Well last day of Feb. Now if only it would take winter with it I would be one happy girl. Before I go any further I better give you this weeks random winner! It’s crinkletoast! with her Friend LO which just so happens to have possibly the cutest puppy EVER in it!

Here’s her prize:

Okay since again we are on the last day of the month and new challenges start TOMORROW I have nothing to spotlight EXCEPT the beautiful February Daily Download by Unforgettable Moments & Statements by Jodi! Here’s the full preview!

If you missed the Feb Daily Download. . . . well you’re probably kicking yourself, but it will soon be available in the store. Here’s a few of the lovely LOs I found with this kit.

Lovely right? Those silhouettes work with so many photos and the lovely metal work and all that greenery and sweet flowers, Wow! I love this kit! Well if you were smart enough to snag this kit while it was free let me see those LOs!!!  Post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done a LO with this kit areelligable. Let me see those comments!

Oh and don’t forget to pick up Marchs Daily download starting tomorrow!!

Good day all! Did you miss me? Did you even know I was gone? 🙂 I was super sad to miss doing last week’s Challenge Spotlight. I wish I could say some super fun Valentine plans got in the way but even Valentine’s Day itself was postponed due to sickness. Yup my some sort of evil throat bacteria of doom infected my  household. Rendering me as mother virtually useless and my poor sick baby sleepless. We are now on the mend and though my house still feels like a giant bacteria colony on a petri dish, I think this germ is finally moving out. So today we are celebrating Valentine’s day with all the fun heartshaped food and heart games we can stand! Happy Valentine’s Day all!

Now for those who may possibly have missed me due to the fact that they are waiting on a prize! Let’s see who gets it. <3 <3 <3 (those are hearts in case you didn’t know. 🙂 ) Melinda N aka waterlily_mc with her beautiful Window LO

Here’s what Melinda will be recieving:

Now since we are, or for the rest of you have celebrated Valentine’s Day this weeks Challenge spotlight comes from  ShanMarie and it’s her Recipe Challenge! What does this have to do with Valentine’s Day? Well for her recipes this month ShanMarie asks you if you are a Flower person or a Jewelry person. Here are your two recipes to choose from:

Flowers Layout Formula- You can add extras if you would like, but in order to get the entry you need to have at least the following:
5 Flower elements
4 pictures
3 shapes
2 papers
1 ribbon

Jewelry Layout Formula- You can add extras if you would like, but in order to get the entry you need to have at least the following:
5 Bling Bling or glitter elements
4 Papers *can be cut anyway you need them*
3 Pictures
2 Frames
1 Alpha title

Want to see some of these recipes in action? Of course you do!!!

You can see that within the realm of your recipe you can really take this LO anyway you want! So give the Feb. Recipe Challenge a try yourself then post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done a LO with this kit are elligable. Let me see those comments!

I loved your Jan. Daily download layouts! Are you  snatching Feb. daily download? better be! It’s great too! My random # generator actually had some selection this week and it picked out kimmyscraps Play!   Yay! Here’s what you won!

Okay onto this weeks spotlight! This month JulieMarie is hosting the Sugar Swap! What’s a sugar swap? Just a fun word for a scraplift! As I’ve mentioned before I LOVE scrap lifting, helps so much when I’m stumped on what form my LO should take.  JulieMarie has given you TWO beautiful LOs to choose from to scraplift. Here they are:

by Ella

by mom2triplets04

2 Beautiful LOs! Which one would you like to lift? Need more inspiration or help figuring out what a scrap lift is? Well here’s a couple from our Gingersnaps.

by JulieMarie lifted Ella's

by mgagnon lifted mom2triplets04

Get the idea? Sounds fun? I sure think so! So go to  the Feb Sugar Swap, Make your own scrap lifted LO and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done a LO with this kit are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Did you have a great time using lyrics on your Layout? I know FJchickie did on her Little Wonders LO. Somehow she made it beautiful and masculine all at the same time I love it! And of course she is our winner from last weeks challenge spotlight. Here’s what she won!

Okey dokey it is the LAST day of the month! Already!!! This makes it difficult to pick a challenge spotlight since the challenges will all be NEW starting tomorrow! Be sure to check them out! So have you been snatching up the download a day? I hope so cause instead of spotlighting a challenge I’d like to spotlight your amazing Layouts using January’s daily download. In case you missed the previous post, here’s the full preview!

If you haven’t thanked Pretty in Green for this beautiful kit she gave for FREE yet I suggest you do so! Cause WOW!  Here’s a couple Ginger Snap LOs with this beauty.

by kimmyscraps

by Sarah-ICS

by kimmyscraps

Aww sweet! I love these colors and that sweet flying elephant!!! So time to use your Jan. daily download and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done a LO with this kit are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Oh and don’t forget to pick up Febs. Daily download starting tomorrow!!

Ack did I really miss a week? Now I’m sad, that’s the first time I’ve missed since I started the challenge spotlight. Are you wondering why? probably not, but I’ll tell you anyway. 🙂 I was super busy redoing an entire database for my Dad’s Home Property Management business. His old program hit it’s date limit at the beginning of the year and so we were scrambling to hurry and get a new one. It was nuts! Anyway I’m back with more challenge goodness, but first!!! I have a prize to give!

