Designer Sneak Peeks – November 20, 2015

Happy Wednesday. Hope you are all having a great week before Thanksgiving. The rain has started (again) in my neck of the woods, but the temperatures have been great this week. Let’s see what our designers have up their sleeves for Friday’s releases.

That’s just a glance at a few of the goodies coming out on Friday. Check back tomorrow to see some awesome sneak peek layouts.

 

Designer Sneak Peeks – November 13, 2015

Are you ready for some sneak peeks? Just look at a few of the goodies that are being released on Friday!

Tune in tomorrow for some great layouts made with these fabulous kits!

November Featured Designers

Welcome to November. Have you been enjoying all the DSD celebrations? I had pleasure to interview our Featured Designers (Craft-tastrophic Designs, Dagi’s Temp-tations, and Seatrout Scraps) this month and want to share with you their answers to my fun questions.

First up is Ivonne from Craft-tastropic Designs:

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

I would love to visit Niagara Falls because I imagine they are amazing to see.

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

Handle with care when hungry!

What is one thing you will never do again?

I will never try anchoes again.

What’s your favorite movie?

My favorite movie is Megamind.

Do you love or hate rollercoasters?

Love rollercoasters.

Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?

Of course.

What was the last thing you ate?

I just had some delicious Shrimp Cocktail.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

I would like to be an orange crayon.

Pirates or Ninjas?

Ninjas

Country or City?

City

Morning or Night?

Morning

Indoors or Outdoors?

Outdoors

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Chocolate

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs

Who did you look up to as a kid?

My father.

What is the one thing that makes you happy despite any mood?

Music

Do you have any tattoos? If yes what and where are they- If no do you want any and what would you get?

I don’t have any… But I may like a whimsy dragonfly.

Name one television character that you simply adore?

I love Agent Dinozzo from NCIS.

Thanks Ivonne! Make sure to check out her GS Store, Facebook page, and Blog.

Next up is Dagi of Dagi’s Temp-tations.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

All around the world I guess as I have met many fabulous ladies thanks to digital scrapbooking and I’d love to meet them in person.

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

Danger – don’t talk to me until I had my coffee.

What’s your favorite movie?

Love Actually

Do you love or hate rollercoasters?

I’ve never been on one and I never will try one – it scares me!

Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?

I believe there is life in outer space, not sure whether it’s intelligent or not.

What was the last thing you ate?

A roll with ham and cheese and beetroot for dinner.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Blue.

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

The sound crickets make.. it’s driving me nuts.

Pirates or Ninjas?

Pirates

Country or City?

Country

Morning or Night?

Night

Indoors or Outdoors?

Outdoors

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Chocolate

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs

Who did you look up to as a kid?

Lady Diana

What is the one thing that makes you happy despite any mood?

My kids’ smiles and laughter.

Do you have any tattoos? If yes what and where are they – If no do you want any and what would you get?

I do have one on my shoulder blade and I’d like to have one more done sometime in the future – my kids names and their birth days.

Name one television character that you simply adore?

Minions!

Thanks Dagi. Don’t forget to look at her GS Store and Facebook page.

And now, let’s talk to Rachel of Seatrout Scraps.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

California – that is where my stepdaughter and grandkids live.

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

Control Freak

What is one thing you will never do again?

Skydiving

What’s your favorite movie?

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Do you love or hate rollercoasters?

Hate

Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?

I hope there is.

What was the last thing you ate?

Breakfast cereal.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Red

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

People that promise to do something and then don’t.

Pirates or Ninjas?

Pirates

Country or City?

Country

Morning or Night?

Morning

Indoors or Outdoors?

Outdoors

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Vanilla

Cats or Dogs?

Dogs

Who did you look up to as a kid?

My parents.

What is the one thing that makes you happy despite any mood?

My little dog Mitzi.

Do you have any tattoos? If yes what and where are they- If no do you want any and what would you get?

Yes, on my right shoulder I have a rose.

Name one television character that you simply adore?

Sheldon Cooper

That was great. Hop over to check out her GS Store and Facebook page.

 

Thanks again girls!!!

 

Are you ready for DSD?

Can you believe it’s almost DSD time? Are you ready for all the fun stuff going on this week on the GS forum? Here is just a few highlights. Make sure to check in forum tomorrow for some surprises too.

How about some fun sales from our designers?

Make sure to come to the forum tomorrow to see more!!

 

Designer Sneak Peeks – DSD

Are y’all ready for some fun? It’s DSD time. There are so many great kits and grab bags being released this week. And the GS forum is going to be full of fun things to do. Let’s see a peek at some of the goodies coming out for the DSD celebration!

Keep watching the blog and the Facebook page for a listing of the fun stuff we’ll have going on for DSD.

