Challenge Spotlight – Template Challenge #2

December 18, 2012 by

Hello and happy Tuesday! Can you believe it’s already the third week in December?! Only a little over a week left in 2012–eep! Where did the time go? Now that school is over (all A’s–go me!), I can finally start scrapping again! Since I’m a little rusty now, I definitely want to use a template and what better way to get a freebie template than by joining in on the second template challenge hosted by one of our new designers, Isabel of Crisdam Designs! Check out the super cute template Isabel has made for us to create with the second half of this month…

Awesome, right? I love the curve along the right side and I’m always a sucker for a little paper stacking! Even though this template challenge just started, we’ve already got some wonderful layouts in the forum. Check out a few ladies’ creations here for inspiration!

By Sarah

By rdjrneace

By Ricki

I’m always thrilled to check out these challenges and see the amount of talent we have in the GS community! 🙂 I love that snowy spray Sarah has, all the vibrant ribbons Debbie used and the softer non-holiday pastels Ricki used for a little break in strictly holiday scrapping. 🙂 Wonderful work, ladies!

If you haven’t started tallying your completed challenges, you need to head over to the December Challenge Points Tracking thread and start counting up those layouts! At the end of the month, you’ll get a lovely little prize depending on how many challenges you complete. It’s not to late to get scrapping and earn a fun reward! 😀

Well, dinner’s just about ready, my tummy’s rumbling and I need to finish a Christmas craft before bed, so that’s it for me! Y’all have a great week, finish up your Christmas shopping/wrapping and I’ll see everyone back here next week for the LAST challenge spotlight of 2012! CRAZY! See you next week! 🙂

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LOTW Winner!

December 17, 2012 by

Congratulations goes to franlk for winning LOTW! Her icy blue layout pops out of the gallery! I love the large snowflakes and the word path she has included in her LO.  Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.

You can pick outstanding gallery layouts which become the next LOTW nominee’s by posting in the “Baker’s Best” thread. Check out the rules here.

As always your vote counts so head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. You can be a LOTW winner too, all you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.

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Winter Holiday Whimsy!

December 15, 2012 by

Good evening everyone!

It’s been a very busy weekend already for my family and I, with a birthday party for a very awesome (I’m bias) two year old!

I’m here tonight to bring to you some inspiration. I know, despite all the festivities (birthday parties, Christmas just around the corner) , I’ve felt such a slow in creativity that I thought, why not give it a boost!

I’ve put together some inspiring photo prompts (or even dare I say, journaling prompts?) for the upcoming holiday.

Template by Creations by Julie
Christmas Bells by Matilda Designs

Feel free to share your photos, layouts, poems, anything that you’re inspired to create! Each prompt is up to your own interpretation. Start with number 1, or start with number 7, it’s completely up to you!

You may link up below in the comments if you have a blog or hop on over to our forum and post in our Winter Holiday Whimsy thread!

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Sneak Peeks!!

December 13, 2012 by

Good morning everybody!  I don’t know about you, but around here we are staying busy between birthday parties, and holiday parties.  It seems like we are always in a party:)  I hope you were able to participate in the 12-12-12 challenge.  The prompts were fantastic.  Here are some layouts that go on sale on Friday.  The designers and  Ct teams do such a fantastic job.

First up we have a Beautiful Collaboration with Connie Prince and Pretty in Green. I adore all of these layouts!!

 

New from Pixelily Designs- I really am digging the blue and all the colors.  I love the calendar.

This looks like a definite a keeper for me:)  Super job ladies!!!

 

New from Neverland Scraps this is beautiful as always.  I just love the colors in the papers.

I have had a great time showing you the sneak peeks, now we just have to wait till tomorrow for the releases.  Make sure you check them out and grab them while they are on sale.  Hope you have a great weekend.

 

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Challenge Spotlight – Font Challenge

December 11, 2012 by

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great one so far; this is FINALS WEEK everywhere so the best of luck to anyone who is supposed to be studying right now! 😀 This week I am spotlighting one of my personal favorite challenges we have every month, the font challenge! This month the font challenge is hosted by Connie of Connie Prince Designs and she’s picked a tried and true font that everyone probably has and loves! Take a look:

It’s definitely a classic font, perfect for any layouts, but especially all the Christmas ones you’re sure to start creating soon! 🙂 The layouts for this challenge are already flooding into the gallery; there are plenty to choose from, but here are a few of my favorites for your own scrapping inspiration!

By Lukasmummy

By rdjrneace

By chigirl

Gorgeous pages, as always! 🙂 I love the use of this font on all of them; see what I said about Christmas layouts? 😉

Have you started your post in the December Challenge Points Tracking thread?  You’ll need it to keep track of all your completed challenges this month so you can nab a sweet reward once the month is over! The month…of December. WHAT. How is it the end of 2012 already?! Crazy! Anyway, get those challenges completed and tallied so you can ring in the new year with a prize! 🙂 If you have any questions about this or any other monthly challenge, direct it towards the Cookie Jar and we’ll get it answered for you lickety split. 🙂

That’s it for today! I have one more final to do and I AM DONE!!! Wish me luck and y’all have a rad week! 😀

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LOTW Winner!

December 10, 2012 by

A congratulations goes out to madae for winning LOTW! Her LO is very personal and inspirational! I love how she used the word art and the little clusters.  Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.

