For everyone in the states tomorrow we will celebrate our Independence Day.  There will be barbeques, family gatherings, fireworks and parties around the country remembering all those who have helped America along the way to be free.  Today I want to highlight a few kits in our store to help you scrap all those memories.  There are several different styles and color schemes to suite every scrapper’s taste!

Don’t forget to take that camera and capture all the fun times…kids holding sparklers, flags waving, parades in progress and of course, the fireworks. Happy 4th! ~ Tracy

Summer is in full force here (and I have red burnt shoulders from a couple hours in the pool to prove it!). One of the best things about summer for me is pulling out the blender and mixing up some ice cold yummmy summer drinks (of diff sorts!!) Smoothies, fruit margaritas, you name it..i love it! Today’s little quiz is made for my summer obsession. Enjoy! Make sure to post your result ON YOUR BLOG by July 9th to receive your Sweet Reward Point!

You Are a Banana Smoothie

You are friendly and popular without even trying to be. People just like you. You are easy to be around and never offend everyone. You’re quite mild. You have a warm demeanor, and many people find you to be inviting. You are sympathetic and kind. You have a soft spot in your heart for everyone.

What Flavor Smoothie Are You?

Hi Sweeties!

Libby here bringing you this week’s Work It post. Gosh, can it really be July already? Seems like summer just started, and now it’s almost time to start back to school shopping! I’m not ready!

Today’s post is packed full of exciting stuff, so be sure and read all the way thru, ok?

First up, if you haven’t noticed in the forum this week, I’ve started celebrating my 1st anniversary as a Sweet Shoppe Designer! This weekend marks one year since I very nervously debuted my first products, and what a year it has been! You guys have made this an incredible experience for me, so I’m excited for the opportunity to give back a little.

So be sure to check out this post for a free set of templates and a chance to win a coupon to my store. And then head on over to this post to tell me what your favorite product is. I’ll be choosing a few people to win their choice of products.

Did you see my new release this past weekend? This kit, Berkley McKay, was very special to me as it was dedicated to one of my dear friends and her sweet new grandbaby. I’ve loved all of the layouts I’ve seen and wanted to share a couple of them with you.

This Moment is Precious by SeattleSheri

Glowing by mrs2a50

And now, if you’ve made it this far, I have a little treat for you! Use coupon code happy30 to receive 30% off in my store. Coupon is good Wednesday and Thursday only and may not be used on any 2 scoops or triple dip collabs.

Finally, how about a teensy little peek at this week’s newest kit? Porkchops & Applesauce will hit the Sweet Shoppe on Saturday!

That’s it for me! Thank you again to all of the amazing customers who have truly made this the best year ever for me! Here’s to many more!

Uggg, Sorry this is so late guys, I have totally thought that today was Wednesday all day long!

Here are the LO’s that caught my eye today-
Dia’s LO Goggles Face made for our TOTM feature is just tooo stinking CUTE-I love the colors-and that picture is adorable!
Great job girl! I’m one of your biggest fans!

Rochelle made this GORGEOUS page for the One Word Challenge.
So soft and sweet-Awesome page Rochelle.

I found this pretty pink stunner in the Recipe Challenge Thread, I love the amazing photo!
Beautiful work lltheo!

How about this stunner? MamaBee made it for the Cookie 101 Challenge.
So fun and honest!

Congrats to all our GSO’s this week-Keep up the good work everyone and keep flooding our gallery with your awesome talent!
ShannonG

Good morning sweetshoppers. Amanda here brigning you this weeks LOTW. When I came across this LO in the gallery I knew right away that it deserved to be in the spotlight. The sweet baby pictures and the beautiful design all work together to make this one amazing LO. So without further delay I give you sevenupps “All of You.” Congrats and Look for a PM from me shortly with your prize.

It’s me Amy bringing you another edition of the Sunday Spin-A-Lift. I’m bringing back a familiar face to the SAL this week, she’s a regular member here who fills up our gallery regularly with gorgeous inspirational eye candy, NIKKI EPPERSON I loved browsing her gallery! Nikki has such a flair for color and space and her pages just jump right out at me, I have many in my faves! I chose her page, MOMMY PRIDE

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and here’s my page:

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using Lil Buggy by Kristin Cronin-Barrow And Traci Reed

Now it’s your turn to take a peek at Nikki’s gallery, spin her layout around, and reach into your treasure chest of SSD goodies and get to scrappin! Make sure you come back and post a link to your completed layout here on our blog and don’t forget —you have a week to complete this challenge for a Sweet Rewards point! Have fun and I look forward to your pages!

It’s time for another installment of our monthly chance to win just by testing your knowledge of the new Sweet Shoppe Designs Treat of the Month!

Our Treat of the Month for May is Rachelle Davis-a huge inspiration in the Sweet Shoppe Community.

Stop by the Sweet Shoppe Designs TOTM Feature, to find all the answers to the following questions.

1. What two cameras does Rachelle use?

2. Where does Rachelle live?

3. What is her job?

4. Where did Rachelle discover Digi-Scrapping?

5. Who is her favorite designer?

6. How often does she print her LO’s?

7. How many kiddos does she have?

8. When did she complete her first LO?

9. What is the one tip she would like to give everyone?

10. Where do her mothers family meet for special occasions?

Link me up to the following LO’s-but using my clues.

1.Jaylen’s computer time

2. Snow Tubing

3. Little Boy-Big Guitar

4. The Perfect Pumpkin

5. Grandma Lovins

If you want to have a chance to win a $15 GC send your entries to: totmquiz@sweetshoppedesigns.com with the header TOTM:  RACHELLE.  Please get your entries in by Tuesday June 30th , which is when I will pick a winner!  TY all for playing along.

TY guys and CONGRATS RACHELLE!

I have a fun little easy FOBTY for today!
A fun little quiz for you to take!
What kind of swimsuit are you?

It’s been so HOT here in midwestern Illinois that I think even a swimsuit would have been too much to wear outside the last few days!

Rules for FOBTY are simple-Take the quiz-post your results on YOUR blog and link us up back on the blog!

You have until Midnight EST 6-30 to link us up to earn your SR Point!

Have a great day guys.

ShannonG

Hello! Hello! Stephanie here bringing you another round of Sweet Gallery Standouts.  You all have really been rocking the gallery! I so enjoy searching through the challenges over the course of the week and picking layouts for this honor! That’s the easiest part! The hard part is narrowing my choices down to 4. FOUR. I had over 15 in my favorites from this week alone.

My picks this week… in no particular order….

Jenn’s “I Can Sit” layout for the Neapolitan Challenge.

I just adore the photo and the beautiful black and white with the very pretty baby kit by Misty. Just gorgeous…

Nikki’s “I Can Read” for the Ad Challenge.

I love love love Primary colors and her journaling is gorgeous as well is the list of favorite books.

Next we have one from the Paper 2 Digi Challenge - “Sweet Girl” by Susan (sbrobinson).

 I adore the wings and the word art. This is just so deliciously fun with its layers.

Last, we have another layout from the Neapoltan Challenge. “Up” by nanienmou.

The entire page is so fun! I love the extraction and the circles!

You four will be getting an extra Sweet Reward Point for you Gallery Standouts for this week! Congrats!

Hi scrappers! This is Sari and I’m bringing you a new Layout of the Week. As I browsed through the gallery yesterday I was really drawn to all the great layouts about fathers. There were many sweet layouts but this one from Makabe (Karen) really caught my attention. I just LOVE the quote and the sweet photos. Beautiful job Karen! I’ll be sending you a PM with your prize soon.