GingerScraps: New FREE with Purchase Collab, New Monthly Mix, New Buffet & More!!

Hello February and hello scrappy friends! A brand new month is here, and you know what that means at GingerScraps. Fresh inspiration, beautiful new goodies, and so many fun reasons to play with your photos and tell your stories.
This month is packed with everything you love. A brand new Free With Purchase collab, a gorgeous new Monthly Mix, and a colorful new Buffet filled with kits ready to spark your creativity. We also have a whole new batch of AMAZING challenges waiting for you in the forum, along with a brand new reward you can earn by completing just 10 challenges this month.
And that’s not all. Please help us give a big GingerScraps welcome to our two new Feature Designers, Jumpstart Designs and J. Conlon and Sons. They will be filling the blog with freebies EVERY day, giving you even more reasons to stop by, get inspired, and scrap along with us all month long.
February is officially open and we cannot wait to see what you create!

*A brand new Free With Purchase collab
*A gorgeous new Monthly Mix
*A colorful new Buffet that has a great mix of kits
…and so much more!
Don’t forget to check out the Buffet Bundles. One easy click to add bundles of Buffet goodies to your cart.
The buffet colors for February definitely scream Valentine’s Day and I love it. So many gorgeous kits for those special photos.
Remember any $10 spent in the store gets you this great collab.

Love Stories is a romantic collaboration inspired by vintage love letters and timeless connections. With a rich palette ranging from deep red to soft pink and lush greens from dark to light, this kit is filled with old fashioned charm and heartfelt emotion. Perfect for telling stories of romance, anniversaries, memories, and cherished relationships, Love Stories brings elegance and nostalgia to your pages. Each element evokes the beauty of handwritten notes, lasting love, and stories meant to be remembered forever.

This collab includes: 2 Alphas {Uppercase}, 61 Papers, and 94 Elements.

This Free With Purchase was created by Angelle Designs, Aprilisa Designs, CathyK Designs, J. Conlon and Sons, and JB Studio.

The Blooming Creative is a joyful collaboration celebrating art, imagination, and growing into your creativity. Inspired by the fresh energy of spring and the excitement of new ideas, this kit is filled with art supplies, creative projects, whimsical florals, and expressive details. A bright and playful palette of pink, green, teal, orange, and blue is grounded with bold black and white accents that make every page pop. Perfect for documenting creative journeys, artistic moments, and the beauty of self expression, The Blooming Creative invites you to let your ideas bloom.

This kit includes: 4 Alphas {Uppercase, Lowercase, Numbers & Punctuation}, 56 Papers, 92 Elements, and 4 12×12 Template {png, psd, tif file formats}.

This Monthly Mix was created by Jumpstart Designs, Kristmess, Lisa Rosa Designs, and Miss Fish Templates.

January’s Daily Download is provided by Jumpstart Designs and J. Conlong and Sons. Collect new pieces daily on the GingerScraps Blog.

Take a look at the new challenge reward kit. If you complete any 10 challenges this month, you get this gorgeous collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

Just for You captures the sweetness of love made personal. The handwritten note, the thoughtful surprise, the everyday affection that feels like a warm hug. This playful and heartfelt collaboration celebrates joy, sincerity, and giving love simply because it feels good to make someone smile. Designed in a cheerful palette of pinks, purples, peach, and teal, this kit is perfect for documenting meaningful moments, thoughtful gestures, friendships, and love in all its forms. Every element reflects warmth, connection, and the beauty of making someone feel truly special.

This kit includes: 1 Alpha {Uppercase & Numbers}, 55 Papers, and 91 Elements.

This Challenge Reward was created by Neia Scraps, Twin Mom Scraps, WM[squared] Designs, and Wetfish Designs.

Take a look at these gorgeous layouts from our site creative team. These were made using the February Monthly Mix.

DD: FEB 1

It’s a new month and time for a new Daily Download. Before we get to the new sneak peeks, let’s look at the full kit from January.

Snowy Friends by Neia Scraps

Now to the February Sneak Peeks. This month kits are from Jumpstart Designs and J. Conlon and Sons.

