PRETTY PAGES FROM THE PINK REPTILE GALLERY | by CYNTHIA

Hello & Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa, whatever you are celebrating in your corner of the world!!!! I am delighted to come share with you some of the so many amazing, inspiring pages created with Mirjam's creations….it's no secret she is so very dear to my heart, and it reflects in her creations how much joy she gives to all of us, so I have to say, not a very easy job to nobly choose this very few…. every page in the Pink Reptile gallery is such a treasure!!!!!!

First one. I love this girl…she is a real active new member to The Lilypad family, and one I have been enjoying page after page…she is stylish and elegant but isn't afraid to fill a page….I LOVE this middle of the way page…. I learn to love tea after 20+ years in England and this page reflects the tea feeling so well, love the vertical composition and the mixing of textures, plus the kit she used is one of my favourite of Mirjam's collabs….gorgeous, perfection in clean lines with an artsy touch with the background paint Awesome.

Tea Please! | DixieDoesPSP

Second one. Oh this wasn't an easy pick, I tell you (in general). First of all, the entries for the Blog Challenge this month are superb each & every one…. and then because also Helene has a few other pages so I keep switching tabs to try decide…! Helene is another gifted lady, and in this page everything shines. The amazing color choices, perfection in shadowing and delicate embellishment giving me things to discover without overwhelming the page….and that treasure of a family photo. Love how the mixture of 2 products goes un-noticed, as it all seems in perfect harmony, like it all came from the same pack…. . More awesomeness!

Wonderful 2015 | buzinettescrap

Third one. And here is when we see the amazing creativity the challenges bring to us…another creative joy from Agnes, whom, I think, has the same passion I have about Mirjam's creations and we want to combine it all in a page and make the words come alive….as she achieves once again in this page. Love the mixture of papers, the way she extended the template, there is so much fun visually in this page…. love every little bit and the more I look, the more I find, plus such a beautiful, full of joy journaling with so much accomplished…I can almost hear her laughter and delight. Absolute awesomeness again!!!!

Accomplished Dreams | Purlz76

Love, love, LOVE the gallery full of wonderful creations,  hope you have been inspired by these awesome ladies as much as I am…. You can click on the layout title and it will take you to their repsective galleries if you want to leave some love (we all know how amazing it feels!) and don't forget to post your pages at the Pink Reptile Gallery at The Lilypad, so we can be inspired by you too and maybe you can end up featured here!!!!! 

Hope we all have a great end of the year, Happy 2016!!!!!!!!

HYBRID | CHRISTMAS WREATH

For this December month, the month of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to make a hybrid wreath that I could hang from our living room door so it could add to the homely feel of Christmas an family gatherings. So that is the project I want to show you.

For me this wreath has a special touch because it was created by four hands! My own two did all the paper cutting and sticking everything together but it was Mirjam's hands that made the crochet elements. She sent them to me and I think they add a great sense of depth and extra dimension.

The first thing I did was print a bunch of elements from Counting the days and Countdown to Christmas. Then I got some green cardstock papers and a white one from my stash.

In the next step I traced a big and a small plate so I have two circles that create my wreath and then cut it.

Then I covered my wreath with one of the green papers and from another green paper I cut several leave patterns. As usual I used my cuttlebug for the leaves.

I cut leaves in two differents colors to add contrast and depth. As you can see I put two clusters of leaves on my wreath.

Then I decorated each cluster by adding printed elements from Pink Reptile Designs'element packs.

I didn't want to leave the center of my wreath bare so I livened it up with a gingerbread man element that is hanging from a piece of nylon string.

And to finish it all up, I added the wonderful crochet elements that Mirjam sent me!
They were perfect to complete and finish my project !

Now, I can't wait for christmas to come!!

As always I hope you enjoyed my post and if I inspired you in any way, shape or form then by all means make a photo of your project and upload it to your gallery so you can leave a link in the comment section below! I'd love to see what you made! 

Wishing you and your family Happy Holidays!

DECEMBER BLOG CHALLENGE

Hey Scrappin' Friends! Can you believe it, it's the very last Blog Challenge of the Year! We hope it will be a fun one for you! But first let's see who the winner for the November Challenge is!!! You can take a peek at all the awesome entries here.

And Judy is our winner this month!!!

Congratulations Judy aka Chilgirl!!! You have a PM on your TLP account.
All other participants also received their 25% discount coupons via their Lilypad gallery accounts. Please make sure you check your messages everyone and if your coupon didn't come through send an e-mail to pinkreptiledesigns at gmail dot com!

Here's Judy's beautiful page:

For this month's challenge, we have a Three-part Challenge to get your creative muscles exercised!

Part 1) We are excited to share another Template Freebie as part of our Inspired by the Pink Ladies Series ... and we have this fabulous template from Karen C for you to download! You must use this template on your page in some way.

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 Part 2) Along with using the freebie template, we want to hear about your 2015 year! What are your top 5 for 2015? Can be anything ... top 5 places you visited, top 5 things you accomplished, top 5 pages you scrapped, top 5 TV shows or songs for the year ... anything is fair game!

Part 3) And the last part of the challenge is to use at least 3 different fonts on your page. Take a peek at San's last Fave Font past on combining fonts. Use 1 font for your title, 1 font for a subtitle and 1 font for the journaling or list of your top 5 things. Here's the image San shared for tips and font suggestions for combining fonts.

So, to recap, for this challenge you MUST follow each of these 3 directions on your pages!

