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Ready for Bingo?

November 6, 2011 by GingerScraps

Hi there!

Happy Sunday! Have you scrapped oodles of layouts so far this weekend? Or are you just shopping ’til you drop? We’ve got some more fun for you today! 2 speed scraps AND Bingo! So hope you are ready for this last day of Digital Scrapbooking excitement!!!

Today at 1pm EST – there will be a speed scrap with Kathy Winters.

Then at 3pm EST:

And then for a little nightcap – a speed scrap with Jodi at 10pm EST.

Plus this is the last day to shop the amazing deals in the store:

Hope to see you over in the forum! Have a fabulous day! 🙂

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Party/ Event, Site News, Speed Scrap

DSD Weekend is upon us!

November 4, 2011 by GingerScraps

Are you ready for the excitement of this weekend? I am beyond excited!

Jacque here – let me start with a little update. We had a crazy storm the other day that dumped over a foot of snow on us (yes! in October) and knocked out power for tons of people. Talk about a rude awakening – in the 15 years at this house – the power has gone out for no more than a couple hours at a time. 3 days with no heat was not something we were prepared for! Thankfully – all is back to normal and we are all thawed out! 🙂

The other update I want to provide you with is about the Daily Download for November. It IS coming!!! Things have been crazy with the behind the scenes preparations for DSD weekend but Ginger is working very hard to get it all set for y’all. As soon as its ready to go for you – we’ll get it posted – I promise! 🙂 So – to tide you over – I’d like to invite you over to my blog to check out my very first attempt at a freebie mini-kit for a blog train. There are 2 templates there as well. 🙂

Okay – so now onto the fun of this weekend:

One of the greatest parts of DSD is the amount of Grab Bags you can get at an amazing price! Trust me – the GingerScrap Ladies have put together some goodies you don’t want to miss out on! Plus the WHOLE STORE IS ON SALE!!!! Click on the picture to hop right over and get to shopping! 🙂

The other part of DSD that I love (and hopefully you do too) is all the scrapping excitement! We have put together some amazing reasons to scrap as much as you can this weekend:

This must be it – right?

NOPE! Today is also the first Friday of the month so that means we get to Scrap n’ Chat with Cari too!

So… to recap – let’s get together with Ginger at 4pm EST to kick things all off, then we’ll chat with Cari at 9pm EST, and then we’ll chat with Jen at 10pm EST. Plus all day long you can shop the great deals and go ahead and get started on the challenges.

ARE YOU READY????? See you in the forum! 🙂 Oh yeah – would you do me a favor? Click on one of those share buttons by my name tag and tell your friends about the fun! Thanks! 🙂

Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Party/ Event, sales, Site News, Speed Scrap

It’s My Birthday! New Guest, New Buffet, Bake Sale and MORE!!

September 1, 2011 by GingerScraps

Hello my wonderful Friends! This is Ginger here today 🙂 My lovely Shannon is stuck in post hurricane misery, no power, no water for possibly 2 weeks!! Good news though, she and her family are safe! I miss her so much!! Hopefully she will be back online soon.

Now lets talk about the fun stuff! And boy do I have a LOT of fun stuff to tell you about today!!!

First of all, guess what….

It’s My Birthday!!!

Well not MY birthday, but GingerScraps birthday! We are turning 3 this week… and I must say, we are lookin’ Good.

To celebrate our Birthday we are having Sales, Speed Scraps, Chats and lots of fun Goodies!

The monthly $1.00 Bake Sale will be a WHOLE WEEK!

And throughout the shop you will see Sales, Sales, Sales! Have fun shopping, you will not want to miss these deals.

We have a new Free with purchase over $10.00 Grab Bag starting today!! Brought to you this month by Unforgettable Moments.

