Happy Friday!!!
Here’s your next piece to this awesome kit:
Challenge Spotlight – Bakery Window
Apr
18
2011
Wait what happened to last week? Umm well I sorta…well…forgot. You see I’m a pretty structured person and when my schedule gets interrupted say for something like my baby girls 18 mo. checkup that is at my usual blogging time, then well I just forget what it was I was doing. Super sorry, especially to those awaiting to see if they won something! So lets not keep you waiting any longer! StarsWarsFans is the random winner! Here’s what you won:
Had to get those bunnies out for Easter you know. 😉
Okay now to this weeks spotlight challenge! Do you ever struggle with journaling. Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words, but other times it could certainly help to know HOW the 18 month old got marshmallows all over in his hair, especially if it was all Daddy’s fault. 😉 Well if you are an avid journalist or need some help getting the words out Char has the challenge for you! Bakery Window Challenge for the second half of April is all about journaling!
Here’s some super LOs to see how journaling can fit right in and sometimes tell a story you didn’t even know you had to tell.
by Char
by Lisa
by chigirl
by jenevang
Want to give journaling a try? Come to the Bakery Window and write all about it!
Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).
CT & those who have already done a LO with this kit are elligable. Let me see those comments!
Apr
17
2011
Yay! We had such a close poll this week for the LOTW votes. It was a nail bitter all week long, but alas we have a winner and it’s Sugar&Spice! What an amazing layout! Lovely composition and a fabulous extraction.
Click on 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.
The Dish: Serving up…. Amamda/ PhotoCowGirl
Apr
17
2011
I am serving up Amanda aka PhotoCowGirl today!
She is our feature GingerBread Lady this month, and you know what that means! She has an amazing Grab Bag for you for the month of April. **This product will be automatically added to your cart with any purchase of $10.00 or more! **
This set of THREE brand new products can be yours for FREE this month! With any $10 purchase in the Gingerscraps store, this grab bag is yours for FREE! Simply make any $10 purchase in a single transaction in the month of April 2011 and you will receive this grab bag absolutely FREE! These three products will cost you $8.00 next month in the PhotoCowGirl store, get this deal while you can!
So lets get to know more about the lovely Amanda….
Ginger: Part of being the Monthly Feature means I put you under the microscope, and find out all about you 🙂 You ready to Dish!?
…. well it is lunch time here (right now with I am typing this) So for my first question…. What should I have for lunch today? lol What is your favorite Lunchtime meal?
Amanda: I am a big soup and pasta fan, but darling hubby is very meat and potatoes. So whenever we don’t get to eat lunch with him, we often have soup or pasta. My favorite: homemade fettuccine Alfredo
Ginger: Mmmmm I love fettuccine Alfredo!! So yummy!
Now I have food on the brain, What is your favorite flavor of ice-cream?
Amanda: DQ’s Triple Chocolate Cookie Dough Blizzard. My hubby brought me one right after my 2nd daughter was born. I swear it can heal anything!
Ginger: I have actually never had a Blizzard…. but now I think I will make sure I do 🙂 Sounds delicious!
OK, what is your least favorite food?
Amanda: Hominy. I can’t even stand the way it smells.
Ginger: Honestly I dont even know what that is. LOL. Hopefully that will not be served at your Easter Dinner this year? (did you like the smooth transition!) Tell us about your favorite Easter memory?
Amanda: When I was a child. Easter egg hunting with my cousins! Now, we visit myparents and go to church as a family. You don’t realize how important family is until you become a parent.
Ginger: I so agree with you! Traditions are so important, and photos of it all just as important 😉 ok now, I want to see a childhood photo of you! If you can dig up an Easter photo that would be awesome!
Amanda: Oh, Ginger you’re killing me. You know, I don’t have a single photo of my childhood, outside of baby pics in my baby book. They are all at my parents. You are missing out too, because I was a cute kid. Tell you what though, I will dig one up next time I’m at home and post it in the forum.
Ginger: I will hold you to that 🙂 Tell us about your family now? (kids, ages, etc)
Amanda: I have 2 girls, 3 years & 7 months. I’ve been married – going on almost 5 years – to a man I met locked out of his dorm room in nothing but a towel… talk about fate.
