Tutorial Tuesday (Potpourri)

February 10, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Templates Everywhere… But Not the One You Need

We’ve all been there. You have a selection of photos and a coordinating kit you really want to scrap, not a ton of time, and really want to use a template to speed things up. So you run a search for a suitable template, only to come up with… none that will work right out of the folder. Maybe you have too many photos for the spots on the template, an issue GingerScrapper Joleen ran into recently. Or you have too many spots on the template for the number of photos you want to use. Well, the too-many-spots-for-photos is an easy fix. Just delete the extra(s)! But wait! The too-many-photos-for-spots isn’t a difficult fix either! Let me show you four ways to do it without straining your brain.

Of course, the easiest way of solving this problem is to simply Copy a photo spot already on the template that will work with your extra photo, then find a likely place to put it. So I’m not going to show you that.

Now, I have literally hundreds of templates from several Designers. I’ve talked about how I organize my templates a few times before so we’re not going over that again. (You’re welcome!) For this exercise I purposely searched for templates that only had three photo spots. Then I reviewed them all, looking for those I wouldn’t have to make a gazillion adjustments to in order to make them work with the four photos I have pictured below.

I selected four templates and will show you how I’ve tinkered with them to accommodate all four photos. First is this one from Dear Friends Designs. The spots are in portrait orientation but that’s an easy fix.

Don’t forget that templates are tools. They’re blueprints, but unlike blueprints, they don’t require absolute slavish devotion to any part of them. There are no rules about adding, subtracting, moving, turning, flipping or substituting any part of them. You can even merge two templates into one layout! Every single element of a template is a SUGGESTION. Okay… three of my photos are in landscape orientation so it only makes sense to Image>Rotate>90° Right the whole template.

But. It’s still not really working for me. So this time I Image>Rotate>Flip Horizontal the whole template and it’ll work a lot better.

Can you see what I did to create a fourth photo spot? Yes! I used the journal block! Dear Friends Designs‘ templates come pre-shadowed, and the white border is a Stroke contained in the Layer Style. It was a simple matter to select any one of the actual photo spots then right-click>Copy Layer Style then go to the “new” photo spot, right-click>Paste Layer Style to add a white border and matching drop shadow. To complete a layout with this template, a few items will need rearranging. You can see that I’ve moved the journaling-block-photo-spot down and tucked it into the cluster at the bottom right, plus I Rotated and repositioned the banner. The rest will come together.

This grid-style template is from Magical Scraps Galore. It’s simple, the photo spots are more or less right for my purposes and there’s an easy way to add a fourth photo. Let’s review.

This was probably the easiest conversion I did. I replaced the title block at the bottom with one of my photos, moved the title up to the journaling block and resized the middle left elements. Easy peasy!

This template is from Tinci Designs. Might we take a moment to mourn the loss of such a prolific and generous talent? Retirement comes eventually for all of us, and we’re really going to miss her. Back to the task at hand. Here, I’ll need to do some photo spot resizing and a little tweaking, but it’ll definitely work.

But first it needed Image>Rotate>90° Right, then Image>Rotate>Flip Horizontal.

Again, I used the journal block as a photo space, which may or may not need a white border and drop shadow. The title can cover up that nasty fake snow in the top photo. The photo spots were all resized in one dimension or both, to suit the photos better. But doing so didn’t mess up the overall look. Tinci‘s templates are really easy to customize.

My fourth option is this template from Connie Prince. At first glance, it doesn’t look like it’ll work all that well. But I know that Connie‘s templates use a paper layer for the white border on her photo spots, and that’ll work perfectly for what I have in mind. I’m going to put my two longest landscape photos into that big photo spot!

And I can use that paper circle to hide a multitude of sins… Once I fit the photos into the spot edge-to-edge – I DID NOT Clip the photos to the spot – I created a gap between the bottom of one and the top of the other. I made sure the gray photo spot layer was the active layer. Then I used the Marquee Tool to outline that gap.

Then I Edit>Cut [CTRL/CMD>X] the gray bit out of that gap. The white paper creating the border around the spot remains untouched.

In this screenshot you can easily see the white strip! Another feature of Connie‘s templates is that she doesn’t pre-shadow, so I can decide how I want those two photos to look in the finished layout. I just moved some of the layers at the bottom up a bit to help hide the ugly fake snow bit. The smaller photo spots needed minor adjustments too, the left one tilted into landscape orientation and the right one downsized into a more square shape.

