Document Your December - Pages to Get You Started!

Document Your December is about to start over at the Lilypad. This is the first year that I'm going to try to participate by documenting a photo/memory every day leading up to Christmas.

I'm going to use my Falala Templates 6x8 size and then other coordinating DYD products from The Lilypad. I'm going to keep it nice and simple.

I've gathered a few inspiration starter pages to get ideas flowing. You can click on the images to get full credits in the gallery. Most of them use my Falala Cut Outs (these make great title pages!).

by Jan

by myself  (and I know I need to change the date to 2016!)

by Maribel

And this next page (pictured below) uses my new Advent Template. I think this template would be great for those daily Document Your December photos.

Angela pre-made this page and she's going to use it document different ornaments from her Jesse tree. Such a simple way to document beautiful memories. I thought about using the Advent Template for my Document Your December. It would be a nice addition to our family scrapbook.

by Angela

So, how many of your are going to attempt Document Your December this year?

-Liz

Cyber Monday - 30-60% OFF Specials!

It's Cyber Monday! Time for some great on-line deals. I have a few things going on for you today. Here's what you'll find during my Cyber Monday sale:

• 40% off deals, 50% off deals & 60% off deals
• 60% off select commercial use products
• 30% off new releases

I have four new releases from Friday that are still 30% OFF. Click on the image below to go to them in the store.

Commercial Use products are still 60% OFF!

And here are my special 40% OFF deals:

And my 50% OFF deals:

And my 60% OFF deals:

And some inspiration from my team with my sale products!

by Judie using Around the World Templates

by Liz using Focal Point Templates 4

by Amber using Simple and Sweet Album Templates 5

by Jenn using Big Alphabet Templates

Black Friday, 30-60% OFF & Cyber Monday!

Are you ready for some shopping? I've already done a bit of shopping myself and now I'm ready to share my new releases and sales with you.

In this blog post you'll find:

• New releases that you can grab at 30% OFF through the 27th!
• 40% off deals, 50% off deals and 60% off deals!
• 60% off special commercial use Products!
• Cyber Monday Sneak Peek - Where you'll find more 40-60% OFF deals!

First, let's start with my NEW releases that you can grab at 30% OFF:

by Cristina Using Inspire Templates

Inspiration:

by Cynthia using Punctuate Cut Outs

by Aaron using Punctuate Templates

40%, 50% and 60% OFF!

And I have quite a few select commercial use products on sale as well! Click on image to check them out!

And be sure to come back Monday to see what else you can grab at a steal of a deal!

Quick Scrapping with Just Right Templates

This past weekend I had a little extra time to get some scrapping done...actually I just put aside some work time and spent it scrapping instead! I hope you guys don't mind. Sometimes you just have to take a break.

I'm really wanting to get Abi and Isaac's adoption album ready to print. I'm so close. I was in a get it done sort of mode this weekend. I thought I would share a few tips on how I finished four pages in less than an hour. 

1. Stick to one, uniform template set that is fairly simple and can fill a lot of photos. My Just Right Templates were....well, just right.

2. Stick to one scrapbooking kit. In this case Project Mouse: Animal Bundle by Sahlin Studio and Brittish Designs was perfect for my photos.

3. Open all four templates and place and edit all photos. *Remember to save with a different file name.

4. Place papers on first page and duplicate. To duplicate right-click on the layer in the layers palette and hit duplicate. It will ask you where you want to duplicate the layer, just duplicate them to the other pages. If you make sure you are clicked on the layer (on the other pages) you want the paper on it will automatically clip it for you. 

5. Add a few little elements and word bits (word bits are my favorite). You can even duplicate elements on the other pages if you want to. I duplicated my stitching and a few buttons.

6. Add pre-made titles. In this case I just used word art that was included in the kit.

7. Add some text if you want to tell more of the story.

And you are done! Four pages created just like that. I'm four pages closer to getting their album done. Take a closer look below.

-Liz

Week 46: Baking, Games, Friends, Bodies....

My Life Templates 12 by Scrapping with Liz
Flannel Season by Allison Pennington
Grateful Hearts Element Pack by Sabrina's CreationsLove Lives Here Papers by Pink Reptile Designs
Counting the Weeks by Amber Labau

I'm just going to share the journaling directly from my page since it sums up what this past week was like:

This week started with baking Christmas cookies with Ashlyn. Kyla and Lydia needed some for their presentation at co-op. Ashlyn likes to bake & she willingly offered to help. Kyla and Emmie also went to their cooking class at 4H. There's always games being played after audio-verbal & speech practice. On Wednesday Matthew got his left cochlear implant activated and we met friends for lunch. Thursday was our last day of co-op for this year. The kids finished up by putting together their bodies.

That pretty much sums it up.

Isn't that photo of all the colorful bodies adorable?

-Liz

Week 45: Board Games, Outdoor Play and School!

My Life Templates 12 by Scrapping with Liz
Flannel Season by Allison Pennington
Flannel Season Elements by Allison Pennington
Grateful Hearts Element Pack by Sabrina's Creations
Counting the Weeks by Amber Labau

Here is last week's page. By looking at these photos you'd think all we did was play board games and play outside! And that would partly be true. We do spend a lot of time doing those things, especially this time of year. When it's really chilly we stay inside and play games. When it's nice enough to be outside we are outside. This week also included school, lots of audio-verbal and speech therapy, music lessons, laundry, cooking, cleaning....all the normal things! I'm so glad we still had time for games and outdoor play.

That picture of Abi and Isaac just makes my heart happy. They are best buds and have discovered that leaf sledding is their new favorite thing. Isaac pretends it's a car and Abi is his passenger. Then they both work as a team to carry it back up the hill. The rest of the pictures make me happy to. So much goodness in my life.

How is your fall going?
-Liz

New Weekly Life and November Review Templates

Liz has her newest weekly and monthly 2-page spreads in the store, and on sale 20% off through November 19th. The My Life line has pocket-inspired style with all the flexibility that digital has to offer (lots of different shapes and sizes for the photos). Each 2-page spread has about 10-12 photo/journal card spots.

If a monthly review is more your speed (like me),  Liz has a new template just for you. This is clean and simple, and the photos really take the stage. Monthly spreads make a great album for the year.

And here is some inspiration from Liz and Donna.

By Liz

By Donna

Recyclables 56 and Good Times Templates

Liz has some fun new templates in the store today. There is lots of variety here, with clustered designs, full page designs, large photos, and small photos. If you like to scrap lots of different page styles, this is a great stash builder. Both sets of templates are HALF PRICE today only.