Ginger: Oh my! That is so funny! Can we see a family photo pretty please?
Amanda: I hate to admit this, but I do not have a family photo of all of us. My hubby likes to run and hide from the camera and I’m usually behind it Thanks for the reminder that I need one, and here’s a layout I made of my two favorite girlies to hold you over until I get one:
Credits: Kit, Memory Keeper by Designs by Helly; template, by Busy Bee
Ginger: LOVE the Layout though, so precious! How about some more….Can you share with us 2 of your favorite Layouts and tell us a little about each?
Amanda: This is my all time favorite layout:
credits: In The Wild by Ziggle Designs
Ginger: Oh my goodness! I love that! Wonderful journaling!
And now Amanda the Designer! PhotoCowGirl… Why did you choose that as your designer name?
Amanda: Well, I don’t want to say I stole it, but I’d heard of a photographer called the FotoCowboy. I liked the idea behind it so I used it as my login name when I first started hanging around the scrapbook forums. I never got creative enough to think of another one when I started designing. Although, in all honesty, it fits. I’m not sure I’d classify myself as a hardcore cowgirl, but I love to take pictures and I’m a country girl – with a horse.
Ginger: Thief! haha just teasing 🙂 It totally does fit your style perfectly.
Can you share with us your 2 favorite products, I know it is like picking a favorite child.. but do your best 🙂
Amanda:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Wild-About-You-2-Templates-by-Photocowgirl.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Barren-Beauty-Bundle-by-Photocowgirl.html
I’ll spare you the 3 pages explanation of why they are my favorite.
Ginger: Beautiful!! Well.. it looks like you survived! Yahoo!! I want to thank you again for being our March Feature Designer! And I hope all you readers out there rush on over to the GingerScraps Shop, and fill your cart (with at least $10.00 worth of goodies) so you can get Amandas AWESOME Grab Bag!
April Daily Download #16
Apr
16
2011
Oh my goodness!!! I am way late today! 🙁 I totally slept in this morning and have been so busy cleaning all day. I just sat down to look at the comments and realized there were none! lol I love seeing all the comments in my e-mail! You guys really are pretty awesome!!! I’m still working on some fun tips and tut’s for y’all! I’m a Gimp user right now and just trying to learn Photoshop Elements but I’m working on getting some good stuff – don’t worry! 🙂
It was so great to see some of you at the speed scrap yesterday!!! There’s another one coming up on Thursday 4/21 at 9pm EST – this one will be a template chat so it should be fun too! I do LOVE templates!!! When I first started scrapping I was afraid of them but now a year later – I use them a lot!!!!
Anyhow – here’s day # 16 for you:
Hope you are having a great weekend! 🙂
New Welcome Kit Added!
Apr
15
2011
My bad! I totally forgot to post in the newsletter the fantastic new welcome kit that has been added to the forum. This week’s kit is by Daphadilly Art!
If you missed any of the other welcome kits don’t worry! They are available too! Tell your friends and check them out!
Fresh Baked! 4/15
Apr
15
2011
Happy Day! Have you ever made a decision and that just made you smile? I did today. We started planning a vacation. It isn’t anything big or fancy, but this trip just put a smile on my face and some stress off my shoulders. Just the thought of getting away from the day to day life just seems to make everything better. What about you guys?
I have some descisions for you to make that will definitely make you all feel happy. What you are probably wondering….well how about which new release are you going to buy! I have the answer for you….ALL OF THEM! hehe This will be easy to afford since everything is 25% off this weekend! Plus when you spend $10 or more in the store you automatically get this grab bag by PhotoCowGirl for free! What is better then that?
I do have to ask you first though – Did you score big at Persnickety Prints last weekend? If you missed the sale, I do have good news for you. You can ALWAYS save 10% just by entering our coupon code!
Now for the New Releases! Don’t forget to take a look at Colie’s Corner’s store to see what amazing products she has! Sadly she will only be here for 2 more weeks so grab them while you can!
