{"id":41700,"date":"2021-09-28T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=41700"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:13:11","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-tips-and-tricks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2021\/09\/tutorial-tuesday-tips-and-tricks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Tips and Tricks)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Almost DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hey all you GingerScrappers<\/strong>! Digital Scrapbooking Day<\/strong> is coming up fast!! It’s on Saturday, October 2<\/strong> and it’s going to be a blast. But don’t let “Day<\/em>” throw you off. It’s not just a day, it’s a week-long celebration of our hobby and it’s always epic. This year’s theme is just perfect. Ginger<\/strong><\/span> has given me the go-ahead to share this sneak peak with you. Drum roll please!<\/p>\n

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All the digital scrapbooking stores around the worldwide web have special events and sales. Here at GingerScraps<\/strong><\/a>, there are a bunch of grab bags specifically designed for DSD<\/strong>, special challenges, another scavenger hunt, and a free-with-$20-purchase MEGA collab. (I\u2019ve seen the MEGA collab\u2026 you\u2019re going to love it!!!! It has about 100 papers… and the palette is beautiful.) Other stores will have designer blog hops and special events on their sites too\u2026<\/p>\n

So start with a\u00a0PLAN<\/strong>! Don\u2019t just jump into the deep end. Check out the forums at your favourite stores to see what they have going on. Then make yourself a calendar of events. Set some reminders so you don\u2019t miss the entry deadlines, speed scraps or chats. If you’ve ever missed out on something amazing by a matter of an hour, you’ll understand the need for some nudges.<\/p>\n

Make sure you have\u00a0hard drive space<\/strong> for your purchases and freebies. Or invest in some thumb drives or an EHD to transfer some of your older stuff to so you have lots of room for your downloads. That MEGA is going to need a bunch of room. Label this extra storage right away so you don\u2019t forget what you\u2019ve put on it. Forgetting to label them could mean you lose track of all the awesome kits you’ve moved and you don’t want that! I have a brand new 6TB EHD just waiting for me to fill it up.<\/p>\n

Set a\u00a0BUDGET<\/strong>! It\u2019s way too easy to overspend when you\u2019re surrounded by smokin\u2019 hot deals, and PayPal makes it painless\u2026 until later. Figure out how much you have to spend, and stick with it. I usually save a bit of money so I can spend $20-25 per favourite digishop (I have 3 that I like a lot) without feeling guilty. (With the slightly stronger Canadian dollar this week, I might be able to make my money go a bit farther. As long as there isn’t some catastrophe here that causes our currency to tank. ‘Cause that’s never happened before….. 😉\u00a0)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t feel obligated to participate in anything that isn\u2019t going to make you happy. If you don’t have time to join in on the games in the Forum<\/strong>, don’t worry about it! If you aren’t into speed scraps, that’s great! Extra challenges might be fun, but if you have better things to do, you have better things to do. Freebies take up a lot of space, both on your computer and in your head; if you don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever use what the designer is giving away, you don\u2019t have to take it. This is especially true of blog hop freebies; the topic and palette may be really exciting, but there will be some designers’ contributions that don’t fit into your style of scrapping, so don’t download them. Believe me, you won’t miss them.<\/p>\n

While you\u2019re waiting for the festivities to begin, go through your photos and choose some for those challenges you just won\u2019t be able to resist. Let your family know when you\u2019re going to need some uninterrupted time and don\u2019t stay up too late! Because there\u2019s still Black Friday<\/strong><\/span> next month \u2013 we have to pace ourselves!<\/p>\n

Sharing our stories is important, both for us now and for those who come after us. The last 18 months have had quite an impact on all of us in one way or another. Some of us have lost loved ones, some of us have been sick ourselves, some of us have worked harder than ever before to help others and some of us have channeled our energies in new directions. But we all have learned what matters and what doesn’t. Let’s celebrate ourselves!<\/p>\n

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It’s Almost DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!! Hey all you GingerScrappers! Digital Scrapbooking Day is coming up fast!! It’s on Saturday, October 2 and it’s going to be a blast. But don’t let “Day” throw you off. It’s not just a day, it’s a week-long celebration of our hobby and it’s always epic. This year’s theme is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[229,102,284,92,66,288,88,62],"tags":[373],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 02:11:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41705,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41700\/revisions\/41705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}