Digital Scrapbooking

It’s that time again to announce our next LOTW winner!!

April 30, 2012 by GingerScraps

Congratulations to Jacque for winning LOTW! Her layout is absolutely stunning. Can you imagine how long it took to layer all of those flowers. My guess is a LONG time, but well worth it in the end to have an absolutely gorgeous LO in the end. Click 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.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

This Week’s Sneak Peeks

April 26, 2012 by GingerScraps

Hey Hey Hey!!! It’s my favorite day of the week again! Peek A Boo Thursday!!! I love love love getting to see glimpses of what is coming to the Gingerscraps store, don’t you!?

And yes, I am feeling tons better than last week, thank you! I feel so good, that I can’t wait to shop again!!!! I love to shop. I absolutely love it. I shop for shoes, I shop for house stuff, I shop for clothes for me and the kids, I shop for the best bargain, I shop for gifts, I shop for things that help me bring out the creative side of me, like antiques, architectural salvage materials, and my favorite, Digital Scrapbooking Supplies! Oh how I love shopping for Digi Stuff! I don’t need a shelf to keep it on, I don’t need to worry if I leave the lid open or the scissors out, or if the cat will get into it. Oh, how freeing!!!

But I will tell you why I love to shop. I love to be INSPIRED. I am inspired creatively by the things around me, that surround me every day, and by what is new to me. When I am inspired creatively, I am better able to be creative in my job, at home, with my kids, with the organizations I am involved in, and feel more balanced and productive. No, I am not rationalizing my shopping habit. Well, maybe. But when you come to Gingerscraps you cannot help but to be INSPIRED by the fantabulous designers and their Creative Teams!

So, let’s see what we get to shop for this week in the Gingerscraps store, one of my favorite hang outs other than the CAbi store in the outlets….

From PsychoZoe, we have this fun little number…

Yummalicious colors are coming from Pixels by Jen shown here… I love that owl!!!

From Keeping In Touch Designs, and a template by Craftastrophic from this month’s Template Challenge, we have this lovely ensemble of colors and notions that will inspire so many projects and ideas for preserving those memories!

Also from Keeping In Touch Designs with a template by LauraMarie Scraps….

And here is a fun kit from Jen Yurko that is coming out. Talk about INSPIRED! I think I can use this in a ton of different ways! Can’t wait to get my mouse on this one!

from Jen Yurko…

Coming from Luv Ewe Designs…

Coming from Jen Yurko and Joyful Heart Designs…

Well now, if you are anything like me, your socks have been knocked off by the way super fabulous designers here at Gingerscraps, and your brain is going a mile a minute as you are thinking of wonderful ways to incoporate these new kits into your scrapping closet! I am one who needs to see the kit first, then I figure out how to use it. And I like that my scrapping closet doesn’t need to worry about being messy, or over flowing. I have a good system of organizing my files so everything is at the ready, so I’m good to go! Rock on!!!!!

So pull up a mouse, grab some tea, or java, or lemonade, and sit here with me while I wait until Friday for these fabulous kits to show up in the Gingerscraps store! In the mean time, you can catch some fun times and loads more inspiration on the Gingerscraps forum, the friendliest digi scrapping site in the universe!!!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

LOTW Winner!!

April 23, 2012 by GingerScraps

Congratulations to Saar for winning LOTW! I love how the title is incorporated into the LO and how the “O” is used as a frame. She has created such a pretty pink LO!! ! Click 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.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

LOTW winner!

April 16, 2012 by GingerScraps

Congratulations to Rosemarythyme for winning LOTW! Her layout is absolutely beautiful. The photo is perfectly blended. Click 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.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

Team Spotlight: Terra – Sugar Kissed Designs!

April 14, 2012 by GingerScraps

Good morning GingerScrappers!

Today we get to chatty chat with someone a lot of you already know, Terra! Designer of Sugar Kissed Designs, host of our Friday Night Owl Scrap&Chats and all around awesome lady! OH! And she is hosting this months Daily Download! Awesome? Yup.

The standard, little bit more about yourself please 🙂

I’m 35 and I was born and raised in Arizona… I took a detour up north and lived in Minneapolis for a few years, and honestly feel like I’m more from Minnesota than here. I have a dog and a cat that sleep on either side of me and take up most of my bed! As far as hobbies, I love gardening and cooking. I’m very into the whole foods movement.

What got you designing? How did you start?

I started as a designer for taggers. And then I participated in a designer contest and was SOOO unprepared! Designing at 300 dpi is much different than designing for web use. However, I think that contest and the encouragement I received from other designers in the community really spurred me on and helped boost my own designing confidence.

Well, I can safely speak for the general public, that we’re happy you gained that confidence because your designs are lovely!

