layered Template 01, Newsworthy: Mixed Media Collages, Pearfect: Mixed Media Artistry, Pearfect: Pocket Art by Rachel Jefferies

First up, Rachel Jefferies – she used to design under the name Captivated Visions. Her style is quite different now, and I couldn’t love it more!!

Supplies:
Valencia paper pack and Valencia element pack by Lynn Grieveson
let’s go badges, let’s go art doodles by Emily Merritt
Farm Fresh Alpha by Pink Reptile Designs
Good Times word art by Lynne-Marie

Next up, I used some designs by Emily Merritt on this page. She was an old-time designer at the pad that retired a few years ago – I missed her and I’m thrilled that she is back!

Supplies:
Mermaid Dreams Papers, Mermaid Dreams Elements and Mermaid Dreams Pocket Cards by Sahin Designs
Stars from Valencia element pack by Lynn Grieveson

Finally, a new to me designer: Sahin Designs.

These are just 3 of the new designers, but more will be announced soon!! I can’t wait! 🙂

July BYOC at The Lilypad

I was out of town for the first half of the week, and after coming home last night, I went a tad crazy using the newest BYOC collection from The Lilypad. I had so much fun with it, and ended up making 7 layouts in one sitting! Here they are.

Supplies:
Wine not? (papers) by Little Butterfly Wings
Textual Layered Transfers 4 by Lynn Grieveson Designs
Resplendent Map Graffiti by Tangie Baxter

It was too hot to go watch fireworks on the 4th of July, but at least we had our outfits right. 🙂

Supplies:
Time Out Papers and Time Out Brushes by Li Li Wee
Expressions No. 3 by Rebecca McMeen
Black paper from Wine not? (papers) by Little Butterfly Wings

Last week I took part in a work event that I’d been working like crazy for for the past 6 months. It didn’t go as expected… but I’m trying to focus on the good things. One of them, was my outfit + makeup.

Supplies:
Sweet Solstice by Rebecca McMeen
Resplendent Map Graffiti by Tangie Baxter

I snapped this photo from the back seat of an Uber car, and I love this shot of the blurry taxi with the Empire State Building in the back. 100% New York City.

Supplies:
Sweet Solstice by Rebecca McMeen

I love every single thing Rebecca McMeen designs. I mean, look at these sketches and florals! I just had to add a couple to dress up this page, and it looks like something out of a magazine!

Supplies:
Wine not? (papers), Wine not? (word art) by Little Butterfly Wings
Sweet Solstice and Expressions No. 3 by Rebecca McMeen

It’s been a stressful time at work, but I’m so glad to have this guy by my side through it all.

Supplies:
Sculpted Circle Templates by Scrapping with Liz
Resplendent Floral Collages by Tangie Baxter
Wine not? (papers) by Little Butterfly Wings

It’s been so hot, that plunging in the pool was the only thing we could do. It was amazing!

Supplies:
Sweet Solstice, Summer Solstice Stickers by Rebecca McMeen
Resplendent Floral Collages by Tangie Baxter

And that is my 7th page. Such a great collection this month!

 

Unfortunately tonight I learned some incredibly sad news about one of my favorite designers at The Lilypad: Dawn Inskip. She will be so missed in our scrapbooking community! Such a gentle and creative soul.

Today You Can Be Whatever You Want

Today and tomorrow are big days for me at work – been getting ready for them for the past 6 months! So please cross your fingers for me!

In the meantime, I leave you with a page I put together using a few of the products that are on sale for 50% off today at The Lilypad:

50% off on June 27!
Supplies:
Papers – add on – M3 June 2017, Masks {add on} M3 June 2017 and Extras {add on} M3 June 2017 by Little Butterfly Wings
Wood Icons – Storyteller June 2018 Add-on by Just Jaimee
Ink Pad Alpha by Pink Reptile Designs

Yes – I got a make up lesson! (all for the event this week too) I enjoyed it a lot, and while I won’t be using make up every day, I certainly will for the special occasions.