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Origami Owl Pajama Party - Exclusive Giveaway and Calendar Printables

Today is Small Business Saturday and I wanted to share my Origami Owl jewelry bar event with you! I am not much of a jewelry person but have seriously fallen in LOVE with their product and excited to host a party.

My Origami Owl Designer, Silvia, has even mentioned there might be a game in our Facebook event page to help earn some free stuff. I can't wait to see what she has up her sleeves.

I've been really loving my new FiloFax and added some dangles and a locket to it and I LOVE the added touch!

use an Origami Owl Locket Extender to hand charms from your planner, also sharing photos and video of some of the exclusive printables and original mixed media art work.

I've also created an exclusive original 8"x10" art piece (frame not included) and for every order during the show I will put their name in a drawing at the end to receive it.

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calendar, exclusive designs

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List of my five favorite Black Friday deals!

I thought it would be fun to give you a list of my favorite deals going on right now. I don't like spam so I'm only listing stores and product that I shop at and use all the time. Most of them have my affiliate link and all commission I receive will go right back into the blog so I can bring you more inspiration and tutorials and hopefully offer workshops and classes in the future.

A list of five favorite places to shop for Black Friday Deals and specials

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Amazon, Black Friday

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we are celebrating my favorite holiday, and I just wanted to stop in to tell you how incredibly grateful I am for each of my readers. It's been a wild ride this year and I'm looking forward to an even wilder ride next year.

Thank you for being my cheerleaders and inspiration! It's because of you that I'm still teaching and creating and finally doing what I love to do and what God has gifted me to do. I love you guys!!!

One of my first big things in the new year is coming up, January 31st!

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I will receive a small commission on purchases made, using my link. Thank you for your continued support in keeping this blog running and to help purchase supplies for the tutorials and inspiration!

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Workflow Wednesday: More December Album Preparations and a HUGE giveaway!

I'm so excited to share with you not just some more December Memories album preparations, but an exciting giveaway I have for you, sponsored by Silhouette America. I wanted to share with you the Silhouette cut files I will be using in this album, and thought the giveaway was the perfect addition to this post. So, be sure to continue to the end of the post to enter.

December Memories Scrapbook Album preparations, list of Silhouette America® cut files and photos of them inside the album

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December Daily/Journal Your Christmas, giveaway

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2015 Blog Planner Preparations

decorated a5 2015 Domino FiloFax® using scrapbook papers, Silhouette® cut files, and Blogger Planner by Mama Miss Designs

You have no idea how excited I am to be moving forward and planning another year here on the blog. I've got big plans coming up and I need to get myself organized. This past year I've been using the Blogger Planner by Mama Miss Designs and I seriously don't know how I could have kept the blog going and growing without it.

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blog planner, FiloFax

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Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Steps Using Gelli Plate and Paint Brushes

This may be my favorite tutorial in the Gelli Plate series. I love using a paint brush to make designs to print on my papers. I think you will too.

4 step mixed media tutorial using a Gelli Plate and Paint Brushes to paint your print making design onto scrapbook paper

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Dina Wakley Media, featured

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More December Memories Album Preparation - The Lilypad Document Your December Releases

It's my favorite time of year at The Lilypad! There are so many great releases throughout the year, but my fave is definitely the Document Your December releases. The best part is that it's the same week as Mixed Media Monthly so there's all sorts of great mixed media releases mixed in. I'm really loving the color palette this year too.

Here are my pages using some of the goodies. I grabbed all of Paislee Press' releases, they're just so YUMMY and had a ton of fun using the cut files. I can't wait to cut out some more with the Silhouette this weekend.

sharing more pages from my December Memories Album using new Document Your December releases from The Lilypad | Silhouette Portrait | hybrid scrapbooking

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December Daily/Journal Your Christmas, Document Your December at The Lilypad

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Art Worship Through Advent: Advent Calendar Preparations

Welcome back to our exciting Advent devotional and calendar partnership with Naptime Diaries and Illustrated Faith. We'll be blogging together every Thursday through Christmas day! I'm so excited about this study and doing it along with Shanna Noel and Stephanie Ackerman. Be sure to check out their blogs today too as they show how they are preparing for Advent too.

