Thanks to all you that tried out reflection tutorial! We ended up with some fantastic edits and layouts. I threw the number into a random generater and it spit out 2! That’s missdamsel! Missi I don’t have you marked down with this one. Let me know if you already have it.

Now onto this weeks challenge spotlight! This month Amy introduced a brand new challenge called paper to digi scraplift. She finds a paper Layout and you get to scraplift it! I thought it sounded fun so I tried it out myself! Here’s the paper layout:

by Staceymichu

This challenge was a hit and there are several layouts made! Here’s a few:

by nutsaboutgabe

by tina513

by missdamsel

by Harmonystar

There’s so many more! You should go check them out and try the Paper to digi scraplift challenge yourself! 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! 

Hmm no T pages to win a prize. Bummer. photom was so close but has to wait until the kit she used is released. Oh well maybe we’ll have better luck with this weeks challenge spotlight. Which is. . . . 

My Photo Editing Technique – July ’10 – Reflected. Do you like the look of a reflected photo but don’t know how to make it work. Well here’s your chance to give it a try. I’ll give you a step by step tutorial on how to do a reflection. Wonder what you can do with a reflection? Well here are some examples I posted: 

By Harmonystar

By Harmonystar

By Harmonystar

 If you are thinking “OH I have a photo that could use a cool reflection” then go check out the July ’10 – Reflected tutorial. If you’re thinking “The only way to make this better is if I could win a prize from Harmonystar too!” Well that it’s your lucky day! Come back here and post the link to your edit 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! 

My dear photom was the only one to play again last week. I’m having to hunt for goodies I havn’t already given her. Lucky for her I still have a few things up my sleeve. 🙂 I’m so glad you play along Sara! Now if anyone else wants to give her a bit of of a run for the gold, go for it! photom gets this plus a bonus brownie point!

This weeks Challenge to spotlight is the fabulous T challenge! How’s your Alpha book coming? I’m just about ready to get started on Bella’s 1 year alpha book. I love looking at Jaden’s! The A-Z challenge is a great way to help you get that alpha book done for whatever occasion. I’ve seen it done not just for baby books, but for weddings, or for a good way to sum up that year. There’s lots of good uses for a Alpha book! This months letter is of course “T”! Design a layout inspired by the letter “T” and be sure you use the letter “T” somewhere in the layout!
You can earn “U” goodies for completing your “T” layout.

You will also get 1 cookie & can earn 1 brownie point if you use 75% gingerscrap kits!

Here’s the yummy U goodies Jodi made and gathered just for you!

Need some help with some T words? check out my page.

Seriously I just can’t get over how cute that boy was, oh he still is just bigger now. 🙂

Soooo go make your own “T” Layout! 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!

It’s July! Finally summer is showing up her in Idaho, how about where you live? Are you too busy to scrap? lucky for me photom isn’t. She’s won from last weeks challenge spotlight. Wish I had something patriotic, but the since I don’t have fireworks how about this Volcanic Alpha? 🙂 photom, you’ll find it in your GS inbox.

Now for this weeks Spotlight challenge we have Barb’s Color Challenge. The challenge is simple enough, Barb gives you a color pallet and you use every color in your layout. Here’s the fun colors for July!

You can use the great collab kit Gingerscraps County Fair or whatever else you happen to have lying around. But you must use all the colors shown.

Here’s Barb’s Layout:

by Barbara

What super fun colors! so go make your own layout for the July 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). CT & those who have already done the challenge are elligable.

Also, have you noticed our new cookie jar point system? If you leave a comment with your layout here not only do you have a chance to win but this week you also get a bonus brownie point!

Let me see those comments!

Last week for June challenges! Have you gotten yours done? We have something exciting happening with the challenges next month. Make sure to check back at the forum regularly to find out what it is!

Now we must pick a winner from last weeks challenge spotlight. The winner is Sarah-ICS! Great scraplift Sarah! Here’s what you get! it’ll be in you gingerscraps inbox!

Now are you ready for this weeks challenge spotlight? It is the June Inspiration Challenge! When scrapbooking we can get inspiration from all kinds of things. This challenge will stretch your imagination and open you up to new ideas as you become inspired.

for this month’s inspiraton I’ve found some really cool architecture to inspire you!

These were designed by Santiago Calatrava

Beautiful aren’t they? Here’s a couple layouts that have already been made with these inspiring buildings and bridge.

by Sarah-ICS

by photom

 Neat huh? How do these artistic architecture inspire you? Make a layout for the June Inspiration 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!

Happy Monday everybody. You know what that means! Well yes it means the weekend is over and we have a long week ahead of us before another wonderful weekend BUT it also means the Challenge Spotlight! The winner from last weeks spotlight is Sarah! Yay! Maybe you can use this with those great Father’s Day pictures. Look for it in your Gingerscraps inbox!