This grab bag is packed with some incredible products! There is a huge full sized, super cute kit with a fun theme that everyone can use, with a gorgeous color palette. The bag also contains a word art pack that coordinates with the kit. A full template pack with pages that contain the popular multi-photo/paper blocked composition (the template pack contain .PSD, .TIFF, and .PNG files). There is also a pack of photo clipping masks to really add something special to your layouts. This is truly a fun and special grab bag that has a $14+ value.

And all you have to do is put $10 or over worth of products in your cart, and this Grab Bag will be automatically added to your order for FREE!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Free-With-10-Purchase-Grab-Bag.html

In order to Celebrate in style our Buffet this month is called “It’s My Birthday!” I am totally in love with this color palette, and the GingerBread Ladies knocked themselves out with all their parts and pieces!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/GingerScraps-Buffet/

Of course we also have a new Guest GingerBread Lady for September!

*GingerScraps Shop*….. *Blog*….. *Fan Facebook*

Here is a little more about Gina… in her own words,

“Hi, I’m Gina and a mother of two children, Marisa who is 7 and Tristan who is 2. I named him after Brad Pitt’s character in Legends of the Fall. I have been married for 14 years this coming October. I lived in Sarasota, FL since 2001. I started out my digi/scrapping hobby now career with paper scrapping back in 2003. I worked part time at a scrapbook store and was on the design team. I have always loved computers and before I switched my major in college to Fashion Buying and Design I majoring in Advertising with Graphic Arts. That was before it was on computers though. So when I found out about digital scrap-booking in 2007, I naturally switched over. I ended up over the years being on 11 CT’s and at the end of last summer I decided I wanted to design. I am pretty much self taught with PS and now just starting to learn Illustrator. But last November when I debuted as a guest designer, it was just templates. Only recently did I start designing kits. I am still learning and love it when I find out a new tip or trick or way of doing something in PS. I use CS 5 for both PS and Illustrator. I also use Art Rage and Repper. I can draw but not very well, so that is a goal of mine to try to draw more myself. Besides digi, I love to make jewelry and have a store at Etsy and I love reading. just got a Kindle earlier this year and am so very happy with it. I was lucky enough to go to a digi convention this past March in Vegas and will go again this coming March. Since I also work a full time 40 hour a week job, I cherish spending time with my two kiddos and only spend time on my digi after they go to bed, which means very late nights for me and hardly any sleep. I am have been so fortunate to have made some truly remarkable and lasting friendships with some of the girls I have met online through this wonderful hobby!”

Take a look at some of her Delicious Goodies!!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Busy-Boys-The-Bundle.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Girl-Time-The-Bundle-by-Lilacs-in-Bloom.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Lemonade-Crunchy-Ice-The-Bundle.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Filler-Up.html

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Lemonade-Crunchy-Ice-Add-On.html

And guess who is sticking around GingerScraps…. Sugar Pie Scraps!! And not only is she a permanent GingerBread Lady, she is also going Exclusive! Whoot!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Sugar-Pie-Scraps/

And Kat has decided to make GingerScraps her exclusive home too!! Wooohooo!

https://store.gingerscraps.net/Kat-s-Creations/

Today the Sep issue of the GingerScrapsStreet magazine hit stands! It is full of amazing eye candy, and of course a full size kit for Free!

https://scrapstreet.com/11gss/9sss/contents.htm

We also have a new Daily Download starting today… brought to you this month from Scrappy Cocoa- here is a little sneak peek: You can get a new part daily right here on the GingerScraps Blog…. Download Day One HERE!

*Link has Expired*

DailyDownload_SneekPeek

Of course if you happened to miss any of the pieces of the August Daily Download, will be available tomorrow in Kathy Winters shop! So keep an eye out for that 🙂

Filed Under: bake sale, Daily Download, Fresh Baked, Fresh News, GingerBread Ladies, GingerScrapsStreet Magazine, Party/ Event, sales, Site News

The Dish: With GingerScraps- Serving up… Misty O’ Brien

October 9, 2010 by GingerScraps

Hello my fellow lovers of digi scrap! Can you believe all the amazing things we have going on at GingerScraps? It has been a thrilling ride this last few months. And we have so many more fun things planned for Oct! One little hint…. a costume contest…. and a HUGE prize!

