Hey y’all it’s Casharina bringing you another wonderful Product Spotlight!!  I just LOVE putting these together because it helps me focus on the various Shabby Shoppe kits I have in my stash.  I love pulling out kits I haven’t used in awhile, and most of all I love to see how others use the same kits to make beautiful layouts which inspire me to try new things in my scrap layouts!  Today is no different!  I’m focusing on the beautiful Summer Cottage kit and its lovely sidekick Summer Cottage Seasonal Additions.

Summer Cottage is ON SALE for only $4.95 and the Summer Cottage SEASONAL additions is ON SALE for only $2.95…both for a limited time…that’s great savings off the normal Shoppe prices!

These two when combined create some of my favorite layouts.  I have used the Summer Cottage Seasonal Additions to add elements to so many of my layouts it’s hard to count!  I love the ribbons, the tape, the stickers, the clothes pins and I especially love the glitter! ;)  Okay so I believe this is one of my favorite kits from the Shoppe!!  I love the earthy blue and tan tones in Summer Cottage; it makes for charming beach layouts, summer day layouts and even fun Fourth of July layouts.  There are so many ways to use this kit the results are endless, so to give a better idea, the shabby artists have created a few layouts to give you some inspiration.  For starters I created two layouts using this kit, and its sidekick ;)

  For my layouts I wanted to focus on the eye-catching papers. I love how the papers are so neutral yet so bold.  This kit works so wonderfully with a variety of other kits, as you can see in the second layout below, where I’ve added pieces from Hopscotch and a few others.

Rosy has given us yet another sweet piece of inspiration showing her skills at clustering. You can see here the rustic wooden frame from the kit has been used to bring focus to her beautiful little girl and I just adore how the paper pieces are pieced together to form a quilt like pattern.  And from Kylie, as usual, a BEAUTIFUL layout.  I love how she too has used the frames and mixed in the large circles…so pretty!

Jenelle has created two, unique 3×4 project life cards to include in her album.  I love the simplicity of these cards and the word art and stickers are just perfect!

Kim has also created two inspiring layouts showing just how versatile these kits can be.  I love the way that she has used the stars to “cut out” a ribbon from the blue paper, such a great idea.  Her second page shows how easily this kit can lend itself to pool photos and so much more.  Don’t you just love the waves made from the stitches, they’re just so cute, I would have never  thought to have done that.  That’s what I love so much about these kinds of post and our awesome gallery here at the Shabby Shoppe!!

I hope we’ve inspired you to see the many ways you can use Summer Cottage, along with its Seasonal Additions!

Thanks for reading, catch up with us again on Thursday when SP brings you her projectSCRAP check-in for June!   

CasharinaProduct Spotlight, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Hello and happy Monday to all of our Shabby Shoppe readers!  This is Rosy, here to announce the layout of the week.

This week Ladibugbaby‘s vacation layout caught my eye.

I love the carefree feeling that all of the circles create and it looks like her kids were having a lot of fun, but what I like best about this layout is that she has six photos on it and it doesn’t look crowded at all!  The variety of sizes and shapes keeps the page from feeling too formal and this is an inspiration for me as I work through a vacation book with lots of photos to scrap, myself.

Congratulations Ladibugbaby and have fun shoppe-ing with your $10 gift card, sent to your email inbox this morning (check your spam/junk folders if you don’t see it)!

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a spotlight post from Casharina! (hint: today was just a little preview of the inspiration to come!)

RosyLayout of the Week, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Happy Friday everyone!  This is Kim and I’m here with another ad inspiration post!  It’s been a while since we’ve shared one of these – I hope you enjoy it!  While I was looking around at ads for potential scrapping inspiration (you can google “print advertising” and find all kinds of things!), I found several fun ideas.  But what ended up really sticking with me was this ad.

Wow, I am not even old enough to remember the days when you could get a Coca-Cola for 5 cents!  But I love this ad because of all the Coca-Cola bottles in line.  They give the ad depth and movement.  And I wondered if I could somehow recreate this idea and make it work for a scrapbook layout.  I even had a certain picture in mind with lots of movement of its own that I thought might work.  So after working and reworking for a while, here is my layout inspired by the ad.

