2015 Scrapping Survivor *Lost At Sea*

Good Monday morning everyone!! Have you heard?! This years Scrapping Survivor is here!

What is Scrapping Survivor?  It is weekly challenges, starting July 21st and a whole lot of fun. Make sure you run over to the forum and sign up. Sign ups deadline is July 19 (Sunday). Scrapping Survivor is a scrapping competition, this is the 6th season. Each season we “travel” to a far off destination. Season One we were lost in Paradise, Season Two we went to the Jungle, Season Three we got stuck in Grandma’s Attic, Season Four we were stuck in Oz, Season Five we were at the Digi-County Fair, and this year……
We are going to be *Lost At Sea*!

Throughout the weeks, there will be Immunity Challenges. These Immunity Challenges are usually very fast paced! If you are lucky enough to win an Immunity Challenge, you are safe from that weeks vote out.
Every Weekly Challenge and Immunity Challenge has specific rules. ALWAYS READ THE RULES!! It is an awful shame when a player must be eliminated because they did not read the rules carefully enough.

What will I win?
During our Survivor adventure you will compete to win a grand prize.
This years grand prize will be:

  • A huge collection of coupons from our GS Designers.
  • A Season Pass for one year, every item in the GingerBread Ladies shop collabs category will be yours for free.
  • A $50 Cash Prize! Sent directly to your Paypal account.
  • A spot just for you on the GingerScraps Site Creative Team! (optional, you are not required to accept this prize)

This years second place prize will be:

  • A huge collection of coupons from our GS Designers.
  • A Season Pass for one year, every item in the GingerBread Ladies shop collabs category will be yours for free.
  • A $20 Cash Prize! Sent directly to your Paypal account.
  • A spot just for you on the GingerScraps Site Creative Team! (optional, you are not required to accept this prize)

This years third place prize will be:

  • A huge collection of coupons from our GS Designers.
  • A Season Pass for one year, every item in the GingerBread Ladies shop collabs category will be yours for free.

For all the players that are staff players-
{Staff players include Site CT and Designers} {Sugar Cookies and Ad Team will be playing with the regular forum members}
The winner of our staff players will receive:

  • $30 Cash Prize! Sent directly to your Paypal account.

 

 


Pretty awesome right?! I competed last year & it is how GingerScraps became my scrappy home. It is challenging, but a lot of fun! Not something you are going to want to miss out on. Make sure you get signed up before the deadline! If you have any further questions or just want to chit chat about the fun challenges to come, check out the forum HERE!

We will see you at sea!

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Challenge Spotlight – Color Challenge

This week I thought I would focus on the the Color Challenge hosted by Magical Scraps Galore. Since it’s July, she challenged us to use lots of red, white, and blue and there have been some great layouts posted so far. Some patriotic (for the US 4th of July), some summery, and some just using the colors. Let’s see a sampling of what’s been posted:

Pippin

 

msbrad

kpmelly

boba80

craftytam

and BriannasScrapper

Remember when you do 10 challenges, you get this awesome collab kit:

Happy Scrapping!!

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4th of July & Canada Day

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Good Monday morning! For those in the states, did you have have a good Independence Day? Canadians, did you have a good Canada Day?! I hope you did and I hope you took lots of photos. I am here today to help take the chore of looking for kits for said photos. We are going to take a look at some of the great digital scrapbooking supplies in the store to scrap those 4th of July and Canada Day photos!

Just like the holiday’s before, we have an entire section dedicated to patriotic digital scrapbooking supplies. If you already have the ones I am about to showcase in your stash or just want something else, make sure to check there. Here are just a few items to get your patriotic layouts scrapped. (all images linked).

 

 

 

 

Some great designs, right? We would love to see what you are scrapping with our patriotic designs. Make sure you upload your layouts to the gallery. There is a challenge that goes perfectly with these patriotic goodies. There are a lot more patriotic items in July’s Buffet. You can take those July Buffet layouts & take part in the Buffett challenge in the forum! There is also a color challenge this month that would work well with your patriotic layouts! So, get those holiday photos scrapped & links us up!

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Creative Style | Journaling

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Good morning everyone! Today we are going to talk about a creative style of scrapping. Well, it isn’t really a creative style. However, I’ve had conversations with scrappers about this. Some do it & some don’t. Some do a little & some do a lot. Today we are going to talk about journaling on your layouts.

Do you journal on yours?! I’ve been known to scrap with no photos & a lot of journaling. There are very few pages that do not have a bit of journaling (or more!) on them. For the most part, we are scrapping for the future. To look back on. I’ve been surprised, when looking back on pages that I’ve not put a date or journaling on, and really cannot remember at what time in my life that took place.

