Introducing Misty O'Brien's Creative Team

You can catch them around the Gingerscraps forum!

Jane - JaneAgain

Marie -MadScrapper

Lisa - sladd79054

Sharon - quietangelsb

Christie - ChristieDawn

Kristin - cachaspal

Beth- emmysmama

Irma - gabbina

Monica - chemwiz77

Angie - ScrappyliciousDesigns

Jamie - CupcakeJamie

Dana - scrappingirl

Adriana - dricamendes

and Kristin is Misty's blog designer! Thank you Kristin for keeping our blog looking sharp!!

All Aboard!!!!

Do you like freebies? Well hop onto the blog train!!!

Welcome to our blog train! You've arrived here from Angies blog. The Creative Team from Misty O'Brien Designs is hosting a blog train featuring Misty's kit, Fort Wilderness.

This kit, the coordinating glitter, masks, alpha, and the bundle are all 40% off from Friday Aug 28th until Thursday, September 3rd. Click here to check out Misty's store at Gingerscraps!
Here's my part of the blog train;
Click HERE to go to 4shared to download

Your next stop on the train is Beth's blog.

If you get lost, you can always head back to Misty's blog - she has the whole map!

Fresh Baked Wednesday at Gingerscraps

We have some yummy new goodies for you this week!! Lets get to it.....

Scrap your favorite most precious sleepy time photos with this dreamy kit! Regular price $5, on sale for 25% the first week only!

A Beautiful DreamAnd for all the Twilighters out there, a special Twilight inspired kit, In the Moonlight! There are 8 papers and 28 elements. Have no fear if you are not the biggest Twilight fan on the block, this kit is only inspired by Twilight, it has elements and papers inspired by the books, not based on the books-ENJOY!
Regular price $4, on sale for 25% off the first week only!

ScrappyCocoa has a wonderful new kit out today. This kit has a vintage shabby feel to it and is called The O'Hara This kit has 12 Papers, 36 Elements and a full Alpha! Here is what the full kit looks like~

Here is some CT inspiration~

This beautiful LO was done by Kim,{ Stephanie's newest addition to her CT! YAY!}

And this one was done by Stephanie herself. Like it? Grab the QP HERE!

And don't forget about the FREE add-on she has on her blog for you!

So visit the GS Store to check out this wonderful kit!

I am so very excited!!

I just got accepted as a Designer In Training at Sweet Memory Graphics. They are all such a talented bunch of ladies. You can request myspace pages,blog pages, siggy's, blinkies etc. You should definately check it out. Put in a request for a siggy, I can guarantee you will love it!! It is all for free but donations are graciously accepted.

Don't miss the SS at Gingerscraps

So, this is your friendly neighborhood reminder for tomorrow's speed scrap at GingerScraps! Show up...Misty's providing the prize. :) AND, for those of you whose mojo is off hiding with mine, maybe a good party will encourage it to come back!


The times are:
9pm PDT
10pm MDT
11pm CDT
12 midnight EDT

And, since GingerScraps has a speed scrap a day, here are the times for the rest of the week:

Tues Aug 18
12pm PDT
1pm MDT
2pm CDT
3pm EDT

Wed Aug 19
7pm PDT
8pm MDT
9pm CDT
10pm EDT

Thurs Aug 20
9pm PDT
10pm MDT
11pm CDT
12 midnight EDT

Fri Aug 21
1pm PDT
2pm MDT
3pm CDT
4pm EDT

Sat Aug 22
6pm PDT
7pm MDT
8pm CDT
9pm EDT

Sun Aug 23
12pm PDT
1pm MDT
2pm CDT
3pm EDT

So, join us for at least one of these!

Tribal Council is now in session!!!

For week 4 Click HERE to cast your vote

Go Cast your vote for your favorite LO.
Remember- You are voting or the LO you like the most.....

But it is the game of survivor- so if you have any alliances - no one is stopping you- outlast however you can :)

But you are voting for the LO- or person- you want to STAY on the island.

Tribal Council closes at 11:00PM Saturday 8-15.

Votes will be tallied and posted before midnight on Saturday night.

Moderjune is have a birthday sale.....

You have got to check out the sale that Modernjune Creations is having in honor of her son turning 4: Click on the flyer below and it will take you to her store.

You can also click HERE and it will take you to her blog.

Speed Scrap Monday

Click on the ad to go to GingerScraps. And while you are there, check out all the other challenges...especially the Monster Challenge. (Guaranteed monster-free!) If you do all the challenges, Scrappy Cocoa will give you a kit of YOUR CHOICE!