And one other secret…. we are having THE COOLEST item that will be available Sunday only- You will not want to miss it! A 24 hour deal that will blow your socks off!

And now I would like to tell you what I am doing here today- Some of you might remember a long long time ago on my first GingerScraps blog I used to do a Friday Feature. It was something I very much enjoyed! So when we recently had an opening on this site blog, a light bulb went off…. I am going to do a weekly post *every Saturday* with “The Dish”. My posts will be interviews, recipes, tips, maybe a tutorial here and there. I hope you enjoy it!

This weeks “The Dish” I decided I wanted to do an interview with our Oct. guest designer Misty O’Brien!!

You can check out Misty’s Facebook Fan Page, Twitter, blog, and sign up for my newsletter for contests, coupons, and the latest info.

She has a few fun new goodies in the shop- and more will be coming throughout the month as well!

Ginger: Hi Misty, I am so happy to have you as our first ever guest designer! I have missed you my friend! Why don’t we start by you telling everyone a little bit about yourself.

Misty: Hi Ginger, and all you out there in digi land 🙂 Ok, a little about me- I’m from the Pacific Northwest, and I am a stay at home mom to two boys, Ian age 4 and Aidan age 2. I have been married to my husband Dan for 5 years but we’ve been going to school together since the first grade. I love digital scrapping and designing. I was just offered a position to write the digital scrapbooking column for the Examiner for my local area, so look for that soon! In our family’s free time, we love to geocache, head to the park, and play games. In MY spare time, I enjoy reading, cooking, baking, and being as crafty as possible.

Ginger: Wow that is so awesome!! You will have to link us up when your column hits the newsstands! And thank you for introducing me to geocaching! My kiddos and I totally love it. 🙂 Since it is October.. and I have costumes on the brain… Tell us- What’s your favorite Halloween costume you’ve ever worn?

Misty: When I was 16, my mom made me Dorothy’s dress from the Wizard of Oz. She even glued red glitter to a pair of pumps for “Ruby” slippers. I worked at a pizza shop and we all dressed up Halloween night.

Ginger: Oh my goodness that is so cute! There’s no place like home.. or the Pizza Shop 🙂 haha. What are you going to dress up like this Halloween?

Misty: I’m lame and only bought a funky black and pink wig. Since having kids, I haven’t dressed up in years.

Ginger: Well a tip of the hat to you my lady……. or should I say A tip of the wig to you. I actually wore a funky blue 80’s -ish wig last year as my “costume”. This year.. I have a t-shirt, it says “Bite Me” and it glows in the dark… wow I went all out huh. lol. What is you favorite candy? And do you steal your childrens Halloween – trick or treating candy?

Misty: I love Reese’s Peanut Butter anything and my most favorite is Dark Chocolate. I always steal my kids’ candy, although this year, I think I’ll actually let them eat some of it!

Ginger: Ohhhhh You HAVE to try the new dark chocolate Reeses! When I saw that commercial I was like… Reeses, Have you been reading my diary!? It was spooky!! haha So speaking of spooky…… Do you believe in ghosts?

Misty: Maybe, I’m sort of a fence sitter. Once, I went into a vacant house on the market, and the energy just felt thick, suffocating, and I broke out in goosebumps. I felt sick and had to get out of there ASAP.

Ginger: Freaky! Have you ever been hypnotized?

Misty: No, and I would LOVE to try hypnosis.

Ginger: Now a few random questions- What is the one thing that makes you happy despite any mood?

Misty: Chocolate Milkshakes

Ginger: Nice! haha. Name a television character that you simply adore?

Misty: Phil Dunphy from Modern Family.

Ginger: What is the best vacation you’ve ever had in your life?

