Monday Highlight: Family Forever by Kayla

Recyclables 47 by Scrapping with Liz
Eternal Blush by Dream Big Designs and Melissa Bennett

Isn't this page just gorgeous! I saw it in my SwL Facebook group a couple nights ago. I love the big photo and the amazing job Kayla did with her clustering. I'm also a sucker for Gold title work.

This page is this week's highlight!
-Liz

May Project Templates

As May comes to a close, Liz has new installments in her monthly product lines. There are two types of monthly reviews and a new calendar set. These new releases are 20% off through Sunday, May 29, 2016.

May in Review Template is a double page spread for scrapping a monthly summary or any event with multiple photos.

May Insta Review Template is another double page design for scrapping 24 phone snapshots.

And 2017 May Templates is a set of May calendars/toppers in different sizes.

Katya scrapped a travel page with May in Review Templates.

Amanda used the May Insta Review Template to scrap a series of photos.

Dagi used the 12x12 option from 2017 May Templates to scrap an adorable everyday page.

Have fun shopping!

*The winner from Wednesday's giveaway is Christie C. Congratulations!

Week 19 and 20: Catching Up

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

I actually got behind last week. We were gone to a camp for deaf/hoh families. I left my laptop at home for 3 beautiful days. It meant a lot of catching up to do when I got home, but it was worth it. I was able to scrap both Week 19 and Week 20 this past weekend.

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

 Week 19 was filled with lots of fun extra things: Cue Camp, Mother's Day, Dollywood....

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

 Week 20 was more normal: School, games, and music.

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

I actually liked working on these pages back to back. I think I scrapped faster than normal. Maybe it was because I knew I was behind. Either way I'm glad to be caught up.

-Liz

Resizing a Template for Paper Scrapping

Hey there!  It's Katrina (that paper/hybrid scrapper girl), from Paper, Scissors and Glue on the blog today to share with you how I used one of Liz's templates on a traditional layout and resized the shapes to make them work with my photo size.  Also, look at templates in different ways as you will see!

Confession, I was going to do a tutorial about patterns, importing and organizing them into the Silhouette Studio software.  But, I updated my software and it sent me to the cloud version!  I haven't had time to play around yet, so I thought I would do something that anyone with a Silhouette (or similar) cutting machine would be able to try!

Supplies
Pattern Paper, Washi Tape, Acrylic Shapes, Journaling Tag, Chipboard, Letters-American Crafts
Flair-A Flair for Buttons (Etsy)
Sequins-Jillibean Soup
Twine-May Arts
Bird, Butterfly-Crate Paper
Star Pins-Maya Road
Adhesive-Therm O Web
Silhouette Cameo with Studio Software

I used the Recyclables 43 template for my layout.  It's a great set of templates and there are lots of possibilities with it.  Most people see a "house" in the "Love Lives Here" template, but I saw a doghouse!  And how cute would this be with a four picture collage to make it look like windows?!  

Recyclables 43 at The Lilypad

I started by opening all the PNG's that I wanted to use in my Silhouette software.  Once I had them opened, I traced and then filled them with similar colors like the template and moved all of them to one mat.  I closed out the PNGS once I had done this, because they seem to slow down the software if you get too many things open.  

Once I had them on one mat, I then arranged them according to the template.

I had already printed my picture and it was smaller than the picture area (grey box). I grouped all my shapes together by selecting the arrow (aka pointer tool) and then drawing a box around all my shaped.  You can see the grey box around all the shape below.  Once you have the box around everything, right click and select "GROUP".  That will group everything you have selected together so you can move it around or in my case resize!  It's so easy to resize an entire template all at once!  

Once I had everything grouped together, I moved all the pieces up to the ruler at the top of my screen and resized until I had the picture area (grey box) approximately the size of my printed picture.  This kept everything in proportion within the template.  You can see my picture was around 4.25 inches, the template picture area was over 5 inches.  I didn't look, because I knew I was going to shrink it!

Once I resized, I right clicked and ungrouped everything so that I could cut out the pieces in different pattern papers.  Yes, I could have just wrote down the measurements of the basic pieces, but I am horribly with a ruler and it was easier just to cut with my Silhouette since I already had the shapes!  And make sure you have all shapes off of your mat, except the one you are wanting to cut.  I have a terrible habit of forgetting that!  

I cut the roof border twice, so that I could have a layered effect!  I love how it turned out.  I used foam adhesive on both layers to give it dimension and some fun. 

