Digital Scrapbooking

Sneak Peeks September 30th

September 30, 2014 by Shellby JB

I know today is normally a challenge spotlight day but since it is the last day of the month and I am absolutely in love with the colors of tomorrows Buffet, I am going to give you a sneak peek! Next month is Halloween and these colors are perfect for it but our designers also thought up some awesome kits in all sorts of themes! I love how the CT mixes and matches all the kits perfectly!

Tomorrow all the awesome products will be released! I get sooooo excited for the beginning of the month! I love the buffet! Have a wonderful last day of September and enjoy the first week October!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

September Spotlight Designer

September 28, 2014 by Stephanie MH

Happy Fall everyone. It’s been a busy month here at GingerScraps with our 6th Birthday Celebration. Hopefully you got all the goodies from the Facebook Hop and took advantage of the great sales. The weather is finally cooling off in my corner of the states (North Carolina) and I’m looking forward to some gorgeous leaf colors soon.

This month, our feature designers are Clever Monkey Graphics and Wimpychompers. I got a chance to ask Tracey of Clever Monkey Graphics some of our get-to-know-you questions.

What is your design process?

Choose theme, choose colors which often involves lots of play, looks for inspiration, start designing.

What do you use to create your designs (program, addition tools, etc.)?

Most of my work is done in Photoshop 4.0. Occasionally I open my Illustrator. I also have a Wacom Cintiq monitor that I can play on for direct to monitor doodling.

Describe your design workplace.

Usually it’s my big comfy brown leather chair with my feet up and a laptop where it belongs – on my lap. TV is often on with a cheesey movie playing that doesn’t matter if I look at it or not.

What motivates and inspires you as a designer?

Color, pattern

What is the last book you read?

Dinosaur Lake Book 2

Tea or coffee?

Both but I switched to decaf a year ago.

Do you craft outside of the digital world?

I’ve pretty much given that all up as I hate making the messes and my tastes have changed about what I want decorating my wall or house. Also having my daughter a little older now we’re not doing kid krafts.

How do you feed your sweet tooth (photo if you got it)?

I really shouldn’t feed it! But I do love Canadian chocolate and also crystallized ginger. Dark chocolate covered almonds give me a great sneaky caffeine boost since I stopped drinking caffeine.

What is your *favorite* kit you’ve designed (that is currently in store) and why is it your favorite?

I really don’t know – I always go back to thinking I love the Under the Boardwalk pair of kits. I really enjoyed using my Tropical Aloha and At the Zoo kits recently too. Can’t really say why I love some more than others. I just click with some more than others.

What is your favorite thing about GingerScraps.net?

I find it to be a great and friendly community of people.

What is the most used App on your phone?

I’m old school – I still don’t have a smart phone.

Do you have a guilty pleasure?

Bad sci fi!

How long have you been designing?

Eight years.

Salty or sweet?

One followed by the other!

If you could travel to any TIME in the past, present or future where would you go and why?

I’d like to go back a few years to have some great sit down conversations with my Nana who has since passed on.

Thanks Tracey!! Make sure you check out her Facebook page, her Blog, and her store at GingerScraps.

Keep an eye out for some new questions and check the Gingerscraps Facebook page for ways that you can be involved.

But for now, tell us in the comments, what is your favorite Clever Monkey Graphics or Wimpychomper kit?

Fresh Baked: September 26, 2014

September 26, 2014 by Sarah

Whoo! Did you have a blast with the birthday party? We hope you got plenty of goodies, but not too much. The designers have created some wonderful kits, and there’s definitely a little something for everyone!

Before we get to the goodies, you know that I have to show off a few layout using this month’s buffet and the newest monthly mix, Nostalgic Summer.

Created by CindyB. I love the use of the hashtag for the title. I love the little flowers in the corners.

Created by becky_a. I love the layers, and the clusters are beautiful.

Created by Elizabeth. I love the tiled title!

Sneak Peeks September 25th

September 25, 2014 by Shellby JB

Happy Thursday! Are you anxious to see all the great goodies coming out tomorrow??

