Shine and Delightful Templates

Liz has some great new templates in the Lilypad Store today. One set is great for patriotic or celebratory pages, and the other is a great stash-building set (perfect for just about any kind of page). They are both 20% off through July 2, 2017.

Delightful Templates have 3 or 4 photos spots and some fun angled paper layering in the background. I like how these span the page but don't fill the page - a nice happy medium with good sized photos but not overpowering.

Shine Templates are great for scrapping your patriotic festivities - they have some great fireworks stamps bursting out from behind the photos. I like the mix of rectangular and circular photo spots.

Cynthia scrapped her pets with Delightful Templates.

And Stefanie scrapped pets with Shine Templates!

Week 25: Summertime!

My Life Templates 6 by Scrapping with Liz
Counting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau
Outdoor Elements by Lynne-Marie
Outdoor Papers by Lynne-Marie
Succulent Papers by Mommyish
Succulent Elements by Mommyish
Homebody by Pink Reptile Designs
Homebody Papers by Pink Reptile Designs

This was sort of a weird week. I was gone from the house with different kids for several days, some for doc appointments, some for homeschool and camp stuff. Then we had to celebrate a birthday a few days early since daddy was going to be gone for a week. We did manage to do a lot of bike riding, tea parties and game playing.

Lately I've had to really get these pages done quickly since I don't have a lot of extra time. These pages are a priority for me since they mean so much to my kids, that means I can't be picky. My kids don't care about shadowing, fancy photos or embellishments. They want to see pictures, videos and read the journaling I write. As much as I would love to make these showstopper pages it's all about getting them done for my kids. Keep that in mind when you are working on your weekly pages. Who and what are you doing it for? If it's for creativity, then by all means, take your time and enjoy the process. If it's for someone who really just wants to see the pictures and read the stories, keep it simple. Simple can be beautiful.

Now to hopping Week 26 is a little more low key...but it probably won't be since the hubby is gone for a week. Alone for 5 days with 7 kids. Eeek!

-Liz

June Monthly Project Templates

As we near the end of June it's time to check in on our projects! I know that around this time of the year, you can really start to see those projects coming together, with several monthly spreads or calendar toppers made, or even more weekly pages finished. Your albums will be cherished! Liz has some new templates for us, great for keeping us on track with our albums or to use as a stash to pull from even if we aren't working on an album project. These new products are 20% off through June 25th, 2017.

Here are some inspiration pieces from Donna and Christine:

Week 24: Food, Testing and a Race!

My Life Templates 6 by Scrapping with Liz
Counting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau
Outdoor Elements by Lynne-Marie
Outdoor Papers by Lynne-Marie
Succulent Papers by Mommyish
Succulent Elements by Mommyish
Homebody by Pink Reptile Designs
Homebody Papers by Pink Reptile Designs

I think it will just be easiest if I share the journaling right from my page.

Journaling Left Page:

Going from left to right. Matthew loves to make his own omelet. Isaac went with mom for a quick grocery trip, Abi and Isaac love to draw on the "new" white-board. Chinese dinner at home. Lots of painting this week. Date night for mom and dad, which included Larb at the local Thai restaurant and a quick trip to Wal-mart for some groceries!

Journaling Right Page:

Tuesday was our last day of school. Wednesday the kids had testing and then we went to lunch with Grandma to celebrate the end of the school year.

On Saturday Kyla and Matthew ran the Braveheart fun run. Matthew won 1st place for boys. Daddy, Ashlyn, Emmie and their friend, Maggie ran the 5k. They all did a great job.

That's it for this week. Are you keeping up with your scrapping goals?
-Liz

NEW Recipe Cards and Pages!

Last year I started a line of recipe card and recipe book page templates, and I'm still adding to this line! Today I have the 6th installments, which makes a total of 24 different templates for making 4x6 recipe cards or a 8.5x11 recipe book. I also made a set of 12x12 recipe-inspired templates for memory scrapping. These new releases are 20% off through June 18, 2017.

Donna has been working on a recipe card box project since last year!

Stefanie used Yummy Templates to scrap pics from a yummy meal!

Week 23: VBS, Dentist, Ice Cream

My Life Templates 6 by Scrapping with Liz
Counting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau
Outdoor Elements by Lynne-Marie
Outdoor Papers by Lynne-Marie
Succulent Papers by Mommyish
Succulent Elements by Mommyish
Homebody by Pink Reptile Designs
Homebody Papers by Pink Reptile Designs

Week 23 was mostly about VBS (Vacation Bible School). We were at church every night teaching, learning and having fun. There was also dental visits for Abi and Isaac. They were so good and just too cute. Afterwards we went for shakes. Then there was a birthday party on Saturday.

Seriously love these people.

-Liz

Week 22: Hiking, Water, Cheesecake and More!

My Life Templates 6 by Scrapping with Liz
Counting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau
Outdoor Elements by Lynne-Marie
Outdoor Papers by Lynne-Marie

Today I'm going to just copy and paste the journaling from my pages because my brain is too scattered to write anything new. That's what 7 kids will do to you!

Journaling from the left page:

This week started with a hike on Whiteside Mountain. It was our first real hike with Abi and Isaac. We had a picnic and stopped for ice cream when we were done. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a little Memorial Day cook out. The kids had fun roasting marshmallows with Grandpa.

We watched a friend and fellow homeschooler participate in the National Spelling Bee!

Journaling from right page:

On Friday we went to the pool. It was Abi and Isaac's first time swimming. There was a little fiasco with some throw up and we had to sit out of the pool for an hour, but we managed and the kids had fun. On Saturday, after a bunch of yard work we went up to the creek and did a little tubing. The kids just love the water.

That's it for Week 22. It was a blast.
-Liz

June BYOC: Slice of Life Templates, Basic Shapes and Fun Paper Cut Outs

Liz has some new multi-photo templates and some great stash-builder packs on sale this weekend. The three new products are part of the Build Your Own Collab where you can pick your favorite pieces to build your own coordinated collection. Everything is a minimum 20% off, but as you buy more you score even better discounts. BYOC runs through June 4th, 2017.

Ophie used all three sets to make this gorgeous page:

And Katya also used all three sets in this amazing 2-pager:

And here are some more inspirational pages from the TLP team, by Judie and Ellen :

Week 21 and May Calendar Page

My Life Templates 6 by Scrapping with Liz
For Real (papers) by Sahlin Studio
For Real (journal cards) by Sahlin Studio
For Real (elements) by Sahlin Studio
Irvine Park Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Irvine Park Papers by One Little Bird Designs
Counting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau

A quick little recap of week 21: Church, my mom's surprise 60th birthday party, a trip to Chapel Hill, the library, Abi's birthday, a tea party with friends, piano playing at the nursing home and eating out with daddy.

Take a closer look below to get more details.

I also finished my My Calendar page this weekend. I'm loving the light and bright colors that are going to pull my calendar pages together.

2018 May Templates by Scrapping with Liz
For Real (papers) by Sahlin Studio
For Real (journal cards) by Sahlin Studio
For Real (elements) by Sahlin Studio
Irvine Park Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Irvine Park Papers by One Little Bird Designs