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{i} NSD 2012 :: The Happenings

May 5, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy Happy Scrappy Day!

I hope everyone is enjoying all the wonderful happenings all across our scrapbooking community! I’m looking forward to scrapping a little this weekend and ordering pages for print this weekend! And hopefully I can squeeze in a little extra fun and shopping too!

Here’s Everything You Need To Know about what’s happening for Plant Your Story this weekend.

* * Seeds of the Month entitles the winner to receive access to ALL my new releases until the end of the year!

Hope you have a beautiful day!!

Happy Scrapping!!

{i} NSD 2012 :: DSA Blog Train

May 5, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy Happy {i}NSD!! I hope that everyone is well and enjoying a happy and scrappy day today soaking up all the fun on blogs, and in the stores and forums!! And I hope that you get to enjoy some time scrapping your stories this weekend too!

This weekend is one that not only celebrates this hobby and storytelling journey I love so much, it is also the anniversary of my design debut! This time in 2010 marked the beginning of Zinnias and Swallowtails and I am SO very grateful for all the support and inspiration I have received from all of you along the way! Thank you!

You may have found your way here Jeanye’s blog while hopping along the annual (and wonderful!) DSA blog train but if you’ve missed a spot or got lost your way, you can head to the DigiScrapAddicts forum to find the complete list and start fresh.

I’m so happy to be a part of the fun to share something with you! I so hope you like it! You can {download here} or click on the image below:

Your next stop on the DSA {i}NSD train is Tickled Pink Studio which is home to my friend Becca and she has something pretty and fun for you! Don’t forget if you’ve missed a spot or lost your way on the DSA train, you can head to the DigiScrapAddicts forum to find the complete list and start fresh.

Here’s to a wonderful happy, scrappy day!! Happy Scrapping!

{i} NSD 2012 :: Gobs of Goodies

May 4, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy {inter}National Scrapbooking Day!!

It’s that fabulously frenzied and full and creative and bustling and inspiring time of year — where we hop and bop around, shopping and scrapping and having fun far and wide across the scrapbooking community! And I so hope you’re enjoying every minute!!

There are gobs of goodies and lots of news to share today so I’ll dive right in!!

First of all, there is TONS of fun to be had in the forums at The Lilypad this weekend from challenges to giveaways to chats and scraps. And I’m already feeling so inspired by the warmth in the forums and the deluge of inspiration already hitting the gallery. So hope you’ll pop in and enjoy some of the fun with us!

And of course there is the annual 30% off storewide sale! And the store is positively overflowing with gorgeous new products including a beautiful Free With Purchase kit for this weekend!

On top of the fabulous fresh BYOC, released yesterday, I have three fresh releases for today as well!

Meet the latest installments from Papyrus: Papyrus {April} and Papyrus {May}.

The Papyrus collection is part of my fresh adventure in storytelling called “putting pen to paper“. It is a series of templates and journaling prompts rooted in encouraging myself and other scrapbookers and storytellers to “just press record” and document our days.

The {April} installment is inspired by the bridging of Yesterday and Today and encourages us to document Then and Now.

The {May} installment is inspired by the “stuff” — the artifacts — in our lives. We will explore documenting what our “things” tell us about ourselves and how they define our stories.

And still, as ever, these templates can be used apart from the prompts to tell any story and scrap any page tailored to your own scrapping needs and style.

Each set includes 4 page designs AND 4 prompts plus additional .pdf content to inspire and encourage you to tell your stories.

Here’s some beautiful inspiration from my Storytellers and the Pollys:

Papyrus {April} and Papyrus {May} are available for 30% off through Monday 7 May.

And then there is this.

Two years ago, NSD marked my designing debut and I celebrated with the support and cooperation of my dear friend Crystal as we released a special template-only grab bag together. Last year, we thought it would be fun to revisit the grab baggy spirit and fun and now it’s become kind of a tradition for us. So I’m happy to present the 3rd Annual {i}NSD Grab Bag collaboration from Zinnias and Swallowtails and Crystal Livesay. This is a versatile set of 8 layered templates inspired by layers and a play with paper.

And this fabulous grab bag is available this weekend only for only $3 (regular price is $9)! You can grab these savings through Monday 7 May.

And here it is in action:

And what would {i} NSD be without a little extra extra, right? So be sure you check the blog for a freebie tomorrow as part of the DSA blog hop and my facebook page for a free download as part of the Lilypad facebook blog hop!

As always I looove to see your stories and art too, so please feel free to share with me anytime. Just shoot me a mail or share them on my facebook page. And if you haven’t signed up the newsletter yet you may want to do that so you can be the first to hear the latest news and get the latest exclusive savings.

Here’s to a very happy scrappy weekend!! Hope it’s beautiful!!

{fresh seeds} Petals and Dahlia

May 4, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

It’s that time of year for many of us when Spring is firmly here and we’re beginning to see glimpes of Summer. It’s very nearly {inter} National Scrapbooking Day so there is just this warm and buzzy energy throughout the community. And it’s time for a Fresh BYOC. And it is fan…wait for it…tastic. It makes me want to scrap. And I so hope you like it!!

