A big congrats to all the wonderful ladies that finished boot camp!!! Great job!
I wanted to show off all your amazing skills, so I asked your Drill Sergeants to go pick their favorite LO you did from boot camp. AMAZING work ladies!!! Check them out.
Now all the grads get to continue to Officers Training School!
If you missed Boot Camp this time around- don’t worry, we are going to do it again soon 🙂
Be on the look out for sign ups 🙂

Now onto the LOs’ by our lovely Grads!!

Drill Sergeant Rachel’s (HarmonyStar) Troops-

belhepsibah

cachaspal

Tritya Creations

redhead

l.bicks

Lela Siregar

Drill Sergeant Miss Erins Troops-

Jaimeleigh

Scrappingirl

Patamomma

catgoddess

Diah Aryanti

madscrapper

Drill Sergeant Jodi’s Troops

tomosia

Shan0867

hrk_md

Drill Sergeant Charmain’s (charmedeebob) Troops-

ChristieDawn

LVich

missdamsel

PriddySweetJill

Sarah-ICS

Drill Sergeant Julie(Juliemomof4) Troops-

Crystaldegreef

Tabby

citygurl

leeann77

ScrappinCJ

beckag99

larkd

mmleaf05

Drill Sergeant Misty’s Troops-

tiffany_l

azgrandma

velociraptorx

Drill Sergeant Jen’s Troops-

TanyaH666

lasnow

pankerbelle

meggersjm

4callmemama

quietangelsb

Drill Sergeant Stephanie’s Troops-
sladd79054

mom3kids

HavaDrPepper

tech

hareraisers2

We only have a few treats for you this week, but they are fantastic treats.

These photo masks are $2.00.

Here are a couple of CT layouts for you to see.

Becka
Becka
Juli

Laura
Sarah
Jen

B. True kit: Click to download The Elements

What is your name and your Digi-scrap blog address?
Miss Erin’s Scraps (https://misserinsscraps.blogspot.com)

Tell us a little bit about your family.
I have 2 kids. Samara is soon to be 6 and Maddox soon to be 2. Their birthdays are only 3 days apart! I am also engaged to my fiance, TJ and we have been together all in all about 6 years. We love to do stuff outside together and go to the drive in movies in the summer.

What other hobbies do you have besides designing and scrapping?
What hobbies? J/K! I like photography a lot and have been learning how to shoot in different and interesting ways-or I hope anyways! And I love to read as well. The last book I read was The Host by Stephanie Meyer, who also wrote the Twilight series. And yes, I read all of them too! I’m also a sucker for the Harry Potter books, which I’ve read multiple times!

How did you get started designing and scrapping?
I just thought it was cool and I wanted to know how it was done just for the sake of knowing. I flipped on the scanner and started scanning things I found in my daughter’s room. I didn’t know anything about blending modes or layer styles! I colorized a blanket and thought that would be my paper. Little did I know!

How long have you been designing?
Sometime around the middle of 2008

Which programs do you use to design?
Adobe Photshop CS4 and ArtRage

Do you draw most of your items with a mouse, hand draw and scan, or do you use your camera?
I use my camera A LOT and I have been trying to do some more hand drawing. My mouse and I are good friends : )

Where does your inspiration usually come from?
I’m not sure. I just think up stuff I guess! I like to daydream a lot, and I do my best thinking in the bathtub.

How did you pick your design name?
I wish I would have picked something more clever! But everywhere I go, I somehow always end up getting called Miss Erin. So I figured why not?

Who are your favorite three designers?
Mimilou Designs, Chrisscrap, and Melancolie, all designers at my fav store, Scrapmalin. Well ok, 2nd fav next to Gingerscraps!

What is your favorite part of a kit to design?
Papers

What is the weirdest thing you have used as a texture?
Hmmm, an old wore out sheet pan!

What is your favorite kit that you have designed?
I really like this free kit called Wonderland that I did for free, it’s on my blog HERE.

What is your least favorite?
Everyone else seems to like it a lot, but Remember the Best Dreams is so NOT my fav!

How do you get started on a kit? Palette first? Rough idea on what you want your papers or elements to look like?
An idea for a theme, then the colors and ideas for elements come next. I make a list!

How long does it typically take you to make a kit?
Depends on how inspired I get or how much time I have. Anywhere from a couple days to a few weeks. And I have a whole folder of unfinished kits!

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I wish I didn’t talk so much, but I just can’t help myself! I am cursed with word vomit!

What is the one word that best describes you?
Free spirited-ok that’s two words, but I couldn’t think of a one word equivalent.

Who is the most important person in your life?
2 people-my kids

What is something that not many people know about you?
That despite my social butterfly-ness, I really do like to be alone sometimes. I was always a loner when I was a kid. My brother is 7 years younger than me so we didn’t have too much in common. I spent many hours in my room creating elaborate Barbie houses out of cardboard boxes!

If you could travel anywhere where would you go?
Ireland, I think it would be pretty there and it has a great history.

