Goodness, where is June going? I cannot believe it’s already the 15th. That mean’s it’s BAKE SALE time!! How exciting. Let’s see what our fabulous designers are offering up this month.
Make sure to grab what these FULL kits before June 20. Have a great week!
Welcome to summer and June. This month we have TWO fabulous designers in our spotlight and they have both been gracious enough to answer our questions.
First up is CathyK Designs. Let’s see what she had to say.
What is your favorite “go-to” color palette?
I like bright and happy colors. And blues and greens. And navy – I’d put some version of navy in every palette if I could, LOL!
What is your favorite treat to have close while designing?
Coffee with hazelnut creamer
Do you have job outside of designing? If so, what do you do (if you don’t mind sharing)?
I worked as an engineer for many years, but am taking time off of that to be with my kids.
What is the current ringtone on your phone?
Whatever came pre-selected on it when I got it.
If you were deserted on an island (with all water/food provided), what three things would you want to have with you?
My husband and 2 sons.
If you could spend the day with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why?
I’d like to spend the day with my great-grandmother. I remember as a small child sitting with her, stringing beads, and listening to her tell stories about her life growing up. I really wish I could remember the actual stories – I was so young then.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
I’d love to travel to Italy.
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
I would never sing at karaoke night!
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Feed chocolate often!
What is one thing you will never do again?
Spelunking (cave exploring). I’m glad I did it once, but I never want to do it again!
What’s your favorite movie?
Anything sci-fi
Do you love or hate roller coasters?
I like small roller coasters, but not the really tall ones. I don’t like that first drop!
Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?
No
What was the last thing you ate?
Coffee with hazelnut creamer (drinking right now as I type)
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Turquoise
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
People who take up more than one parking space
Pirates or Ninjas?
Ninjas, of course!
Country or City?
Probably country.
Morning or Night?
Night
Indoors or Outdoors?
Indoors mostly.
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate!
Cats or Dogs?
Cats
What great answers. Thanks so much to Cathy for playing along. Make sure to check out her GS Store, her FB page and her blog.
And now, let’s see how Kathryn Estry answers those same questions.
What is your favorite “go-to” color palette?
Cheery, pretty colors – love the colors of my home office (check out Studio Kathryn as it’s designed after my office at home)
What is your favorite treat to have close while designing?
Popcorn
Do you have job outside of designing? If so, what do you do (if you don’t mind sharing)?
I am now a retired teacher of gifted/talented children – such a fun job!
What is the current ringtone on your phone?
Had to look – meadow sunrise
If you were deserted on an island (with all water/food provided), what three things would you want to have with you?
Assuming I’m alone, … my phone (with a forever charge and service of course) to talk to my family and friends, plenty of games I could play by myself, and my Bible
If you could spend the day with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why?
My parents – I’d make sure they got to see their grandchildren all grown up and meet all of their sweet great-grandchildren. I’d also want them to see how happy I am!
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
The Netherlands – used to live there and miss it.
What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
Hundreds of praise songs
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
To Where You Are by Josh Grobin
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Caution: Passionate Perfectionist – leaves the Energizer bunny in her dust
What is one thing you will never do again?
The Tower of Terror – deathly afraid of heights – absolutely horrible!
What’s your favorite movie?
Switching this to favorite musical – Les Miserables – have seen it numerous times in quite a few cities, and can sing many of the songs by heart.
Do you love or hate roller coasters?
Love them from the ground! ha!
Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?
Sure – As creative as God is, I doubt that He stopped with this world.
What was the last thing you ate?
A sugar free cherry snow cone – eating one now – make them at home almost every day
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Green – always seems to be the most used crayon
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Never having enough time to do all that I want to do in a day
Pirates or Ninjas?
Pirates
Country or City?
Have to admit I’m a city girl
Morning or Night?
Up early and stay up late, so probably both
Indoors or Outdoors?
Outdoors in a clean warm pool or indoors at my computer, again both
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate of course!
Cats or Dogs?
Both dear to my heart! only one pet now, a kitty named Amber
Thanks Kathryn. Those were great as well. Make sure to stop by her GS Store, FB page, and blog as well.
Both designers have also placed a coupon in the daily download for this fabulous kit:
Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend. Make sure to check the blog frequently as we have lots of exciting things posted for you every week.
Can anyone believe it’s May 15th already? This year just seems to be flying.
Let’s see what our wonderful designers are offering in the Bake Sale this month. Remember, all of these are available for $1 each through May 20.
Just look at these goodies.
