Archives for 2010

Behind the Scrapbook the Real Lives of GingerScraps!

Hey there girlfriends! Hope you had a great week, I know the ladies at GingerScraps have been really busy with visits from the tooth fairy , vacations to picturesque locations, meeting old and new friends and helping cure Cancer… pretty good for one week I think!!

Here’s the scoop…

Jodi’s daughter Rebekah got a visit from the tooth fairy! She has been seeing the dentist for work on her teeth and 2 had to be removed. Rebekah was a trooper though and was happy to learn about the tooth fairy. That night she did not put her teeth under her pillow because the tooth fairy didn’t have anything for her yet, but the next day when Rebekah woke up and said “it didn’t work” Jodi explained that the teeth had to be under the pillow for it to work. So the next night Rebekah put her teeth under the pillow. The next morning Jodi asked Rebekah if the tooth fairy came. She threw her pillow off her bed and said “she did!” and was happy to see 2 gold $1 coins in the place of her teeth.
After Rebekah’s teeth were removed she had to be on a soft food diet, so after having a dinner of macaroni and cheese, she had some chocolate pudding. That’s what’s all over her face in some of the pictures.

Rebekah went into her room and put on some of her princess clothes and said that she was the tooth fairy. So Jodi gave her the teeth the dentist gave them and Rebekah posed for some pictures.

What a cute tooth fairy!

This is Rebekah showing off her two gold coins that the tooth fairy had left her.

Julie went on a little road trip with her Family and Friends! So much fun and so beautiful! I’m a little jealous!! What a beautiful place!

Lake Tahoe

In Virgina City after the “Shootout”

Spotted having lunch…. here’s what Rachel had to say….

Thursday I got to meet Stephanie in person for the first time. We met for lunch and had as much conversation as my kiddos would let me. It was exciting getting together with a friend I’ve known for about 2 years.

And I got to see baby Delilah! Oh yes be jealous!

Mandy wanted to share with you a special moment….

My daughters boyfriend Ben and his younger sister Hannah took part in the Weekend to End Womens Cancer in memory of their mom Cheryl who lost her battle with Cancer a couple years ago. It was a 60 km two day walk. This was Ben’s 4th year walking and Hannah’s second year walking. Up to date Ben has raised over $12,000 towards the fight against Womens Cancers. Ben’s mom Cheryl was a volunteer and walker for this organization for 7 years before she herself had Cancer. Her team Northern Knockers still walk in her memory every year thanks to her kids. Next year my daughter Kelsey will be joining the team as a walker and I will be volunteering as a pit crew.

Each walker pledges to raise at least $2000 and walk 60 km

Her are a few photos… I was pretty busy running around that I only managed a couple shots This is day two and 53 km in!

L to R- Dennis (Bens dad), Jackie (Hannahs BFF), Ben (playing with his Ipod), Hannah (looking too upbeat for just walking 50 km!), and Kelsey (she walked the last 7 KM with Ben in her flip flops!!)

And off they go….

And here the are crossing the finish line!!!

Have you ever volunteered your time to an organisation or raised money for charity?? If so tell us about it!!

I’m off to dig up some more dirt:) Hope you have a fun filled weekend!

Happy Scrapping:)

Fresh Baked! 8-13

TGIF! How was your week? I hope you all had a great week. You definitely deserve to have a great week. My week has been busy but lots of fun. I went to our Speed Scrap we had Monday (11 pm EST). That was a lot of fun. Don’t worry, if you missed it, you can join us again this coming Monday for another one! We’ll be there 11 pm EST (8 pm PST). Tuesday and Wednesday I did some of the challenges we offer. Have you checked them out yet? Did you know you could earn brownie points towards kits in the store just by doing the challenges?  Earning 1 brownie point get you a 1% coupon, 5 brownie points gets you 5% coupon. Want to earn 50 points? You get a 50% off coupon! You can even earn a free kit by earning 100 brownie points. Isn’t that awesome? I mean what’s better than getting a free kit?

Let’s see, what else did I do this week? How can I forget the best part? I was looking over applications from our Designer/Guest Designer call. We have had some very talented designers apply! Making a decision will be very hard! There is still time to apply if you are interested.