When you were little what did you dream of being when you grew up?
A singing superstar!

What do you like doing with your family?
Playing softball, going on nature hikes, drive in movies, camping, fishing…well anything outdoors anyways.

Where is your favorite place to be?
There is a state park not far from where I live. You walk a mile long trail to get to the big waterfalls. I love going there, it never gets old.

Edward or Jacob?
EDWARD!

CU or do it your self?
Both : )

Erin is giving you a new kit for FREE, B. True….
Click Papers to download the papers from 4Shared… and come back tomorrow for the elements!

And she made a desktop QP too, it is available in 1024×768 and 1280×800
Click here to download from 4shared!

The Gingersnaps and Gingerbread Ladies have been busy!

Ashlee

Charmaine
Jen


Jenn
Jillian
Julie

Sally

Tara

Here is a small sampling of the fantastic Participation prizes you will receive in the next week!

Today’s speed scrap at 11 am Pacific hosted by Sally
This adorable alpha coordinates with the brand new patriotic kit, Red White and Blue Adventures (But Mostly Red, Eh?) by Graham Like the Cracker.

Laura is hosting her weekly Night Owl Speed scrap this Thursday at 9 PM Pacific

I host a weekly speed scrap on Friday’s at one PM Pacific.
This week I am giving a layered PSD file template of one of my favorite layouts I have ever done, and I even include the shadow styles!

On Sunday the 14th, Marie hosts a Speed Scrap at 7 PM Pacific

She has this darling quick page for you from the Misty O’Brien kit, In the Spotlight

Happy Scrapping Everyone!

First up, we have a patriotic treat for you from Jen at Graham Like the Cracker. Red, White and Blue Adventures (But Mostly Red, Eh?)

Happy 4th of July! Happy Canada Day! Happy Constitution Day! That’s right, all three national holidays in one fun kit. This kit contains all the papers and elements you need to scrap your patriotic adventures, whether you are American, Canadian or Danish.

This kit contains 37 elements and 20 papers!

This kit is $5.00

Our next environmentally friendly treat comes from Charmaine at Wyld Web Designs, she has “New Recycling“:

This kit’s soft and subtle colors are perfect for any subject matter from babies to nature walks! It is designed to have a slightly “recycled” shabby look that should bring out the beauty in any photo!
This kit contains:
14 papers, 32 Elements, and 1 full alpha, upper and lower case and punctuation

Here’s a closer look at the alpha:

This kit $5, but on sale this week only for 25% off!

Our totally awesome treat this week is a kit you might have seen already – but it is just being released at GingerScraps. The fun and funky kit by me 🙂 and Janel Scraps- Like Totally Awesome. $5.00

We even have freeze dried treats this week. “Back From Outer Space” from Statements by Jodi

This kit includes 12 Papers and 32 Elements

You might also want to check out the Alpha and Word Art that Jodi made to match this kit.

This kit is $3.00

Our Romantic treat this week is brought to you by Misty O’Brien. The Romantical Sticker Alpha
This is the glitter sticker alpha that coordinates with all of the Romantical items.
It is $2.00

and our last treats come from Rachel aka HarmonyStar…

First, her Crosswords Paper Pack
Want a unique, fun way to add some simple descriptive journaling to your layout? Try these crossword puzzles!

They are $1.00

and finally, Swirly Gig 2. Available in Personal Use and Commercial Use packs.

Can’t get enough swirlies? They’re good for so many things! See what fun creations you can make with these!

Personal Use is $1.00, Commercial Use is $3.00

Char re-released her “Shadows of Me” kit last week, because it is new and improved! It is bigger and better than the previously released version!

As digital scrappers, we often find ourselves behind the camera lens and not on our pages! This kit is a great starting point for scrapping about yourself, with or without photos! Designed to help you bring YOU into your memory albums so the next generation will remember who you were as a person and how you felt.

This kit contains:
13 papers (7 patterned, 6 plain)
1 button
1 tag
1 chain
1 coffee cup
1 flower (in 2 colors)
3 frames (in 6 variations)
2 glitter hearts
1 notepaper cluster
1 page frame doodle
1 paperclip
1 straight ribbon
1 rope tie
1 string heart
6 silhouettes
1 silhouette border
1 staple
7 word tags

You can find it in Char’s Store!

Some layouts from her wonderful CT!
Laura:

Ryan:

Jenn made 2:

Becka made 2:

Juli:

And one Charmaine made a while back:

This layout of Charmaine’s totally made me giggle. Isn’t her Lilah just the cutest?

Becka
Jenn
Jessica
Laura
Melissa
Rachel
So I was trolling the gallery, looking for new layout to pick for layout of the week, and the layouts from the same kit kept jumping out at me.

Miss Erin’s Scraps Remember the Best Dreams is on sale! It is only $2.80 and it is beautiful and very versatile. Click on the kit preview to buy it from the Gingerscraps Shop. I can’t wait to see what else people do with it.

Happy Scrapping!