Super Awesome You! & Check Out Collab!

Another week, another Friday, another post full of awesome new goodies! I have a new Facebook Freebie, and not one but TWO gorgeous new releases this week…so make sure you read all the way down! 🙂

First up is a bright and colorful and awesomeness-inspired mini kit, created to celebrate passing the 800 likes mark on the Blue Heart Scraps Facebook Page.  And, even better? It’s free to download for all by ‘liking’ the Blue Heart Scraps Facebook Page and then clicking on the Exclusive Freebies button!  It comes with five fun, patterned papers and twelve colorful elements.

And, it coordinates perfectly with this week’s newest release, Super Awesome You!

Who’s Awesome? YOU ARE!
This kit is infused with supreme awesomeness, ready to scrap all of your totally rad, fantastical layouts! Let’s face it, you’re the cat’s pajamas, top dog, the bees knees, all of the above and more. Truly fan inspired, because you’re all the absolute best. Go ahead, I dare you to create the most awesome amazing layout ever – it’ll be legen…. wait for it….
(extra awesome bonus points to those who understand that reference!)

Super Awesome You! is available at:
GingerScraps and FunkyPlaygroundDesigns

Plus, it comes with some amazingly gorgeous add-on packs (if I do say so myself)
Cluster Pack available at GingerScraps and FunkyPlaygroundDesigns

Stacked Paper Pack available at GingerScraps and FunkyPlaygroundDesigns

QuickPages pack available at GingerScraps and FunkyPlaygroundDesigns

Some CT Inspiration:
Also new this week is a fun collab with Jennifer of Luv Ewe Designs.  It was my first time collaborating with Jennifer, but she’s so sweet and so easy going – there will certainly be more collaborations with her in the future (even if I have to force her, lol)!  🙂

Love to shop? Get your thrills by saving money? Do crazy coupon clippers make you smile…or are you a little mix of all the above?  Check Out is a fun kit with a shopping/saving/spending theme to scrap all those memories of the perfect sale, your love of shopping or saving for that next big purchase. And, like all new releases, it’s on sale for 25% off all weekend long!


Now at GingerScraps

Also available are three new coordinating packs, sure to make scrapping your next great layout that much easier.

There is the cluster pack:

The stacked papers pack:

and the quickpages pack:

and a little CT inspiration:
Plus!  Be sure to check out the Facebook page today and all weekend long for some great coupons and your chance to get the new Super Awesome You! full size kit for just $1.00! Plus, at least one ‘fan’ of the page will win a $10 GC to my store.  Make sure you ‘like’ me for your chance! 🙂

Layout Spotlight: It’s no lemon!

Good morning everyone!

This weeks layout is by Lisa in Blue Heart Scraps GingerScraps gallery. When I saw this layout in the gallery I knew IMMEDIATELY I had to spotlight it! No hesitation or second thoughts, this layout is totally spectacular in my book!

You all should know by now how much I love love love white space, but this full page of cluster(s) is just so amazing! I’ve definitely added it to my “to-scraplift” stash. Lisa’s shadowing work is fabulous, really giving the page depth. I just want to reach in a grab a piece of fruit!

Lisa used Thanks a Melon, which is one of my very favorite kits by Blue Heart Scraps.

As always, you can pick up this great kit in Blue Heart Scraps store, along with all of her other goodies.  Remember to upload those lovely layouts to the gallery so that you too have the chance of being in the spotlight! 🙂

Keep scrappin’ on my friends!

 

Tuesday Treats Freebie Time! :)

Morning! 🙂  My boys are enjoying Vacation Bible School this week, which means I get roughly 3 hours of kid-free time each morning.  In my mind, that meant I would not only catch up on all of the stuff I had to do (online, offline, and everything in between) – but I would get ahead! HAHAHA!! *deep breath* HAHAHAH!!  Yeah, that may not happen, lol.

I spent my time yesterday so incredibly excited about having the quiet house to myself…that I played XBox for the entire time.  And, I was up so late last night working to get caught up (from the lack of productivity yesterday morning), that I’d love nothing more than to sleep today’s hours away!  But, man…it sure was a nice fairytale, eh?

Speaking of fairytales…GingerScraps June Buffet is perfect for scrapping your “Once Upon A Time” dreams.  And with an alpha pack, a plain paper pack, a patterned paper pack, an element pack, a cluster pack, a stacked paper pack, and a quickpage pack I’ve got enough goodies to make those pages really stand out!

Today’s freebie is a clustered frame made from the Once Upon A Time Element Pack, and is perfect for all of those princess photos.

Download Here

Meet the Team Monday: Last but not least!

I’ve had so much fun meeting the team I am so proud to be apart of, I sure hope you have too! Now it’s my turn to “get in front of the camera” , if you will. So.. let’s just jump right in!

The Basics:  Helloooo! My name is April (known as mamaape in the forums), for anyone who doesn’t know yet. 😉 I am a very nearly 29 year old (like, 19 days away!) stay-at-home mommy to one very totally awesome little 18 month old dude. A few short months ago I celebrated my third anniversary with my husband. I have two furry children, a pup who’s 5 and a cat who’s just about 20 (she totally doesn’t act her age though 😉 ). Our little family lives in southern Wisconsin, where I’ve lived most of my life.

