All Fall Down Template Challenge

July 7, 2010 by

I am going to be hosting a monthly blog challenge here at the GingerScraps Blog to help you earn extra brownie points. This new challenge is call “All Fall Down.” You will get a template, but the pieces all fell down to the bottom of the LO. On know! 😉 I will have a couple of ‘rules’ for things the LO needs to contain other than the pieces that are included in the template. Other than that you have will have free reign on the LO. This is worth one (1) brownie point, and you will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.

Click here to download the template. I scraplifted the “idea” for this template from Trina513 in the GingerScraps gallery. Thanks Trina! 🙂

Please post your completed LOs in the challenge gallery under the Challenge Layouts Thread; then put a link to your gallery under the comments section for this blog post. Thanks for playing. 🙂

Filed Under: Blog Challenge, Digital Scrapbooking

LOTW

July 5, 2010 by

Yup…it’s a Monday and I’m finally posting the LOTW winner for the week of 6/25! I can’t tell you how much holiday’s throw off my schedule. It seems that I always travel during the holidays and I need to start relaxing and scrapping instead!! Wish me luck with that.

This weeks winner is dricamendes.  Congrats to her! Check out her Gingerscraps gallery.

What are you waiting for? Go leave her some LOVE 🙂

 

Don’t forget to head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. Remember, you can be a LOTW winner too. All you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Layout Of The Week

Behind The Scrapbook

July 3, 2010 by

Oh my gosh!! Has anyone else had a crazy busy week?? Kiddos are out of school, Canada day and Independence Day tomorrow. I know there’s lots of festivities going on.  I was supposed to go to the cabin with my BFF but I just couldn’t get it together in time… real life sometimes gets in the way of my fun life. Although I’m sitting here in the quite… first time I sat down all day and I have to say I’m feeling good. Sure my week was long but I have a great sense of a accomplishment and I can sit here with my feet up sipping my nighty night tea and feel guilt free about sleeping in tomorrow morning!

It’s also been pretty busy around Ginger Scraps this week. I know I’m missing my ladies and looking forward to a new month filled with fun challenges! I’ve been taking pictures like crazy so I’m set!

I have been a little absent but I did check out Rachel’s new store… Hmmm yup that’s right I’m so excited to welcome Pretty in Green to Ginger Scraps. I’ve been a fan of her freebies and LO’s for some time and she is such a welcome addition to the team:) I am so excited about her new puppy love series… I have sooo many puppy photos that still need to be scrapped!

She also has other breeds of dogs as well… which is good because I have a whole pack!!

Rachel also has some good news on the home front. Her dear daughter Ana is really getting used to her new glasses she has even caught her even fixing them on her face rather than taking them off  she just looks so grown up in them, way too cute! Way to go Ana!!

In other goings on… I happened to talk to Mandy and she is recovering from her Ryliegh hangover! She had her niece Rye spend the week at her house… now keep in mind that her kids are 16 (we’ll get to that later!) and 11…

I’m going to copy and paste a post of hers from our private DT thread…. haha shhh…

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Seriously I have no idea how you guys get anything done with little ones running around. I had my niece Rye for the past week and a bit and I am soooo pooped!!

She fun and pretty easy to look after but needs constant supervision! One day when she was running to the potty I was trying to just finish up gathering dishes… like 10 seconds goes by and I’m hot on her heels. I go to the bathroom and she’s not there…I find her in the kitchen … she had dumped a water bottle full of water into my big container of rice! So I made some rice that night for dinner…

She’s also doesn’t not like to be messy so if she gets a spot of mess on her clothes she needs to change…. it got to the point she showed me how to turn on my washing machine!! She’s brilliant! It’s a front load washer so she loads it with all her clothes I just need to do the soap!

Anyways life should be getting back to normal so I can catch up with my scrapping…

While I sit here a have a beer….... <—- that’s my favorite part ha!

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And here’s a picture of the sweetie.. BTW totally getting the potty thing… Yay Rye!

Mandy also had another milestone this week. Her daughter Kelsey turned 16!!! And got her licence!! And a car!!!! That a whole lot for a mom to take in all in one week!!

Here’s Kelsey in her car…

Well I’m off to go dig around for some more juicy gossip…. cya next Saturday!!

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Special Edition! *New Designer & Awesome Collab for only $1.00!*

July 2, 2010 by

Two bits of news for you today….. A new Designer!! And a WONDERFUL new collab by the GingerBead Ladies. For the month of July it is only $1 with any purchase over $10.00. And you might want to read to the very end of this newsletter for a really fun bonus 🙂

But first……..I am so thrilled to introduce you to our newest GingerBread Lady!!