Speaking of, your kits- Do you still have your first? Your favorite and your bestselling?

Oh this is a hard question. I think my favorite kit is the first one I ever made for Ginger Scraps “Home”. I Love EVERY layout I see made with it!

My best selling kit is either Photogenic or Fleur de Pêche

I know I’ve said this before, and I mean it each and every time, but I absolutely love ALL three of those kits! I’ve been wondering what to use my March challenge rewards on, and I am really really really eyein’ up that Home kit now. All kits are available still in the store, each image preview is linked.

In one word how would you describe your design style?

Transitional. (I think I’m a nice cross between contemporary and traditional)

More about your designing Terra, what inspires these beautiful kits?

All kinds of things! Music is a huge inspiration when it comes to ideas though!

What is the one thing you can’t do without when designing: be it music, coffee, quiet, specific software, any one thing you can’t live without!

I can’t design without Illustrator and Photoshop! I love illustrator and the freedom it gives me to create items by hand.

What is your advice for aspiring designers?

I had a professor in theatre arts once who said “If you can see yourself doing anything else… don’t act”… I think the same really goes for designing… You have to love it heart and soul and realize that the return is rarely ever going to be what you put into it. Even the top designers probably don’t earn enough to truly compensate for the time, supplies, and talent put into their products. So make sure it’s truly a passion because it is hard work and it’s definitely a business not a hobby! LOL

Makes perfect sense to me!

Now for some fun!

What is one thing we may not know about you?

I tend to hum and sing a lot.

Your most favorite book turned movie ?

Alice in Wonderland

That response had me jumping out of my seat (almost literally), ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO! I just love all things Alice in Wonderland! I mean looooooooooooove!

If you could vote any FICTIONAL character into Presidency for 2012 who would it be?

Willy Wonka… I think our country would be far more tasty and hopefully we’d all get a personal oompa loompa as part of his campaign promise!

He would get MY vote!

Lastly, after a long day, what is your favorite drink ( anything from coffee to juice to soda to a glass of wine)?

Water with Lemon.

Yum!

So now you know, Terra likes to hum and sing, drink water with Lemon and every layout made with her Home kit. You know what that means? It’s Saturday morning, you’re probably still in your jammies (I know I am!) so what’s more awesome than putting your feet up and shopping?! Check out that Home kit, and her other great designs at her shop!

Make sure to join our Friday Night Owls Scrap & Chat too! There’s always lots of chatting, fun and even goodies!

Don’t forget to check back every day for the April Daily Download either!

I hope everyone has a terrific weekend! I hope the Midwest (I, being a resident myself) doesn’t get too slammed with the forecast of storms, just enough to help the grass turn green and the trees to bud and bloom. 🙂

May your coffee be bottomless, and your slippers fuzzy!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Product/Designer Spotlight Tagged With: Sugar Kissed Designs, Team Spotlight

Fresh Baked! 4/13

April 13, 2012 by GingerScraps

Hi! Guess what tomorrrow is? It’s Sister Day! Well maybe not technically, but this is what my sister-in-law and I call it when we get together without our families. Tomorrow we will be going to the movies to finally see The Hunger Games. I know, we are probably the last people on the planet that saw it, but this was our first free weekend. I’m super excited to sit in a movie theatre without little ones needing to use the bathroom every 5 minutes. What are your plans? Well I have some ideas for you that involve our store and some computer time! Whatever your plans are I hope they are fun! Know what else is fun? (Gosh I’m awful at segways…lol)

Let’s talk about Mystery Designer. Last week’s Mystery Designer went crazy with goodies for you. First, let’s take another look at the sneak peek.

Are you curious who the designer was? Well it was…the one…and only… BLUE HEART SCRAPS!!

Here are our winners:

Facebook: LaShawn Castings

Blog: SharonG

Forum: Rachel DeVaughn

Would you like to see the full kit? Ok, here you go!

Isn’t that cute? But see here is the thing. She made more goodies for you and your Facebook page.

Now here is a special deal just for you! If you buy her Sunshiney Day kit you can get the Facebook templates for free! They will automatically be added to your cart so no worries for you at all.

Now I know you want to know who our next Mystery Designer. Well…it’s…GOTCHA! Ok, here is your new sneak peek. Make sure you leave your guesses on Facebook, on the blog, and in the forum. The forum hasn’t had a lot of guesses so make sure you get your vote in there too!

Who do you think made this?

Gosh I’m excited about this kit!

Oh my gosh! I almost forgot about our new Welcome Wagon kit. This Welcome Wagon kit was made by Jen Yurko so make sure you check it out! In case you don’t remember, these are free mini kits that we offer you to show off our talented designers. All you have to do is be registered in the forum and you can get kits from many of our designers!

