Challenge Spotlight – Mini Kit Challenge

August 7, 2012 by

Hello and happy August! I am fresh off the plane from a lovely little vacation in Oak Creek, Wisconsin! It was relaxing, but busy and I’m pooped! Pausing for a serious note, I trust you have all heard of the Sikh temple shooting that happened in that same city just yesterday; my thoughts go out to everyone affected in that terrible, sad situation. <3

Now, let’s talk scrapping. How did it get to be August so quickly?! I can’t believe the year is winding to a close. But with a new month comes a new batch of our world-famous (at least that’s what I tell myself) monthly challenges! This week I am spotlighting a challenge with the **freebie**: the August 2012 Mini Kit Challenge hosted by Lily of Pixelily Designs! You’ll absolutely adore the gorgeous little mini she’s whipped up for us this month; check it out!

So flipping cute, Lily! I love the purple and green together! I’m sure we’ve ALL got a summer photo or two that needs scrapping; here’s your chance! The layouts are already coming in from our talented forum ladies; if you want a little inspiration for this mini, look no further! (Well…maybe a little further)  🙂

By sladd79054

By Nickala27

By debdux

Outstanding job so far, gals! I didn’t realize how versatile this kit is until I saw how all the cool different effects these ladies were able to create for their layouts! Love it! Now…it’s your turn to show off your awesome scrappin’ skills! All you have to do is jump over to the August 2012 Mini Kit Challenge thread, pick up the mini and get to scrappin’!

Make sure you stop by the August Challenge Points Tracking thread and claim your spot so you can start tallying up all your points towards some amazing rewards! If you’re a newcomer (well, hi there!) and you’re wondering what fabulous prizes you can win for participating in the GingerScraps monthly challenges, check out the rewards system thread and get all the 411. Of course, if you have any questions about the rewards, this challenge or any of the other monthly challenges, you should most definitely direct them to the Cookie Jar where some smart little cookie will get you an answer just as soon as possible! 🙂  ALSO, if you want to see your layout highlighted here, make sure you participate and post your creations in the correct challenge thread; also good so we can all ooh and ahh over your fabulousness! 😉

That’s it for me today, ladies. Thanks for stopping by and I hope y’all have a rad week! 🙂

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LOTW Winner!

August 6, 2012 by

Congratulations to franlk for winning LOTW! She created a super fun and cute layout for sure! I love the wood background paper, those awesome bubbles and all the bubble elements. 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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Weekly Wrap-up: Well hello there August!

August 5, 2012 by

‘Sup ya’ll!

It’s August! Can you believe it? I can’t. For real I can’t. With the start of a new month, we of course have a gazillion new things, buffet (GO TEAM!), challenges, DESIGNERS!

That’s right! If you don’t know by now, let me introduce you to TWO new designers. Ana, of Sugar Fancy, is our guest designer for August. I am suuuper excited! Check out these scatters she’s got in the shop for us:

I’m pretty sure I’m in love with these. I’m also pretty sure you need them in your life.

I’m pretty much in love with our new exclusive designer, Neverland Scraps too!

Wendy has been a forum friend for some time ( we were even GingerSWAPS buddies!) and I am suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper excited that she has laced up her designer shoes and joined our lovely design team!

Speaking of GingerSWAPS, IT’S BACK!  A pretty awesome (unofficial) challenge that pairs up scrappers for a fun twist: swap photos and create layouts for the other person! Are you going to join in? We just might be partners! 😉

Have you been collecting August’s daily download? I can tell you right now, it’s freaking cute! Kathy Winters Designs have created a fun, happy kit that you NEED! (Well, I think you need EVERY kit, so.. you know)

You can get today’s download [here] . 🙂

Let’s not forget our August grab bag! Blue Heart Scraps put together an incredible kit full of crazy awesome things you NEED (see, you need everything).

The BEST part about this kit? You can get it for FREE by spending just $10 in our store!

Make sure you check out all the new challenges for this month! Along with our new August read for Book Club, What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. I’m considering getting the audio book and listening WHILE I work on my challenges! Two birds and all! 🙂

I think that’s all I’ve got for you today friends- I’m sure I could go on, but it’s SO gorgeous out this morning I’m just itchin’ to soak up the beautiful weather. It’s been so horribly humid the past week that the fresh, dry air of this morning has me opening my windows and actually looking forward to going outside! I’m beginning to ramble folks, that’s my cue to let you all go check out the linkage here and the shop and the forum and and and and… Yup, lots to do and see here at GingerScraps! 😉

Have a happy scrappy Sunday!

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Challenge Spotlight–Signature Challenge

July 31, 2012 by

Good morning ladies! Sorry this is a little late; I am going on vacation this week and I’ve been swamped trying to get all the “little things” done before I go! Eep!

