hey guys :o)  SP here today (twice in one week, too – LOLOL)!  Today is all about ‘checkin in’ on our OCTOBER project SCRAP pages :o)  I’ll try to keep this one short and sweet…because by NOW, I know you guys all know the drill, lol!  I mean, we only have TWO months left to scrap…can you BELIEVE that?!  And…if you guys are anything like me – you have a BUSY (<–total understatement, lol) couple of months ahead of you!  To me, this is where project SCRAP really, really comes in handy :o)  I need things that are quick and somewhat simple (when it comes to scrapping during this chaotic holiday season)…or in all honesty, they are just not going to get done, lol!  But right now, we have the momentum of all these wonderful pages we have scrapped…and I KNOW we can all finish out 2011…so stick with it :o)

Of course…we’ll share more on this in the coming weeks/months – but remember, we are also going to be giving you guys a template option for the COVER (front and back) of your 2011 album – that will come in January when we do our final project SCRAP 2011 wrap-up post (yes, we do PLAN to continue project SCRAP in 2012 :o))!  It will be here before we know it :o)  It’s not to early to start thinking about which photo(s) you might like to feature on your cover (if you’re like me…choosing the photos is the HARDEST and most TIME-CONSUMING part of it all, lol)!  Anyhoo…more on that later :o)

So, back to OCTOBER :o)  If you haven’t started your October pages yet…try to scrap as soon as you can, so you don’t get behind :o)  You might remember that last time, I mentioned we had our big family vacation in October…so let’s just say that I was on photo OVERLOAD, lol!  Not easy to choose, and I will be adding in some extra pages for the month…so I just highlighted a few memories on these pages!  Remember, you can always do that…just add extra pages when you have a month full of photos from birthdays, trips, events, etc.!  A great idea (if you prefer to work with templates) – is to incorporate some of our free, template challenge layouts into your album when extra pages are necessary!  We also offer some lovely layered template collections in the Shoppe :o)  Sorry, I keep getting off-topic, lol…now for MY October spread…

Man, it was a GREAT month, lol :o)  It was so FULL though, that I didn’t even get to include pics from the FUN FUN FUN little team meeting/lunch I got to have with Kim and Beckie (that will have to be one of those extra pages, lol)!

Alright…you guys know that my favorite part of these check-in posts is sharing inspiration from the gallery!  I was so thrilled when I popped in to the project SCRAP gallery - there were so many FABULOUS October pages!  Each and every one – SOOOOO good!  And, while I can’t feature them all here (well, I guess I could…but it would be an awfully LONG post, lol) – I did choose a few to share!  Don’t forget to stop by the gallery to see all of the WONDERFUL projectSCRAP layouts being posted!

So, we’ll start with Kim’s (Five17Creations) pages…they are always among my favorites!  I can’t believe how much little Samuel has grown…and OH MY – check out that smile, he he – LOVE IT!  Great pages, Kim…looks like lots of special family time :o)

Next up, we have Kylie’s very chic layouts!   Do you guys get tired of me ‘talking’ about how fabulous she is with the Darling Paper Collection?  LOL, I know…a bit repetitive…but OH SO TRUE :o)  She rocks it each and every month!  Love all the pics of ‘the girls’ – I know they had so much fun together :o)  AWESOME, Kylie – thanks for sharing!

 Alrighty…now, it would have been impossible to resist the off-the-charts cuteness of these pages by jltanner!  SERIOUSLY, lol…just look at those pics and the smiles and the costumes and the personalities :o)  Everything here is just PERFECT and I just had to share them with you!  LOVE LOVE LOVE :o)

 The final set of pages comes from a new-to-the-Shoppe-gallery scrapper…esullivan24 (welcome!) :o)  Another set of pages that just scream ADORABLE!  Little Josiah’s smile just melts me – and can you just ‘feel the love’ here?  Truly, truly love these pages – thanks so much for sharing them with us – can’t wait to see more :o)

Well, so much for ‘short and sweet’, huh?  LOL!  That does it for this project SCRAP check-in! Have fun scrappin’…and don’t forget to upload your layouts so we can all see :o)

Have a BEAUTIFUL and BLESSED end-of-the-week…and a WONDERFUL weekend!  Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for Kim’s HYBRID post (YAY!)   Oh, and join us if you can for our SPEED SCRAP coming up on Saturday morning (US time)!  Until then…XOXO — SP

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Hello everyone, Kylie here :o) …and, I’m very happy to be sharing the OCTOBER templates with you for project SCRAP 2011!  I always have a wonderful time putting these templates together, but this set was even more FUN than usual!  Maybe it’s the little hint of added whimsy or even the cute mix of colors…probably BOTH!  I can’t wait to scrap them too, as I’m in the unusual position of having more than enough photos already <can’t quite believe that, LOL!> …and we still have a week or so to go until the end of the month.  Well at least there are heaps of photo spots with this set…so that’s a bonus!  How are you going with your picture taking and memory making?…awesomely?  Hope so!!

