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{fresh seeds} and {blooming creativity} 10 September — Learning Garden and Clippables: Schooly

September 10, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

I'm thrilled to share with you one more new release this week, this time
coming to CatScrap, where I am so honored to be guesting this month. Learning
Garden is a series of fun and playful template designs inspired by
all things "schooly". It's just perfect for those back to school pages,
learning and homeschooling pages and yet versatile enough that they can
be modified to suit any story.

And here's a bit of Learning Garden inspiration. I really loved how the
team used these templates to create both schooly and non-schooly pages!:

In addition to these fun templates, I am also releasing a set of matching
"clippables" — Clippables: Schooly –which are customizable element
templates.. I had tons of fun making them and hope like them! They are super
simple, but lots of fun and you can clip any papers to them or embellish
with additional elements and can be used to create the perfect fun and
custom extra touch to your pages!

Learning Garden and Clippables:Schooly are available for 20% off through Saturday.

There is so much on the near and distant horizon that I can't wait to share
with you!! Some of it starts right away!

There will be lots and lots of fun news and chances to save at After
Five Designs this month, as A5D celebrates its 2nd birthday! Be on the
lookout for some amazing releases, freebies, games, new designers (who I
promise you will be really exciting), an A5 ct call and a huge sale!

There's even more exciting news to come, including a couple new fantastic
collaboration projects which I'm really excited to share with you once I get
settled after our relocation. Yay!! Lots to look forward to. Lots.

Hope you all have a beautiful Friday!!!

moving and shaking and sharing a {giveaway winner}

September 9, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

We are up to our eyeballs in our move process, but I wanted to pause to share the winner of the Fresh Cut: Sunflower and Learning Garden giveaway! Woooot! I do not have my handydandy Photoshop, as we have unplugged the desktop computer (gasp!), but I did have a date with my favorite Mr. Random of random.org and he happily shared with me today's winner……………..number 17.

Congratulations CraftyCat!!!

Please email me at zinniasandswallowtails AT gmail DOT com so I can get you set up with your templates right away. Yay!!

Thank you to everyone who participated!!! There will be many more chances to win future releases so don't lose heart if you missed it this time!

Oh and by the way…I'm in love with all the fun songs!!!! Thank you so so much for sharing your favorites with me!!! ♥

I will have another post tomorrow to share more from my latest release at my guesty home CatScrap.

In the meantime don't forget that you can snag Fresh Cut: Sunflower for 20% off through Friday 10 September.

Hope everyone has a happy and sunflowery kind of day!!

{fresh seeds} and {blooming creativity} 9 September — Fresh Cut: Sunflower

September 9, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

This is the time of year when our sunflowers are growing BIG and happy. They really are so sunny and when Bugga and I are out in the garden you can't help but smile when you see them. So in the spirit of the sunny happy flower we so love, I am thrilled to share with you my latest {fresh seeds}: Fresh Cut: Sunflower.

Fresh Cut: Sunflower is available at After Five Designs for 20% off through Friday 10 September.

And here are heaps of positively sunny and beautiful inspiration from my girls:

I so hope you like them and feel inspired!

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 for my
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. Woot!

I have been jotting down all your fantastic road trip song suggestions (we are going to have the best travel mix ever!) and look for a fresh post from me later today announcing the winner of the giveaway. Double woot!

Not only that… I will be back with more {fresh seeds} and {blooming creativity} on Friday, when my latest, Learning Garden and my first set of fun and playful Clippables arrives at CatScrap, where I'm guesting this month. Triple Woot!

Hope you all have a beautiful day!

a {giveaway} here and a {giveaway} there

September 7, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

So we are definitely in a season of transition these days and in many ways. As many know we are on the verge of a big move, and so our minds are full of all things moving related: packing, cleaning, yard sales, cleaning, decluttering, cleaning, organizing, enrolling in school, cleaning, saying goodbyes, making lists, and cleaning. I wanted to share with you a couple {fresh releases} before we hit the road and I so hope you will like them!

First, is Fresh Cut: Sunflower which will be arriving at After Five Designs on Thursday.

And on Friday something fun and playful will be landing at CatScrap, where I’m guesting for the month of September! Woot! This is Learning Garden, which is perfect for those back to school and learning pages, but also can be used for any general page too too.

I need a little diversion from all the cleaning (lol!) and so I feel like spreading a little sunshine.

Leave a comment below telling me a good road tripping/travel song is,
for a chance to win Fresh Cut: Sunflower or Learning Garden
before Thursday 9 September at 10am (CST). You can increase your
chances at winning by posting about the giveaway
on Twitter and Facebook. Be sure to come back here with a link in the
comments.

{blooming creativity} Double Bloom and Single Stems

September 3, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

Hope everyone is having a beautiful Friday!!

We are in the midst of "crunch time" for our move and so the days are just flying by when I wish they would slow down just a little bit. But I'm (so) happy to take a pause from all the hustle and bustle and share with you some amazing inspiration with my latest {fresh seeds}. I welcomed the autumn term guests to the team this week (yay!) and they, along with my out-of-this-world full time creative team have simply blown my mind with their fabulous plays with these goodies!

I hope you find these versatile templates just what you need to scrap those special moments and memories! Here's a peek at some Double Bloom {vol. one}, Single Stem {one} and Single Stem {two} inspiration:

Double
Bloom {vol. one}, Single
Stem {one} and Single
Stem {two} are available at After Five Designs for 20 % off through Friday 27
August.

Lots and heaps and loads of more information and news will be coming soon and very soon. So be sure to subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive newsletter savings and first peeks at new releases. I loove to see your pages, so please feel free to share them with me anytime!

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!!

{fresh seeds} 2 September — Double Blossom and Single Stems

September 2, 2010 By Mrs. Gleason

I can hardly believe that it is September. Do I say that at the start of every fresh month? "I can't believe it's…."? I think I do. It's just that I have a huge case of "I can't believe how fast time is flying by". In just two short weeks my family will be on the move! But there is lots of fun and fresh releases in store before then that I can't wait to share with you! Including today's {fresh seeds} that I hope will help your creativity bloom! First is [5]Double Blossom [vol. one] — a set of two coordinating templates that can be used together for your two-page or P365 layouts, or can be scrapped separately.

Next are two separate Single Stem templates that off a little playfulness with paper, some richness in layers, and a smattering of journaling. And as always you can transform these to suit your own scrapping style and needs. I so hope you like them!!

You can snag Double Blossom {vol. one}, Single Stem {one} and Single Stem {two} for 20% off through Friday 3 September.

I'll be back tomorrow to share some beautiful inspiration and more details about some of the news on the horizon.

One BIG and FABULOUS thing I can share right now is that I am guesting at CatScrap for the month of September!!! SOOO excited about this! And my releases there are currently 20% off too too. Woot!

Hope you all have a beautiful day!!