I am happy though that the weekend is here. Fridays are important days for us around here. It means our New Releases come out and they are 25% off! I’m not teasing!! Plus we leave them 25% off for the entire weekend! Just wait until you see what we have that’s new. They are incredible! Ok, enough of a tease. Here they are:

Kathy Winters Designs has a re-tooled favorite from the past that is sure to earn you a gold star. School Is Cool is full of bright primary colors and enough elements to cover your kiddos special back to school moments from kindergarten on up. The kit contains 16 papers, 65 elements and 1 chalkboard alpha.

Regular price $5.50 ~ Sale Price $4.13 through August 15, 2010

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/School-Is-Cool-by-Kathy-Winters-Designs.html

Kathy also has this cool set of wordart to coordinate with School Is Cool

Regular price $5.50 ~ Sale Price $4.13 through August 15, 2010

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/School-Is-Cool-Wordart-by-Kathy-Winters-Designs.html

Just look at these great layouts using this cool kit. As you can see, it can be used for more than just school themed layouts.

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And how about these cool Grade School stamps? A set of eighteen (18) individual png files containing grades 1st – 12th and including Preschool, Kindergarten, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior designations. They can be used as is or you can add your own creative touches.

Regular price $5.50 ~ Sale Price $4.13 through August 15, 2010

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Grade-School-by-Kathy-Winters-Designs.html

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We do not advocate Piracy but we love our pirates! Three awesome Ginger Scrap Designers MandyMade, Wyld Web Designs, and Pretty in Green Collabed together and came up with this Awesome Kit! Perfect for sailing the high seas, battling pirates and searching for buried treasure! Do you long for adventure? Are you a captain of your own ship? Have you ever been clapped in irons or made to walk the plank? Or maybe you’re like me and have found yourself besieged by Scallywags and Buccaneers? This kit is sure to have everything you need to scrap your adventures what ever they may be!

Included in this kit are 84 elements and 38 papers!

You may want to count your Doubloons and check out the ‘Say No To Piracy’ Bundle!! It will make creating that page of your favorite Wee Lass a breeze!! This kit will make the perfect pirate layout, but can also make adorable Bath tub, Beach, Fairs, Vacations, and Halloween layouts too!

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Say-No-2-Piracy.html

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Say-No-2-Piracy-Bundle.html

For now here’s the add ons

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Say-NO-to-Piricy-Word-Art.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Say-NO-to-Piricy-Paper-Pack.html

*FREE WITH PURCHASE – THIS WEEK ONLY!!**

Bonus Borders and Glitter styles are free with your purchase, this week only! You don’t need to do anything, they are included in the downloads with your purchase. Get them this week, next week they will only available as a separate purchase!

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Some CT inspiration:

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Keep your 365 or 52 project going by scrapping those summertime photos! This mini pack contains 12 elements that are perfect for hilighting those photos of splashing, swimming and water fights!

Wyld Web Designs brings you this pack coordinates with the Gingerscraps: Scrap Your Life 365 project.

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Scrap-Your-Life-A-365-Project-GETTIN-WET-by-Wyld-Web-Designs.html

Let’s Get Crafty: Old Jeans

OK..Wow, it’s Thursday! What a week! I am not prepared for this at all! LOL! I thought it was Wednesday! Ha Ha! Well, I don’t have a tutorial for you today. But, I’m sitting here thinking, what the heck can I post about. Hmmm…looking at both of my sons sleeping on the couches. I have some pretty cool couches…there is not one person in the world who has my couches.

Well, yes of course, they are “home made” It all started years ago, my Dad, he is funny about jeans. If he get a tiny speck on his jeans he won’t wear them anymore. But, my Mom, being the crafty queen of the family, thinks, I can’t just throw these away, someday we will do something great with all these jeans.

Then there is me, I love denim, my living room is blue and yellow. A few years ago I bought some denim couches. They were pretty cute when I first bought them, but after a while I realize, this is not very good fabric they used on these couches. It’s like the cheapest, thinnest denim. If you spill, it stains…not good for a house full of kids. Bummer…I was about to have my 4th baby. Company coming to stay, and these couches look like crap.