As I started putting it together, I realized that I wanted another layer for the background.  I took the pink shape I had made and just created an offset for it.  This way I knew it would be in proportion to the entire template.

I subbed the journaling area with a journaling card from the collection I was working with.  I have a ton of these and never know how to use them, but this gives me ideas now!

Let me know what you would like to see me do with Liz's templates or what you would like to learn. Or if there is a specific template you want me to work with.  Also, would you like me to use more digital collections printed out, etc?  Just leave me a comment!!  This is new for me to, but so exciting and I love learning and sharing.  Have a great week!

Monday's Highlight: Not a Gator by Brenda

Folded Templates by Scrapping with Liz

As I was browsing the SwL Facebook Gallery last night this page stood out to me. I think it's the combination of the natural elements along with the gorgeous nature photos. It all goes great together. I love how the 'folded' part of the paper looks old and worn, I love the wood background (a fave lately), and I love the stitched down title.

Brenda did a great job of grabbing random stuff from her stash to make this gorgeous, natural looking page.

-Liz

Artisan 5 Tutorials

Lori is on my creative team and she knows all about Artisan 5. She recently did some video tutorials using some of my products and giving tips on how to make them work for you in Artisan 5, for all of you Artisan 5 users. She has some other great video tutorials on her youtube page as well that you might want to check out.

The first tutorial she did was using these Big Pieced Alpha Templates that I recently released.

She'll show you how to add them to a scrapbook page!

Click on image to watch tutorial.

And the next one is a tutorial she wrote up showing how to use this template (by the way it's still FREE if you haven't grabbed it yet!) for a cover page.

Click on image to watch tutorial.

Doesn't she do great tutorials? I hope these help you.

-Liz

Weekly Life Templates 6 and Recyclables 48

Froggy Friday is here again, and Liz has two new releases for us: a new set of Weekly Life Templates, and a new set of Recyclables. Recyclables are past freebies and challenge prizes. Since Liz is always making more freebies, the old ones go into the store at a great price. New releases are 20% off through Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Weekly Life Templates 6 comprises four double-page spreads with 7 photos each. They are perfect for scrapping your daily life, but are also ideal for any ol' page you want to make. This set has a speech bubble and quotation mark theme.

Recyclables 48 has lots of shapes: circles, triangles, wavy shapes, and text boxes and text paths that match those shapes.

Here is an elegant page Donna made with Recyclables 48.

And here is a 2-pager Jenn put together with Weekly Life Templates 6.

And the winner from Wednesday's giveaway is Robin. Congratulations!

Little Details: Matching Up

Hi Everyone! This is Jenn, jk703, here to bring you a post today! Woo Hoo! It's getting nice out, and iNSD just passed! I hope you got a LOT of scrap goodies!!

I was scrapping before iNSD last week, and I thought of a small tidbit to share. It's a super small detail, but one that I think can really make a difference when creating your albums. I jump between single layout and double layouts, but I prefer double layouts for my printed bound albums. Just my preference. I was working on this layout, where I'm using Liz's Weekly Life 5 Templates  and the collab from Pink Reptile Designs and Just Jaimee - Oh Boy!

Obviously, you weren't there, so you don't know how many times I changed out the background until I chose this one! SO many times! lol! I just couldn't decide, and then I realized that sometimes, not always, it's because I like my pages to flow into each other - mainly when I look at the pattern. This is MY preference, and you do not need to scrap this way at all. This might be super useful if you plan on printing lay flat albums. It had just never dawned on me, in the last 6 years of scrapping, that I change and move the papers so the patterns match up nicely or at least don't fight with each other! lol!

Here is a close up of the middle of the page from above:

As you can see, the pattern lines up pretty well. To get that look I have to use the Edit > Transform to flip and turn until they match up nicely.

Here is another time when the pattern lined up after a bit of twisting and flipping. You can see that before, I had some of the orange flowing into the greens and blues. It looks nice, but since I notice it, I tried to flip and match the patterns a little. Here is what I ended up with:

Looking at that pattern, sometimes they do make for some odd combined shapes, but I didn't think it looked bad. It wasn't the backgrounds that I ended up choosing, but I liked it better when the colors flowed nicely.

Before:

After:

Some papers line up pretty easily, while some others just don't line up at all. It really depends on the patterns and how it's set up on the paper. For me, ones that don't line up USUALLY become used on other parts of the double layout,  just not the BG. Not always, and remember you can scrap any way you like! 