Make sure to keep an eye on the blog for the awesome new goodies being released this week in the Fresh Baked post.
Happy May. Did everyone have fun with iNSD? I know it was sure busy around here. I wanted to hold off on posting this until things calmed down a little. Hopefully the weather is warming up in most places. I live just outside of Charlotte, NC and we are gearing up not only for the Wells Fargo Golf Championship this week, but this is also the beginning of 10 days of NASCAR racing at the speedway. Is the rest of your May as busy as mine looks to be? I would love to hear about your plans as we prepare for SUMMER!
This month our Feature Designer is Missy from Scraps by Missy. She was gracious enough to answer some of my off the wall (but fun) questions.
What is your favorite “go-to” color palette?
I’m not sure I have a go-to palette but I love anything with pinks and purples.
What is your favorite treat to have close while designing?
Sweet tea or ice water.
Do you have job outside of designing? If so, what do you do (if you don’t mind sharing)?
I’m a stay-at-home mom, and it’s a full time job .
What is the current ringtone on your phone?
Stop, I’m Already Dead by Deadboy & the Elephantmen
If you were deserted on an island (with all water/food provided), what three things would you want to have with you?
Family, portable solar panel charger, laptop!
If you could spend the day with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why?
Sam Heughan…that would be a perfect day!
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Scotland
What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
I love all kinds of music, I may have the weirdest soundtrack out there….lol. Country, pop, rock, 80’s and 90’s are some of my favs.
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
Welcome to the Jungle
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Caution: Wide Load!
What is one thing you will never do again?
Get married, once is enough!
What’s your favorite movie?
Gone With The Wind
Do you love or hate roller coasters?
Love
Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?
Yes
What was the last thing you ate?
A taco
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Purple
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Grammar!
Pirates or Ninjas?
Ninjas!
Country or City?
City!!
Morning or Night?
Night
Indoors or Outdoors?
Indoors
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate
Cats or Dogs?
Cats
Thanks to Missy for playing along.
Are you collecting the pieces for this month’s Daily Download? Make sure you grab the download from the blog each day. The fill kit will be available in the store in June.
Make sure to check out Missy’s store. She has graciously offered a coupon for this month. It’s good for $2 off any $5 purchase (sbm_ds2). Also check out her Facebook page and her blog.
Don’t forget to leave a comment about how YOUR May is shaping up.
Happy Tax Day (for our US friends). Guess it’s a good thing that it’s also Bake Sale time so you can get some new goodies while not spending much. So let’s see what our fabulous designers are offering up this month.
And don’t forget, if you spend $10, you get this awesome collab {let it rain} for free. This would be perfect for me this week as it’s rained off and on every day.
Come back and leave a comment with some of the goodies you picked up. Remember these are only on sale until April 20.
Can you believe it’s almost the middle of the month? Where is the time going?
I wanted to pop back in here with a quick reminder about the sale that our Featured Designers have going on through April 15.
Also make sure you are grabbing the Daily Downloads by North Meets South Studios – a collaboration of Connie Prince and Trixie Scraps.
Enjoy the rest of your month and make sure to get yourself rested up for iNSD. As always, GingerScraps will be having a blowout celebration starting on May 1. Keep your eyes open for information to be released on sales, chats, contests, and that pesky little Gingerbread man.
Happy Easter everyone! This month we have an awesome two-some feature. Designs by Connie Prince and Trixie Scraps Designs. First up, we’re going to chat with Connie. Let’s see how she answered our fun questions.
What is your favorite “go-to” color palette?
Anything primary, bold, & bright!
What is your favorite treat to have close while designing?
Coffee
Do you have job outside of designing? If so, what do you do (if you don’t mind sharing)?
I homeschool my son who is 17 and in 11th grade.
What is the current ringtone on your phone?
Mario Brothers music
If you were deserted on an island (with all water/food provided), what three things would you want to have with you?
My family (including the dogs), endless supply of books to read, and my phone.
If you could spend the day with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why?
Definitely my mom. She passed away in 2011 and I miss talking to her very much.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
I would love to visit Ireland and Australia!
What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
My favorite song of the moment is Kelly Clarkson’s “Heartbeat Song”, it pumps me up!
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
Let’s see the last time I did karaoke I sang (very badly) Friends In Low Places.
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Incredibly silly.
What is one thing you will never do again?
Eat squid, yucko!
What’s your favorite movie?
This is always a hard one for me because I love so many, but Gone With The Wind is my all time favorite, I think.
Do you love or hate roller coasters?
Love them!
Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?
I think in some distant universe there probably is.