I know some of you will have other methods of increasing your photo ops with templates. Please share them in the comments. I read them all, even if I don’t reply to them. I’d like to thank Sherry for her recommendation for PeaZip when I bemoaned the number of folders I had to unzip. I tried it out and it’s great! Just like this little community we’ve created here…

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Fresh Baked Friday at Gingerscraps: February 6, 2026

February 6, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Happy Friday Friends. Today is also the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics. Do you plan on watching? Do you have any favorite sports to watch? I seem to find new events to watch each Olympic games.

Don’t forget that with $10 spent in the store, you get this beautiful collab as a gift.

Let’s see what our designers have this week.

Have you gotten started on your challenges yet? If you complete any 10 challenges this month, you get this gorgeous collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

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Designer Spotlight (February 2026)

February 3, 2026 by 2 Comments

Jumpstart Designs

This month’s Designer Spotlight is shining on Jen from J Conlon and Sons, and Sheri, also known as Jumpstart Designs. Jen hasn’t been in touch so I’m not sure if I’ll have a post highlighting her – but she IS hosting some Challenges and such, so I’ll drop that info at the end.

As you may remember, Sheri and I have known each other a long time. But she can still surprise me! We started out with the formalities, chatting about designing. What follows is a transcript of our conversation.

J: I think I know the answer to to this, but I’ll ask you anyway. What lights your design fire most?

S: Color! And sometimes I’ll get inspired by reviewing all the PINS I’ve saved on Pinterest over the years.

J: I KNEW you were going to say colour!! That’s one thing that’s always obvious when looking at your designs. There’s an indefinable quality to the way you use colour that’s very appealing. This one might take a little thought on your part. If you could only use THREE design tools for the rest of your career, what would they be?

S: CTRL-Z (undo) is my favorite Photoshop “tool” for sure! As for the other two…. CTRL-Z and CTRL-Z! LOL

J: <snort-laughs> My sister!! If you’ve read any of my tutorials, I mention CTRL/CMD>Z ALL the time! (I don’t discriminate – Mac commands are always included too.) I’ve found a bunch of other places it works, and use it with gusto. What does your design process look like?

S:    Remember, you asked!

  • I look around for inspiring ideas
  • Think of a kit name
  • Create my preview packaging with pretty title-work. Create files for every product (elements, add-ons, papers, wordart, etc.) so they are all ready to go.
  • Start on elements (usually florals first. I love them).
  • Add to previews as I go along.
  • After about a dozen elements, I change my mind and decide the preview packaging should be a different color, so I change them all.
  • Create more elements then tweak the colors more.
  • Go back and change the preview packaging again.
  • Work on more elements. Stare at them a bunch. Tweak them more.
  • Decide maybe I should go with a different style. Re-do everything.
  • Stare at them a bunch. Tweak them more. Change previews again.
  • Eventually work on papers and other elements.
  • Go back and tweak some more.
  • Tweak the previews more….
  • And on… and on… and on… LOL
  • And about the time I FINALLY get everything done and uploaded to the shop, I noticed I messed SOMETHING up and must go back and fix everything. LOL

J: That’s very… detailed. Almost like I wrote it! 😉 It’s interesting that you use the previews as your foundation. But it works, so don’t change anything!! So, knowing all that, what’s the most challenging part of digital designing? I mean, after all the false starts. ;D

S: The amount of time it takes me to complete a kit or collection. I’ve been told I’m too picky about little details, including how I do my previews. It’s shocking how much time I spend changing and tweaking things. I often wonder how other designers manage to put new designs out so frequently.

J: See above! Your attention to detail is a huge benefit for your fans, though. But yeah, it’s a mystery to me how some Designers are SO prolific. They have to have some kind of secret sauce or something! Wow, those noodles I ate for lunch are making me thirsty. But boy were they good! If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

S: Anything Mexican and cheesy!

J: So, are nachos your go-to comfort food, or is there some other yummy thing you love?

S: Funeral potatoes. WHAT????? (you say)? Yes, funeral potatoes are a thing here in Utah. If you ever want to know what they are, or get the recipe, let me know.