Today is the LAST DAY OF JULY–what?! That means you have to get all your monthly challenge points in tonight! Make sure you visit the July Challenge Points Tracking thread and get everything in so you can be the winner of a shiny new buffet kit or store gift certificate! 🙂

I will do a quick spotlight of an easy challenge you can do to get your last point in! This is one you can snap together in a few minutes and enjoy all month: the Signature Challenge hosted by  JoyLynn of Blue Heart Scraps!

This month’s siggy challenge was simply to make one representing you country’s colors! With 4th of July in the US and Canada Day in Canada (of course), the forum has been swamped with patriotic pride in digiscrap form! Let’s peek at a few of the cute siggies the girls have been sporting over the last month!


By kandiced


By BriannasScrapper


By Zanthia

Cuteness! I just love the cute little maple leafs on the Canada siggy and all the stars on the USA ones! The old red, white and blue has never looked better! 🙂

If you haven’t done this challenge and you need an extra point, DO IT! It’s super easy and you can sport your siggy for a bit before you come up with something new for August. 🙂

Remember, the new challenge rewards system started in July; stop by the thread and read up before you hit the tracking thread and tally up your points! Again I say: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GET YOUR JULY POINTS IN! Make sure you’ve got everything posted in the challenge threads and in your tracking thread for credit!

If you have any question about this or any of our monthly challenge, please direct your queries to the Cookie Jar and someone fabulous will be along shortly to help you. 🙂

Tomorrow is the first day August–AHH! Fall, fairs, football, back to school: I can’t wait! I’ll be back next week with a new challenge for the new month. Have a wonderful week, ladies! 🙂

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July 30, 2012 by

Congratulations to modgee for winning LOTW! I adore her beautiful layout. The soft colors, the layers of papers and the colors make me smile. It’s a fabulous LO to say the least.  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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Weekly Wrap-Up: Got your eyes on the prize?

July 29, 2012 by

Good morning ya’ll!

Late start for me this Sunday, woke up with a crick in the neck and while I was putting away clean dishes I suddenly needed to reorganize my Tupperware cupboard. Yup. So, now I’m here, with my fresh cup of Butter Toffee flavored coffee (just a quick splutz [that’s a word, I promise] of milk) and ready to dawdle on through what will undoubtedly be a very lazy Sunday.

Enough about me!

Let’s talk scrap!

The biggest thing happening around here is our Christmas in July celebration! Please kindly crawl out from your rock if you were unaware of this. 😉 We’ve been so excited about all the activities and PRIZES – OH THE PRIZES! – that it’s been quite difficult to contain our exuberance. Today wraps up our celebrations, so if you’ve got any last minute layouts to finish for the special challenges, or want to pop into one last chat (a story speed scrap!) with Pixels by Jen (2:00PM EST!) then now is your chance! Have you been keeping track of your event points? Got your eyes on the BIG prize?

If you earn a total of 10 points by Sunday July 29th at midnight EST, you will receive this special gift from our GingerScraps Designers!!

Check out the Christmas in July thread for all the details!

One of the challenges you can complete for our Christmas in July(CiJ) celebration is the Hybrid Ornament – which I am working on making several of for Holiday gifts! Simple, personal and, obviously, awesome.

Christmas Hybrid Ornament

Even after the CiJ has wrapped up there is no reason NOT to get a jump on your Holiday gifts! I know with the endless supply of goodies that GingerScraps creates for us I’m certain to actually get my gifts completed BEFORE December 24th this year. You know, like December 23rd. 😉

December will be here before you know it- yes summer is still in full swing, and I am expecting some very warm August days to come but yes, AUGUST! There are only three days left of July! HOLY MOLY! I’ve come to the conclusion that there is indeed a time thief among us. Get ready though, August is bringing some phenomenal things to GingerScraps (as if any other day doesn’t already 😉 ). However, soak up the last few days of July by shopping PsychoZoe’s Retiring Sale.

For example, the must-have Fun With Tulle Templates

Don’t miss these, get them now before they are gone! Don’t forget to browse our ENTIRE store either, so many of our Designers having many items on sale through today. If you’re new to us (HELLO!) totally take advantage of our Christmas in July extravaganza!

And remember if you spend $10 in our store you get this HUGE Grab-bag for FREE!

Speaking of new, I’ve seen so many fresh smiling faces (emoticons 😉 )in the forum that it warms my scrappy heart! WELCOME WELCOME! I hope each and every one of you gets your fluffy bunny slippers on and makes GingerScraps your cozy little corner of the web. We LOVE having you here!

With that, I’m wrapping up this wrap-up to go and get scrappy with it.

Have a scrap happy Sunday my friends!

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Sneak Peeks 7.26.12

July 26, 2012 by

Good morning everyone!