You all might know her from GingerScraps Scrapping Survivor- She happened to be the Ultimate Survivor of Season 2!

Please help me in welcoming Rachel- Pretty in Green to our family as our newest GingerBread Lady!!

Check out her Store Here and her Blog Here

Rachel wrote up a little bio for you all-

I’m so happy to be joining Ginger Scraps! I’m a stay at home mom of 2 lil ones Gage who is 4 and Ana who is 1.5 Married to my hubby of which whom I am totally in love with 🙂 I have been digital scrapping for some time, the years are blurring together now, lol. I had been an avid paper scrapper all through high school, my friends and I would stay up late in to the night scrapping away, anyways after having Gage there was no way I could continue paper scrapping I made a few pages in his book and that was that. While shopping in Target one day I found a computer program for digital scrap booking, I talked hubby in to getting it for me for Christmas and then letting me have it early so I could play with it, I made about 5 pages with that program until I found Ginger Scraps and discovered a whole new world of digital scrap booking. I stopped using that program and dusted off my Photoshop and began Freebie hunting, I was in awe of the generosity of those designers with so many freebies, so I started making freebies too, when we moved in to our house, the address here is crazy and a lil screwed up lol so we couldn’t find Internet access for 6 months, but when we did right away I logged on to Ginger Scraps and was happy that it still felt like home to me! I entered the Designer contest and failed miserably I am so embarrassed by the designs I put out, but I kept at it and I take my time and now I put out ,in my opinion, beautiful quality designs that I hope you will enjoy and love too : )

Here’s the First Design I’d Like to Show you, I’m in love with it, I call it the Puppy Love Series! These kits came out of the love of my own Beagle mix I wanted to scrap layouts with some similar looking dog elements and all I could find out there were equally cute but non-specific breed doodles or cut outs, so one day I asked a few girls what their favorite breeds were and these kits came to life. There will be more puppies on the way if you want a puppy made for your breed of dog let me know, I’ll add it to my list 🙂

The Puppy Love Series will be 30% off until the 4th of July!

These kits are perfect for a dog lover. I know I love my beagle mix! These adorable puppies need a home will you take one home with you and keep him safe? scrap him with pictures of your favorite puppy. He comes with a few of his favorite items and toys. 2 word arts, 1 paper shaper, 12 elements, 1 doghouse frame.

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Beagle: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Beagle-Love.html

Black Lab: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Black-Lab-Love.html

cocker Spaniel: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Cocker-Spaniel.html

Dachshund: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Dachshund-Love.html

Golden Retriever: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Golden-Retriever.html

Jack Russell https://store.gingerscraps.net/Jack-Russell-Love.html

Maltese: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Maltese-Love.html

Sheltie: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Sheltie-Love.html

Weinheimer: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Weinheimer-Love.html

Yellow Lab: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Yellow-Lab-Love.html

Yorkie: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Yorkie-Love.html

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Pretty Pattern Paper 30% off until July 4th!

Like CU items, In love with Styles like I am?! These Styles are perfect for you!

these beautiful paper styles easily fill any shape you have with beautiful texture and colors, along with a pretty pattern to make a one of a kind element. 9 CU Pattern Paper Styles for Photoshop

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Plain Dotty Styles

How about a Freebie! endless possibilities with these styles, simply make a shape and use the style to add instant texture and patterns in beautiful warm colors. 6 CU Pattern Paper Styles for PhotoShop

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Here are some Items you’ll find in the Store already…

I’m A Good Helper 30% off until July 4th!

If any of you will remember when I won Ginger Scraps’ Survivor Season two I released this kit as a Big Thank You, well it’s back and improved so if you didn’t get a chance to download it then, now’s your chance!

This kit is great for all those pictures you have of your man at work, or your little man helping, beautiful rich colors, textures and fun elements, great for just about any event! This kit includes 1 full alpha with numbers 0-9 and a few punctuations, 31 elements, and 27 papers.

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Summer Fun Paper Pack 30% off until July 4th!

Did you miss June’s Progressive Scrap Challenge here at Ginger Scraps, or are you wondering where to get the Papers that made all those beautiful layouts form the Challenge? Well here they are!

This is a fun Paper Pack full of warm and cool colors perfect for the summer pictures you’ve been holding on to, or plan to take. There are 14 papers sized at 12×12 at 300dpi.

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Family Word Art 30% off until July 4th!

This is a fun set of Word art that all came about with one saying because of my lil girl, I love you even if you are a pain in the butt, I can’t help but to kiss those chubby cheeks of hers and she can get away with anything.