I was inspired by that sunny, happy, crafty feeling that just oozes from it when I decided to continue my love affair with tissue paper. Meet Petals.

The Petals collection is a colorful, happy, and paper-y collection of 15 different hand-crafted layered paper borders/mats. There are monochromatic, two-toned and multi-colored borders and mats. No two are the same and none are re-colored. You can use them in combination or alone to dress up your pages and projects with an extra touch of hand-crafted whimy.

Use them as big borders, build mats, use them as accents to create interest on your pages, frame photos. There are really so many creative possibilities for scrapping with these and I really think you’ll have fun playing with them! The colors are versatile enough to coordinate with most any page but they also work so beautifully and seamlessly with the May 2012 BYOC collection at The Lilypad.

I have LOVED and felt SO inspired by every page I’ve seen created with these. It really makes my heart so happy!

WOW. Right?!

Also fresh for the BYOC is Dahlia. I was inspired by a few customer comments to create these fun and simple templates. Which are created with the hope that they will help you easily build cohesive and customized cards for your Project Life documenting or in the creation of any card or page.

Dahlia is a collection of 20 different 4×6 templates are designed in the spirit of the every day, of fun, sunshine, summer and play..with simple photo centric compositions that can be used alone or as foundations for your pages, or for creating a cohesive and customized look for your project life pages and project scrapping. Can even be used for creating hybrid cards in your blogging.

Both the Petals and Dahlia are available in my shoppe for 30% off as part of The Lilypad’s {i}NSD celebrations this weekend! You can snag them for 30% off through Monday 7 2012.

As always I looove to see your stories and art too, so please feel free to share with me anytime. Really! Just shoot me a mail or share them on my facebook page. And if you haven’t signed up the newsletter yet you may want to do that so you can be the first to hear the latest news and get the latest exclusive savings.

Here’s to a beautiful start to a fabulously Happy Scrappy weekend!!

And the Everyday Storyteller {giveaway} Goes To….

May 2, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

Thank you so much to everyone who played along with the Everyday Storyteller {giveaway} yesterday! Reading the comments — and all those fabulous quotable, scrap-able moments shared there — brought me SUCH joy. It was like a little gallery of Reasons Why We Scrapbook and it so brightened my day!

And also got me even MORE excited for the launch of Everyday Storyteller, if that were possible.

So. I sat down with Mr. Random (of Random.org) this morning and he selected the lucky winner!

Congratulations Christine! I will be passing along your email address and you should hear back shortly!

And thank you again to everyone who participated! Don’t forget to sign up for the VIP list for the launch party! Should be a lot of fun!!

Everyday Storyteller {a giveaway}

May 1, 2012 By Mrs. Gleason

Happy Blog Hop!!

Recently I’ve been all a flutter about documenting dialogues. There is just something so enchanting and so charming and also so revealing about the things we say and hear every day. These little conversations really color our stories so much. And it’s that soundtrack of chatterings that I felt compelled to share about in my contribution to Everyday Storyteller (which is so very nearly here!!).

And if there was one little nugget that I would share with you at this moment about documenting dialogue it would be this: There are always opportunities to preserve the daily “things we hear” if we tune in. Think outside the box and take advantage of technology when documenting the special sayings and conversations that live in your everyday.

Make use of technology: the notes or voice record capability in your cell phone, applications, and social media to get these things done *as they happen* so you can scrap them later.

For example, on President’s Day when my daughter uttered these words:”Daddy could be president. But he doesn’t have a president outfit. You really need a tie for that.” I *knew* I needed to scrap this giggle-worthy moment. I knew I *needed* to remember just how she delivered these lines. It was too endearing, too sweet, too humorous and too much an example of who she is at this moment in time for me to risk letting this gem fade into the sea of Other Moments.

But we were out grocery shopping at the time. So how was I to be sure I would remember this memorable scrappable quotable? Never fear! I simply shared the quote as a Facebook status right after I stopped chuckling. And then I used my Momento app to look back and snag it when I was ready to scrap it:

Today I’m so so thrilled to be sharing this as part of a fantastic blog hop FULL of little tidbits just like this from the contributors to Everyday Storyteller, the new scrapbooking idea e-book (I’ve been excitedly chattering about here and here).

And we’re feeling a little extra celebratory as the launch party is nearly here! The whole shebang kicks off at 8:30pm CDT on Friday, May 4. There will be more than $700 in prizes given away from our sponsors during the party. Which is pretty awesome. You can join the VIP list {HERE}.

And, AND! I’m even more thrilled because I have one copy Everyday Storyteller to giveaway today!

To enter this giveaway: simply comment here telling me your favorite “memorable/scrappable quote” memory

Deadline: 11:59pm CDT on Tuesday, May 1.

You can visit the rest of the hop for more practical tips and chances to win!

Be sure to enter here before you go. If you’d like to win a copy of Everyday Storyteller before it’s available to the public, simply comment here telling me your favorite “memorable/scrappable quote” memory before 11:59pm CDT on Tuesday, May 1.

And don’t forget to Sign up for the VIP list to join the exclusive launch party on May 4 and get in on the pre-party fun too.

Lots of luck! <3