How long have you been on the Blue Heart Scraps CT? I just joined JoyLynn’s team at the beginning of April, this year. Time certainly flies when you’re having fun!

Tell us about your scrapping experience: I tried paper scrapping a few years ago, and by try I mean I bought a WHOLE LOT OF supplies and never did a thing with them except just collect and collect and collect. I did do some paper craft though (photo frames) but just never got into it as I had hoped for. I ended up selling the vast majority of my collection and chalked it up to another hobby that just wasn’t for me. Then… I discovered digital scrapbooking in January of just this year through a giveaway on a friend’s blog. From that moment on I have been ADDICTED! Whether it’s paging through the endless amount of layouts in galleries, working on challenges, or hoarding kits I just can’t stop. At least this time it doesn’t waste any closet space. 😉

What is your favorite layout you’ve made using Blue Heart Scraps products?

This layout has got to be my most favorite thus far. The versatility of the kit, L8terSk8ter, really surprised me and I fell in love with my layout the more it fell into place. I’m also a HUGE sucker for templates, I just can’t get enough of them and this was no exception. I used Blue Heart Scraps Across the Line Template(s).

What program do you use? I use Adobe Photoshop CS5

Can you share a tip or a piece of advice for your fellow digi scrappers out there? One of the pieces of advice I often see is keep learning new things! The amount of things to learn about Digital Scrapping is far more than I ever thought when I first started. I also think another very important thing to remember is to scrap for yourself. Not for anyone else. Regardless of challenges, or contests, or whatever- always create for you. If you’re not happy, it’s not worth it.

Tell us something different about you:  I always feel like this is such a tricky thing to respond to! I’ll say this: I hate roller coasters, I have a SEVERE phobia of bugs, I want two more children, I LOVE foreign films and my engagement/wedding ring was custom made (no other ring(s) like it!).

What is your favorite Blue Heart Scraps kit? This is an extremely difficult question, because it’s true that I so totally love SO many of Blue Heart Scraps’ kits. Recently however, I’ve grown quite fond of Colors of My Life: Teal.

It’s great for 365/52 layouts because of the day/month tags and the THREE alphas. Plus, I absolutely love the color grey, so that’s just an automatic yes! for me. 🙂

JoyLynn has put each of these (elements, papers, alphas) on sale for $1 each (*today only)!  If you don’t already have this set in your stash, now’s the chance to grab it at 50% off! I just love the pop of color, and papery flowers. Those are my favorite. 🙂

Now that you’ve met the whole team, stay tuned for some new and exciting things to happen on Mondays!

Layout Spotlight!

Good morning!

Did you know that Blue Heart Scraps is guesting at Funky Playground Designs? I decided to check out their gallery to see what lovely layouts are being made with Blue Heart Scraps products and I came across one by Memi (I just couldn’t pass it up!):

She used Just Another Day [collab].

This is one of my absolute favorite Blue Heart Scraps’ kits. Memi also used Across the Line Template Pack by Blue Heart Scraps. I love her clustering around the frame, I love all the paper stacking at the bottom and her title work. It’s just an overall beautiful page!

You can get Just Another Day [collab] at JoyLynn’s GingerScraps store (and at Funky Playground Designs while she is guesting)  Remember, as always, to upload those layouts to the Blue Heart Scraps Gallery and your layout could be featured here!

Happy Scrappy Thursday!

Tuesday Treats Freebie Time! :)

Why, hello again, Tuesday! Nice to see you here. 🙂  Tuesdays mean freebies, and that should be enough to make most anyone smile!  🙂

Today’s freebie is a sweet, fun Journal Tag Cluster made using my newest release, Thanks A Melon.  The bright, fruity fun-ness of that kit makes it one of my most favorite ever! 🙂

Be sure to Click Here To Download

Meet the Team Monday and bonus sale!

Good Monday morning to YOU, Blue Heart Scraps peeps! Happy June! June is my favorite month, mostly because it’s my birthday month- but enough about me (you’ll get that silliness next week)! We are here to talk all about Natasja, that’s MissHappy1980 in the forums.

The Basics: Hi! My name is Natasja, I’m 31 years young (sounds so much better this way lol), I’ve been married since 14 may 2010 and a proud mom of a one year old.
I’m from the Netherlands, where I live in Apeldoorn.

How long have you been on the Blue Heart Scraps CT? Since the beginning of March this year.

Tell us about your scrapping experience:  I started six years ago with analog scrapping and I really still love it. But with the birth of my little one, we needed to make some space so my scrapping room got lost and everything is put in a big closet now. Then I decided to try digital scrapping as well so I could do that when I don’t have so much time but am in a creative mood. I started digital scrapping last august and I must say: I’m really hooked!!!!

I just started to make my daughters birth album and I love how it’s turning out!

What is your favorite layout you’ve made using Blue Heart Scraps products?