I've been peeking already and oh goodness, you're going to LOVE the devotionals! So, remember that the last day to buy the bundle is tomorrow, November 21st if you want it in time for Advent and take advantage of the the awesome and generous 15% off sale. COUPON CODE: illustratedadvent

preparations for art worship through Advent, with Illustrated Faith and Naptime Diaries | mixed media | art journal

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Workflow Wednesday: December Album Prepartions

This will be my fifth year doing a December memories album (based of Ali Edwards' December Daily and Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas) and I can't tell you how much I love these albums. My kids look at them almost on a weekly basis. It's so fun to look back and see how we've changed not just in years but in our traditions and how we celebrate and prepare for Christmas.

Today, I wanted to share with you how I'm putting together the album. I like the 6"x8" album size but this year I decided to go back to a traditional mini album format and stick just a few pocket pages in the mix.

a tutorial showing how I made my cover for my December Daily, Document Your December mini album for 2014 | mini album prepartions | mixed media scrapbooking

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December Daily/Journal Your Christmas, hybrid

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I Have Become a Planner Addict and Now I'm Adding Origami Owl Bling!

I'm not going to lie, I NEED planners, and more than one! Without my planners I would be totally lost and this blog would not have survived this year.

bling up your planners - FiloFax, Studio Calico Handbook, other planners, scrapbook albums and other ring binders with Origami Owl dangles, chains and living lockets

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bling, FiloFax

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Mixed Media Tutorial: Gelli Plate and Stencils

We're back with a new edition to the Gelli Plate series. First, we made simple backgrounds, then we used masks, and last week we used texture. This week we'll be using stencils.

a simple mixed media tutorial using a Gelli Arts Plate, stencils and paint to add more texture to your projects

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Dina Wakley Media, featured

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Art Worship: Let's Do ADVENT Together!

As many of us are getting ready for December activities and projects, I wanted to share with you that I'll be doing some things differently this year. Normally, we take the month off from homeschooling and we spend time reflecting on the meaning of Christmas with the kids. The problem was that I never did any reflecting of my own. I was missing my own personal time with Jesus.

I was chatting with Shanna Noel asking her thoughts about "Art Worship Through Advent", and she asked me if I wanted to join her in doing the Naptime Diaries Advent Calendar and Devotional. I didn't even have to think about it and immediately said, "YES"! Stephanie Ackerman will also be joining us and I'm thrilled!

an introduction to the Naptime Diaries Advent Devotional and Calendar that doing with Shanna Noel and Stephanie Ackerman through December | art worship, art journal, mixed media, mini album

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Workflow Wednesday Tutorial Roundup - pocket scrapbooking style

Every week I've been asked where to find all the past tutorials as I generously receive new readers and I'm really excited with how well this series went. I wanted to share a round up of all the tutorials/tips with you in one place. I hope this is helpful. Also, I have them all listed on the Tutorial page which is linked in the header for you.

a round-up of all the weekly pocket scrapbook workflow tips and tutorials which include general Project Life® tips, planner tips, hybrid tips, Photoshop, Lightroom, and Silhouette software tutorials, and my favorite supplies and tools.

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Art Worship: Jesus, Be The Centre Art Journal Page

So, on Saturday I was looking through one of my unfinished journals and I had this heart shaped target page that was only half done. Well, actually it wasn't gesso'd and it was just something I had outlined out and had in my head last year.

So, I covered it up in gesso and decided to re-do/finish it. It didn't feel finished yet though. The meaning behind it was that I wanted Jesus to be the center. Funny thing was that it was one of our worship songs on Sunday and I knew exactly how to finish it.

using music to inspire a mixed media art journal page, Jesus, Be The Centre, and creating a heart shaped target/bullseye

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Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Easy Steps Using A Gelli Plate and Texture

I'm back with another edition of the Gelli Plate tutorials. We first made simple backgrounds, then we used masks to make fun designs. Today we're going to dive into using texture. This is lots of fun and I have you tell you that you can do so much more than what I'm showing you with these textures I found in the kids' craft section at Walmart.

4 easy steps for creative mixed media backgrounds tutorial using a Gelli Arts Plate and textures

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October/November 2014: Week 44 in our weekly pocket scrapbook album

This was the week of Ali Edwards' Week In The Life, so I had a million photos. I still do both the Week In The Life album seperately and one page in my scrapbook album. The scrapbook album is just a summary of the week. The Week In The Life album is much more detailed.