Now for our new releases! Let me remind you once again, that if you spend $10 in our store you get a free grab bag by Jill DZines for free!!

Here we go!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/BAPTISM-By-Inspired-Designs-Bonus-Wedding-Add-On.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Daddy-s-Boy-Designs-by-LauraMarie-Scraps.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Mommys-Girl-Designs-by-LauraMarie-Scraps.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Medieval.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Medieval-Alpha.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Green-Thumb-Facebook-Timeline-QPs.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Clean-It-Up-Patterns.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Clean-It-Up-Doodles.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Java-Jive-Patterns.html
https://store.gingerscraps.net/Java-Jive-Doodles.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/String-A-Doos-6.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Sunny-Templates-by-Find-Your-Bliss-Designs.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Make-A-Difference-Collab-Kit.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Project-2012-March-Brag-Book-Album.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Sun-Is-Shining.html

There you go! Have a great week!!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

This Week’s Sneak Peeks

April 12, 2012 by GingerScraps

Good Morning, Scrappers!

It’s Thursday morning once again! I can’t believe it is here! It’s that time when I get to create a ton of anticipation here on the blog! And boy oh boy, will there be anticipation when you see these sneak peeks!!! I get so excited when I get to see what’s cookin’ around here and get to share those scrumptious morsels with you!!

Hey! Did you notice that this Friday is going to be Friday the 13th?! That’s right! It is! But you won’t have any bad luck while at Gingerscraps! I promise! There’s only good luck, good people, good friends, and good stuff going on here in the Gingerscraps forum, and a bunch of great designers who continue to rock the digi world with their amazing awesomeness!! So if you need a bit of goodness on what many think is a dreadful day, come on over! A visit to Gingerscraps will surely be the best part of your Friday the 13th!!!

Ok, so let’s look at what is causing all the excitement around here.

First we have some things from LauraMarie Scraps and a few goodies from the Free With Purchase grab bag for April showcased in this layout. Don’t you love those papers and frames and toes! LOL!!! Ok, the toes don’t come with the kit, but those flowers and that cute alpha do!!!

LauraMarie Scraps is also cookin’ up this goodie for you! How fantastic is this!?! I just love the stitching, and that frame! Two of my favorite colors together, too!

When two designers get together like Find Your Bliss Designs and Psychozoe Designs, you can’t help but to anticipate awesomeness!!! I can’t wait to see more of this duo’s creation!

A new concoction coming from from Find Your Bliss Designs with papers and elements in the first layout from an older kit Hop Into Spring Collaboration by Kathy Winters Designs & Craft-tastrophic Designs which you can find in the store now. Find Your Bliss, you are rockin’ my socks today!!!!

These new goodies below are brought to you by Inspired Designs by Crystal. Simply beautiful! Talk about anticipation! I can’t wait to see more of this!!!!

The CTs rocked the following four layouts!

Twin Mom Scraps is sure adding to the anticipation by bringing this to you…. How pretty is this!!??

I guess I have the fine art of “Not Being Able to Wait” pretty well down pat, now. Thanks, GS Designers for unleashing my anticipation today!

So pull up a mouse, get your cup of java, and sit right here, and join me in shopping for all these amazing and awesome and scrumptious goodies!!

See you at Gingerscraps, the friendliest place in the digi universe!

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

April 9, 2012 by GingerScraps

Congratulations to APoyer for winning LOTW! Her LO is absolutely gorgeous and not to mention adorable! I really love the title and the strip of photos. Click 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.

https://gingerscraps.net/gsblog/2012/04/5734/

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking

Team Spotlight: Jill DZines!

April 7, 2012 by GingerScraps

Good morning scrappers! Rise and shine!

Today we’re talking with Jill, designer of Jill DZines.

She is hosting our store grab bag for the month of April. If you spend $10 in the store (NOT hard to do with all our great designers!) you get the grab bag for FREE! Awesome, I know, right?

First a little bit about Jill,

I have 2 kiddos – 20 yo daughter, Eliza, and 15yo son, David… both awesome, fantastic kids that make me proud every day. I also have a wonderful, supportive husband, Paul, who works hard both at work and home – he is a fantastic gardener and we are lucky to have abundant fresh garden-goodies (especially FABulous tomatoes) from about mid-July through November! (I often wish we lived a bit further south, as Minnesota has a pretty short growing season!) We also have one pampered-pooch, Ellie, a cockapoo, age 5 (I think?) and one beautiful Siamese-cross kitty, Jasmine, about 13 years old… I hate to think about how old she is because I don’t know what I’m going to do when she goes…she is my favorite pet, EVER, and is almost always in my lap or laying on my stomach if I’m in bed! I love my pets almost as much as if they were kids!