So here are the rest of the speed scraps this week:

Tues Aug 11
6pm PDT
7pm MDT
8pm CDT
9pm EDT

Wed Aug 12
7pm PDT
8pm MDT
9pm CDT
10pm EDT


Thurs Aug 13
9pm PDT
10pm MDT
11pm CDT
12am (8/14) EDT

Fri Aug 14
1pm PDT
2pm MDT
3pm CDT
4pm EDT

Sat Aug 15
1pm PDT
2pm MDT
3pm CDT
4pm EDT

Sun Aug 16
6 pm PDT
7pm MDT
8pm CDT
9pm EDT

Isn't that great? There's one every day and you get a participation prize at EVERY ONE!

Beachy Is Peachy Collab

That is the name of the kit that is being released Saturday August 8. It is a collab between Jen Yurko and Misty O'Brien. It is beautiful. Check out the preview below. Click on the preview and it will take you to Gingerscraps where you can purchase this from Misty's store for only $5.00. But wait, if you go to the store now you can purchase this as well as the coordinating alpha and glitter styles for 20% off through the weekend. If you click HERE it will take you to Jen's store at Inspiration Lane where you can also purchase this kit.
Here is the preview of the coordinating glitter styles and Alpha that Misty has created;
Now is the time to see some awesome LO's created by Misty's CT as well as Jen's CT;

The following LO's are from Misty O'Brien's CT;

Mine

ChristieDawn

JaneAgain

lorryfach

Guest Ct Court8133

quietangelsb

The following LO's are from Jen Yurko's CT;

Joy

Jenn

Alice

Brandi

Bryn

Beachy Is Peachy Freebie QP

Since Beachy Is Peachy a collab between Jen Yurko and Misty O'Brien is being released, I thought I would give you a taste of what the kit is all about. I have created a Freebie quickpage that is available to download. Click on the preview below and it will take you to the download link. Enjoy and have fun!! Oh yeah, you might just want to stop by Misty's store at Gingerscraps or Jen's store at Inspiration Lane and purchase the whole collab. You will be glad that you did.

Misty O'Brien Designs is having a CT call!

We are looking for a few more layout artists to add to our creative team. New scrappers are encouraged to apply also!

The requirements are:
2 layouts per kit
Post to 3 galleries
Participate in posting in the CT blog, at least once a week
At least light participation in the Gingerscraps forum and host at least 1 speed scrap each month

If you are interested, please send a short bio, and a link to your favorite gallery to mobriendesigns@gmail.com Please also let us know if you are a team member for any other creative teams.

We are also looking for an experienced blog designer, someone comfortable with html and blogger who can update the CT blog here and there - maybe once a month - in exchange for full access to my store. If you are interested, apply with Blog Designer in the subject line.

At this point there is no deadline for the application process. CT call will remain open until filled.

MandyMade is having a sale!!!

Help spread the word, MandyMade is having an awesome sale in her store. She has just marked down everything to 50% off through the end of the month. If you haven't checked out her designs, oh you don't know what you are missing. Click HERE and go purchase yourself some goodies!!! You can also check out Mandy's blog as well.

Lagoony Blue

Mandy has a new awesome kit in her store. It is such a cool name "Lagoony Blue" It is huge. Mandy has once again outdone herself. She always does such a beautiful job. Check out the previews. It has a tropical getaway feel to it. Here are a couple of LO's I created using her kit. If you click HERE it will take you to her store where you purchase this gorgeous kit.
I used a template by Scrappy Cocoa and entered it into the August template challenge at Gingerscraps.9

Tuesday Trivia

Are you ready for some Tuesday Trivia?
For Tuesday Trivia everyone will win a $2.00 Gift Card to Misty’s Shop and One Lucky Winner will get another chance to win the Add on kit that Christie made to go with Misty’s “Woodland Park Zoo” kit!

For today’s challenge Christie is going to give you a quote from a movie and she wants you to give her The Name Of The Movie AND The Leading Actor and Actress in the movie.

Your quote is… “If you're a bird, I'm a bird.”

Okay…now here’s what you gotta do!! Please email your guesses to christiedawn @ yankeeprincess@hotmail.com (please put Tuesday Trivia as the email subject). You have until Midnight CST tonight to get your list to her (10 pm PST, 11 pm MST, 12 am CST, 1 am EDT) …and then she will choose a random winner from all the correct lists to win the add on kit! So get to guessing! (Christie will probably post the winner sometime on Thursday!) If you don’t get a response from her about receiving your email please PM at Gingerscraps her user name is ChristieDawn.