Misty: Ireland

Ginger: oh how wonderful! I would love to go to Ireland someday! I want to thank you for being our Guest Designer for Oct! And thank you for the fun interview 🙂 In closing I would love for you to share with us all a few things- I think it is fun to see a few of your favorite Layouts- and I would also LOVE you to share with us one of your favorite recipes!

Misty- Sure! Ok here are two of my favorite Layouts-

This one is my son Aidan- you can click on the LO to go see a full list of credits.

And one of my Hubby Dan- It will be linked to the full list of credits as well.

Ginger: Can you please share with us one of your favorite recipes?

Misty: mmmmmm your gonna love these!

Chocolate Caramel Crack(ers)

adapted from the Smitten Kitchen

About 40 saltine crackers, or enough to line a cookie sheet/baking sheet
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into a few large pieces
1 cup packed light brown sugar
A big pinch of sea salt (NOT table salt)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
1 cup toasted chopped almonds (don’t overtoast!)

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet (or your standard cookie sheet) completely with foil, and then line the base of the foil with parchment paper, cut to fit.

Line the bottom of the baking sheet with saltine crackers, covering all parts.

In a medium heavy-duty saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar together, and stir it over medium heat until it begins to boil. Once it has begun boiling, let it bubble for three more minutes, stirring it well. It will thicken a bit as it cooks. Remove from the heat and add the salt and vanilla, and quickly pour over your crackers. Spread quickly, it will begin to set as soon as it’s poured.

Bake the caramel-covered crackers for 12 – 15 minutes, watching carefully as it will bubble and the corners might darken too quickly and/or burn. You can reduce the heat if you see this happening.

Remove from oven and immediately pour the chocolate chips over the crackers. You can do this in sections, don’t worry about getting every cracker. Let stand five minutes, and then spread them evenly across the caramel. Sprinkle the chocolate with toasted almonds.

Put the baking sheet in the fridge to speed up the cooling process. Once completely cool, break up the crackers in large pieces. No need for it to be uniform. Store in a container (I keep mine in the fridge) for up to a week.

Ginger: Thank you so very much Misty! I am going to make these this weekend!! yummy!! 🙂

That wraps it up folks 🙂 I hope you fond this entertaining- If you have a suggestion or If you want to ask Misty and other questions- please comment here on the blog. She and I will be checking the comments and would love to shat with you! Have a Wonderful Weekend!

*And DON’T forget to pick out the Daily Download today! And come back tomorrow for news about our awesome 24 hour special!!*

Filed Under: Site News, The Dish Tagged With: feature, guest designer, interview, receipe

Fresh Baked! 7-30

July 30, 2010 by GingerScraps

Hello GingerScraps fans 🙂 We have some YUMMY Fresh Baked goodies out this week!

Did you notice it is a different day than usual? Well we have decided to move our new releases to Fridays! And listen to this…. Every New Release will be 25% off Every weekend! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday you can stop by and check out the Fresh Baked goodies and snag them up for 25% off!

Also be sure to read all the way to the end on this newsletter….. we have a bunch of fun announcements to tell you about.

Did you here the great news? Stephanie- Scrappy Cocoa- had her baby! Check out this yummy kit she made… while Wishing and Waiting.

The name of the kit says it all, Wishing Waiting. I created this kit in the due date of my second child to keep me from going insane waiting for it all to happen. Of course it didn’t happen on time and instead I got this cute little kit perfect for scrapping all those moments where we are waiting for something we love. Kit includes 10 papers and 38 Elements including-
*2 bead spills *2 birds *1 butterfly *3 buttons *1 clasp *1 clock *4 flowers *2 frames *2 hearts *3 paperclips
*4 ribbons *2 sparkles *1 staples *3 stitches *2 tags *5 word arts
One sale this weekend for only $2.25!
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Next up From Julie- set 11-20 of her Awesome 365 templates!