1) Use the Freebie Template provided
2) List your Top 5 for 2015
3) Use at least 3 different fonts together on your page (1 font for a title, 1 font for a subtitle and 1 font for your journaling, description, or list)

I absolutely can not wait to see your creative pages this month!

Check out these jaw dropping pages using 3 different fonts, the template freebie, and a list of top 5 for 2015 by the Pink Ladies:

by géraldine

by emma

by shivani

Make sure you use at least 75% of Pink Reptile Design products on your page. Once completed, just upload your page to one or all of your galleries and post a link to your layout in the comments section of this post before the next challenge goes live on January 15th.

FREEBIES
Off course there's always a little something for free under the FB Free Gift Tab at the  and to be found HERE on the blog. :)

ONE luckywinner will receive a 10 dollar coupon to the PRD store, but really everyone is a winner, as all other participants receive a 25% discount coupon to the Pink Reptile Designs TLP store. So all the more reason to join in on the fun, right?!

Wishing you tons of fun and Happy Scrappin'!

PLANNER COLLECTION MONTHLY | PRINT & CUT TUTORIAL

Have I got something helpful for those of you that are excited to start working and playing with a planner next year [it sounds so far away and it's only a matter of days!] and have bought or are thinking of buying our monthly planner collection.

The planner collection is filled with stickers that still need to be printed and cut. The awesome miss Jaimee from Just Jaimee made this easy instructional videao that takes you through the whole process of cutting the stickers with your Silhouette cutter.

More tuts will come in the course of the year!

Enjoy and Happy Plannin'!

NEW: PLANNER COLLECTION MONTHLY | FRESH START

I am super excited to tell you ALL about this new planner collection that I am a part of! Amy Wolff, Just Jaimee, Allison Pennington, Valeria from Little Butterfly Wings and little ol' me will be teaming up  monthly to make a collection of products that is firstly meant for hybrid scrappers and especially planner fanatics!

No worries if you aren't into hybrid because many of the products are also very easy to use in your digital pages and digital planners!

But nuff said. Let me show you what I am talking about!

PLANNER COLLECTION MONTHLY | FRESH START MAIN KIT

Planner Collection Monthly: Fresh Start contains 15 8 1/2 x 11 papers, 16 A4 papers, 270 stickers and both printables and cut files for everything! It's a creative and custom way to dress up your planner. This collection is versatile and sized to work with a wide variety of planners.

To go with the main kit I made these 2 add-on packs to give you even more room to play and personalize your projects and pages.

FRESH START | ADD-ON PAPERS
A super versatile set of 10 papers [jpg] in A4 and Letter size. Perfect for printing and great to use as accents and mattes on your digital pages.

FRESH START | ADD-ON ALPHA
A versatile, funky wooden printable alpha. Perfect for embellishing your hybrid projects and planner pages.[print sheets and trace sheets are included].
No worries if you are not into hybrid because you can also use these on your digital projects and pages because all letters are also included as seperate .pngs.

INSPIRATION

Hoping you are as excited about this new line I am wishing you a wonderful weekend and Happy Creatin'!

SAN'S FAV FONT COMBO's

When I scrap I always do my journaling last and I look at which font[s] the designer used for the wordart, journal cards or other snippets and I try to match them. To find a font or at least a similar one I often use this site: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/. For my journaling I use the same font but in a lighter weight.

You can also combine fonts, but how do you match two different fonts and why don’t all fonts go well together? There are some “rules” for combining fonts that you might want to keep in mind when you want to use more fonts on a page or invitation.

Pairing Do’s

• Combine fonts from a different  sans-serif – serif or script family.
• Keep it simple and combine fonts from the same family but in different weight variations. 
• Make a contrast for example one with a heavier weight line so it stand out and the other font is a thinner one.

Pairing Dont's

• Don’t combine fonts that are too similair.
• Don’t use too many fonts, it takes two to tango and that’s just like combining fonts!
• Don’t mix fonts with moods, for example these two X-mas fonts, it’s way too busy and there isn’t any one font that stands out more than the other.

Here's a few of my favorite font combo’s that you can download for free:

 Keep Calm & Mathilde, Centeria Script & Champage & Limousines, Southern Aire & Fine Shadows, Coffee Shoppe Espresso & Two is better than one, Park Lane & Oranienbaum

Try, practice and just remember that contrast is key and opposites attract for pairing fonts together!

NEW: DECEMBER BYOC | IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

Sleigh bells ring are you listening???
Can you believe that December is here, and in 3 weeks Santa will be coming down the chimney to bring toys to all the good little girls and boys!!!
I have 3 fantastic packs that can be used all winter long not just for your Christmas pages. It is a perfect blend of colors and will go with many a thing in your stash.

If you are a newsletter subscriber, get all 3 at a great bundle discount. For everyone else the packs are on sale at 20% off through Sunday, December 6, 2015.

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE | ELEMENTS
A warm and cozy pack of 52 unique elements to scrap all those cold and snowy, wintery moments.

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE | PAPERS  
A great set of 11 cozy winter themed papers plus 5 beautifully textured matching solids.

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE | ALPHA  
A timeless, festive silver & gold alpha to add that extra little oomph to your page! Upper case, lower case, numbers and punctuation [88 characters in total - all seperate .png's]

INSPIRATION
I hope you love the December BYOC as much as I enjoyed making it. Here are some pages from the Pink Ladies to get you all warmed up!!

by karen

by cynthia

by carrie	by géraldine

by shivani

by mary	by helen

by nancy	by eszter	by emma

by barbara

by melanie

by elina	by christa

by diane

by ellen

Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Happy Scrappin'!