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I just love this kit: Bouquet Of Blooms!  When I saw it I just knew that I needed to use my butterfly photos for this one.

What program do you use? I use Photoshop CS5

Can you share a tip or a piece of advice for your fellow digi scrappers out there? Don’t be scared to try new things and most of all, have fun with it!

Tell us something different about you:  Something different…. Okay….. No just kidding! What you guys probably must know is that I’m a really big Disney fan! My husband always makes fun and says that I’m just a little girl and maybe he’s a little bit right (please don’t tell him! lol) I just really love the Disney Magic! I also love to go to zoos and other amusement parks, but Disneyland is the best. I would love to go to Disney World!

What is your favorite Blue Heart Scraps kit? Bouquet of Blooms! No doubt about it.

You should all know what that means by now! 😉 Well, let me tell you anyway because I do so love giving you all happy news! Bouquet of Blooms is on sale for just $1! Today only of course. And just because JoyLynn loves us all to pieces, each coordinating pack is $1 a piece too!

Happy shopping! 🙂

 

New Buffet Items, New Releases, and New $1 Bake Sale!

When new release Fridays and the beginning of a new month happen together?  Wonderfulness can be found packed into the aisles at the GingerScraps store AND this post!  And, this month, there’s a magical feel to it all.  Why is that, you ask?  For the June Buffet, the GingerScraps designers dove into our imaginations, letting the magical world of fairy tales inspire beautiful new creations. 🙂  The June Buffet, Once Upon A Time is sure to guarantee magical layouts!

For my portion of the buffet this month, I’ve got a slew of new products, full of fairytale goodness — and they’re all on sale for just $1 each through the 5th of June!








A few gorgeous CT Layouts with the June Buffet Goodies:
Plus, it’s Friday…and that means new release day (oh, how I love new release day!) 🙂  My new release for this week may look familiar to some of you.  It was the May Daily Download at GingerScraps…but in case you missed some (or all!) of the download pieces, it’s now available in the shop, and it’s on sale for 25% off! 🙂

You’re so pear-fect, I wanted to say thanks a melon with a cherry on top! Who needs vegetables? I’m going bananas over this fresh fruit, orange you glad it won’t spoil? 🙂

Plus, I have some gorgeous new coordinating packs to go with it…sure to make your layout scrapping easy peasy! 🙂



A few fruit-inspired layouts with the Thanks A Melon kit:
*catches breath*  See…I TOLD you this post would be packed full!  But, don’t rush off yet, I’m still not done! 🙂

Along with the buffet and the new releases for today comes GingerScraps’ June $1 Bake Sale – your opportunity to stock up on some great older products from the GS designers at just $1 a piece (through June 5th).  Really?  It’s like Christmas once a month!!

And, this month, I have 4 products in the $1 sale…so be sure to grab them quick!  🙂




Wow…I’m tired now, lol.  🙂 If you managed to make it this far down before running to the store to make your purchases, thank you! <3
April has a lovely challenge planned for you soon, so be sure to keep an eye on the BlueHeartScraps Facebook FanPage for all the details (and YOUR chance to win $5 to my store!!!)

Layout Spotlight!

Good morning everyone!

This week we’re going to show off a layout made with one of JoyLynn’s older kits – just because she creates these fantastical new ones doesn’t mean you should skip on her oldies but goodies! 😉

Picking Apples was created by Kandice (kandiced in forums), using Blue Heart Scraps’ Fresh Picked kit (and a template created by Blue Heart Scraps’ for a blog challenge).

I do love how she used all the layers like a rolling hillside and sky. I also love her clustering, the way everything branches off the tree, the shadowing is fantastic and love her title work! A beautiful layout! Please share with her how much you love it too by checking out Kandice’s gallery!

Then, hop on over to Blue Heart Scraps’ store and get yourself some Fresh Picked deliciousness!

As ever, if you want to see YOUR layout here, don’t forget to upload it to Blue Heart Scraps’ Gallery at GingerScraps!  Stay tuned (as cheesy as that sounds) because JoyLynn has some exciting things coming your way in June!

p.s. Don’t forget to LIKE Blue Heart Scraps on Facebook! JoyLynn has a terrific exclusive fan freebie!  You’re welcome! 😉

Tuesday Treats Freebie Time!

Oh what a long, long week it’s been!  Last Tuesday I was posting excitement about my son’s last day of Kindergarten…then Wednesday came and that boy had a fever, and it’s been one long, sick, whiny, whiny week.  I’m taking him to the doctor this afternoon (I’m fine with a little fever if he’s up playing and eating and such…but when he starts screaming about his throat hurting, it’s time to go!).

But, I do have a new freebie for you…so that at least makes the day a little brighter, right?  🙂

Today’s freebie is a bright, fun Facebook Timeline Cover QP made by the incredibly wonderful April.  It matches one of my most favorite kits, Beep Boop (which has some lovely add-on packs, some clusters, some stacked papers and some QPs, in case you haven’t checked out my store lately).

Like the gorgeous Timeline Cover QP Below?  Then be sure to Click Here To Download