As May is approaching ever nearer, a month that is home to Mother’s Day and Memorial Day in the U.S., Crystal and I felt inspired by the spirit of family and history and legacy.  And so, Grow With Love: Letters Edition {may} which hits The Lilypad today is rooted in that inspiration.

“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” — William James

Meet Grow With Love: Letters Edition {May} — a set of four templates created in the spirit of remembrance and accompanied by four thoughtful story-driven journal prompts which will help you put pen to paper, writing letters of legacy and history.  As always these templates and prompts can be used together or separately to suit any page and story.

And here’s a spot of inspiration:

Grow With Love: Letters {may} is available for 20% off at The Lilypad through Sunday 24 April.

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.

Registration for Grow With Love: Self Portrait is open and runs through 6 May 2011.  We would love for you to join us on this journey as we plant ourselves into the story.

I hope everyone is finding the sunny in their Friday!  I can hardly believe we find ourselves on the cusp of April!  We are seeing warmer weather here every day and I know it won’t be long before the “hot like an oven” heat is upon us, so I’m cherishing this balmy time.

And because the seasons are changing and that always feels reflective of seasons in our lives and fresh beginnings and transitions, Crystal and I found ourselves inspired by {beginnings} as we created the latest installment of Grow With Love: Letters Edition.  We hope you’ll enjoy reflecting on fresh beginnings and maybe even creating some for yourself with this set of templates and journaling prompts.

And just look at this gorgeous page from Alice:

other supplies used:  Everyday by Sahlin Studio

from Mi:

other supplies used:  kit by Studio Basic

from Sandra:

other supplies used:  Making Melody by Kitty Designs

other supplies used:  Vow by K Studio

from Anja:

other supplies used:  Making Melody by Kitty Designs

from Niki:

other supplies used:  kit from Tracie Stroud and Julianna Kneipp Designs

from Lizzy:

other supplies used: kit by Thaty Borges

other supplies used:  kit by Lauren Grier

from Erica:

other supplies used:  kit by Sahlin Studio

Grow With Love: Letters {April} is available for 20% off at The Lilypad through Sunday 27 March

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.

I have been so happily busy putting the final touches on my latest project that is so near and dear to my heart.  I can’t wait to share more of it with you soon and very soon!

Happy Scrapping and Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!  I hope this finds everyone happy and healthy and enjoying the day!  Spring is just around the corner for many of us and I’ve been happily busy working on fresh projects.

This week I’ve brought one of the bestsellers to The Pad — Fresh Cut: Sunflower.  I really love the mix of little details and clean lines in these templates and I love how they can be used for a variety of pages from themey, to full and clustery, to crisp and clean, to artsy and funky.

And here’s a peek at some of the amazing fresh inspiration from the girls and Pollys:

and more still:

Sunflower is available at The Lilypad for 20% off through Sunday 13 March.

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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.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

I have to say this month’s BYOC is one of my all time favorites in all the days I’ve scrapped with them and called TLP home.  There is something so cheerful about the colors and it just oozed into the products in such a happy way.  And so in the spirit of *cheerful* and wishes of good health, comes Crocus.

The Crocus templates are designed with all things sunny and fresh in mind.  This set is perfect for any everyday page, all about me, or event page and gives you room to “play” and modify each page to suit your personal scrapping sensibilities.

I positively LOVED what the girls created with these.  I always love to see how the same sketch design can evolve into such beautifully different pages and stories.  I hope you feel inspired too:

Crocus is available at The Lilypad for 20% off through Sunday 6 March.

If you are a newsletter subscriber you will have received your regular exclusive coupon for additional savings.  If you are not yet a subscriber but would like to receive exclusive news, savings and goodies too, feel free to subscribe {HERE}.

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.

I am happily busy putting together something really dear to my heart and it will be planted later this month..I can’t wait to show you!!

Hope you have a beautiful and *cheerful* weekend!

I feel as though I’ve blinked and now *whamokazamo* we are on the verge of March.  And March is a big month.  I’m really really excited for what is to bloom in March.  Things I’ve been planting for a very long time.

The first special peek at what is to come in March I can share with you today!  It is the latest release in my Grow With Love: Letters project with Crystal Livesay.

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gift – noun

1. something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.

2. the act of giving.

3. something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.

4. a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.

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For the month of March in our Grow With Love Letters series, we are reflecting on gifts. Gifts received, gifts given, gifts of character, gifts of talent.  As always, Crystal and I will be expounding on the prompts on our blogs every Wednesday throughout the month.

Meet Grow With Love: Letters Edition {march}:

Grow With Love: Letters Edition {march} is available for 20% off through Sunday 27 February at The Lilypad.

And I’m also really happy to share another fabulously fun and funky template collaboration with the amazing Amy Martin.  Inspired by one of those “oh-no-my-child-has-the-scissors-and-used-them-on-his-hair” moments, the Cut series of templates is inspired by all things paper-y and cutty. Full of fun and funky “hand-cut” paper, shapes and angles and still versatile enough to adapt to any scrapping style.

Meet Cut:

Cut is also available for 20% off through the Sunday 27 February.  Woot!

And here is a peek at some amazing inspiration:

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!

As I mentioned, I am working hard on a couple very special projects which have me feeling really invigorated and inspired and a little bit nervous.  Can’t wait to share more in the coming days and weeks!

And don’t forget, there are only a few days left to share your pages made with the 2.11 newsletter exclusive on my facebook page for your chance to win a shot at acting as Z&S creative director!  I’ve looved what I’ve seen so far! You can see {THIS} post for details.

Hope you all have a beautiful Friday and weekend! Happy Scrapping!