Mom..help me! My Mom, she is amazing. She can make something beautiful out of nothing. So, we start thinking, I really love the idea of my denim couches, but these need help. “Hey, Julie dear daughter, I have a huge box a your Dad’s jeans I have been saving for years, lets remake your couch with them!” So, we cut and pinned and stapled and sewed. Well, Mom did most of the work and I sat there huge as a house 9 months pregnent braiding the trim for the arms. 🙂

I love my Jean couches, there are even pockets on them. My little boys love to put their cars in the pockets. The cover zips off so I can throw them in the wash. They are indestructible…and that is saying a lot in my house!

So, I will stop babbling and show you….

Pretty funky aren’t they! I love them! We have a new coffee table and new desk, repainted the living room since we made these couches. But the couches live on! It’s like your favorite pair of comfy jeans…only bigger.

So, I hope this inspires you to reuse something you thought you might throw or give away in to something fabulous!

Of course, you can always start of with something simple like a purse.

Yes, even after making a whole couch, we still had enought jeans left over to make a few tote bags.

Special Edition **New GingerBread Lady!!**

Happy Wednesday!  I hope your week has been going well.  Things are just fantastic here!  Why you may wonder?  Well, our newest GingerBread Lady just opened her new store!   Isn’t that fantastic news?

I’m so excited to announce that HK Designs has joined our family!  Her designs are wonderful!!  Please stop by the forum and help us welcome Heather!!

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Here is a little bit about Heather – My name is Heather and I am a loving SAHM  to 3 wonderful kids.. I have never paper scrapped a day in my life, but  was pointed in the digital direction a little over two years ago and  have been hooked ever since.. Which brought me to my new love (  designing ). I love the challenge and making exactly what I like and  customers like.. I look forward to learning more everyday and growing as  a designer.

Of course you’ll probably want to start stalking her like you do the other designers.  Here is the information you’ll need to do that!

Facebook – HK Designs

Newsletter – Sign Up Here

Blog – HK Designs

Let me show you some of her awesome products!

(Don’t forget  that with any purchase over $10.00 you will get the Ginger Scraps Shabby Seashore Mega Collab for just $1)

Warm Breeze

This is a kit inspired by a warm breeze. I really enjoyed making this kit.

This kit includes: 7 papers, and 34 elements.

It is normally priced at $5.00, but you can get it on sale for $3.00!!!!!

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Warm-Breeze.html

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Mia Mia

This is a gorgeous and fun kit that leaves you feeling fresh and warm.. Perfect for all sorts of layouts!!

Mia Mia includes 5 papers, 40 elements, and an alpha set!

The regular price is $5.25 and is on sale price for $3.25!!

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https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mia-Mia.html

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Challenge Spotlight – Say Click…Take a Pic

Welcome welcome! I hope you all had a great weekend. Does anyone else feel summer slipping through their fingers? Yikes! Well lets get on with the random winner of last weeks challenge spotlight. *drum roll* Trina! With her “Park”  LO. Great use of that font! Here’s your prize! 

On with this weeks Challenge Spotlight. Ig you havn’t been on the Gingerscraps forum lately, GO! We have lots of fun new challenges this month! 

Today I’d like to spotlight Julies Say Click…Take a Pic challenge. Anyone else have a kiddo that watches Diego? Yeah I can’t even think of this challenge without getting that little jingle in my head. 🙂  Okay so the purpose of this challenge is to hone in on our picture taking skills, after all it is the pictures that our scrapblooking revolves around, so we want them to be good! Julie is a photographer and knows how to get that perfect shot. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited for these challenges to learn more about taking photos.

This month the technique is Angles. Here’s some examples she gave.

Neat looking huh? I decided to try it out myself and came up with this:

I was a bit proud of myself. Turned out okay huh?

Want to try it out for yourself. All you need is your camera! Got take some cool angled pictures then you can either put them in a layout or post them as is for Say Click…Take a Pic Then come back here and post the link to your LO or picture in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar). CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. As an added bonus, I will be giving a bonus brownie point to all those that leave a comment! Let me see those comments!