La Vie Heureuse by P’tit Studio Katia
A fun and colorful kit just right for bright spring days. With fun and cheerful patterns, embossing and plenty of textures for the papers, there are 30 or so embellishments to add to it. Let your happy moments shine through your layouts. To complete the kit there is an alpha in 3 colors across the letters and numbers. Comes with a Scrap For Others license. Available as seperate products, but make savings by buying the complete kit! Get your copy while on sale.
https://store.gingerscraps.net/La-Vie-Heureuse.html
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Fancy Pants by Daphadilly Art
Ooo la la, Fancy Pants is the perfect kit to scrap your fancy, prissy, and cutesy photos!
Reg price $4 Sale price $3
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Fancy-Pants.html
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Have you ever wanted to add journaling to your page but weren’t sure where to start? This Journaling Prompts pack from Wyld Web Designs is your solution!
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Journaling-Prompts-by-Wyld-Web-Designs.html
Do you have some edgy or funky photos that you need to scrap? Are you a happy city dweller? This Urban Daze kit is for you!
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Urban-Daze-by-Wyld-Web-Designs.html
And there is a coordinating graffiti-style alpha also:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Urban-Daze-Alpha-by-Wyld-Web-Designs.html
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From Craft-tastrophic, the Craft-Templates packs are arriving to Ginger Scraps
A complete line of templates in different styles to get a twist in your LOs.
All come in PSD layered format plus individual PNGs.
Craft-Templates Squaredby Craft-tastrophic
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Craft-Templates-Squared.html
Craft-Templates Squared Too by Craft-tastrophic
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Craft-Templates-Squared-Too.html
Craft-Templates Messy Blocks by Craft-tastrophic
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Craft-Templates-Messy-Blocks.html
Bug In Love by Craft-tastrophic
A kind of unique swatch for a ladybug kit, you can add this kit to your collection, specially designed for those bugs you love!!! Also suitable as a Valentine´s kit or for your lovable pictures.
Include 12 textured papers and 36 elements.
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Bug-In-Love-The-Kit.html
And another one by Craft-tastrophic for this week…
In time for the season… LOL… It´s Spring
This is a kit in a soft sweet swatch, specially for easter season but suitable for baby shower, baby birthday, kidergarden adds or any other project you may need soft and cute creatures to embellish it. The kit includes 12 textured patterned papers and 50 elements.
Personal Use / S4H, S4O
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Its-Spring.html
By Jen (redutedaisy) Using Creations by Julie’s Card Template.
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And by Psychozoe Designs, CU, PU, S4H friendly. The options are limitless when using these Paint Swatch templates. Layered PSD, and PNG are included. $2.00 — 1 3-section swatch, 1 6-section swatch, 1 2-section swatch
https://store.gingerscraps.net/CU-Paint-Swatch-Templates.html
Some inspiration for the Paint Swatch templates
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Buttoned Up by Ellie Lash
10 cute buttons, each in two colors, and three button threads. Button up your layouts with these sweet little things! For personal use and S4H.
Sale Price: $1.87 (Regular Price $2.49)
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Buttoned-Up.html
Sew Straight Alpha by Ellie Lash
Ellie can’t sew a straight line, and you can tell with this alpha! Just a little bit messy, this alpha is super versatile! For personal use and S4H.
Sale Price: $1.87 (Regular Price $2.49)
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Sew-Straight-Alpha.html
Pipe Dream by Ellie Lash
Got a little (or big!) gamer in your life? This kit is just for them!
Sale Price: $4.87 (Regular Price $6.49)
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Pipe-Dream.html
Wild Things by Ellie Lash
Sale Price: $2.62 (Regular Price $3.49)
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Wild-Things.html
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HK Designs and Marshmella Designs created this Hello Sunshine collection.
The kit includes 13 papers and 62 elements:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hello-Sunshine-Kit-with-HK-Designs.html
Coordinating alphas include A-Z and 0-9:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hello-Sunshine-Alphas-with-HK-Designs.html
4 quickpages:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hello-Sunshine-Quickpages-with-HK-Designs.html
4 psd file templates:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hello-Sunshine-Templates-with-HK-Designs.html
And they bundled everything up for a SUPER savings:
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hello-Sunshine-Bundle-with-HK-Designs.html
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A Time To Plant by Connie Prince is perfect for showing off your beautiful blossoms (even those of the flower variety)!