365 Twenty-Four Seven. Is that how your life goes too?

If you are looking for some templates that are specifically created for those 365 layouts, then this mega pack of 10 templates will do the trick.
If your looking for the perfect template to help you scrap those days where you take lots of pics and want to get many photos on one layout- these templates work like a charm.

It will give you a much needed break from having to decide how to show your week in review. Each layout come with 7 photos and room to journal your thoughts.

Julie is now offering her 365 templates to you in Big templates packs. This is her second set – Weeks 11- 20. She makes a new template EVERY week – but they all go together perfectly…. making the most amazing 365 album ever!! So just sit back, relax and scrap those memories

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3 New Pups to Love!
Woof! Arrf! Bark! Pretty in Green has three new puppies to add to the mix, as always these puppies need some love! This week there’s a Rat Terrier that needs a home, along with a German Shepherd and a Miniature Pincher. These Puppies are so cute their giving me puppy fever!

Miniature Pincher: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Miniature-Pincher-Love.html
German Shepherd: https://store.gingerscraps.net/German-Shepherd-Love.html
Rat Terrier: https://store.gingerscraps.net/Rat-Terrier-Love.html
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Pretty in Green also has some delicious new templates!
Ana’s Room CU element Templates
Pretty in Green has a new CU item in the shop, she calls it Ana’s Room. This pack contains 7 really cute layered element templates. Rachel has told me that these elements came as an idea to decorate her little girls nursery, so these elements were derived from paper scrapping she had made to decorate Ana’s room. Now she’s sharing them with us! Layer these templates with any color or designed paper to create a one of a kind unique element to add to one of your kits!

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Now on to the announcements!

GingerScraps is having a few calls!

Do you want to be part of the GingerScraps site Creative Team?! Apply now.

If you have advertising skills… Apply to be a GingerScraps SnickerDoodle!

And now some sales…

The GingerScraps Bake Sale was a HUGE hit on NSD so we decided to make it a monthly event!

Every month on the 1st of the the month- Come on over to the GingerScraps Bake Sale. Every designer will have at least 1 item in the Special Bake Sale category. Everything in the Bake Sale is only $1.00!!! And This Sunday is August 1st!! Mark your callender’s and come treat yourself to some delicious goodies for only $1.00.

And last but not least…..

Modern June is closing up shop- Hurry and snag up her goodies while you can!! Her WHOLE store is 60% off!!

Filed Under: Calls, Fresh Baked, sales, Site News Tagged With: bake sale, ct call, Fresh Baked, sales

Special Edition New GingerBread Lady!!

July 9, 2010 by GingerScraps

TGIF all. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend- and I have some AWESOME news to start you off right!

OK lets be honest.. I am still pouting that Jen and Misty are no longer GingerBread Ladies. But I am so excited about all the new ladies joining us that my frown is turning upside down!!

Hopefully none of you missed the Grand Opening of Pretty in Green last week. And now today I have MORE VERY EXCITING NEWS!!

Our newest GingerBread Lady Marshmella Designs!!!!

I am so thrilled to have her join us. Her designs are fabulous!!! Come on over to the forum and help me welcome Michaela aka- Marshmella Designs– to the GingerScraps family.

Here is a little bio from Michaela- I am a wife and a sahm mother of a beautiful 18 month old daughter, Amirah. I live in Wisconsin. Only because I love my family too much to move away. I have been digi scrapping for over 3 years. I have always wanted to design and decided in 2009 to give it a go. I opened my first store in October. I was addicted to digital scrapbooking the day I started and I still am.

And of course you need all the proper stalking info-

And now with out further adieu … her goodies!!!!

(Oh and don’t forget- with any purchase over $10.00 you will get the GingerScraps Backyard BBQ Mega collab for only $1.00!!)