Behind the Scrapbook

I had to share this wonderful LO by Scrappy Cocoa… If you haven’t heard we have a new Gingerbread baby in the house!

Steph and Tim had a baby girl last week and named her Delilah Jae!! What a cutie! Here’s a LO Steph did of the big day! I love the title… this was her first peek at her new baby girl… the picture says it all!!

Congrats Ulrich family!!

It’s August my favorite month of the year and my busiest!! I’m trying to get through my summer bucket list and not having much success as I keep adding activities to it! This may have to be a summer/fall bucket list! It’s a hard list to get through when my main funsticker (a person who sticks to your fun) is on vacation. My Julie has been in Haida Gwaii for the past week with my ma and I’ve been missing her so…. here she right after catching her first fish EVER!!! Thank goodness she can keep in touch texting photos. I hate to miss any of her firsts!

Have you seen the Telus commercial with the house hippos?? I have always said if there was such a thing as a house hippo I’d have one for sure!! So what does hubby bring home for me….

What a sweet heart…. I (heart) him!

We’ve also had quite a bit of this….

Does Mother Nature not know it’s no longer spring!! I love the rain but I can’t keep up with my yard:( So I should go I have grass to mow, dirt to dig and trees to plant… none of this is on my summer bucket list…. I’m just thinking of it as staying active… every little step is a calorie burned and a job well done:)

Have a great day

~Mandy

Did you know that LOTW winners receive a gift certificate to the Gingerscraps store? All LOTW nominees receive a cookie and now you’ll receive a brownie point too if you use at least 75% Gingerscraps products.  The LOTW winner also receives a bonus brownie point just for winning. 

If you’re wondering what all these cookies and brownies are about be sure to check out this thread to get the scoop.  What are you waiting for? Post your LO’s in the gallery for a chance to be nominated. The more LO’s you post, the more chances you have to win!

LOTW winner for week ending 7/30 is jencrook. Click on the image to leave her some love.

Don’t forget to head over to the LOTW Thread each week to vote on the LOTW page that most inspires you! You might just find one of your layouts have been nominated.

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Fresh Baked! 8-6

Good Morning digi-friends!

We have some YUMMY goodies Fresh out of the oven for you today. But first I want to share with you some news-

The GingerScraps Site Creative Team call is now closed. And wow what an amazing response we got!! It is with great Pleasure that I introduce to you our newest GingerBread Girls-

  • Astrid (AnikA)
  • Cami (camijo)
  • Dita (ditab)
  • Ella (ellasspace)
  • Jen (vcjordi)
  • Kimberly (kimberheree)
  • Lani (jovi_girl)
  • Linda (hondachicc)
  • Lynelle (lynelle)
  • Mandy (digi.mandy)
  • Missi (missdamsel)
  • Sara (SATW)
  • Tanja (thunderdragon)

Head over to the GingerScraps Forum HERE and help me give them a warm welcome!

And now…. so more exciting news- We are having a Designer Call!

Hurry and apply now! We are looking for new and seasoned designers. Exclusive and non-exclusive. And Guest spots open too!

Now- on to the Yummy Fresh Goodies!!!

Are you looking for something basic with all the necessities? Check out Marshmella Designs newest kit “Josephine”. It’s is a simple kit with a retro elegance that is perfect for every layout. It includes 9 papers, 44 elements and a full set of alphas.

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And here is some inspiration from her creative team:
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Pretty in Green has a pack of 4 beautiful templates made from her favorite layouts she created during GingerScraps Scrapping Survivor season 2. These Templates use blended photo styling along with great layering and room to journal to create beautiful layouts. These templates are psd files, for size 12×12 inch Layouts.
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KimmyScraps made this beautiful layout she also used Pretty in Green’s B&W and blue all overVictoriaLaurenOctober09web.jpg

Missi made this layout and used German shepherd love
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Are you all ready to see this months GingerBread Lady Collab? As always this months kit is only $1.00 with any purchase over $10.00. Remember- please allow 24 hours to receive the coupon as all have to be sent manually.