For this week I am spotlight Jodi’s Scraplift Challenge. Scraplifting is the best way to get the perfect layout when you can’t think of how to lay it out yourself. How does it work? simple! Go into the GingerScraps Gallery and pick out a LO and then Scraplift it. (This means copy the design or colors or theme in your own layout. )

Here’s some examples:
Steph lifted this LO

by Christie

and made this one:

by Stephanie

 Sara Scraplifted this one:

by Julie

 and made this one:

by photom

 Get the idea? Great! So head over to the June Scraplift challenge and scraplift 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!

Are you all loving our new blog schedule? Fun stuff all around. Make sure to check the blog every day!

Sadly no one commented on last weeks challenge spotlight and so I have no one to give my prize to. 🙁 Maybe we’ll have better luck this week.

Today I’m spotlighting a brand new challenge at Gingerscraps. Mandy’s June Mix. The Mix is challenge that mixes up every month. You never know what it will be, but it will always be some great new challenge!

This month Mandy created a great layout for you to scraplift with one rule – create a LO capturing your favorite summer activity or memory from the past! This can be from way in the past, or last summer, or even yesterday if you really want it to be. 😉 Here’s her fantastic LO:

To help you with the scraplift Mandy has suggested you choose 3 things from this LO and make them your own!
It can be anything from color, white space, photo placement, photo edits, journaling placement, ellie cluster, rounded corners… or anything else you can pick out.
You may also add anything else you wish.

Here’s one that Cath has done

by Cath

Sounds fun huh? I think so! So head over the the June Mix 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!

Is anyone else as excited as I am about the amazing amount of comments I got from last weeks post? So what did it, was it the new knowledge that you get a free kit for doing the progressive scrap? was it the overwhelming desire for a chance to win one of my goodies? Or was it the fact that all you had to do was sign up and not really complete a Layout? Yeah totally the last one huh? No matter!  I am pleased as can be. So pleased in fact that I pulled 2 numbers out of the random generator! Yay! So comment 11 Sniksnak &  comment 2 crinkletoast are the lucky winners! And here is what they won!

Now onto the challenge spotlight! Lets hear a word up for Julie’s Word Lover’s Challenge! Every month Julie will give you a great way to use those words. Be it Word Art, journaling, or something else super fun like this month’s challenge which happens to be list your 10 favorite things about summer in your journaling! It’s your Top 10 Faves of Summer!

Here in SE Idaho, we’ve had no hint of summer yet, but hopefully the rest of you have and can make a great LO about your 10 favorite things! Here’s one from Steph to give you some ideas.

by Stephanie

By the way, if you absolutely adore the kit Steph used like I do, you will want to get those 365/52 Layouts in cause it’s Scrappy Cocoa’s (Steph’s) challenge prize. How exciting!

Be sure to get your Word Lover’s challenge done this week 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!

June already! Did you all have a good spring? We didn’t, it was cold, rainy, & snowy the whole time. June hasn’t started out that well either! Hope you all still have a little bit of scrapping time with the kids out of school and all the summer fun!

Yay for having to run the random number generator for this weeks winner! And the winner is…….. Trina! Hooray! Here’s your prize:

This weeks challenge spotlight is Rachel’s (not me, but the pretty Rachel) June Progressive Scrap!  

What’s a progressive scrap? It’s much like a speed scrap, only the opposite! It takes the whole month to do one LO. Once you sign up Rachel will send you a pm with a small portion of a kit then post the first instruction.

You will then have a certain number of days to complete the instruction. Then post your LO to the Progressive Scrap forum (NOT the gallery yet). Once your LO is posted, it’s FIXED. Meaning you cannot move your elements around. 

She will then post the next instruction and PM you the second download.

and so forth…

You will only receive the free downloads if you complete the instructions and post your LO within the deadlines. If you join late or miss a deadline, you can still play using another kit – you just won’t receive the FREE kit. This way, you will still be able to get credit for the Monster Challenge AND play along with everyone else.

At the end, you should end up with a free kit or free mini kit and a layout from that kit. You can then post your completed layout to the gallery.

What a deal right? Here’s a few of the great LO’s from last months progressive scrap.

by prettyingreen

by photom

by tanni

 Isn’t that an adorable kit they got for last month? for FREE! I wonder what kit you’ll get this month! Better go sign up and find out!

And since we’re just starting, all you have to do to be eligable for my free prize here is to leave a comment saying you signed up to play this month! yup that’s it! Sweet huh? Go to it!

Again just a single entry for last weeks challenge spotlight soooo photom you win again! Hooray! Lets see if I can find a prize for you that you don’t have yet!

How about this one?

Well we’re reaching the end of May! Last chance to get those challenges done for the May Monster Challenge  To help you along let’s check out this weeks Spotlight Challenge! Stephanie’s Template Challenge!  Stephanie of Scrappy Cocoa is not only a talented designer but a fabulous template maker! Here’s her template for the challenge this month!

Of course for the template challenge you simply download this template and make a Layout from it! Many have already done this fabulous challenge this month so here’s just a few of the Layouts made by our fabulous Gingersnaps.

by Becka

by Kimmy

by MandaK

 These are just a few of the fabulous Layouts already made with Steph’s template. Head over there yourself to see more! and while you are at it why not do the Template challenge yourself? 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!