Leaving a Legacy Designs has a couple new kits available:

with new Dagi’s Temp-tations release

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

CathyK has a new bundle:

with new Craft-tastrophic templates

Cornelia Designs has a couple new products:

Little Rad Trio has new goodies:

JB Studios has a new kit:

using new template from Craft-tastrophic

Craft-tastrophic has a new template pack:

There’s a new bundle by Keystone Scraps:

with new Craft-tastrophic template

Queen Wild Scraps has a new template pack:

Pixelily Designs has a new kit:

Connie Prince has a new mega bundle:

Lissykay Designs has two template packs releasing:

And Created by Jill has a new bundle:

All the products will be released tomorrow! Have a great last weekend of September!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

Challenge Spotlight September 23rd

September 23, 2014 by Shellby JB

Happy First Day of Fall!!! Summer is officially over and hopefully most of us in the US will get a few months of cooler temperatures before the cold really starts. To get into the Fall mood, you should totally created a LO for this month’s Color Challenge! Luv Ewe Designs is hosting and the task is simple, use fall colors! This challenge counts towards your 10 challenge goal to get this awesome collab:

Remember the rewards change every month! Make sure you have your tracking thread updated!

Look at some of the layouts that have been submitted for this month’s Color Challenge:

Enjoy your week!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

Fresh Baked: September 19, 2014

September 19, 2014 by Sarah

Oh. My. Goodness! Today is going to be a CRAZY newsletter day! It’s Gingerscraps’ birthday, we have a new designer joining the team, and SO MANY goodies are being released!

Before we get to the goodies, you know that I have to show off a few layout using this month’s buffet and the newest monthly mix, Nostalgic Summer.

Created by sladd79054. I love the clusters!

Created by zenjen. I love the corner cluster and the framing of the pictures.

Created by jencrook. The clusters are amazing, and I completely agree with the title!

Sneak Peeks September 18th

September 18, 2014 by Shellby JB

Happy Thursday!!! Are you ready for the last weekend of Summer? I am looking forward to the cooler temperatures but Fall can stick around awhile. I am not looking forward to snow! Speaking of this weekend, I hear there’s a birthday celebration with lots of goodies and fun coming!

Dagi’s Temp-tations has two new packs coming out:

New Designer Cornelia Designs has several goodies for her opening!

with new template from Queen Wild Scraps

using new template from Lissykay Designs

Queen Wild Scraps has a new kit and several new templates

Little Rad Trio has a new kit:

using new Queen Wild Scraps template

Lissykay Designs has two new template packs:

Leaving A Legacy Designs has two new bundles:

New Kit by Ponytails and template set

using new template from Lissykay Designs

Using new template from Lissykay Designs

Craft-tastrophic has a new template set

Wimpychompers has a new kit:

using new template by Dagi’s Temp-tations

With new Ponytails template

with new Craft-tastrophic template

Connie Prince has a new kit out:

with new Lissykay Designs template

Come by tomorrow to see the full kit reveals! Have a great weekend!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Sneak Peeks

Challenge Spotlight September 16th

September 16, 2014 by Shellby JB

Happy Tuesday! Hope the temperatures are treating you well in the last week of summer! Fall is upon us next week! This week’s challenge is perfect to help us get ready for fall! This week’s spotlight is on the Word Art Challenge hosted by Nat of Ponytails Designs. She created a great word art for everyone to grab and use in their page!

Here’s some of the layouts our members have posted for the Word Art Challenge:

There’s 2 weeks left to get your challenge LO’s done for this month’s awesome collab!

Have a great week!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Spotlight Challenge

Fresh Baked: September 12, 2014

September 12, 2014 by Sarah

Good morning! How’s the week been treating you? We hope that it’s been a good week, and that you have lots of pictures that need scrapping! The designers have some great templates and kits coming out this week that you’re definitely going to want to use!

Before we get to the goodies, you know that I have to show off a few layout using this month’s buffet and the newest monthly mix, Nostalgic Summer.

Created by Deanna. I love the journaling, and the cluster work is wonderful.

Created by MiracleMummy. I love how the pictures are just tucked in.

Created by zenjen. I love the use of white space with the distressed background paper.

Sneak Peek’s September 11th

September 11, 2014 by Shellby JB

Hello! I hope everyone is well on this somber day here in the US. Tomorrow, I hope you are ready for all the awesome releases coming your way! There’s oodles of templates and beautiful kits I know you will be eager to add to your stash!

Lissykay Designs has two amazing new releases!