And now- I hope you enjoy a leisurely trip down to the Shabby Seashore.
This eclectic kit is perfect for all of your summer memories from those ocean vacations to just a day on the beach with friends and family. The muted colors are perfect for those poolside photos too!
Take a walk with us down the Shabby Seashore whenever you need to get away or if your lucky enough to live by the shore, then pull up a chair and enjoy!
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Shabby Seashore includes:
50 papers
98 Elements
Bonus Photoshop style set of wonderful wave textures in perfectly matching colors!

Here are some by the wonderful GingerBread Girls!

Let’s Get Crafty: Gone Hybrid!

Who is ready to get Crafty! It’s Thursday! Yea!

So, you all see all these awesome Hybrid project in the galleries. You are thinking, man I really want to try that. But…it’s got to be so expensive. i don’t have the money to buy all those fancy supplies. Well, I am the queen of cheap! LOL! I love making Hybrid projects…but I don’t have a bottomless wallet! So, lets chat! How can you get started in Hybrid with out breaking the bank.

Some basic supplies…

*Scissors, small sharp ones work best, but I have even used my kids scissors when mine go missing…which happens a lot! lol

*Adhesive of some sort, there are 100’s of different adhesives out there, but really to get started all you need is a trusty old glue stick. My fave is the Pioneer Extra Strong Glue Stick. I get it at Wal Mart for like $1.50 or so. And we all have glue guns laying around. Mod Podge is great. It cost a little more that you might want..but it lasts forever. I have had the same bottle for years. And that 3D double sided tape is great. But, you don’t have to pay a lot for it. I get mine at the dollar store!

*Speaking of the Dollar Store, I love to find things at the Dollar Store to Embellish. I got these frames at the Dollar Store…gave them a little Hybrid love and what a great gift! The wooden letters came form the craft store but they were only like $5.00 for a huge pack of all different letters. I’ve been using them forever.

The flowers on this frame are not from the store. They are digi flowers from the kit I used, I just cut them out and inked the edges! Fold them a little on the edges. They look great!

*I get frames at the Thrift Store too! I even find craft supplies like ribbon, embroidery floss, buttons,  glitter etc at Thrift Stores! You just have to look! Yard Sales are great too!

*Another great thing to have is distress ink. Start out with one color like black or brown. It’s only about $3.00. I actually only have those 2 colors and use them on almost all my hybrid projects.

*Distressing the edges on your projects really gives a nice finished look. You can go to the craft store and buy special “Distressing Tools” but, why not just go grab a piece of sandpaper out of the garage, a nail file works great too.  You just need something that will “rough up” your edges a bit.

*A lot of times if you want to make a card or use one of the nifty “Hybrid Template” you will need to “Crease before folding.” Your fold will turn out way nicer id you crease them first. But, of course you don’t need any fancy tools for this either. You can use a magazine for a mat, an envelope or book for a straight edge if you don’t have a ruler, and even a butter knife or credit card will work as a “bone folder.”

*Now of course you will need a printer, ink and paper. My favorite paper is Epson Matte Photo Paper, but you can use cardstock too.

Now just get creative! Think of things in a different way. If you see a project that calls for “Chipboard” use a cereal box instead.

Like I used on this project….

How about these…I made them from coasters. Yes, those coasters they give you at Restaurants. Check these out….

So, come on! Do some Hybrid! You know you want to! 🙂 How about starting with GingerScraps “Sweet Cards” Challenge! Greeting cards are a super great way to get started in Hybrid!

Challenge Spotlight – Font Challenge

Those were some great layouts from last week! The winner is Scrappingirl with her adorable “Little Buddies” LO. Here’s what she won:

Does anyone else get excited about a new month of challenges? I sure do, even better, we have a brand new challenge hosted by marshmella! It’s the Aug. Font Challenge! The challenge itself is rewarding because marshmella will give you a font to download and use in a LO.  Don’t forget about those cookies and brownie points you can earn too. They will help you get % off when you buy gingerscrap products! Yay! Here’s the font:

Here’s some examples on how this great font can be used:

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What a cute font huh? Try it out yourself at the Aug. Font Challenge.  Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar). CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. As an added bonus, I will be giving a bonus brownie point to all those that leave a comment! Let me see those comments!