J: I know funeral potatoes! They don’t show up much at the funerals I attend – we lean on perogies… similar principle. My cousin always brings a big tub of soup. She’s half Ukrainian and she says, “Soup makes you strong like bull!” in a heavily accented, gruff voice that sounds just like my uncle. Yeah, we’re a little odd. What’s the funniest thing you believed when you were a kid?

S: As a young child around ten years old, I had heard of “carpools” but really had no idea what “carpooling” was. One day when riding with my mom in the car, we pulled up next to an El Camino and I pointed to it and said, “Look Mom! A Carpool!” (It made sense to me at the time.)

J: It makes perfect sense to me! What else would you do with that? It would be hilarious to see one filled with water and pool floaties, inflatable palm trees  and flamingos around the edges. I can see it now! 😀 Are you a prankster? Have you ever pulled off the perfect prank?

S: Several years ago, I worked for an aerospace company and one of the Engineers that worked there was a huge fan of Twinkies. He always had several boxes of them in his office, and everyone was always teasing him about it. One day me and another co-worker “kidnapped” all of them and held them for ransom. Not a monetary ransom, but just for silly things. He didn’t know which of the several people in the office did it, and it was hilarious watching him try to find out. Nearly every day we would leave him another “ransom note” with different clues or silly demands. It provided daily entertainment and laughter for almost two months before we gave in.

J: OMG! That would have been priceless! I used to work with a very… um… particular… doctor who NEVER had a pen with him. (I mean, come on! How do you write orders in a paper chart without a pen, Laurance?) One day, I waited patiently for him to ask if he could borrow my pen – then handed him a hot pink one with a gigantic blinking eyeball, complete with lashes, on the end. The silence from all the others on rounds was deafening, but I could tell everybody was trying so hard not to laugh. I’d like to say that was the last time he borrowed a pen from me, but no. I can’t. I kinda miss that chaos. Wish I could just pop in once in awhile, just to see my team. Oh well. If you could teleport anywhere in the world, where would it be?

S: WEIRD ANSWER ALERT! I’d teleport to Bali, and here’s why:

I was watching a Netflix series called THE WORLD’S MOST AMAZING VACATION RENTALS. Season 1, Episode 1 is called “The Best of Bali”. The first half of the episode shows the most adorable authentic bamboo hut, surrounded by tropical gardens. It is the coolest thing ever! If I could be anywhere right now… it would be there.

J: I can just see you examining the walls to make sure they used real bamboo. A lot of your designs have a distinct tropical flavour, so I don’t think this is a weird answer at all. Now I think I need to get down to business. Have a fabulous Spotlight month, Sheri!

You’re here on the GingerScraps Blog, so I know you’re aware of the Daily Downloads. This is Sheri‘s sneak peek.

Isn’t that cute?! She’s host of one Designer Spotlight Challenge this month, and her regular Jumpstart Your Layouts Challenge, which includes this free (not exactly) mini-kit:

Jen‘s Designer Spotlight Challenge joins her regular Template Challenge and there’s a sneak peek for her Daily Download in her Designer Spotlight thread. Be sure to check them out!

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GingerScraps: New FREE with Purchase Collab, New Monthly Mix, New Buffet & More!!

February 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Hello February and hello scrappy friends! A brand new month is here, and you know what that means at GingerScraps. Fresh inspiration, beautiful new goodies, and so many fun reasons to play with your photos and tell your stories.
This month is packed with everything you love. A brand new Free With Purchase collab, a gorgeous new Monthly Mix, and a colorful new Buffet filled with kits ready to spark your creativity. We also have a whole new batch of AMAZING challenges waiting for you in the forum, along with a brand new reward you can earn by completing just 10 challenges this month.
And that’s not all. Please help us give a big GingerScraps welcome to our two new Feature Designers, Jumpstart Designs and J. Conlon and Sons. They will be filling the blog with freebies EVERY day, giving you even more reasons to stop by, get inspired, and scrap along with us all month long.
February is officially open and we cannot wait to see what you create!

*A brand new Free With Purchase collab
*A gorgeous new Monthly Mix
*A colorful new Buffet that has a great mix of kits
…and so much more!
Don’t forget to check out the Buffet Bundles. One easy click to add bundles of Buffet goodies to your cart.
The buffet colors for February definitely scream Valentine’s Day and I love it. So many gorgeous kits for those special photos.
Remember any $10 spent in the store gets you this great collab.