An easy line up, literally - haha:

Here is a background that doesn't totally line up, but could still be used! It's just my preference to use something that works together. Again, this is my preference. 

Center close up, remember some never will line up and words are especially hard: 

This is just something to take a peek at when scrapping and printing albums. I wouldn't want you to print an album, and then notice you don't like how the background papers flow - match or don't match! No matter with all the little details of scrapping, and all the tips and tutorials, YOU have to like your creation!

Now, get scrapping with all those recent goodies you got!
Have fun and thanks for stopping by!

Jenn | jk703

Monday's Highlight: Silver Temple by Nini

Template 41 by Scrapping with Liz (available soon in the store)
Bring on the Weekend Elements by Pink Reptile Designs
Bring on the Weekend Papers by Pink Reptile Designs

This week's highlight is brought to you by Nini. Isn't this page gorgeous? She rotated the template to work for her pictures. I love how she worked that blended photo with the textured paper. The blues and greens go so beautifully together. The pops of red scattered around the page give it just the amount of extra color to help it pop. I love the title going up the side of the photos too and those are gorgeous photos.

Make sure to post your May SwL Pages in this photo album. I browse through it every Sunday night and pick one for a Monday Highlight. If yours gets picked then you win some $$$ to my store.

Happy Monday!
Liz

Personal News, Thank You and a Freebie!

You all, Scrapping with Liz customers and fans, have been a big part of my life these last 7 years! Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, but I wanted to take a moment to tell you all how grateful I am for you. It has helped my family in so many ways...I can't even begin to tell you all the ways in which it has helped us. One of those ways is that it has helped us adopt two of our children, Matthew and Lydia. You've watched our journey to adopt them through the scrapbook pages I've made for them.

And now it's time for us to adopt two more! What can I say? We love kids, and we know this is how God is leading our family. Even though Isaac and Abigail are still in China I've already scrapped a page for each of them to document a little bit of their story.

Artsy Journal Templates 11
Together We So Rock by Little Butterfly Wings

Artsy Journal Templates 11
Mixed Media Monthly May 2015 available at TLP

You guys have already helped so much. Every purchase you make at my store over at The Lilypad contributes to our adoptions, it always has, but adopting two has been a bigger financial hurdle that we are trying to overcome. Right now, to bring in some extra funds, we are doing a t-shirt fundraiser. I personally designed this t-shirt myself. The fundraiser ends next Friday. Our goal is to sell 100 shirts. Do you think you can help us get there?

As a thank you to everyone who has supported my business, I made these 4x6 and 3x4 layered psd, tiff and png cards for you. Just click on the image to download.

If t-shirts aren't your thing you can just keep shopping in my store (insert smiley face) or you can give through the t-shirt link without purchasing a t-shirt (just x out your cart).

And once again, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Liz

2016 Week 18: Running, Piano Recitals, Silly Facesand More!

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

 Let me just share the journaling from this week's page:

We spent several afternoons riding bikes and walking at the park. It was just too nice outside. The rest of our week was spent doing the regular thing... school work, gymnastics, running club, ASL, speech, church, music lessons....

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

Then Friday night hit and we had Piano Recital, and end of year co-op show. On Saturday we ran in the Mother's Love 5k that our running club has been training for. Everything the kids have worked hard for finally happened this weekend.

Weekly Life Templates 5 by Scrapping with Liz

Memory Pockets Monthly Bloom Kit and Add-ons Available at TLP

There's our week for you! I hope yours was just as delightful.
-Liz

50% Off One Day Only: Mom Word-Art, Quotes, Triangles

Today I have some brand new word-arts and some older page designs on sale. Enjoy the 50% SOSN discount on these products today only, May 11, 2016.

MOM Words is a set of word-art starters for clipping papers. Most of the designs have a layer cut-out style to them.

In Quotes Templates 1 is a set with with a mix of large and small photos and some really big quotation marks. These are really fun for scrapping about a quotation or conversation.

Triangles, Triangles, Triangles Templates have lots of big triangles in the background and smaller triangles in scatters. These are great for some fun paper play.

Polly Shivani made this page with Triangles, Triangles, Triangles Templates

Christine used the MOM Words for a fun layered title.

Cindi made a super fun page about her son's funny quotes using In Quotes Templates 1.

Katya used Triangles, Triangles, Triangles Templates for a double page design.