This Week’s Sneak Peeks

Good Morning, Scrappers!

I hope you were able to enjoy some, if not all, of iNSD weekend here at Gingerscraps! What a blast we had chatting with each other, doing scavenger hunts, guessing which designer went with which baby picture, posting in the gallery, and even playing truth or dare! There were numerous speed scraps, chats, and tons of fun give aways in the forum too! Oh my gosh! I have never had so much fun on my computer in my life! The Gingerbread Ladies really did a great job at cooking up loads of awesome fun for everyone!

And…they’re still busy cookin’ up stuff for us! Gee whiz, Ladies! You’re all so amazing and wonderful! Let’s see what’s cookin’ this week…

From Keep In Touch we have this beautiful kit. I love making vintage-y  looking layouts, and this is going to be perfect!

 

Stop on by the Gingerscraps Store on Friday, May 11, 2012, to see more of what our way awesome super fantabulous designers have created for us!

I am soooo excited to see more of what’s been cookin, how about you!?

 

Pull up a mouse, and a cup o joe, and join me in waiting for Friday’s new additions! I am super excited! These designers are super cool, and I want everything they create here at Gingerscraps!!!

Happy rest of the week to you!!!

 

 

May Daily Download #10

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Challenge Spotlight – Template Challenge #1

Have you recovered from NSD yet?? Has your pocketbook? I didn’t go as crazy shopping as some of my fellow scrappers did (you know who you are!), but I did buy a bunch of kits I’ve had my eye on for a while and I’m ready to put them to good use! Here’s a way to get scrapping with all those treasures you picked up over the weekend and add another freebie to your stash: the first May template challenge hosted by Inspired Designs!

This month’s first template is really cool; take a look!

I really love the mix of square and circle photograph shapes with the mini clusters. This template will definitely make for some eye-catching LOs! Need some inspiration from the fabulous scrappers of the forum? Here you go!

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By Victoria32

By MommyScrapper

Wonderful pages, ladies! You’ve all made the template your own and these LOs are definitely inspiring my creativity!

You’ve got all month to get this one in to count towards your challenge points, but it’s such a nifty template, I’d grab it now if I were you! (As a matter of fact, I should go finish my LO with this one right now!)

Don’t forget to grab a spot May Challenge Points Tracking thread so you can tally up all your points and start working your way towards a discount coupon or gift certificate! Any questions on this or any of the monthly challenges can  be posted to the Cookie Jar; don’t be shy, someone else might have the same question! 🙂

Alright ladies, I’m off to start going through my NSD spoils and get some challenges done!  Have a wonderful week and I’ll see you all back here next Tuesday!

LOTW Winner Announced!!

Congratulations to preciouspixels for winning LOTW! Her layout is absolutely stunning. The large photo is a beautiful and the clusters of flowers, lace, and ribbon are gorgeous. Click the image to leave her some love or click here to view her entire Gingerscraps Gallery.

This layout was creating using Hope & Faith by Connie Prince

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.

This Week’s Sneak Peeks

Good Thursday Morning, Scrappers!!! I hope you are getting excited about National Scrapbooking Day this weekend! I am soooo psyched and I can’t wait to join in all the fun that Gingerscraps will have going on this weekend.  Whoo hoo!!! Bring it on!

And bring on those new goodies from the kitchen! What have our designers been cookin’ up for us this week? Oh, I bet it’s going to be GOOD!!!  Ok, you know me, I have no patience, so I am bringin’ it to you now!

 

Here are a few creations to show you what’s coming from Keep In Touch Designs.

Keep In Touch Designs, you rock my purple socks off!!!! I have to have this collection!  This is so pretty!

I love  those little cars!!! Check that out!

 

Next, from Sugar Kissed Designs comes such a sweetly versatile kit. Totally Scrumptious!!!! 

Love these sweet soft colors and the fun designs, stripes, swirls and embellies!

More sweetness  from Sugar Kissed Designs…

and…

 

Now, take a peek at this month’s Grab Bag from Pretty in Green!

Here is an awesome layout using this month’s Grab Bag from Pretty in Green and a journal mat from Kathy Winters Designs.

Soooo super cute!!!

 
Here is another adorable layout using this month’s Grab Bag from Pretty in Green. 
The  journal card from the A Match Made in Heaven Buffet by Pretty in Green.
Love this!!!! Check out the cute banner, and that cuddly panda bear! So sweet!!!
 
More from Pretty in Green. Just fabulous!!!! Absolutely Adorable!! I am in LOVE with the Pandas!
 
Find Your Bliss has been stirrin’ up something wonderful for us. Check this out!  
Here’s a little something from Find Your Bliss Grab Bag.
The banner from May’s Free Gift with Purchase Grab Bag by Pretty in Green.
These colors remind me of a sweet summery party punch! Yum!
 
Kathy Winters Designs is cookin’ up a little spring for us, too! This absolute gorgeousness is so pretty!
Just look at all the pretty patterned papers in here! This just makes me smile and feel happy all over!
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Do I see SCRABBLE pieces in here?! How awesome is that!!!?? Love that!!!
I think I might spontaneously combust before Friday…I cannot WAIT to get this!
 
 
 
Blue Heart Scraps has been busy in the kitchen too, mixin’ up a little something for us (and the puppies) too.
Don’t you just love the colors in this! And what fun  word art!
I have to say, these pups have it good!!! Way super fun stuff here!
 
 
Wowee Zowee! That is alot of cookin’ goin’ on here at Gingerscraps! And who knows what ELSE is going to be cooked up this weekend for NSD!  Well, I know I where I am going to be….
 
So come on! Get your mouse, pull up a chair, and join me right here at Gingerscraps, where fun is cooked up all the time and the awesomeness just keeps on a comin’ every week!  Until then, let’s think of all the ways we can use these goodies for the memorable moments in our lives!
 
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It’s that time again to announce our next LOTW winner!!

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.

This Week’s Sneak Peeks

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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….

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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!

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from Jen Yurko…

 

Coming from Luv Ewe Designs…


Coming from Jen Yurko and Joyful Heart Designs…

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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!!!

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LOTW Winner!!

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.

LOTW winner!

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.

Team Spotlight: Terra – Sugar Kissed Designs!

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!