What was the last thing you ate?
Oatmeal with fruit.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Hot Pink!
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Cruelty of any kind.
Pirates or Ninjas?
Ninjas, hands down!
Country or City?
Suburbs lol.
Morning or Night?
Morning
Indoors or Outdoors?
Indoors
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate
Cats or Dogs?
Dogs
Thanks for playing along Connie.
Make sure to check out Connie’s GS Store, Facebook page and Blog. Also her store is on sale:
Did you know that our Featured Designers design together as North Meets South Studios? Connie and Tracy hava collaborated again for April’s Daily Download.
Make sure you are coming to the blog each day to pick up the pieces.
I’ll be back soon with Part 2 of our Featured Designer post. Until then….
Can you believe its time for the April Buffet? This year is flying. Make sure to stop by the Sneak Peek section and see what is to come.
First is this from Mandy King:
Next are some beautiful layouts with Pixelily Design‘s collection:
How about this awesome peek from Little Rad Trio:
Aprilisa Designs has designed this awesome offering:
This awesomeness from CathyK Designs:
And finally, this from Seatrout Scraps:
Make sure you check out all the offerings in the Buffet on April 1st.
Happy Bake Sale Day everyone. Today begins the March Bake Sale in the GingerScraps store. Many of our designers have placed a few full kits on sale for $1.00 each. Yes, a FULL kit for $1.00. How awesome is that? It’s one of my favorite times of the month. Let’s see what they are offering this month.
Oh my goodness – a lot of lovely goodies to choose from. This sale is good through the 20th, so don’t miss out. And remember, if you spend $10 (and look how much you can get for that), you will get the March Free with Purchase Collaboration – Rare Diamonds.
Have a great week. Off to shop. 🙂
Welcome to March and meteorological Spring (I’m a weather geek). I keep hoping that saying it’s Spring will convince the weather that it really is. So far, I don’t think it’s working.
SandyPie Creations is our featured designer for March. She answered some of our standard questions in a previous post (last June- see it here) so we came up with some different (and fun) questions for her.
What is your favorite “go-to” color palette?
Anything with a teal-y/aqua blue in it!
What is your favorite treat to have close while designing?
Honey roasted cashews or white chocolate covered pretzels (Flips)
Do you have job outside of designing?
No, I love this so much!
What is the current ringtone on your phone?
Can’t Hold Us Back by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton (the Ray Dalton part is the actual ring tone).
If you were deserted on an island (with all water/food provided), what three things would you want to have with you?
My iPad, a solar charger and a good blanket. (I hope there’s wifi.)
If you could spend the day with anyone (living or dead) who would it be and why?
Ooooh, that’s a tough one…
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
Somewhere tropical, preferably without needing a passport.
What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
(Shake Shake Shake) Your Bootie by KC & The Sunshine Band
She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
My Love by Celine Dion
What would you sing at Karaoke night?
I think I’m pretty terrible at singing so I would definitely not get up.
If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Contents under pressure.
What is one thing you will never do again?
I usually would answer this one “get divorced” and give my husband a warning glare. 😉
What’s your favorite movie?
The Princess Bride
Do you love or hate roller coasters?
I used to love them till I had a couple kids, now my body just doesn’t like them, especially anything upside down.
Do you believe there is intelligent life in outer space?
Yes.
What was the last thing you ate?
I shared a huge bucket of popcorn with my boys at the movies last night.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Brown or gray. I really love those colors.
What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Lack of manners or consideration for others.
Pirates or Ninjas?
Ninjas
Country or City?
Country, as long as there is a great internet connection
Morning or Night?
I’m a mid morning early afternoon kind of girl.
Indoors or Outdoors?
I’m definitely an indoor kid!
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Vanilla
Cats or Dogs?
I have both, but I’ve become more of a cat person. I appreciate their independence but probably more so because I’ve lost three dogs in the past 10 years, two pretty traumatically. (Sudden onset of problems and death followed by expensive vet bills for two. The third was old age, that one hurts the worst.) So I’m apprehensive to go through that again with dogs.
Those were some great answers! Thanks for playing along.
Sandy has her store at 40% off for the month of March and she’s behind the colorful Daily Download Kit. Make sure to check out her store, her Facebook page and her blog.
I asked on the GingerScraps Facebook pages what your favorite SandyPie Creations kit was and to share a layout with that kit.
djp332 shared this wonderful layout using pieces of the Daily Download:
and Lisa shared this fun layout using The Pursuit of Hoppyness:
Thanks for reading along. Have a great week!!