How’s everyone’s holiday? 😉 WHAT! You mean you didn’t know that it’s Christmas… in July! 😀 Well, it is, and we’re pulling out ALL the stops here at GingerScraps!  I feel like I’ve got a cookie hangover but I’m pretty sure I haven’t had any cookies. 😉

I’m here to share with you just a couple sneak peeks for Friday’s Fresh Baked. Don’t have too many since the designers have been busy as elves getting the Funky Christmas Buffet together for you, not to mention the incredibly awesome Facebook hop!  Alright, alright, before I go on and on about the Christmas in July event let’s get to the matter at hand: sneak peaks!

First up I have something by Twin Mom Scraps

I really do love the greys, greens and browns. That pallet is just so pretty. 

I’ve got one more from Joyful Heart Designs

If that sneak peek is hinting at all those amazing papers, COUNT ME IN!

I can’t wait to see what goodies appear in the store tomorrow. It’s one of the first things I do every Friday morning! I suppose if I said that to anyone else they’d look at me funny, but I’m sure you understand. 😉

Hope everyone has a terrific Thursday! Make sure you join us for the Holiday Festivities, there is SO much going on! I’ve seen SO many new faces too, which I LOVE! So many CAPS but I assure you, it’s because I’m just so… EXCITED! (and I can’t hide it 😉 )

Oh, I’m goofy, I know. Time for coffee, scrapping, and friends! Hope to see you in the forum!

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Challenge Spotlight – Template Challenge #2

July 24, 2012 by

Happy Tuesday! I can’t believe this is the last full week of July–WHAT?! Seriously, the year is already past half over…where does the time go?? Well, I know where all my time goes: SCRAPPING! This week we’re making it even easier for you to scrap as I spotlight a challenge with a FREEBIE: the month’s second Template Challenge hosted by Amy of Unforgettable Moments! I’m a big fan of Amy’s templates, so let’s see what she’s got in store for us!

Cute stuff! I like the layered papers and funky frames on the picture spots. Thanks for the cute template, Amy! This is yours absolutely free just for playing along with us on this challenge! Now, I’m sure you want to see this baby in action, so let’s peek at what the ladies of the forum have cooked up for us so far…

By mamaape

By sladd79054

By MamaCake

This is one awesomely versatile template; all the ladies really made it their own–awesome work, gals! Now let’s see what you’ve got! All you have to do is stop by this challenge thread, pick up the free template, make something amazing with it and post for credit! *NOTE* There is also a little gift you for in addition to the template! See the thread for more info! And as always, if you want to see your layout highlighted here, play along with us! 🙂

Don’t forget, there is a new rewards system starting this month! You can read about it in the forum before you visit the July Challenge Points Tracking thread  and start your tally of challenges completed! I’ve got mine done for the month, so hop on the good foot and get going! Remember, if you have any questions, you can send them to the Cookie Jar and a lovely GS lady will be sure to help you out!

That’s it for this week; see y’all next week for the LAST spotlight of July! EEP! Have a fabulous week! 😀

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Congratulations to our LOTW Winner!

July 23, 2012 by

Congratulations to NMarti for winning LOTW! Her layout is absolutely adorable. I love the check list, the unique paper shapes and the cluster around the photo.  Be sure to check out her LO in the gallery to read the wonderful jounaling and leave her some love. Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.

Her outstanding LO was created using Happy to be Me! by Joyful Heart 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

Weekly Wrap-Up: It’s beginning to look a lot like…

July 22, 2012 by

Another week has gotten away from us!  I can hardly believe that July is more than half over- I know, each week it’s mentioned just how fast this week, month, YEAR is flying by! It’s hard not to take notice and reply as such.

It’s been a bit quiet this past week. Again, with summer in full swing it’s hard to drag ourselves away from all the fun adventures we’re having! I do hope, however, despite all those exciting adventures you’ll join us for a BIG celebration that’s only a few days away!

 

I know I’m excited! It’s like… CHRISTMAS! … in July. HA! Okay, I admit, I haven’t had coffee yet this morning. Not to worry, I hear it peculating as I type. 😉

Have you been reading along with us this month? The GingerScraps Book Club has been discussing this month’s book in a new way. Check out the discussion thread and join in! Next month’s book has been chosen in our pick-our-read poll: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on this read for a while, and am glad now I’ve got more reason to read it!

Less than 10 days before the end of the month, PsychoZoe‘s retirement sale ends on the 31st. Make sure you get check out her shop!

Don’t forget to grab our HUGE grab-bag this month! Roseytoes created such a generous grab-bag, that you get FOR FREE when you spend $10 in the store!

I wish I had more to share with you today, it’s certainly a lazy day here for us. Hoping to hide away from the increasing heat by getting some much needed scrapping done! Especially my challenges! Make sure, if you haven’t already, check out the new Rewards System, they’ve changed just a tiny bit. 

With that I’ll leave you to your own scrapping!  I hope you’ve had a happy weekend and have a great Sunday!

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