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Time-To-Plant-Kit.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Time-To-Plant-PreDeco-Papers.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Time-To-Plant-12×12-Temps-CU-Ok.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Time-To-Plant-WordArt-Pack.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Time-To-Plant-QuickPage-Album.html
Beautiful layouts using this collection!
Just in time for your Easter layouts, these ready made templates will have your photos scrapped in no time!
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hoppy-Easter-QuickPage-Album2.html
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It’s a Hybrid Birthday Party by Creations by Julie!!
Now you can have those Chic Themed Birthday Party decorations without breaking the bank!
With this Hybrid Birthday Party Kit you can create a very special and personalized Birthday Partys for the special people in your lives.
This kit includes templates to make all of the following Party Decorations,
CupCake Toppers, CupCake Wrappers, Birthday Crown, Personailized Banner, Treat Bag Toppers
Birthday Invite/Thank You postcard (Not all items shown on the preview)
Just use your favorite Digi kit in any theme you choose, add to the layered templates and print your way to the most fabulous Birthday party ever!
All Templates in PSD and PNG forms.
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Hybrid-Birthday-Party.html
Look at this by Lisa! A doggie Paw-ty!
Make your friends and family smile when you give them a special Shaped Birthday Card by Creations by Julie!
Set includes two shaped, layered greeting card templates. In PSD and PNG forms. A Cute Cake and a Fun Gift! Add some “Real” elements like ribbons, ink, glitter, buttons etc for that true Hybrid experience!
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Shaped-Birthday-Card-Templates.html
Here is a card Laura made:
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Funkytown {the alpha} by Cari Cruse: Suede-style paper alpha in both light and dark shades adds a wonderful touch to your pages! As a special bonus, get 7 bonus wordarts – the seven days of the week ready to drop onto any page!
Contains: 52 letters + 7 BONUS wordarts included
Sale Price: $1.35 {Regular Price: $2.25}
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Funkytown-the-alpha-by-Cari-Cruse.html
Funkytown Weekdays {the wordart} by Cari Cruse: Suede-style paper letters form the seven days of the week in this wonderful wordart, ready to drop onto any page!
Contains: 7 wordarts
Sale Price: 75 cents {Regular Price: $1.25}
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Funkytown-Weekdays-the-wordart.html
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Pixels By Jen has a new commercial use doodle pack- Ready for Warmer Weather Doodles. All files are in PNG (both line and fill), PSD and TIFF for easy customization, reg $4.00
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Ready-for-Warmer-Weather-CU-Doodles.html
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Gardening season is approaching fast! Don’t miss your chance to create fun whimsical elements to scrap those planting and harvesting adventures with Veggie Garden Friends CU Templates by Pretty in Green.
8 layered templates in PSD and PNG formats.
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Veggie-Garden-Friends-CU-Templates.html
More of a Fruit person!? These sweet friends are sure to make some fun whimsical elements to scrap those planting and harvesting adventures with Fruit Garden Friends CU Templates by Pretty in Green.
8 layered templates in PSD and PNG formats.
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Fruit-Garden-Friends-CU-Templates.html
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So there you have it! Another great week by our fabulous designers. Have a great week!
April Daily Download #15
Apr
15
2011
Hello all!!!
It’s Friday!!! Are you ready for the weekend? I am! I am so excited by the warmer weather that I might just want to stay outside all weekend. I’m sure my boys would like that! 🙂
So anyhow – I hope you’ll consider joining me for this speed scrap today. It should be a fun time and I’ve got several new kits that I haven’t scrapped with yet. I’m excited to get into them! 🙂
Be sure to visit the store today – there are lots of fabulous Fresh Baked Goodies!!! Alrighty – here’s day #15 of this kit:
Have a great day!!!!
Daily Download #14
Apr
14
2011
Hello! Hope everyone is having a great week! Just want to give a quick reminder that we are having a speed scrap tomorrow at 10am PST/1pm EST. I’ll be putting the kiddos down for nap and enjoying a little mid-day speed scrap – I’m ready!!!! 🙂 We’ll be scrapping with Cari Cruse and in case you haven’t been to one of her speed scraps before – you always get a great layout and she usually hands out a pretty awesome participation prize too! 🙂 I hope to see you there!!!
Now here’s day #14:
Have a fabulous day!!!