Tutorials
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Pad Peeks: The Learning Pad
September always seems like a new start to me; a new school year, autumn with his cooler air, and a return to routine from the slower pace of Summer. I enjoyed participating in as much of the Lilypad’s Summer Camp…
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Quick Photo Edits with Lightroom & Presets right on your Phone!
Hey all! Let’s talk about photos for a bit. Photos are a huge part of why I scrap and like many of you probably, I use my phone to take photos more often these days than my big girl camera.…
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October album introduction
Happy September, scrappy friends! I’m Guest Polly Brenda and I am already counting the minutes until October 1st. One of my favorite annual scrapping traditions is making an October album. Think Document Your December but for fall fun. It’s a…
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Beyond the Title: Creative Ways to Use Scrapbook Alphas
Hey, hey everyone! It’s Deborrah (DivaMom96) again, and today I want to talk about something I think all of us have in our stash but rarely use: scrapbook alphas! Back in my paper scrapbooking days, scrapbook alphas were the IT…
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Page Design Basics & Beyond: Quadrants & Intersections
As a traditional, photo-based scrapper at heart, when faced with a daunting blank page and no template, I go back to tried and true layout designs. Basic page designs can be reused and elevated once you have a place to…
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Calm Down Patterns with Tone-on-Tone
Hello again scrappy friends! I’m Guest Polly Brenda, back again to share one of my favorite tricks for making my pages eye-catching without turning into an eye sore. I’m a big fan of patterned papers but sometimes the ones I…
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Let’s Talk Templates: Part 3 – The Art of the Mash-Up
Looking Beyond the Template Hey, hey everyone! It’s Deborrah (DivaMom96) again, and welcome to the last installment of Let’s Talk Templates: The Art of the Mash-Up. One of the reasons I started this template series is that I love templates!…
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Page Design Basics & Beyond: Linear Design isn’t Boring
As a traditional, photo-based scrapper at heart, when faced with a daunting blank page and no template, I go back to tried and true layout designs. Basic page designs can be reused and elevated once you have a place to…
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Let’s Talk Templates: Part 2 – Why Great Templates Work
The hidden design choices behind your favorite templates. Hey, hey everyone! It’s Deborrah (DivaMom96). Welcome back to our template series. Last time, we talked about different scrapbook template styles and the kinds of photos that work best with each one.…
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Photopea: 1 year of lessons & my Premium (paid level) experience
It’s nearly been a year since I started using Photopea, an online graphics program that looks and feels rather similar to another well-known graphics program, and documented that on the blog here . There was some renewed interest regarding this…
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Pad Peeks: Advanced Search
Hi, this is Polly Beth. I use the Advanced Search feature quite a bit in both the Shop and in the Community, so I thought I’d show some of the ways that Advanced Search can assist you in finding both…
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Let’s Talk Templates: The Ultimate Style Guide to Digital Scrapbooking Templates
Staring at a blank white canvas and feeling totally frozen? Let’s Talk Templates! Pull back the curtain on the six core layout styles at The Lilypad to conquer decision paralysis, pick the perfect blueprint for your photo stash, and get…
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Creating a Dimensional Ocean Diorama
The moment I came across the Saltwater Dreams Kit from Studio Kaleidoscope, part of June BYOC at The Lilypad, I knew it was destined to become a diorama. The colors, the textures, the dreamy underwater elements, everything about it just…
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The Art of Mixing and Matching Patterned Papers
Hello everyone! It’s Deborrah (DivaMom96) here today with a blog post about papers! When I did traditional scrapbooking, the first thing I would look at in the store was papers. Color, texture, patterns, solids … it was all the same. …
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Contemporary Pocket Card Pages: Out-of-the-Box Layouts!
Remember when scrapping in pockets became all the rage and when pocket journal cards and filler cards first became a ‘thing’? Well, it’s been more than a minute, but pocket cards found their niche and are still a regular inclusion…
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Create a book box with hybrid scrapbooking
Today I’m sharing how to make this fun and decorative book box, perfect for storing little keepsakes, photos, journaling supplies or small gifts. All my measurements are in centimeters, but you can easily transfer this to a size suited for…
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Tips & Tricks: Organizing Digital Supplies in Lightroom
This is Polly Beth. I’d like to share my system of organizing all the yummy digital scrapbooking products I’ve collected over the years so I can easily find what I want for my layouts. Before I get to the specifics…
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Two Templates Two Ways
Happy Tuesday from Polly Beth and Polly Nancy. We are joining forces today to illustrate how versatile templates can be. We will be using the Grow Templates from Lynn Grieveson Designs. We also thought it would be fun to use…