Journaling is important! It helps tell the story. It also can be cathartic. Just a jot down of what is going on, how you felt, what people said, or the date. These things can help you remember in the future, your family to recall those times, and evoke feelings you felt for the day/person/so on that you scrapped.

I’ve talked to scrappers in the past. A lot of us are on Creative Teams. We might not want our personal notes and feeling advertised with the products we are creating for. Even the layouts we are not making for creative teams, or if you are not on any, some people might not want those things broadcasted in the galleries.  Don’t let that hold you back from journaling! Pop those layouts up in the galleries and then go back and journal for your own eyes. Here are some great examples of journaling that I found in the gallery. (Images are linked to their gallery post. Go leave some love!)

There are SO many options to help you get to journaling in the store. Actually, you can journal with any kit, template, and so on. Since that is the case, I am going to show you what was used for the journal pages above. Look around the store yourself. What gets those words flowing for you?!

Be-you-tiful by Just Because Stuido

 

Wings Of Hope – Kit by Connie Prince

 

Going Places Bundle by Luv Ewe Designs, Blue Heart Scraps and Dear Friends Designs

 

This Is My Story by LJS Designs

 

One Little Word – 2014 by Cornelia Designs


If you need a place to get those creative juices flowing, there is a journal challenge in the forum. You can get started with journaling on your layout & take part in a fun challenge. Do you have some journal pages?! Make sure you upload them in the gallery & link us up! We love to see what you scrap with our products.

Happy Scrapping…and journaling!

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Challenge Spotlight May 12, 2015

Happy Tuesday! Are you needing some scrapbooking mojo? Why not go and take a look at the Mix it Up Challenge! This month’s challenge is hosted by Kimberley of Leaving a Legacy Designs! She has challenged us to dip into our stash and make a layout with a kit we have NEVER used before! Whether it’s a kit you bought a while ago that you have been meaning to use or one you have had your eye on in the shop, just scrap with it and post your amazing page to count as one of the 10 challenges you need to do to receive this awesome collab this month:

 

Check out some of the pages submitted!

Hiking Emmaburg

Believing Is Just The Beginning

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What kits are you itching to use????

Challenge Spotlight March 10th, 2015

Happy Tuesday! Yesterday the sun came out and the temperature was over 60! Spring is coming! And what better way to get in the mood for spring is to change your Desktop background! Connie Prince is hosting the Desktop Challenge this month and has provided this awesome template to use:

This challenge is great! You get a new background for your computer and complete one of the 10 layouts to get the awesome monthly collab!

Here are a few for inspiration!

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March Desktop

Have a great week!

Challenge Spotlight March 3rd, 2015

Happy March! Soon it will be Spring and I can’t wait! The snow seriously needs to stop! I need sun and flowers! The other GREAT thing about a new month, is a brand new batch of challenges and a brand new collab! Complete 10 Challenges to get this awesome kit!

This week’s spotlight is the Buffet Challenge! All you have to do is make a layout featuring any of the products available in this month’s beautiful Buffet.

And here is a little inspiration from our members:

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Brody Mason

Lupines

Boys will be boys

Each one of the layouts is linked so please go and leave them some love! Have a wonderful rest of the week!

 

Challenge Spotlight February 24th, 2015

Happy Tuesday! It’s hard to believe this is the last Tuesday this month! Two months of 2015 down! There’s still 4 more days left to get those challenge layouts done! This week’s spotlight is the 2nd Template Challenge hosted by Missy of Scraps By Missy. She created this awesome template for us to use!

The challenge is simple, use this template to make an awesome layout! What I love about templates is no two people use the template the same. Everyone puts their own personal touch on it! Check out how other members have used this awesome template!

My Love

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Happiness

Feb Template 2 Challenge

How will you personalize this template! Be sure to post in the Forum and record it on your tracking thread!

Challenge Spotlight February 17, 2015

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! This weeks challenge spotlight is the Inspiration Challenge hosted by Kimberly of Leaving a Legacy Designs. This month she challenged us to find inspiration in this quote:

Make a layout with this and 9 other challenges and you will get an awesome collab that changes monthly!

Lets see some awesome layouts created for this challenge!

My Imperfect Love

Love is

love found

What page can you make using this quote! We would love to see it!

Challenge Spotlight February 10th 2015

Happy Tuesday! We are only a few days from Valentine’s day so this challenge spotlight is featuring the Mix it Up Challenge hosted by Rachel of Seatrout Scraps. She challenges us to make a page with the theme “5 Things I Love About You.” She provided this gorgeous example:

There have been some awesome pages submitted! Check them out!

Things I Love about You

10 Things I Love About You

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5 Things I Love About You

By completing this challenge and 9 others you will receive this awesome collab!

Just remember to record your layouts in the challenge thread! You don’t want to miss out on this collab, there will be a new one next month!