 

Challenge Spotlight

Welcome to November. Hard to believe we are almost at the end of the year. This week I’m spotlighting the Daily Download Challenge. Each month we offer a full kit in the form of daily downloads. Collect each download and at the end of the month you will have the full kit. And if you happen to miss it, it’s always available for purchase in the GS store the next month. For October, this kit was offered:

Let’s see some of the layouts we have so far this month using this kit:

Here’s a sneak peek of November’s Daily Download.

Make sure to keep a check on the blog and Facebook page for our upcoming DSD sales and fun!

 

Sneak Peeks – October 30, 2015

Take a look at these great layouts using kits from tomorrow’s Fresh Baked release!!

Designs by Mandy King has new Overlay Cutouts and new Autumn word bits:

 

Blue Heart Scraps has a new kit:

Boomersgirl Designs has a new kit:

Seatrout Scraps has a new grab bag:

Dear Friends Designs has a new template set:

Using new Blue Heart Scraps Kit.

 

Designer Sneak Peeks – October 30, 2015

Just dropping in to give you a sneak peek of the kits coming out on Friday. Looks like another great batch.

Make sure to come by tomorrow to see some great layouts made with these kits.

October Challenge Wrap Up

Can you believe October is coming to an end? Here is a wrap-up of the great challenges we have had this month. There is still a few days to get your layouts uploaded.

Ivonne of Craft-tastrophic Designs gave a wonderful fall tree brush to work with for the Brush Challenge. I love how lisar layered it on top of her photo.

There are always so many good layouts in the Buffet challenge. I love anything pumpkin, so this layout from meagan43 caught my eye.

This month for the Color challenge we were asked to use purple and yellow. This layout from Pippin really caught my eye. I just love that cluster.

The Daily Download for September is used for October’s Challenge. We had two fabulous kits from JB Studio and LJS Designs – Class is In. I love the photo in this layout from KAPOH. So cute.

This month’s Spotlight Designers were Mandy King and Pixelily. I love this simple block layout from mdusell using kits from both designers.

Pretty in Green hosted our Desktop Challenge. I love the way Minena used an opaque full photo with the full color elements on top.

CathyK gave us a cute typewriter type font to use for the Font Challenge. Scrapolina has used some beautiful pictures in her layout.

This month the Hybrid challenge (hosted by Just So Scrappy) was to make bag toppers and chocolate bar wrappers. This group by andastra is so cute.

Seatrout Scraps gave us a picture to use as in inspiration piece for the Inspiration challenge. Sheri Catherine was inspired by the hearts and submitted this awesome layout.

For the Journaling Challenge, Dani (JB Studio) gave several prompts to use. This layout from gethane is great.

Little Rad Trio gave us an adorable Halloween Mini Kit for the Mini Kit Challenge.  This layout by shellbyj is so cute.

Tracey of Clever Monkey Graphics gave us instructions of the slow scrap type to use in the Mix It Up Challenge. I really like how Elizabeth used a black and white photo in her layout.

Marina of Magical Scraps Galore gave us a list of items to use in the Recipe challenge. This layout by Pachimac just jumped off the page at me.

Ginger of Dandelion Dust Designs posted a beautiful layout for us to use in the Scraplift Challenge. I just love this layout from Glori2.

Connie Prince challenged us to make a signature celebrating Halloween for the Signature Challenge. I just love the tagline gduncan added to hers.

Kimberly of Leaving a Legacy Designs gave us a cute template to use for the first Template Challenge. I love all the photos Janytime was able to get on her layout.

Dear Friends Designs gave us a fabulous template to use for the second Template Challenge. I just love the blues in this layout from khannen.

JoyLynn gave us wonderful fall words to use for the Word Art challenge. This layout from DianeInOz is just fabulous.

And this is just a sampling of the awesome layouts submitted this month. Each is linked, so please go leave them some GS love.

You still have a few days to get your layouts done to get this month’s collab.

 

Sneak Peeks – October 23, 2015

Oh my goodness so we have a BUNCH of kits releasing tomorrow. I’m just going to jump right in and show you some of the awsome layouts the Creative Teams have made to show them off.

Blue Heart Scraps has a new kit:

With new Dagi’s Temp-tations template:

Dagi’s Temp-tations has a new template set:

With new Mandy King kit:

Mandy King has a new kit:

With new  Dagi’s Temp-tations template:

CathyK has a new bundle:

With new Little Rad Trio mask set:

Little Rad Trio has a new mask set:

Magical Scraps Galore has a new kit:

JB Studio has a new mega bundle:

With new Dagi’s Temp-tations template:

With new Dagi’s Temptations template:

Dear Friends Designs has a new template set:

With new CathyK bundle:

With new Lindsay Jane collection:

Lindsay Jane has a new collection:

With new Dagi’s Temp-tations template:

Ponytails Designs has a new bundle:

With new Dear Friends Designs template:

Boomersgirl Designs has a new kit:

Seatrout Scraps has a new Grab Bag:

Whew….that was a lot of layouts. Have fun shopping tomorrow.

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