Love Stories is a romantic collaboration inspired by vintage love letters and timeless connections. With a rich palette ranging from deep red to soft pink and lush greens from dark to light, this kit is filled with old fashioned charm and heartfelt emotion. Perfect for telling stories of romance, anniversaries, memories, and cherished relationships, Love Stories brings elegance and nostalgia to your pages. Each element evokes the beauty of handwritten notes, lasting love, and stories meant to be remembered forever.

This collab includes: 2 Alphas {Uppercase}, 61 Papers, and 94 Elements.

This Free With Purchase was created by Angelle Designs, Aprilisa Designs, CathyK Designs, J. Conlon and Sons, and JB Studio.

The Blooming Creative is a joyful collaboration celebrating art, imagination, and growing into your creativity. Inspired by the fresh energy of spring and the excitement of new ideas, this kit is filled with art supplies, creative projects, whimsical florals, and expressive details. A bright and playful palette of pink, green, teal, orange, and blue is grounded with bold black and white accents that make every page pop. Perfect for documenting creative journeys, artistic moments, and the beauty of self expression, The Blooming Creative invites you to let your ideas bloom.

This kit includes: 4 Alphas {Uppercase, Lowercase, Numbers & Punctuation}, 56 Papers, 92 Elements, and 4 12×12 Template {png, psd, tif file formats}.

This Monthly Mix was created by Jumpstart Designs, Kristmess, Lisa Rosa Designs, and Miss Fish Templates.

January’s Daily Download is provided by Jumpstart Designs and J. Conlong and Sons. Collect new pieces daily on the GingerScraps Blog.

Take a look at the new challenge reward kit. If you complete any 10 challenges this month, you get this gorgeous collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

Just for You captures the sweetness of love made personal. The handwritten note, the thoughtful surprise, the everyday affection that feels like a warm hug. This playful and heartfelt collaboration celebrates joy, sincerity, and giving love simply because it feels good to make someone smile. Designed in a cheerful palette of pinks, purples, peach, and teal, this kit is perfect for documenting meaningful moments, thoughtful gestures, friendships, and love in all its forms. Every element reflects warmth, connection, and the beauty of making someone feel truly special.

This kit includes: 1 Alpha {Uppercase & Numbers}, 55 Papers, and 91 Elements.

This Challenge Reward was created by Neia Scraps, Twin Mom Scraps, WM[squared] Designs, and Wetfish Designs.

Take a look at these gorgeous layouts from our site creative team. These were made using the February Monthly Mix.

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January 30, 2026: Fresh Baked at Gingerscraps!

January 30, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Welcome to another Fresh Baked Friday. We are already at the end of January. 2026 is starting off as quick as 2025 ended.

Have you visted the Welcome Wagon part of the forum? The Welcome Wagon contains gifts from our deisgners. Make sure to grab them because they will be replaced with new gifts very soon.

February’s Book Club choice has been released. Check out the forum to see what it is and join in the discussion.

Remember, spend $10 in the store and you’ll get this collab for free.

Let’s take a look at the Fresh Baked kits from our designers. I’m seeing some pinks and reds make their way into kits in preparation for Valentine’s Day.

Just a few days left to get your January challenges done. Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

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January 16, 2026: Fresh Baked at Gingerscraps!

January 23, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone. I hope you have all had a productive week. For our scrappers in the Southern and Eastern US, please stay safe and warm. It will be a good time to stay in and scrap.

Remember, spend $10 in the store and you’ll get this collab for free.

Let’s take a look at a sampling of this week’s Fresh Baked releases.

Have you picked up the January Monthly Mix Collab? I love the color combinations in this one.

Have you gotten a good start on your January challenges? Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

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Tutorial Wednesday (Individual Style)

January 21, 2026 by 2 Comments

Challenge Spotlight: Mini Kit

Wow, you GingerScrappers have been busy this month! As of 1:20 pm PST, there have been 654 individual layouts uploaded to the 2026 Challenge Galleries. That’s phenomenal… and I think I should track the totals for the year to see just how prolific we are.

