Are you feeling that fall spirit? I am! I LOVE FALL! Our spotlight challenge last week sure had the fall spirit about it. our random winner is Lisa! With her wonderful Pumpkin Patch layout. I LOVE pumpkin patches too! How fun! Here’s what you won Lisa!

The Spotlight Challenge for this week is Ella’s Oct. Desktop Calender Challenge. For this challenge you make your desktop background with  the month’s calender and whatever other stipulations Ella gives. This month she said it neeed to contain at least 1 photo editing technique. Here’s just a few of the many wonderful Oct. desktops already posted.

by Ella

by lynelle

by marshmella

by mrsmoejoe

 Wonderful aren’t they? You still have time to make your own. try it out at the Oct. desktop 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 all been picking up the daily download? I would totally suggest it! And how is that Alpha book coming? FJchickie got her “W” page done and earned herself a prize! Check out her White Mountain layout and here’s what she won:

This weeks challenge spotlight is Barb’s Oct Color Challenge!

In case you are unfamilar with the Color challenge, Barb posts some colors and you have to use all of those colors in your layout.  Here’s her colors for October.

If you feel like scrapping some of those Halloween Layouts that you havn’t gotten around to yet, maybe you should check out that daily dowload here on the blog! 🙂

Here’s a great LO from one of our GingerBread Girls!

by sladd79054

Go get your color fix with the Oct. Color 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!

Our random winner from last week is photom with her Memory LO Way to say  just the right words. Here’s your prize:

Make sure you all head over the Gingerscraps Challenge section cause it’s a new month and there are TONS of new challenges for you to try. PLUS the more challenges you do the more cookies you get in the cookie jar which means the more % off you can get at the end of the month! Sounds like a win win situations to me!

To get you started lets check out my Alpha Challenge! We’re getting to the end of the alphabet and are on “W”! To play you simply make a layout inspired by the letter “W” you must have a “W” somewhere on your layout!

As a little bonus you get “X” goodies for completing you W LO!

Here’s one from my little boys 1 yr Alpha book. I’m excited to start over again with my little girl’s alpha book so watch out for that soon too!

by Harmonystar

“W”onderful don’t you think? I’m so funny. So head on over to to my W 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!

Sarah, great card making, she went all out with posters too for what looks like a supre fun party. Wish I could go!  Here’s her Pirate Booty Day & here’s what she has won!

This month is almost over! Can you believe it? I can’t! So let’s hurry and move onto this weeks challenge spotlight. How about Julies Word Lovers for Sept.! Do you sometimes struggle with the right words to put on you’re layout? How about trying a definition!

Check out these wonderfully defined layouts!

by photom

by sladd79054

by briarwoodpups

Says just the right thing  don’t ya think? Want to make your own defined layout? Great head on over to Julie’s Word Lovers for Sept. 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!

Did you all enjoy the falling down challenge? I know Sniksnak did cause she’s our winner! Here’s what she won!

Onto this weeks challenge spotlight! Scrapbooking and card making have somehow always gone hand in hand. Have you been itching to try your digital or hybrid skills on a card? Well here’s Julie to help you out! Every month she will give you a card template. Remember cards are good for all kinds of occasions, and if you can’t think of anything you need a card for, how about a thank you card? You can never have too many of those on hand right? So try out the Sept. Sweet Card challenge!

Here’s her template and example:

Go to the sweet card challenge to download the template.

Want to see more examples? Me too!

by photom

by lynelle

Cute huh? I think so too! Make your own card with Julie’s template at the Sept. Sweet Cards challenge! Then come back here and post the link to your card 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!

Good day to you all. I got to work at our fair this morning so I’m rather late getting around to this, but here I am! Nothing can keep me away! Lets find out who won last weeks challenge spotlight. *drum roll* and the lucky number is 3! That’s ktkadoo with her Family ’01 LO! Yay! You win my Mommy/Daddy overlays.

Now for the Challenge Spotlight. . . well, see I have a bit of a problem, tomorrow is the end of the month! New challenges will be up this week but not yet SO instead of ME spotlighting a challenge, I want YOU to! If you leave a comment with your favorite challenge and why, I’ll give you 5 bonus brownie points in Sept. cookie jar! In case you’re not sure what I mean I’ll give you an example:
Currently my favorite challenge is the paper to digi Scraplift challenge. This is my current fave because I am having inspiration issues but these great  paper layouts are great for giving me layout ideas!

Now what’s your favorite Gingerscrap Challenge?

Really? we’re already coming to the end of the month? Worse still the end of summer? I suppose it must be done. As does the the monthly challenges! Hurry and get those done! Remember the more challenges you do, the more  points you get and bigger the discount you can earn for the Gingerscraps store!

One of our scrappers that’s doing a fabulous job getting these challenges done AND our winner from last weeks Challenge Spotlight is Sarah! She did all three of The HeART of it challenges. So she wins this:

On to this weeks Challenge Spotlight,  Julie’s August Technique Time! Remember, every month Julie posts a challenge encouraging you to use the newest or most popular technique in scrapbooking that she can find. This month the technique is a cluster..not just any cluster, but a photo and element cluster all in the middle of your page.

Here’s the example Julie gave made by shawnbear

by shawnbear

Here’s some other great examples from some ladies that have already done this challenge this month.

by AnikA

Here’s a center cluster going vertical:

It’s Monday again! Time to go back to work 🙁 or if you’re lucky like me you get to stay home with the kiddies and maybe even get a chance to do the Spotlight Challenge! Last week Sarah did and won a prize from me with her Busy Bee LO! Great use of photography angles Sarah! Sarah & Sara Bliss both get a Bonus Brownie Point for commenting as well.   Here’s your prize Sarah:

Now onto this weeks Spotlight Challenge! Do you love all the new challenges at Gingerscraps? You know I do! Here’s another great one by Jen called The HeART of it.  This challenge is more about YOU. About recording your thoughts and feelings. For this month Jen has a challenge topic for each week. This week  the topic is:

Week 3 due Aug 23rd: Open Your Eyes
There is always something in our lives that we need to pay closer attention to. Make a page about what you want to “open your eyes” more for. You must include an eye OR a window on your layout.

Here’s some layouts from earlier this month to give you inspiration:

Week 1 due Aug 9th: My Safe Place
Create a page or pages about your safe place. You must include a house or building element somewhere on your layout.

by vcjordi

by Julie

From week 2:
Week 2 due Aug 16th: Bling it on
Even if you are not a girly girl, there is a part of all of us that wants to be feminine. Make a page about your “bling”, no matter how small, that you do or wear to show your softer side. You must use something sparkly or lacy on your layout.

by vcjordi

I love this idea for getting more about yourself out there in your scrapping. You should try The HeART of it too! 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. As an added bonus, again I will be giving a bonus brownie point to all those that leave a comment! Let me see those comments!

Those were some great layouts from last week! The winner is Scrappingirl with her adorable “Little Buddies” LO. Here’s what she won:

Does anyone else get excited about a new month of challenges? I sure do, even better, we have a brand new challenge hosted by marshmella! It’s the Aug. Font Challenge! The challenge itself is rewarding because marshmella will give you a font to download and use in a LO.  Don’t forget about those cookies and brownie points you can earn too. They will help you get % off when you buy gingerscrap products! Yay! Here’s the font:

Here’s some examples on how this great font can be used:

by marshmella

by hslater

What a cute font huh? Try it out yourself at the Aug. Font 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. As an added bonus, I will be giving a bonus brownie point to all those that leave a comment! Let me see those comments!