The elements inspired by the ad may be obvious, but here is what I was focusing on the most:

• The row of frames getting larger as they moved across the page.  To me this draws my eye to the main picture.
• The circle for journaling.  I don’t think I would have thought to put a circle at all in this layout with all the other rectangular frames, but it was an idea incorporated from the ad.
• The sketch in the background.  I absolutely love seeing the sketches Rosy often includes in her layouts.  I just don’t think to work them into mine much.  But looking at the background of this ad made me think “sketch”, and I had to give this a try.  It’s one of my favorite parts of this layout!  (And if you would like to try your own sketch from a photo, check out Rosy’s post explaining how to do it.)
• One thing that wasn’t intentionally inspired by the post is the word “trust” in the title.  I wanted to find a saying to use in this layout, and trust is what I was thinking of because I love that my husband can throw my youngest in the air really high and he never has any fear or doubt that Daddy will catch him.  Funny that trust is also what the ad was talking about!

We’re also sharing a treat with you today – a layered template inspired by the ad that you can download for free!  You can CLICK HERE or click the image below to download the template.  Happy scrapping!  And we would love to see your layouts in our gallery!

That’s all for this week, but Rosy will be here with you on Monday to announce our next Layout of the Week.  Bye bye!

KimFree (not desktops), Inspiration, Uncategorized 10 Comments

Hi there, my dear Shabby Shoppe friends…Kylie here! :o)  Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far…especially those celebrating and spending time with family and friends!  Today on the blog, I’m sharing this month’s brand new Template Challenge.  Time to say howdy to challenge number TWENTY-FIVE!!  I’m positive you’ll be inspired to create fabulous page after fabulous page with this fun little template…definitely a new fave of mine!  I’m a sucker for a banner or two!!  And remember, a template is just a starting point…so please SCRAP IT YOUR WAY! :o)

To download…CLICK HERE (or just click on the preview image below)!

Now, let’s go over the GUIDELINES for our template challenges here at the Shoppe?!  Then be sure to keep on scrolling for some amazing inspiration from our super-talented Shabby Artists!

The ‘deadline’ for this challenge is JULY 29th :o)  We will announce the template challenge winner on August 2nd, when we share Template Challenge TWENTY-SIX!  As you probably know, we announce the winner on the same day we debut a new template challenge.  The ‘winner’ of the challenge will receive a $25 gift card to the Shabby Shoppe!  Please note that for our template challenges… we select the ‘winner’ randomly (via random.org) – so everyone has a chance to win… beginners and experienced scrappers!  It’s a great way to jump in and give digi scrapping (and templates) a try :o)

In order to be entered into the template challenge – you must post your layout in the Shabby Shoppe’s gallery (in the SHOPPE BLOG CHALLENGES gallery) and then post a comment HERE at our blog (on this post only) with a link to your layout in our gallery.  This will enter you into the challenge :o)  Please keep in mind that all layouts must contain at least 75% SP product (purchased or free).  To be eligible for the challenge – you must scrap with the easy-as-pie layered template!

We also have several fun ways for you to obtain ‘EXTRA’ entries to the challenge (please note that in order to qualify for any EXTRA entries – you must first complete a layout with our easy-as-pie template and submit that to our gallery and blog) :o)

• For an extra entry, leave a SEPARATE comment letting us know that you have one of our blinkies (available by clicking on the blinkies link in the sidebar) either on your blog or in all of your forum signatures (be sure to include a link to your blog or signature in your post).
• For an extra entry, leave a SEPARATE comment letting us know that you have facebooked or twittered about our template challenge (don’t forget to include the link in your post).
• For an extra entry, leave a SEPARATE comment letting us know that you have blogged about our template challenge (again, be sure to add your blog link to your post).

So, that means that you have the possibility of entering the challenge up to 4 times!  Just be sure each entry is a separate comment, as we will be using a random number generator to choose the winner. Be sure to get your entries in by MIDNIGHT (eastern time) on JULY 29th, and again…the winner will be announced in early August (the 2nd to be exact)!