This word art pack is full of special sayings for the ones you love in your life, to add that special touch to your layout. 9 pieces of word art.

PinG_FWA_familywordsPreview.jpgAnd now some inspirational CT layouts

here’s a few from Sarah using Summer fun paper pack and Black Lab Love

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using I’m a good helper

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here’s one from Colleen using Summer Fun paper pack

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layout using “i’m a good helper” papers and Beagle Love

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So i finally made this journaling layout, from how every many months ago it was in the challenge, anyways i made this kit because i need a screwdriver for this layout… i saved the journaling and i finally made it, lol 🙂

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this one uses Cocker Spanial Love and MJ’s and Ttomj’s Pocket full of posies

my Mommy’s baby

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And finally- it is time to revel the newest GingerBread Lady Collab- We usually do a grab bag, but this month I just could not keep it under-wraps! I am so in love with this collab!!

GingerScraps Backyard BBQ

It’s summertime and the living is easy!
The designers at GingerScraps have had fun with this month’s collab “Backyard BBQ” It’s a perfect blend for all of those hot summer days spent hanging out in your own backyard, or with your friends and family at theirs. Perfect for those family reunions too. This kit has it all, From Dad’s grillin’ to just playing with an old fashioned waterhose. It is a sure fire winner!

Includes: *59 Papers- *75 Elements- *6 Alphas- *Glitter-Style and sheets- *Full WordArtSet (7 pieces)- *CU template set- *Cardstock Style

This HUGE collab is only $7.00 .. or even better yet- For the month of July any purchase over $10.00 you will receive a coupon to get this kit for only $1.00!
Please give 48 hours- as coupons have to be e-mailed to you manually.

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Oh and one last thing… this is gonna be soooo fun!! Starting this month we have a whole new point system for the challenges! It is called The GingerScraps Cookie Jar. You can start now and be on your way to free goodies in no time at all 🙂

And to start it off right….. any one that replies to THIS THREAD with the statement “Me cookie Monster, and me Loooovveee Cookies.”Before July 5th will get 5 Bonus Brownie Points!!

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Kit Spotlight- Skirts in the Dirt

June 28, 2010 by

I have a super fun kit to talk to you about today. It’s called Skirts in the Dirt by Tabby of Scrapberry Designs and is a softball themed kit… for girls! I just loved the bright colors of this kit. When we think summer, it’s usually baseball and boys right? Well girls play too! In fact I played softball in summer leagues as a kid for years! This kit is a must for anyone who has daughters or grand daughters playing ball. Some of my favorite things in this kit included a pink catchers vest, Word Art, silhouettes, splatters, and a pink baseball mitt. But there is so much more in this fun themed kit! Here is what the kit looks like, isn’t it fun? It has a total of 13 papers and 36 Elements plus an alpha and numbers! Visit this kit here in the GS Shoppe!

I like to ask our spotlighted designer a few questions and this is what Tabby had to say~

1. what was your inspiration for the kit, colors etc?

My lead CT’s daughter is a hard core baseball player. She’s been looking for a kit to scrap her with but couldn’t really find what she wanted so I made this kit for Ms. Catherine. The colors actually came from her uniform. Here’s a layout her momma made showing her off

2. What is your method for designing kits, papers first ellies first?

With this one I went back and forth. I worked on some ellies and got a feel of where it was going and did some papers and then I’d do some more ellies until I felt it was finished.
3. What do you design to? Music, tv complete silence?

Ummm, whats music, tv, or completed silence? LOL. In a house with three little boys I pretty much here growling, crying, or fighting all day long. Now in a dream world I’d have an office with a door and my kids would go play in their play room and let me listen to some good old 80’s music and get into “my zone” and have some mommy time. But, as I said, that’s just a dream :P.

Poor Tabby, I like to design and scrap to music myself, but 3 boys sounds like a handful!

Here are some gallery stand outs I found with this fantastical kit!

This one is by Kimmiescraps. I love the attitude captured in the main photo!

And here is a feebie QP made with this kit! Snag it HERE

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Product/Designer Spotlight

The Dish

June 27, 2010 by

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Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, The Dish

Layout Of The Week

June 26, 2010 by

I’m running a day behind on my post, but with good reason. It was my son’s 3rd birthday yesterday and we had so much fun playing with his new toys that he tired me out!  So on to the LOTW news….

The latest  winning LO is named Carter and the Bird. Congrats to you Camijo! Check out her Gingerscraps gallery.

LO is linked to her winning LO… leave her some LOVE 🙂

Head over the the forum to vote for the next LOTW winner. Don’t forget you can be a LOTW winner too. All you have to do is scrap! Happy Scrapping.

