Blue Heart Scraps

It’s customer appreciation weekend at Brownie Scraps, and we are all about spreading the love!  There’s a fun forum game that allows 3 lucky players a $5 gift card to a designer’s store, a fantastic sale going on through Sunday, and a “Loving Inspiration” Blog Hop!  This blog hop is a bit different than normal, though.  This hop is all about showing our appreciation for you, the fabulous fans and scrappers who help guide us along this designing journey (I still have a freebie at the bottom, though, so don’t run off!).  I know, for me, the best part of being a designer is seeing my products put to use – watching you document your memories with my work.  So, that’s what we’re focusing on with this blog hop today – your gorgeous layouts!  🙂

Today’s lovely spotlight layout was created by Jessica.  The colors she chose are fantastic!  The solid grey paper does a wonderful job of highlighting the colors in the pictures, while the arrow and chevron background papers add a vibrant extra punch to the layout.  The stitching is fabulous, but it’s the journaling that really draws me in.  I’m sure most stay at home mommies have felt the guilt, at times, of being labeled ‘just’ a mom (I know I sure have!).  It’s easy to lose yourself in the daily shuffle of cleaning and cooking laundry, and forget how valuable your job truly is!  It may not pay much (the kisses to dollars exchange rate should really be raised!), but Jessica’s right – being a mommy is the best job anyone could ask for!

Jessica used my template pack A Little Crush to create the gorgeous layout above

And, with the Customer Appreciation sale going on at Brownie Scraps this weekend, you can snag that template, as well as lots of other great template sets for some AMAZING prices!

And, this coordinating free template (which was included in my newsletter this past Friday) can be yours for reading and following along today’s love-filled blog hope.

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Then, be sure to visit the rest of the Brownie Scraps designer blogs listed below for other lovingly inspired layouts and blog hop fun!  🙂

Moments Scrapped
Memory Clips by Ramona
Blue Heart Scraps (*you are here*)
keepscrappin designs
Down This Road Designs
Moments of Harmony
Little Bit Shoppe Designs
Scrap-n-a-Snap
Snickels Corner Crafts

I was so excited to hear this past week that the groundhog did not see his shadow. I hope he does not disappoint! I  am anxious for an early spring. The colors of this weeks spotlight yell out spring to me!

The spotlight this week is titled “Little Miss Attitude” by MSPeeler.

I absolutely LOVE this layout. The black and white are a great balance to the bright colors and I love how the pink paper and flowers just POP! The shadowing is amazing and the picture is priceless.

The kit used for this layout is Shine Bright.

In celebration of this weeks spotlight you can pick up Shine Bright for 50% off TODAY ONLY at Gingerscraps.

Happy Wednesday! 🙂  My oldest boy turns 7 today, so I’ve made the Awesome Mommy required trip to his school to bestow cupcakes upon his 1st grade class.  They were a huge hit, of course!  I always feel like a celebrity when I visit the school – all the little boys and girls smile and way, so excited to see me.  Does the ego good! 🙂  Unfortunately, I wound up bringing the birthday boy home with a fever (boo!) – but we’re not letting that stop us from having a great day!

I have two new releases coming out this week.  A lovely new kit will hit my Ginger Scraps store, and a coordinating template pack will be released at Brownie Scraps.  I have sneak peeks for both releases below:

If you would you like to win a copy of one of these new products for free, just leave a comment below by tomorrow night, Thursday February 7th, at midnight.  Make sure and leave your email address so that I can contact you if you are the winner. Your comment will earn you 1 entry into the drawing. You can earn extra entries by making a post to your Facebook, Twitter or Blog. Simply leave a separate comment, with corresponding links, for each entry.  I’ll will be back on Friday to announce the lucky winner!

Ready?  Set?  Comment!!! 😀

Thursday again and time to check out the Blue Heart Scraps Gallery at Gingerscraps. I was amazed at all of the gorgeous layouts that have been posted in just the past week and it was so hard to narrow it down to just one. The layout I ended up choosing is titled “Family” by ScrapinMama.

I love how she did a frame inside of a frame. The clusters behind the photo are beautiful and the black and white photo is just stunning!

The kit she used to create this layout is Building Hope.

Gorgeous Layout ScrapinMama and congratulations on being layout of the week!

January is now 3/4 over and I am getting excited. January has always been a particular long month for me. The cold and I just don’t get along. This January has been particularly trying because it has been colder than usual. Most days have been single digits or only in the teens. The only positive side that comes from the cold is that I have more time for scrapping. Why?

1. No yard work.

2. The kids go to bed early because it gets dark early.

3. I avoid leaving the house at all costs so I have extra time on my hands.

When I am not scrapping I also love to pick up a good book. During the winter months it is always fun to bundle up and get lost in a fun novel. Normally I am lucky if I can get one book read, this month I have already managed to go through three!

While browsing through the gallery I learned something new. The title of Yabby’s page caught my eye, “Nook start up screen”.

I had no clue that you could create your own! I thought it was such an awesome idea to create a start up screen with a birthday calendar. I tried to do some research to see if I could do the same for my Kindle Fire, but as far as I could see I am out of luck. I wish I could had something that awesome to look at every time I turned on my Kindle! To create the start up screen Yabby used the new kit from Blue Heart Scraps “You Keep me in Stitches”.

I love the lettering she added to the banner and the flower cluster under the calendar. Congratulations Yabby, such a fun idea and you did a beautiful job!