I just wanted to add that our blog SPAM protection has been extremely vigilant the last few months.  If you do happen to add a comment and don’t see it straight away it has unfortunately been directed to our spam queue, awaiting approval.  I check this queue daily, SO DON’T WORRY, I will catch it and add it back to this post so everyone can see it, and more importantly so that you have an entry.  Apologies if this causes any confusion! 

So again…here is your newest Easy-As-Pie Layered Template! <–click this to download OR click the preview image at the top of this post :o)

Your download includes:

• 12×12 Layered psd template with drop shadows (you can opt to turn them off or use your own)
• 12×12 Layered TIFF template with drop shadows

In the event this is your first time scrapping with a layered template – SP has created a quick and simple tutorial on how to use our Easy-As-Pie templates in PSE and PS.  You can find it HERE.  We’ve tried to cover the basics, but if you have any questions, please let us know and one of the Shabby Team Members will do their best to answer it.

Time now for that inspiration!

This one is mine…a little birthday fun!

Next is a fun, fun, fun page by SP!  Loving all those papers together and the faded title – sooo cool!!  Awesome details here, there and everywhere!  Oh and yum, btw!!!

I’m in total awe of Jenelle’s beach page…how could I not be…seriously now – WOW!  The whole layout is beachy chic and cute to boot!!

Casharina showed us how easy it is to tweak and add to the template…finishing up with one very beautiful & very sweet family page!

Oh my…a tea party in a field of daisies!  Rosy’s whimsical take on the template challenge just melts my beating heart!!

And last, but never-ever least, is Kim’s gorgeous page.  Taking photographs couldn’t get any cuter or more enjoyable than this…and a joyful page in everyway to match!!  LOVE!!!

Thanks girls! :o) Now that you’ve had a peek at our pages we so hope you have a blast scrapping your own versions too!  We can’t wait to see your pages hit the gallery!

{ Don’t FORGET to link up to this post only to enter template challenge TWENTY-FIVE }

Now – let’s take some time to celebrate and congratulate Template Challenge 24’s winner!!  The ‘lucky’ number this time was 30…and that means that dwilbanks’s super-sweet 1st Grade layout was selected :o)  First day photos are just soooo special – and always mega-cute…just look at that sweet little face full of excitement!  Congrats, Denise…you should have received a $25 gift card to the Shabby Shoppe in your email box (be sure to check your spam folders) this morning…HAVE FUN shoppe-ing, and thanks for joining in the challenge with us!  Also…THANK YOU to everyone who joined in all the easy-as-pie template challenge #24 fun! :o)

Again, have heaps of fun with this month’s challenge!  Thanks for checking in with us today…we hope to see you back here tomorrow when Kim shares a little scrapping fun that is sure to inspire…plus another freebie – yippee!!  Bye for now! :o)

KylieFree (not desktops), Template Challenges, Uncategorized 24 Comments

Hi everyone, Jenelle here with you today.  I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend (and a big ‘Happy Canada Day’ to all our Canadian friends out there!) I’m here to share this week’s LOTW with you all.

I’ve chosen Amber’s fabulous page called Funny Faces – how cute is this!

So much to admire here!  I love the way Amber has layered all those strips of paper and the tree cluster with the heart ribbon and flowers is just perfect!  And, of course, these photos are just priceless ~ totally adorable and the whole layout really makes me smile!   And while browsing Amber’s gallery (what a beautiful family you have there Amber!) I noticed that this layout is a partner page for another little cutie – you can check it out here.

Congratulations to you Amber!  We hope you enjoy spending your $10 gift card in the Shoppe and we look forward to seeing more of your beautiful pages.  (Don’t forget to check your SPAM folder if you can’t find our email in your inbox).

Thanks for checking in today.  Be sure to visit again on Thursday when Kylie will be sharing the newest Template Challenge with you all!  Until then, happy scrapping everyone!

JenelleLayout of the Week, Uncategorized 9 Comments