Alright…how about I share those October templates (two separate templates to create a ’spread’) with you now?  You can simply click on the image below…or, CLICK HERE to download your templates!

Project SCRAP ~ bundle ONE is now available for purchase at the Shabby Shoppe…CLICKING HERE will take you straight there!

PLEASE NOTE: if you participated in project SCRAP 2011 right here at the Shabby Shoppe’s BLOG…you do not need to purchase this product. Be sure to check your hard drive before purchasing :o)

I’m sure I had the fabulous goose bumps kit and its cute and very festive party banners on my mind when I designed these pages.  I love that digi-kit…and it’s the perfect October 31 collection!!!  Although, I tend to use it ALLLLL the time regardless! :o)  Did you happen to catch SP’s fantastic HALLOWEEN SPECIAL product spotlight on Tuesday?  If you did, you’ll know that goose bumps and friends (SP’s other super-cute and not too spooky Halloween-style kits) are ON SALE at the Shoppe for a limited time only!  So enjoy! :o)

New to project SCRAP? …well then, if you are not familiar with our little scrap project (if you ARE familiar with it, skip this paragraph, as always, lol)… THIS POST is a great place to learn more!  Also, if you click on the PROJECT SCRAP 2011 category (on the right side of the blog)…you can ALWAYS easily find ALL posts related to the subject!  It’s your go-to place if you want to keep up with everything! But, as a quick little reminder… here is the project in a nutshell:::

Be sure to post your completed October pages (and any of the other months, if you haven’t already done so) in the project scrap GALLERY!  We LOVE to see how you work with our project SCRAP templates and all those gorgeous Shabby Shoppe products! :o)  SP will be doing her October ‘check-in’ in a few weeks time… and will, of course, be sure to include some wonderful gallery inspiration with the latest templates!  I loooove SP’s check-in’s…they really get me motivated, excited, inspired (the list goes on, LOL!!) to scrap the next month, and the next month after that, and so on…!  You’ll love them too – if you don’t already!! :o)  Until then, have fun scrapping (and photographing)!

Thanks for visiting the Blog today!  The wonderful Casharina will be with you tomorrow to share a sweet little hybrid project (her very first post on the Blog…YAY!!)  Enjoy the new templates and bye for now!! :o)

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hi there :o)  SP here today…back from a WONDERFUL family vacation…and trying to get back into the swing of things, lol!  Of course…you’ll see LOTS of vacation pics on my October layouts…but for today – we are here to ‘check-in’ on the SEPTEMBER pages :o)  Are you guys up-to-date…falling behind…just joining us?!  Wherever you are with them – I hope you are enjoying and having fun!  As I say just about every time (sorry, lol) – it is such a GREAT feeling to be caught-up and scrapping CURRENT memories (instead of getting farther and farther behind) :o)  So…do your best to keep up with us…and in the end – you will be SOOOO happy to have 2011 scrapped, promise!  Trust me…there will always still be ‘older’ photos to scrap and catch-up on…but my philosophy is…HEY – at least i’m NOT letting that (virtual) stack of unscrapped photos get any taller, lol!

Alright…back to our SEPTEMBER check-in for project SCRAP :o)  If you haven’t started your September pages yet…it’s time to get scrappin’ (and uploading, lol)!  September was another FULL and FUN (albeit busy, as per usual) month for us…seemed like we were running around, nonstop – especially trying to prepare for vacation (ya know how that goes!)!  But, we certainly still managed to fit in all kinds of great activities…from the trip to the Grandparents…to LOTS of reading…back to school…baking…and so much more!  These templates were just perfect to showcase it all – and the scrapping was just plain FUN (though I challenged myself to use NO flowers…and that wasn’t easy for me, lolol)!  Here’s what I ended up with…

And, as you probably already know, I always enjoy sharing more inspiration with you…and there were some great September ‘spreads’ in the project SCRAP gallery - love it!  Be sure to stop by the gallery to see all of the fabulous September pages AND more!

