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{fresh seeds} grow with Love: letters edition {june}

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Well goodness another month is drawing to a close and many of us find ourselves saying goodbyes to school years and hellos to summer.  And as this season of travels and staycations draws near, Crystal and I were inspired by journeys, getaways.  And we threw in a little taste of fatherhood too (since June *is* the month o’ Dads here in the U.S.) as we created June’s Grow With Love: Letters templates and prompts.

Meet Grow With Love: Letters Edition {June} — a set of four layered templates created in the spirit of journeys, adventures, getaways and vacations.  As always, these Grow With Love templates are accompanied by a series of thoughtful story-driven journaling prompts which are borne from the hope of helping you tell your stories and put pen to page.

We hope you’ll have fun getting inspired with these!  You can use the templates and prompts together or separately to suit your own story and pages.

And here’s a touch of inspiration:

Grow With Love: Letters Edition {June} is available at The Lilypad for 20% off through Sunday May 29.

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.

There are quite a few fun goings on on the horizon including fresh collaborations, a wonderfully fun summer Grow With Love experience, and more giveaways!

Speaking of giveaways.  There is still time to check out and participate in the ongoing Scrap Your Theme song giveaway sponsored by the amazing Kristin Cronin-Barrow.  Not only will you walk away having created a fun page, the winner of this one will receive a $25 gift certificate to her store!!!  Which is pretty WOW, right?!!

{fresh seeds} Preserved

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It probably goes without saying that one of my most favorite things about scrapbooking and memory keeping is The Story.  Okay, it’s the most fulfilling, challenging, heartfelt, emotional, beautiful reason I love it so much.  And so when I have the opportunity to work on a project that is rooted in the inspiration of storytelling my heart does a little happy dance.  Which is just what it did last summer when I collaborated with my dear friend Sandra to create Preserved.  And it remains the one set of templates that I receive inquiries about: when will you bring this to The Pad?  Or seriously, woman why haven’t you brought Preserved to The Pad yet?!  So I’m really happy to say that today is the day!

My Preserved templates have landed at The Pad:

These templates can be used in myriad ways really from any themed page to all about me pages and any story centric pages.  You can make use of the journaling spots in the designs or you can scrap without them.  And if you love pages with quite a lot of room for journaling…these really make it easy to focus on The Story.

Here’s some fresh Preserved inspiration from the girls and the Pollys:

You can grab Preserved at The Lilypad for 20% off through Sunday May 22.

So hope you like them!  Happy Scrapping!  Happy Preserving!!

Happy {inter}National Scrapbooking Day

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Happy Happy {i}NSD!!  I hope that everyone is well and enjoying a happy and scrappy day today enjoying 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 last year 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!

There is SO much to share today so I’ll dive right in!!  I have some {fresh seeds} share and some blog hoppy {free seed} goodness too!

You may have found your way here from Laura’s blog as you travel the fabulous DSA iNSD blog train but if you’ve missed a spot or lost your way, you can head to the DigiScrapAddicts forum to find the complete list and start fresh.

Or you may be visiting today as part of the amazing hoppity hop-ness of The Lilypad blog hop.  In which case you probably found your way here after visiting Krista’s blog.  If you get missed a stop on the TLP hop or have lost your way you can find a complete list {HERE}.

Either way there are a bevvy of amazing freebies to snag today and I’m so happy to share a little something with you too!

I was inspired by all things fresh and sunny and celebratory to create something fun and versatile.  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 Live Your Stories which is home to my dear Crystal where she has a couple fabulous somethings for you today! 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.

Your next stop on The Lilypad hop is Rebecca’s blog.  I know you’ll love what she has to share too!  And remember if you get missed a stop on the TLP hop or have lost your way you can find a complete list {HERE}.

And now on to even more {i}NSD fantasticness…

I have two, nay three amazing collaborations coming to The Lilypad today!  And I hope that you will find they are just what you need to help you scrap all the amazing goodies you are snagging this weekend!

One year 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.  And we thought it would be fun to revisit the grab baggy spirit and fun!  So I’m happy to present the 2nd 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 here is a full reveal of what you will find inside this fun little grab bag:

You can grab this bag o’ templatey goodness in my store for $3 throughout the weekend.  After this time it will return to it’s original price of $9.

Here is a spot of grab bag inspiration:

I have also teamed up with the ever amazing Amy Martin to create a set of templates inspired by the process of moving, packing and unpacking.  We always have fun collaborating together and this set was no exception.

Meet Packed, a set of 10 layered templates created in the spirit of  tighter, layery, stacky compositions:

And Unpacked, a complementing set of 10 templates created in the spirit of  airier, looser compositions in mind:

You can also grab the bundle, Packed and Unpacked to enjoy the full set of 20 templates.

And here’s some amazing Packed and Unpacked inspiration:

And lastly, Amy and I have created this fun set of Thankful cards, which are perfect for creating heartfelt custom thank{full} greetings for those people in your lives whom you’d like to shower with thanks!

And don’t forget to check out all the fresh goodness at the Pad for this month’s BYOC.

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.

There are also two giveaways happening now.

Be sure to check out:

Brought To You By the Letter J for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Jacque Larsen

Scrap Your Theme Song for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

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And with that, I shall send you on your way with wishes for a beautiful weekend full of all things scrappy!

{fresh seeds} May BYOC :: Daisy

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Happy {inter}National Scrapbooking Day!!

This weekend holds a little extra spot of fun for me as it also marks my one year template design anniversary!  And I want to say a HUGE heartfelt thank you to all of you for all the warm support along the way.

Scrappy activity is at a fevered pitch this weekend and I hope you’re all enjoying the fun!!   I am looking forward to doing a little shopping and a lot of scrapping.  🙂

I will have a big NSD post tomorrow with my {fresh seeds} for {i}NSD as well as a special freebie, but the fun has already started with the arrival of May’s BYOC at The Lilypad.

And I’m so happy to introduce Daisy, Daisy {story seeds}, and Daisy {painty}. Inspired by color, happy, fun and the every day the Daisy collection is perfect for scrapping those everyday stories:

Daisy {story seeds} is a collection of fun doodles and word art sentiments that are wonderful for adorning any page or adding a fun spot of “graffiti” to your photographs:

Daisy {painty} is a collection of painty borders and frames and fun everyday painty sentiments.  The frames and borders can be used to frame your favorite photos, papers or journaling spots.

And here is a peek at some amazing Daisy inspiration:

The entire Daisy collection is available for 20% off at The Lilypad through Sunday 8 May.

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 today so it’s your last chance to register if you haven’t already.  We would LOVE for you to join us on this journey as we plant ourselves into the story.

There are also two giveaways happening now.

Be sure to check out:

Brought To You By the Letter J for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Jacque Larsen

Scrap Your Theme Song for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

See you tomorrow for NSD fun and lots of fresh goodies to help you scrap all your NSD loot!!!

{fresh seeds} grow with love: letters edition {may}

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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.

{fresh seeds} Grow With Love : Letters Edition {April}

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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!

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