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Layout Of The Week

Fresh Baked!! 6-23

June 23, 2010 by

Its that time again… Fresh out of the oven for you!! Some wonderful goodies.

First of all, The GingerBread Ladies have totally rocked a new collab for you-

The GingerScraps County Fair-

I don’t know about you but every year I look forward to the County Fair! As a matter of fact when I was in 5th grade I wrote an essay about our family…. and it won “The Nevada County Family Of The Year”! It was so amazing!! Our family got daily fair passes, unlimited rides for us and any of our friends, parking passes right in the front spot for VIP, admission to the extra events – like The Monster Trucks, and we even got to judge the salsa contest. It was the best week ever. We made wonderful memories that will last a lifetime.

I choose a GingerBread Lady color palette and theme 4 times a year and I knew that this summer I wanted to do a Fair collab. Watching this kit come together has been thrilling for me!! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.

It is HUGE of course like all the GingerBread Lady Collabs are. Including-

59 Papers, 108 Elements, 2 CU sets, Glitter (style and sheets), and an alpha that is like nothing I have ever seen! Mandy made a Roller-Coaster Alpha- including a little track for the Roller-Coaster Alpha to ride on!

I can not wait to see all your Layouts and see what your County Fair looks like!!

On sale now for only $5.00!!

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Next up we have some amazing Vintage Frames by Wyld Web Designs
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Add a touch of yesterday to your designs with these vintage frames. These worn and tattered frames are from antique photographs of my family. All eight frames were photographed and extracted by hand. These frames are available for personal, scrap for hire and commercial use.

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ModernJune has some must have additions to her Over the Rainbow Series: The Alphas
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This bundle includes the entire over the rainbow alpha series! Save a few bucks and buy them all at one time! Mix them match them use them all together its up to you, they work with anything! You can get them in the bundle or individually by color:)

These alphas are unique textured and all the letters are a different fade. Made from my ‘Over the Rainbow’ Paper Pack.

Have the perfect combo and pick up the Over The Rainbow Paper Pack as well:

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*Both the Over the Rainbow Alpha Bundle and Paper Pack will be 20% off for this week only:)

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PhotoCowGirl has the coolest template set I have seen in a long time!! Extreme Cluster Templates 2

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4 templates in PSD format. Lots and lots of clustering to make intricate layouts simple!

Reg. $3.00   Get it this week for 20% off!

Here is a look at them in action….. Credits: Girly Girl by MandyMade
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Credits: Soul Sister by Modern June
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Kit Spot Light- Water Get Away by MandyMade

June 21, 2010 by

Every Tuesday, here at the Gingerscraps blog, I ScrappyCocoa AKA Stephanie will be doing product and designer spot lights. This  week I wanted to spotlight one of my new favorite summer kits- Water Get Away by Mandy Made. This kit is SO FUN! It is seriously loaded, with 25 papers and 88 {yes I said 88 not a typo!} elements and 2 alphas! This kit is perfect for pretty much all your summer LO’s! It has the usual summer elements such as fish, a boat, and all other sea creatures- but wait there’s more! Mandy has many creative summer elements as well. Including a kayak, jet ski, floaties, a rubber pool, paddles, goggles, snorkel, flip flops and my personal favorite, a water gun! See what I mean? This kit can last you all summer long! In addition to the 25 patterned papers, she also has a fabulous pack of carstock available!  Just look at this preview!!! Check out this kit HERE

I asked Mandy a few questions about this fantastic kit! Here is what she had to say-

What was your inspiration, ie colors, all those fun ellies etc?

I get my inspiration in all kinds of places. I may have a set of photos that I want to scrap so i’ll pull a theme and colors from there. Sometimes I surf the net looking through travel, wedding and craft sites. I find I work well when I’m assigned a color palette and theme such as GS collabs… I love a good challenge!

How do you make a kit start to finish, papers or ellies first? Make a list of ideas?

Well I used to start with the papers only because I find them so darn easy and fun to create as I love texture! These days I’ve been creating my elements first. My last couple of products are a part of the Getaway Series. Each kit uses the same color palette and has unique themed elements. So I’m finding that I’ve been inspired to create the elements first to nail down a theme. I have found my facebook page to be quite an asset lately. {Find Mandy’s FB Page HERE} We chit chat back and forth with ideas for my new kits and my fans have a chance to win my kits for free. The one I’m working on now is a camping/fishing themed kit and I have a long list of themed elements to create! I haven’t even begun to think about papers! This might end up as a mega kit!

What do you design to? music tv peace and quiet?