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Saturday February 7th, 2026

DD: JAN 31

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Friday February 6th, 2026

January 30, 2026: Fresh Baked at Gingerscraps!

Welcome to another Fresh Baked Friday. We are already at the end of January. 2026 is starting off as quick as 2025 ended.

Have you visted the Welcome Wagon part of the forum? The Welcome Wagon contains gifts from our deisgners. Make sure to grab them because they will be replaced with new gifts very soon.

February’s Book Club choice has been released. Check out the forum to see what it is and join in the discussion.

Remember, spend $10 in the store and you’ll get this collab for free.

Let’s take a look at the Fresh Baked kits from our designers. I’m seeing some pinks and reds make their way into kits in preparation for Valentine’s Day.

Just a few days left to get your January challenges done. Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

DD: JAN 30

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Thursday February 5th, 2026

DD: JAN 29

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Wednesday February 4th, 2026

DD: JAN 28

https://bit.ly/3L5h2NT

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Tuesday February 3rd, 2026

Tutorial Tuesday (Photoshop Elements)

Quick Trick: Curses… That Cursor!

Today’s Quick Trick is a touch self-serving, but I can’t be the only one who has old eyes… My mom turned 90 on Sunday and I wanted to surprise her with my favourite black-and-white photo of her, taken in 1963. But it was COVERED in dust specks, and I couldn’t leave it like that! So I opened it up in PSE to fix it. Well. The Spot Healing Brush cursor has become completely invisible to my rapidly declining eyes when the background is any shade of gray and I soon had a headache from trying to see it. There’s a little trick that can help locate it – using the space bar to change the cursor momentarily to the Hand Tool – but it’s very momentary, and if you try to move it, POOF! I needed a better solution, so I did a web search. The results weren’t encouraging… there’s no way to change the colour of the cursor, which would have been perfect. So I tried some of the suggestions people offered. Changing the “pointer” settings in Windows didn’t do anything useful, but I did find something that worked, sort of. I’ll show you what I settled on.

Oy, these screenshots don’t show well here. So I’ll narrate. I clicked Edit>Preferences>Display & Cursors… to access the cursor settings.

These were the settings I was working with for the Painting Cursor, which is what Elements classifies both the Spot Healing Brush and the Clone Stamp. These settings were Normal Brush Tip and Show Crosshair in Brush Tip. That setting appears as a circle with crosshairs inside it. It shows up well on white – it turns black and pops nicely – and black, because it’s white. But any shade of gray and it’s totally invisible to me.

I tested some other options and didn’t like the ones that use an eye-dropper icon. When I switched to Precise and left the Crosshair box ticked. the cursor changed from that faint circle with the crosshairs to just a plus sign, but it was infinitely more visible even against most shades of gray. The one drawback is that the SIZE of the Brush Tip isn’t obvious with this setting. The Shield will appear when you click the Brush over a spot, and you’ll have an idea of size that way. I can live with that.

I will be writing a Lasso-vs-Magic Wand Selection post for you, but I’ve discovered I’ll need more time to prepare it than I expected. Since my husband’s eye surgery I’ve been doing all of our son’s care and transfers in addition to all of my own usual tasks, so I haven’t had a ton of spare time. He has another follow-up with the ophthalmologist on Thursday and hopefully will be cleared to get back to normal. Watch this space!

DD: JAN 27

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Remember, the download is kept up for 5 days, and then it is taken down. If you miss pieces, the kit will be available for purchase on the first day of the following month.

Post expires at 10:00am on Monday February 2nd, 2026

January 16, 2026: Fresh Baked at Gingerscraps!

Happy Friday everyone. I hope you have all had a productive week. For our scrappers in the Southern and Eastern US, please stay safe and warm. It will be a good time to stay in and scrap.

Remember, spend $10 in the store and you’ll get this collab for free.

Let’s take a look at a sampling of this week’s Fresh Baked releases.

Have you picked up the January Monthly Mix Collab? I love the color combinations in this one.

Have you gotten a good start on your January challenges? Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!