It’s my big debut here at GingerScrap. I am so excited that I could just hug everyone. Well, sadly I can’t, so I created this cute little kit full of warm hugs. It’s perfect for all those hugging photos. I know I have a ton of my daughter giving hugs. Loving Hugs

This kit includes 11 papers, 50 elements and a full set of alphas.

Regular price $5.00. 40% off for my debut week $3.00!!!!!!!!!

this kit is also versatile enough for any layout

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Loving Hugs Quickpage Freebie

Price- FREE – Whoot!! She know how to roll GingerScraps style for sure!

Here is a Freebie for you that I created with my “Loving Hugs” kit. Simply add your photo. This quickpage is 3600×3600, 300 dpi and a png file.

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Never Stop Growing

I created Never Stop Growing to chart your childs growth. Children grow like weeds and it’s so easy to forget how little they were. This kit is full of fun elements to show off how big your little one is getting. It has fun rulers, growth labels and some great word art.

It includes 11 papers, 53 elements and a full set of alphas.

Regular price $4.75, on sale for 30% off $3.32.

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A Fish Out of Water

A Fish Out of Water is a fun and colorful beachy/pool kit. It’s full of unique hand drawn elements that you will not find anywhere else. This kit includes 12 papers & 70 elements.

Regular price: $5.25, on sale for 30% off $3.67

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A Fish Out of Water addon

Regular price: $1.50, on sale 30% off $1.05

I created this add on coordinating with “A Fish Out of Water”. It includes 3 papers & 13 elements.

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His Teen Scene

Boys, boys, boys… this kit is loaded with all the teen necessities. It has cars, bikes, skateboards and video games. What more can a boy need. This kit is versatile enough for all boy ages too. It includes 15 papers, 63 elements & 3 sets of alphas.

Regular price: $6.00, on sale 30% off $4.20

Filed Under: Fresh Baked, Fresh News, Site News

Forum down :)

February 26, 2010 by GingerScraps

Just letting you all know that the GingerScraps forum and Gallery will be down for a bit. We are doing a few upgrades 🙂

Filed Under: Site News Tagged With: news

Survivor Season 2 is here!

February 12, 2010 by GingerScraps

This year we are going on a Scrappin’ Safari! Click the ad to be taken to sign ups!

And for you designers out there, if you would like to be a sponsor of this year’s Scrappin Survivor check out the following ad. Click ad to be taken to the forum.

Would you like to join the Ginger Scraps team? Would you like to be a Snickerdoodle or a Sugar Cookie? Click the ads to be taken to the forum.

Ad Reads:
Snickerdoodles Call
Ginger Scraps is looking for a great team to promote the site and designer products.
Requirements:
Twitter: must have 30 followers and be a follower of Ginger Scraps, tweet about site sales and events once per week
Facebook: be a fan of Ginger Scraps and post site sales and events once per week
Blog: post on your personal blogs twice per month about site sales and events
Maintain friendship with Ginger Scraps at Digiscrap Friends
Give out RAKS and promote Ginger Scraps whenever possible
Rewards
Snickerdoodles will receive a $10 gift card to the Ginger Scraps store each month (no CU)
All interested applicants send an email with the subject Snickerdoodle to scrapberrydesigns@gmail.com. Include links to your Facebook and Twitter accounts along with a little bio about yourself and the list of teams you are currently on.
Call ends February 16th

Ad Reads:
Sugar Cookies Call
Ginger Scraps is starting a praise team and we need some Sugar Cookies to spread some sweetness!
Requirements:
Leave meaningful comments in the gallery
Participate in the Ginger Scraps forum
Spread the sweetness of our site to the digi community
Sugar Cookies will receive 1 FREE kit of their choice for every 200 comments left. You are asked to create on layout with the kit.
All interested applicants send an email with the subject Sugar Cookie to terimayo@aol.com. Include links, a little about yourself along with a list of teams you are currently on and why you’d like to join the team!
Call ends February 16th!

Filed Under: Party/ Event, Site News