I have to design to music or a movie. I have duel screens for my computer so I either have Yahoo’s coffee House station playing or watching one of my many movies for the 100th time. I need to close my door so I have peace and quiet, I then I fill the room with noise! Oh I also light incense and candles, dim the lights…. and munch on some sort of candy! Once all my senses are pleased I can get so much done! Wow what a Diva… only Mariah Carey has more Diva requests!

Well there you have it! Lets look at some great LO’s with this kit!

Like I said, I have already done 3 LO’s with this kit. But I am just going to show you my favorite. Like I said I loved the water gun and I so happened to have the perfect pictures! Everything in this LO is 100% Mandy Made. Including the template!

Here are some gallery stand-outs with Mandy’s Fabulous kit!

Sarah-ICS made this adorable LO. {She made quite a few with this kit, it was hard to choose just one!}

And here is one from Mandy herself! I love the title work on this page!

Here is one from Cath. I love the simplicity of the pictures and the LO!

Thanks for reading In the Spot Light today! I will be doing this every week. I will also be cruising the GS gallery for standouts to post! So don’t be shy post those LO’s with Gingerscraps product! I’d love to show you off!

I have a freebie QP made with this super fun kit! {I also used a template by MandayMade! Yes she makes them too and they ROCK!} Don’t forget to check out this fabulous kit and others by MandyMade!

Get your Freebie HERE

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, Product/Designer Spotlight

Behind the Scrapbook

June 19, 2010 by

Good morning all. Welcome to this weeks edition of Behind the Scrapbook…. the real lives of Ginger Scraps! This is the place to find out all the juicy gossip on our Ginger Scraps team! Let’s se what I was able to dig up this week…

First up is Tabby…

The Scrapberry house is eating, sleeping, and breathing baseball. The oldest boy is playing rec ball and also plays tournament ball. He is an awesome little player and actually scored the tying run that took them into a 10 inning game on Friday night and then came into pitch in the 9th and 10th innings to strike out two batters in a row, unfortunately the third batter was able to send the ball soaring over the fence but hey, that was due to a good pitch right? He makes them proud . So yes, she is one of those moms that sits on the side line yelling and screaming her head off and she’s been known to argue with the umps a few times too 😛

Oh and here’s a little tip from Miss Scrapberry herself… if you need to know how to get that red clay out of those white ball pants, the secret is soap called “Fels Naptha”!

I also found out that Mandy had a little excitement last weekend. The Mandymade family lives on an acreage and have a few horses, dogs, cats and a whole lot of grass and yard work! SO working as a team every weekend you’ll find everyone doing their favorite jobs. Mandy (the boss) is head weed whacker, weed puller and cook. Kelsey (16) is head sun tanner and pool bug scooper. Mark (the hubby) is in charge of the house build and bring home the bacon guy. And they are very happy to report that Julie (their youngest offspring) has graduated to mowing queen!! Yup that’s right she even has her own mower! Here is a staged photo… they had to stage it because she mows at warp 9 and is usually just a blur….


SO little miss mows-a-lot was doing her thing and Mandy was supervising she found two featherless baby birds laying in the grass. After closer inspection they found the nest 30 feet above in the peak of the tin roof. So along came Mark with his trusty ladder. They had a look in the nest… no babies and it was baking hot! So they brought the babies in the house and warmed them with a hot water bottle. Mandy with her mad web skills found a great organization that rescues wild animals. The very helpful ladies at Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton had them build a nest, place the babies in it and supervise it to see if any birds come to claim them. The nest the birds built in the peak was unsuitable as it was built under a tin roof and had no way of keeping the babies from falling out. So after an hour no birds had claimed them. So we packed up the babies and drove them to the Wildlife Rehab Center. They checked out fine even though they had fallen 30 feet… and they also found out they were Starlings! The Center is going to nurse them back to health and when they are ready to be released Julie gets to do the honors! How fun is that! After all the excitement they realized they didn’t even take one photo! But no worries they will have camera in hand for the release! Check back for updates! We will keep you posted:)

So I’ve been Stalking the ladies at GS for some time now and I stumbled across this….


Did you hear? Rachel A.K.A Pretty in Green has been busy getting her store ready? We are so excited to have her join our fabulous team! This is a preview of some product she’s been working on. I don’t know about you but I’m super excited and can’t wait to see more!!! Look for her Grand opening in July!

Well that’s about it for this week…. come back next Saturday and I’ll be sure to dig up some more dirt! Till then happy scrapping and I’m sure I’ll see you around the forum…. BTW just wondering, what’s your favorite GS challenge this month?? Mine has to be Bite My Head Off! I’m off to find a photo to play with!

Cya around

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