I’ve spoken before about what makes a Challenge ideal for an Individual Style Blog post, but I’ll go over it again. Of course, the participants for every Challenge are given identical criteria for each Challenge. Some Challenges can be met in a really wide variety of ways, while others are more narrowly defined. For example the Color Challenge provides participants with 2, 3 or 4 colors that must be used for their layouts. But there are a multitude of kits in the Shop that will fit the criteria. So narrow, but not. On the other hand, the Use It All Challenge provides a mini kit with maybe 10-12 items in it, all of which must be visible on the layouts. Narrow! These narrower Challenges are best suited for an Individual Style analysis. How does the Scrapper USE IT ALL? Can the viewer identify that Scrapper‘s style? What sets them apart? So with that in mind. this month the Challenge I selected is the Mini Kit, hosted by Lisa Rosa Designs. This is the kit: 5 papers, 3 flowers, some foliage, a film strip and 4 word art bits. It coordinates with Lisa‘s Between Then & Next collection, and participants are welcome to use it to enhance their layouts. Let’s look at how it’s been used.

Before I get rolling, I’m going to add some of my periodic reminders about the Challenge Spotlight posts, which may also apply to other posts too. Every layout I post here will be linked to the Gallery so that you can get a closer look, and maybe leave a comment. The link will be attached to the Scrapper’s user name. It will be in coloured, bold, underlined text. Any time you see some coloured, bold, underlined texts in any of my posts, you can safely assume they’re hyperlinks in disguise. Try it out! One other thing about this series of posts is that when I choose a Challenge to examine, I may not be able to post EVERY layout that has been completed for the month, due to the sheer volume of them! (That’s a good thing!!!) To be completely fair in that situation I’ll select all the odd- or even- numbered layouts, or I’ll use a Random.Org randomizer. That way, it’s not me personally choosing which layouts to post, and I’ll always explain how the layouts were arrived at. This month, I selected the odd-numbered layouts.

Layout #1 belongs to nimble4u. She has used all but the word art bits for her layout. She extended the filmstrip to accommodate the photos she wanted to include.

For her layout, photocrazy used all but the mustard patterned paper – which I feel was the right call – and split the filmstrip into two pieces. Using them as background elements rather than to frame smaller photos allows her sunset photo to stand out. Note how the colours in the sky are picked up by the papers, almost as an extension of her photo. Her choice of word art bits is spot-on. Well done!

Here, dhariana chose not to use the large ivory-backed floral paper and used clipping shapes for her paper accents. She chose a spare, white-space style for her version, and added some stitching as an anchor for her cluster. The simple word art title completes the layout.

SandraJ has used the entire mini kit here. The floral background paper draws the eye in, the single photo stretched the entire width of the film strip and the creative use of the word art bits keep the eye moving.

Nice ‘do, beccasue! She’s used the film strip as a clipping mask for the blue-gray paper, tucking a greatly reduced-size scrap of the striped paper in behind her floral cluster. She has also recoloured some of her flowers. The soft pink background and word art title suggest she really feels transformed.

We have our first adding-to-the-mini layout from justpennys. She’s used items from the mini, such as the flowers and foliage, she’s clipped papers to the tags, blended the mustard coloured mini kit paper with one from the collection and used some of the word art from both to form her title and subtitle. Then she’s added a plethora of elements and papers from the full collection. Nice!

The ivory floral background makes a reappearance with trinanne. It’s the only paper she used, other than a sliver of the pink for a journaling block. She kept the focus on the film strip of smiling faces.

Glori2 chose to document growth in a little person learning new skills. That narrow strip of striped paper divides the layout neatly across the middle, with paired film strips providing the proof. There’s not a shred of pink to be seen. 😉

Are you laughing our loud right now? I LOVE the humour in makeyesup‘s layout. It’s true – dogs have masters, cats have staff. 🙂 I like the narrow yellow paper borders overlying the striped paper in the background and the blue-gray paper in the foreground.

For her layout, kabrak1207 has used almost everything from the mini and added some bits from the Between Then & Next. It’s interesting that the way she’s arranged the papers in her stack makes that blue-gray paper look more green. The spray of elements along the edge of her photo adds the perfect touch to bring all the attention to the little girl’s eyes.

I hope I haven’t made any glaring typos! I never realized how much I use my left ring finger before. The splint is doing the job and I might be able to leave it off in a day or so. And I really should analyze how I injured it so I can prevent a recurrence. Anyway, how would you all like me to learn the difference between the Lasso Tool and the Magic Wand Tool and share it with you?

