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DigiScrap Parade February 2014 :: For The Love Of…

January 31, 2014 By Mrs. Gleason

The DigiScrap Parade is a fun “hopping” experience for scrapbookers and storytellers wherein they can “hop” about a series of blogs or Facebook pages to gather pieces to a coordinating collection to scrap their memories. It is meant to be a sampling of products from wonderful designers in the community, offered quarterly. I am happy to be a part of the February hop which features a collection rooted in cheerful color, love, and happy hearts. For more information and for all the links to the hop, please stop by the DigiScrap Parade website.

Here’s my contribution to For The Love Of…:

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Fresh Seeds | DSD 2013 Grab Bag

November 1, 2013 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!!

I am so happy to say that in addition to my fresh November BYOC products, the opportunities for savings with the PYS savings guide, a new Sparkle Confetti freebie on my Facebook page, my contribution to the quarterly DigiScrap Parade, and all the fun and games to be had in The Lilypad forums, I also have a brand new release!

One of my most favorite “traditions” of celebrating All Things Scrappy, is the collaborative fun I have with long-time friend Crystal Livesay. And every year we look forward to creating our annual Grab Bag for DSD.

It’s here and it’s inspired by paper play and as ever these page designs are versatile enough to suit any scrapping style or story:

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Digital Scrapbooking Day 2013 :: The Happenings

November 1, 2013 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy Happy Digital Scrapbooking ~~Day~~ weekend!!

I confess I feel a little extra lucky to have deep love for digital design and memory keeping because we get to celebrate our love for all things story and scrappy *twice* a year!

And even though I feel a ~~little~~ big bit like a chicken with my head cut off preparing for the hullaballoo that comes with Digital Scrapbooking weekend, I’m always so happy when it arrives at last. I love all to see all the beautiful pages and stories that land in the gallery. I love to see everyone having so much FUN celebrating love for scrapbooking and storytelling. There is such a wonderful energy this time of year!

Here’s Everything You Need To Know about what’s happening for Plant Your Story this weekend (all images are linked).

I hope that you enjoy this weekend of fun and games and scrapping and shopping! I’m hoping to spend some good time in the galleries soaking up amazing inspiration, having a chat or two and doing a little shopping! Happy Scrapping!

DigiScrap Parade November 2013 :: Our Life

October 31, 2013 By Mrs. Gleason

One of the wonderful happenings for DSD weekend is the launch of the quarterly DigiScrap Parade!

The DigiScrap Parade is a fun “hopping” experience for scrapbookers and storytellers wherein they can “hop” about a series of blogs or Facebook pages to gather pieces to a coordinating collection to scrap their memories. It is meant to be a sampling of products from wonderful designers in the community, offered quarterly. I am happy to be a part of the November hop which features a collection inspired by warm love and color for scrapping stories of family, home, love and happy hearts. For more information and for all the links to the hop, please stop by the DigiScrap Parade website.

Here’s my contribution to Our Life:

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My contribution can also be found on my Facebook page where you’ll find another fresh (and sparkly!) free download and lots of news and savings opportunities. Happy Scrapping!

Fresh Seeds | Ash Tree

October 31, 2013 By Mrs. Bonneville

I really find myself inspired by all things list-y, by numbers, and by any stories that find themselves rooted in those things.

Journaling a list is a fantastic method for capturing the story and the details that live in our every day. And it can be fun to center the story around a number by creating a portrait of a loved one (or yourself) at a certain age, for example, or by documenting a specific day or time of day, or even documenting the number of times your daughter wants to watch her favorite My Little Pony show (we’re at 73, for the record).

So many stories have a connection to numbers, and to listing. And so it was that spirit of story that inspired my latest collection fresh for the November BYOC at The Lilypad and just in time for Digital Scrapbooking Day!

Meet Ash Tree {elements} and Ash Tree {papers}:

And joining the element and paper collections is this set of {words and numbers}. FULL of various numerals and number-centric elements, journal cards, and of word art pieces that focus on counting gratitudes, giving thanks, finding the good things, focusing on what matters most.

This set is a beautiful complement to Ash Tree and would work perfectly for celebrating gratitude, finding the positives and embracing deliberate thankfulness. It lends itself well to 30 Days of Gratitude projects or any other story or page featuring numbers, gratitude or both:

Get inspired with these pages..I love the range of story here!

I hope you enjoy playing with the Ash Tree collection! I would love to see your pages! Share with me on Facebook or in my gallery at The Lilypad or Plant Your Story!

And now it’s time for the Digital Scrapbooking Day hullaballoo to begin! Happy Scrapping!

Fresh Seeds | Petals no. 7 & Story Snips No. 1

October 17, 2013 By Mrs. Gleason

I love all things autumn-y. I love that combination of crisp air and warm color and glowing sun.

I also love all things word-y. I love playing with language, embracing my own quirks of lexicon and assigning meaning to things with my words.

And it’s both of those loves that have inspired this week’s fresh releases.

Meet Petals no. 7:

This Petals collection is an earthy, warm, happy, and paper-y collection of hand-crafted layered paper borders/mats. Petals no. 7 features 23 different mixed media layered paper borders: tissue borders, painted borders, chevron borders, scallop borders, papery borders featuring a variety of textures. No two are the same and none are re-colored. Use them alone or layer them to create custom mats and trims. There are several pieces that really let versatile neutrals shine (cork, kraft, cardboard) so they can work cohesively with many different palettes and products.

Petals no. 7 is available at The Lilypad for 30% off through Monday October 21st, 2013 as part of the Halloween Bash. Subscribers of the Garden Report also get an exclusive additional 10% savings.

I’m also really excited about Story Snips no.1:

Story Snips no. 1 is a set of 16 hand-written word-art esque phrases, words, and doodled snips for use on photos, in digital or hybrid scrapbook layouts and projects.

TLP has launched a new line of “mobile ready” fonts for use in smartphone applications.

Story Snips is just one such mobile-ready “dingbat” font that you can download immediately to your smartphone or tablet upon download. And then you can load the font into apps such as Over (iOS) or Phonto (Android + iOS) to use for embellishing and “decorating” photos for uploading to your favorite sites and to social media. (You can see a kind of visual outline of how this works in this blog post on The Lilypad blog).

AND/OR you can purchase Story Snips as PNG and brush files. These PNG files act as word art and .abr files can be used as brushes. Both allow for easy re-coloring to match the palettes and products of your digital or hybrid storytelling and scrapbooking projects.

The best deal is the bundle (both!) which you can select from the drop down when you put the product in your cart.

Story Snips no. 1 is 20% off through Monday 21, 2013. Subscribers of the Garden Report also get an exclusive additional 10% savings.

And here is some beautiful inspiration:

I hope you enjoy playing with the Petals no. 7 and Story Snips no.1! I’m turning my eyes and energies toward the joy that is DSD which is — can you believe — only two weeks away?! Looking forward to all that is on the horizon for that!

In the mean time be sure to stop by the Halloween Bash over at The Lilypad. It’s full of fun and games and savings!