The winner from last week is. . . . . mom2triplets04! Here’s her Week 1 LO! Here’s what she won!

Okay! So onto this weeks Challenge Spotlight! The Bakery Window! The Bakery Window is our inspiration challenge. For Jan. Photocowgirl hosted our Bakery Window.  She would like to inspire your journaling. Here’s what she has to say:

Photocowgirl is here to bring you the January 15 Inspiration challenge. I love to use song lyrics on my layouts, so this month we are going to scrap a page using at least one line from a song.

Here’s the summary:
1. Pick at least one line from a song to use for your inspiration.
2. Scrap a page using your lyrics.
3. Upload to the inspiration challenge gallery – make sure to add your song choice and artist to the credits

Sounds like a great way to find just the right thing to say. Need MORE inspiration? Here’s some LOs from our Gingersnaps.

by Photocowgirl

by ~Aim~

by rdjrneace

Aww super cute! Go ahead and be inspired! Go to the Bakery Window Challenge then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Hope the weather is treating you well! We reached a high of 15 degrees today. Brrrr! Lets pick a winner from last weeks Challenge Spotlight! And the winner is………………Katie! With her forever in my heart LO! Here’s what she’s won!

This weeks Spotlight is the Cookie Madness better known as the 365/52 project. It’s not too late to start it yourself this year! Here’s a few to give you some ideas.

by Sarah-ICS

by prettyingreen

by Julie

I did this last year and really enjoyed it. Are you ready to take on the challenge? Go to the week 1 &/or week 2 pages and get your daily life preserved.

Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Happy New Year! With the New Year Gingerscraps is also introducing their new Challenge system! Learn all about the new challenge & reward system here. But my Challenge Spotlight will remain the same. Ready to spotlight the new & improved challenges as well as give YOU a change to win FREE stuff! Speaking of, lets get right on that! Our winner from last week is jrmminga with her Ornament photo. Great job Missy! Here’s your prize:

This Week I’m spotlighting the Cooking Class Challenge by Statements by Jodi. Cooking Class is where you learn a new technique in scrapbooking. This week Jodi chose a stacked border technique. Take a look :

by Missi

by Trina

by Harmonystar

Neat technique huh? Now it’s your turn to give it a try! go to Cooking Class Challenge and make your own!  Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did! Ready for the last Challenge Spotlight of the year? First lets give out our prize from last weeks challenge. The winner is Sara Schwab, aka belhepsibah with her adorable Big bro, Lil’ Sis LO. Here’s what she won.

By the way, these prizes aren’t available in the store so if you want it, you’ve gotta win it!! Let’s move on to this weeks challenge! Today we’ll spotlight Julie’s Say Click…Take a pic.  In this Challenge Julie shares some photography tips with us. This is super important because what’s a scrap page without a decent picture to scrap? For Dec. her tips are on those holiday pictures. You know those tree lights can be so tricky to get just the right photo of. Hurry over, read her tips and get pics of those lights before you take your tree down. Here’s some lovely examples.

by trina513

by marshmella

by Harmonystar

Fun huh? Your turn to try! Don’t forget to read the tips first at the Say Click…Take a Pic challenge. Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

Bonus – I will give a Brownie point to everyone who comments with their LO link.

CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Have you been enjoying our 12 days of Christmas? I sure have!! Time to put all those goodies to good use, but first lets give a cheer for last weeks challenge spotlight winner: Missdamsel with her beautiful Christmas Card! Here’s what you win Missi!

And now to this weeks challenge spotlight, Jodi’s Scraplift Challenge. Scraplifting is a fantastic way to get ideas for pages. It’s easy and fun! You simply find a LO you like and use the layout or anything from it really to inspire your own. Here’s some examples:

Jodi Lifted this adorable LO:

by Amy

To make this:

by Jodi

&  our Gingerbread Girl Astrid lifted this one:

by SATW

to make this:

by AnikA

See how it works? Want to give it a try? Then head over to Scraplift for December and get scrapping! Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

Bonus – I will give a Brownie point to everyone who comments with their LO link.

 CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!

Tis the season to be Jolly! I bet crinkletoast is jolly cause she’r our lucky winner from last weeks challenge spolight with her Christmas Tree LO. Here’s what she won!

This weeks challenge spotlight is Julie’s Sweet Cards. Julie is our local hybrid specialist. This challenge can be strictly digital or hybrid if you so choose. Julie gives you a card template and you do the rest! Here’s the template and her card:

by Julie

 Here’s a couple examples from our Gingersnaps:

by missdamsel

by Sarah-ICS

Lovely aren’t they? Who ever is getting those cards are super lucky. I’m sure they’ll love them! You still have some time if you’d like to make some cards to take to neighbors with a treat even. 🙂 Give the Sweet Card challenge a try! Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I’ll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).

Bonus – I will give a Brownie point to everyone who comments with their LO link.

 CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable. Let me see those comments!