Month: May 2010

{zinnia and swallowtail CT girls}

I feel all a bubbling with emotions…overwhelmed by all the support and all those who played along with my NSD freebie for a chance at a summer guest CT spot.  SO grateful and humbled that such talented scrappers would want to work with me and the girls.  SO excited and energized about those who will be joining us.

And also a little heavy-hearted for those who I can’t say “yes” to this time.  As a scrapper-at-heart I know how hard it can be to put yourself out there and how deflating it can be to hear “not this time”.  And now, as someone having to say it and not hear it, I just want everyone to know that hearing a “not this time” never, ever means that your pages aren’t amazing or important.  Because they are.  Sincerely, every page and every gallery I looked at was special and inspiring to me in some way.  The talent in this digi scrapping community is mind boggling.  So thank you for putting yourself out there.  And no matter what “just keep swimming” and just keep scrapping.

ANYhoo…before I get too rambly I wanted to say again a HUGE thank you to everyone who played along!!  I loooved seeing all the fabulous plays with the template!  And I have to tell you there was no way I could keep it to just “3”..goodness if I could have taken everyone on I would have.  Seriously.  SO I picked a few more than that.  And also a few for an autumn term too (September, October, and November).  Woot!

I’d like to say a HUGE congratulations and welcome to the summer guest CT zinnia girls!!!

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And the autumn guest CT swallowtail girls!!

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YAY!!!!  Thanks again to EVERYONE!  Since this was centered around the blog and not email, I had to do things a little differently than I might otherwise, but hopefully everyone who played along should have received a message from me (at the location of the gallery they linked your page to me) and everyone should have received a little goodie too too.  If you have not received a message and goodie please email me.  Thank you.

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!  Keep your eyes peeled here for a special freebie later in the holiday weekend.

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{free seeds and a contest} Happy iNSD!!!

It’s an exciting day for us scrapbookers…everywhere you look there are sales and games and giveaways and challenges and chats and fun galore!  And in honor of my debut, I wanted to get in on the fun and share with you a little freebie and a fun little scrapping challenge/contest (with a “she might have gone out of her gourd” kind of prize). This freebie complements an inspired-by-summer template series I am growing now (and the Summer Garden add-on which is available in the grab bag collab).

I so hope you like it!!

You can download by clicking the image or by following the link below.

And now for the fun challenge/contest part:

I would love to see how you make this template blossom for you (yes I *am* that cheesy)! I hope you have fun playing with it!  Let your creativity guide you and make it your own to suit your scrapping style and the story you want to tell.  Upload your page to your favorite gallery(ies).  Then come back here to share a link to your page made with this freebie and you will be eligible to win BIG.

Everyone who scraps and shares will get an extra little something from me for playing along and ** two lucky scrappers will receive a summer guest spot on my creative team where you will be able to play with my products and have fun with us in The Garden for the entire months of June and July!! **

You have you have until 15 May to play along.  Lots of luck and Happy Scrapping!!

Download Summer Garden Freebie HERE

 

Also be sure to visit check out the happenings on the other After Five mixologists blogs (you can find them in the sidebar) for more fun and freebies!

{bloom}

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Well so I guess now I’m fully bloomed.  LOL!!  That’s right, it’s official…you can visit me at zinnias and swallowtails at After Five Designs!  I’m really excited and a little bit nauseous, but mostly I’m so honored to have been
encouraged and supported on this fresh journey along side the kind and
talented designers there!  Can’t wait for you to get to know me and my template designs.  And I so hope you love them!