The winning layout was created using Blessed (Kit and Word Art) by Designs by Connie Prince.

You can pick outstanding gallery layouts which become the next LOTW nominee’s by posting in the “Baker’s Best” thread. Check out the rules here.

As always your vote counts so head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. You can be a LOTW winner too, all you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.

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Sneak Peeks!

December 6, 2012 by

Hey everybody!

I sure hope everyone is doing well.  Can you believe that we are through the first week of December already?!  It’s flying by so quickly.  The designers have been so busy and everything looks beautiful.  Here are a few for you to look at.  Remember all the kits and templates go on sale Friday .

 

This is just beautiful  from Neverland Scraps  and really gets you in the Christmas spirit and will be perfect for all your festive pages.

Here are a few beautiful layouts that are done with new products from Pretty In Green.  The templates are

from Angelclaud ArtRoom.  Aren’t they just gorgeous!!!

ooh, I just love all the layers in this one and the bottle with lights is really neat!!

This is just beautiful!!  The papers in this look fantastic.  I can’t wait to see the entire kit!!

Here are a few more using Angelclaud ArtRoom templates.  LOVE them!!!

I am really enjoying looking at all these pages.  They are wonderful inspiration and they just look awesome.

You ladies did a fantastic job showing off these kits and templates.  I can’t wait till Friday to go shopping.

I hope everyone has a great day and I’ll see ya next week.

 

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Challenge Spotlight – Mini Kit Challenge

December 4, 2012 by

Good morning and happy Tuesday, all! Is everyone enjoying the unseasonably warm weather? I so am NOT! It’s December and I’ve got my A/C running here in Texas to counteract the 80 degree weather. I want my chilly air and snow flurries–wahh! Even though it’s warm out, my mind is still on snowmen, snowflakes, coats and mittens! Since we might not get winter again this year, I want to scrap some older pictures from back when Texas was included in winter. This week I’m spotlighting a challenge with a freebie that will help me do just that: the mini kit challenge hosted by Kathy Winters! I absolutely adore Kathy’s designs and this mini is no exception; take a look!

Cute, right?! I just love the doodly snowflake with the stitching! I’ve got to find a good photo to use this mini with for sure.  With a freebie this cute, you know the layouts are already rolling in the forum. Here’s some scrap inspiration…

By mom2triplets04

By Deanna

By True North Scraps

I love them all! You all captured the snowy fun of this mini and put it to great use. Now it’s your turn to snag the freebie while it lasts and scrap us up something pretty! Pop it in the gallery for some love and post it in the challenge thread so everyone can ooh and ahh over your creation. 🙂

Of course, you’ll also need to keep track of your completed challenges in the December Challenge Points Tracking thread if you want to snag a reward at the end of the month! Post your spot today and keep track all month long. 🙂

That’s it for today; y’all have a wonderful week and I’ll see you back next Tuesday! 🙂

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LOTW WINNER!!

December 3, 2012 by

This week our Layout of the Week winner is Ellasspace!! Congratulations Ella! I love a good white space LO. Not every LO needs to be completely filled to catch our eyes!! The kit was a perfect match for her adorable photo! Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.

This winning work of art was created using Cocoa and Candy Canes Collection by Jen C. Designs.

You can pick outstanding gallery layouts which become the next LOTW nominee’s by posting in the “Baker’s Best” thread. Check out the rules here.

As always your vote counts so head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. You can be a LOTW winner too, all you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

Challenge Spotlight – Mini Kit Challenge

November 27, 2012 by

SO this will be a quick blog because I have a HUGE paper and presentation due tomorrow and I’m only halfway through the paper, noneway through the presentation–ACK! Hope all our US friends had a lovely, peaceful Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday! 😀 This week I am spotlighting another challenge with a freebie: the November mini kit challenge hosted by Lily of Pixelily Designs! Lily has made a beautiful, neutral -toned mini for us this month that is perfect for fall pictures, candid snapshots–anything! I really like the colors with a pop of brightness…check it out!

Absolutely love this–thanks for sharing it with us this month, Lily! The mini is called “Self Portrait” but it’s being used for way more than self portrait pics in the forum!  Lots of ladies have already got their submissions in so it’s hard to choose, but here are a few of my favorites for scrappy inspiration!

By sladd79054

By mamaape

By brenian4ever

These are all amazing layouts–seriously! I like how Lisa used this kit for something other than a self portrait; so cute and the simply journaling is perfect here. I love April’s use of white space of bring focus on the title below. And Bren–this is just awesome. Your pics are adorable (you look so happy!) and your clustering is great. Beautiful creations, ladies–you’ve definitely inspired me to put this pretty mini to work! 🙂

FYI this is the LAST WEEK to get your November challenges complete and tallied! If you haven’t been tracking them in the November Challenge Points Tracking thread–you need to get on that! All challenges are due on November 30th to go towards a fabulous prize from the GS shop. Even one completed challenge gets you something, so definitely join in now even if you haven’t done any yet! If you have any questions, stop by the Cookie Jar and we’ll get back to you ASAP!

Alright, time for me to get back to my paper–UGH! Wish me luck, hehe! Hope y’all have a wonderful week and I will see you in December! 😀

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