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January 16, 2026: Fresh Baked and RETIRING PRODUCTS

January 16, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone. This week really went fast. Along with our regular Fresh Baked releases, we have our Out with the Old Retiring Products Sale.

Take a look after the Fresh Baked items to see samples of items on sale.

Remember, spend $10 in the store and you’ll get this collab for free.

Let’s take a look at some of the Fresh Baked items for this week.

Have you gotten a good start on your January challenges? Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

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January 9: Fresh Baked Friday at Gingerscraps

January 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have had an amazing week and have found many chances to grab photos to use for you next layout.

Remember, if you spend $10 in the store you get this great collab for free.

Let’s see what our designers have this week.

Have you gotten a good start on your January challenges? Complete any 10 challenges  to earn the Challenge Reward collab (or a variety of other choices from previous challenge collabs) as a reward!

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Designer Spotlight (January 2026)

January 6, 2026 by Leave a Comment

Neia Scraps

Welcome to the first Designer Spotlight of 2026! Up first this year is the Über-productive and highly-sought-after Edneia aka Neia Scraps. Now, Neia and I have had a number of chats, and this time we’ve come up with some great new schtick… she has a great sense of humour and we get along like a house on fire. Wanna know what I’ve learned about her lately? Read on!

J: I’m so happy you’re here again! We must be doing something right, you keep coming back for more. I told you last time we talked how much I love the small changes you’ve made to the spirit of your designs. Bet you didn’t know I bought about a dozen of your collections not long after that chat. 😉 Before we really get into it, let’s remind everybody how you got into digital design in the first place.

N: It started very naturally. I was drawn to the creative freedom — being able to tell stories visually without strict rules. Over time, it became my main creative language.

J: Ah, creative freedom! That’s something we all enjoy. What’s the main source of your inspiration when designing a new collection?

N: Usually a feeling first, not an object. I like starting with a mood and letting the elements grow from there.

J: That explains the subtle shift in your work. It’s definitely more sensitive and passionate. How would you describe your work?

N: Artistic, emotional, and organic.

J: Totally! I’ve noticed that your collections have expanded and become very inclusive. Do you prefer designing papers or elements?

N: Elements. They feel more organic to me — like little characters that can live in many different stories.

J: That’s a great way to describe them. I love elements that are truly versatile. Because, well… my credit lists are the stuff of legend. 😀 I often take one element from each of a dozen kits and bring them all together into one layout. It’s fun! What do you enjoy most about seeing others use your designs?

N: Seeing how personal their pages become. The designs are mine, but the stories are theirs — and that’s the best part.

J: It must be so satisfying! Now, since colour is a huge part of designing, if you could BE a colour, which one would you choose?

N: A soft neutral. Calm on the surface, but very flexible and expressive when combined with other colors.

J: I love it! Colour Ninja! So how do you unwind after a long design-superhero day?

N: A quiet moment with coffee or tea. I like letting my mind wander — that’s usually when new ideas show up.

J: I like a nice snuggle with one of my dogs. (Lately, not the one that keeps peeing on the hallway runner. She’s on the bad-dog list. :D) If you could have any animal, real or imaginary, as a pet, what would you have?

N: A dragon. I’d love to fly on its back. And if that sounds a little Fourth Wing–inspired… that’s definitely not a coincidence.

J: Nothing wrong with a little flight-of-fancy! Would you teleport if you could?

N: I’d go somewhere cold and calm. Snow, trees, a cozy place… the kind of place where ideas slow down and settle.

J: Canada fits that bill! Right now, where I live, we don’t actually have any snow – which is NOT usual, but it’s making a lot of people happy. What one thing always makes you smile?

N: When someone uses my designs in a way I never imagined. That’s always a nice surprise.

J: Aha! You’ve thrown down a gauntlet there. Hear that everybody? Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a completely unique and unexpected way to use Neia Scraps designs for a layout. Even better? She’s hosting TWO Challenges this month!! Of course, she’d hosting the Designer Spotlight Challenge, as well as her usual My Memories Challenge. (They’re linked up for you, just click on them.) And if that’s not enough for you… This month, everything in her store is 45% off—or even more on bundles! And here’s a little bonus: spend $20 or more and get an extra 10% off at checkout. Use the coupon: NEIA-SL202610

Aaaaaand… the Daily Download, here on the Blog is yours, free, for the taking.

Well, what are you waiting for? GO!

 

 

 

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