I've actually been working on my Week In The Life album and hope to have it done this weekend. I've got all the photos sorted and inserted in the album. I've also filled it with journal cards and papers already. Next will be the fun part of documenting and embellishing. I like getting it done as soon as possible so everything is fresh in my mind.

Anyways, it's BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) weekend at The Lilypad and I had so much fun putting this together. It's been a busy week here so I went with simple and done, but still "me".

Week 44 2014 hybrid digital pocket scrapbooking page using the BYOC at The Lilypad and print and cut with my Silhouette

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Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

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Bible Art Worship Tutorial: cutting up Project Life® cards and making your alphabet stickers stick

I've been dealing with some really bad eczema recently and having issues with painting. This week I decided to cut up some of my Project Life® cards. I used a couple cards from Amy Tangerine's Cut & Paste mini kit.

Art Worship Bible: cutting up Project Life® cards and tip on how to make alphabet stickers actually stick and not fall off | Illustrated Faith | Mixed Media Art Journaling

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art journal, art worship

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Workflow Wednesday: Photograph Your Scrapbook Pages and Save For Web

I am asked all the time about how I photograph my scrapbook pages and what makes them so crisp and bright. I'm excited to finally bring this tutorial to you. I'm basically, just going to show you my workflow. I like quick and simple so don't worry, it's super easy and I hope it helps just a little bit on answering your questions.

tutorial for how to photograph your scrapbook layouts and save them for web

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Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

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Week In The Life | Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

With so much going on at the end of the week last week, I decided to post the rest of the week's photos in one day. Since Friday was the beginning of (i)DSD, I didn't want you to miss all the fun going on at The Lilypad.

sharing Thursday's through Sunday's photos from Ali Edwards' Week In The Life project

I really slowed down with the photos this weekend. I don't even have any photos from Sunday. So, let's see what I've got for the rest of the week and weekend.

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Ali Edwards, photography

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Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Easy Steps with a Gelli Plate and Masks

Last week I shared an intro to creating backgrounds using a Gelli Printing Plate. This week we add another step to the process and and use some masks.

4 easy steps mixed media tutorial using a Gelli Arts plate and masks for creating fun backgrounds

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art journal, Dina Wakley

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Digital Art Journaling | Spread Your Wings And Fly

I haven't done a digital art journaling page in a very long time. I've really enjoyed getting messy and creating with paint. My friend Juliana Kneipp is retiring and I couldn't resist playing with her very last kit, follow your he{art}.

I've got a lot going on right now, some things I can't wait to share with you. This kit was just too perfect for all that's going on in my art world. This page literally came together in minutes. I'm totally going to print it out and frame it above my desk.

digital art journaling page by Heather Greenwood Designs

While I'm sad that Ju is no longer going to be designing, I'm super excited about what she's been doing. She has been posting the most amazing photographs in her photography business and it was time for her to let go of designing to pursue her photography. God has blessed her with an amazing gift of design and photography and while I'll miss her, I'm loving watching what God is doing in her photography business.

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Origami Owl Pajama Party - Exclusive Giveaway and Calendar Printables

List of my five favorite Black Friday deals!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Workflow Wednesday: More December Album Preparations and a HUGE giveaway!

2015 Blog Planner Preparations

Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Steps Using Gelli Plate and Paint Brushes

More December Memories Album Preparation - The Lilypad Document Your December Releases

Art Worship Through Advent: Advent Calendar Preparations

Workflow Wednesday: December Album Prepartions

I Have Become a Planner Addict and Now I'm Adding Origami Owl Bling!

Mixed Media Tutorial: Gelli Plate and Stencils

Art Worship: Let's Do ADVENT Together!

Workflow Wednesday Tutorial Roundup - pocket scrapbooking style

Art Worship: Jesus, Be The Centre Art Journal Page

Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Easy Steps Using A Gelli Plate and Texture

October/November 2014: Week 44 in our weekly pocket scrapbook album

Bible Art Worship Tutorial: cutting up Project Life® cards and making your alphabet stickers stick

Workflow Wednesday: Photograph Your Scrapbook Pages and Save For Web

Week In The Life | Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Sunday, November 2, 2014

Mixed Media Tutorial: 4 Easy Steps with a Gelli Plate and Masks

Digital Art Journaling | Spread Your Wings And Fly

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