Besides digi-design, I LOVE reading – and especially love my Kindle. Also love listening to audio-books while I’m doing anything else. I am a multi-instrument musician, and have played in several bands over the years, and been professionally recorded on a couple of CDs (as an instrumentalist, not “my own” CD). I play piano/keyboard (and taught piano for about 13 years), banjo, multiple percussion instruments (bongos, congas, djembe, and any other fun things I get my hands on), and harmonica – blues style. I haven’t played my banjo in a few years though, so not sure how nimble I would be at that now!

Now THAT is something! Who knew we had such a musician among us?! I think that’s pretty freaking neat!

Lets talk a little bit about your kits.

My first kit was called “Slightly Shabby” (LONG-ago retired!); best-seller ever was “My Favorite Boy” (also retired); and my favorite is probably “Fresh” – which I don’t have in my GS shop, but you can see what it looks like by visiting my blog, as that is the kit I used for my current blog-wear.

I know that my your Artful Blends Papers are my favorite! They are so beautiful!

How did you get into designing?

Oh that’s easy… as soon as I finally figured out how to digi-scrap, I started learning to make my own stuff, because I love creating and have always had interest in artsy stuff.

What inspires your designs?

Usually I am most inspired by color-combos, or by wanting a certain kind of kit to scrap my own family photos. I do really like GingerScraps Buffet, because the “thinking” part is all done already – all I have to do is follow the colors and theme – that makes it much easier, IMO!

I love the Buffet too! It’s so neat to see a combination of so many of our designers come together to create a giant mix-n-max collection! This month we have the Happy Hopscotch collection which is so BRIGHT and fun (check out Jill’s gradient papers!)

In one word, Jill, sum up your style.

One word??? Impossible, I think! LOL! How about “Eclectic”? 😉

What is the one thing you can’t do without when designing: be it music, coffee, quiet, specific software, any one thing you can’t live without!

Illustrator, definitely! I don’t do a ton of doodles, but I ALWAYS open a new Illustrator file every time I start a kit, because I always have to make something or another in there!

Do you have some advice for aspiring designers?

Learn absolutely everything you can about using your program (I use, prefer, and recommend Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator). Do lots of different kinds of step-by-step tutorials, even if they don’t seem to apply to digi-scrapping, because by doing those, and following the steps and directions, you will learn a lot of things about your software that you might not have ever discovered on your own. Also, spend time experimenting with the different filters and effects in the software before you decide to purchase any additional filters and/or plug-ins. Chances are you can do the same thing in Photoshop, maybe with just a bit more time and work.

Excellent advice!

Now for a little bit more fun!

If you could time travel to any time, where would you go?

Oh my, hmmm… I’m not sure I would want to live in any time other than now – I’m too spoiled by modern conveniences!

Last month we read Hunger Games for the GingerScraps Book Club, which most of the world is away was made into a HUGE blockbuster movie. What is your favorite book to movie series?

I think that would have to be Lord of the Rings. Those movies are some of the best-done book-to-movies that I can think of!

There you have it! Thank you Jill for letting us get to know you just a bit better!

I’m off to refill my cup of coffee and be super lazy today! Hope everyone has a terrific weekend, a very happy Easter and lots of pictures taken to scrap! I look forward to seeing all those new Easter Layouts! 😉 (and remember, calories don’t count on holidays, so don’t feel guilty about having an extra Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg -or two.. 😉 )

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Product/Designer Spotlight Tagged With: grab bag, Team Spotlight

Fresh Baked! 4/6

April 6, 2012 by GingerScraps

I don’t think I’ve been so happy for Friday to finally come. My kids are off from school today which means things are so much more relaxed. I know a lot of your kids must be on vacation, our won’t be for another two weeks. This week was just so bad that man I’ll be happy when Monday comes. By the way, Happy Easter to you all. I hope the Easter Bunny brings you lots of chocolate. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, I hope you still get lots of chocolate!

I do have a present for you. Well not really from me…but a present from Connie Prince. She is so sweet she is having a sale just for you!

Now that I told you about her sale let’s talk about the Mystery Designer!

Last week I showed you this sneak peek:

There were tons of guessees! Who did you guess? Did you happen to guess Jen Yurko? Yeah? Then you were RIGHT!! YAY! Let me show you the full kit called Any Given Wednesday!

Let’s see if you were one of our winners:

Facebook: Tanja Blaufelder

Blog: RJ

No one guessed correctly in the forum so we picked a random winner there and that is

Forum: khannen

I will be sending you coupons later today!

Let me show you our new Mystery Designer…remember no team members can win. Leave a guess as to who you think it is on Facebook, in the forum, or on the blog.

So….who made it?

While you figure out who did this kit let me show you our new releases. Remember if you spend $10 in the store you get this grab bag by Jill DZines for free!