So…moving on to aforementioned inspiration, lol!  Here we have Kylie’s GORGEOUS layouts!   As per usual…she , she worked her magic with the Darling Paper Collection – perfectly coordinating them with her beautiful photos!  As those of us in the States are entering into the fall season…Kylie (and so many of our sweet blog friends) is currently enjoying the beginning of spring…as you can see from her pages :o)  She had a special month…and scrapped it beatifully!  Thanks Kylie :o)

I always LOVE Kim’s (Five17Creations) pages…and this month was no exception!  I so enjoy getting to ‘watch’ little Samuel grow…and it’s always fun to see all of the great activities their family shares together!  As a little side note…you’ll be seeing lots more from Kim  here at the blog (Kylie will have more on that tomorrow…sorry, Kylie – you know I just can’t keep a secret, lolol)!  Anyhoo…FABULOUS pages…adorable family…perfect every time…thanks :o)

 And last…but far from least – we have these PRECIOUS pages by scrapmomma :o)  Adorable little Brielle turned one…and these pages ‘tell the story’ perfectly…just so, so SWEET!  Also, fabulous use of the An Affair to Remember collection…and did you notice how she ‘tweaked’ the templates to accomodate more photos (similar to how Kim did above!)?  LOVE it!  Thanks so much for sharing with us!

K, I think that will do it for this project SCRAP check-in! Keep on scrappin’…and don’t forget to upload your layouts so we can all see!  I truly enjoy seeing what all of you guys do with the templates…and just love knowing that we’re all in this project together, lol :o)  Oh…and the new OCTOBER project SCRAP templates will be shared here on the blog on the 20th…so stay tuned for that :o)

Enjoy the end of the week…and have a BEAUTIFUL weekend!  Be sure to stop back by tomorrow…as Kylie shares a FUN blog/team announcement!    XOXO — SP

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Hey girls! :o) Kylie here with the new SEPTEMBER templates (two separate templates to create a ’spread’) for project SCRAP 2011! I hope everyone is up-to-date with taking their photos…because it’s almost time to SCRAP, lol! And September is such a lovely month to scrap, don’t ya think?! Well, I know I LOVE IT…and for so many reasons!! ;o) Plus, with all the beautiful August inspiration SP shared with us yesterday, it just makes me even more excited to scrap my September pages…can’t wait to get started! I hope you join in with all the excitement too!!

You can click on the image above…or, CLICK HERE to download the SEPTEMBER templates!

Project SCRAP ~ bundle ONE is now available for purchase at the Shabby Shoppe…CLICKING HERE will take you straight there!

PLEASE NOTE: if you participated in project SCRAP 2011 right here at the Shabby Shoppe’s BLOG…you do not need to purchase this product. Be sure to check your hard drive before purchasing :o)

New to project SCRAP? …well then, if you are not familiar with our little scrap project (if you ARE familiar with it, skip this paragraph, as always, lol)… THIS POST is a great place to learn more! Also, if you click on the PROJECT SCRAP 2011 category (on the right side of the blog)…you can ALWAYS easily find ALL posts related to the subject! It’s your go-to place if you want to keep up with everything! But, as a quick little reminder… here is the project in a nutshell:::

Be sure to post your completed September pages in the project scrap GALLERY! We really LOVE to see how you work with our project SCRAP templates and all the wonderful Shabby Shoppe products! :o) As always, we’ll be doing a September ‘check-in’ soon… and will, of course, be sure to include some beautiful gallery inspiration with the latest templates! Until then, have fun scrapping (and photographing)!

Goodbye…just for today! I’ll be back again tomorrow with a delicious FOOD FRIDAY post!! See you then! :o)

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hey guys :o)  SP here with you today…and so happy the blog is BACK, lol!  the ‘break’ (ha…is there ever really a break? lol) was great…but just like you guys – I miss the team AND all of the fabulous inspiration :o)

So…I’m here with our AUGUST check-in for project SCRAP :o)  If you haven’t scrapped your August pages yet…it’s time to get started!  Remember, our goal is to never get too far behind…and SOON, it will be time to start working on your September layouts…so let’s keep moving forward!  I’m so excited to complete the year and have my album printed, lol!  Though, I am NOT rushing time…trust me :o)  I hope to actually enjoy the holiday season…but still, I will be happy to see the finished product!  Speaking of which…the templates for the remainder of the year are AWESOME…I think you will LOVE them all!  We’ll also be working on album/book cover templates to share…probably in December (well, we’ll be working on them before that, lolol…but sharing them in December)!  Then…I’ll have my album printed and share photos and info and all that fun stuff in January (or early February – depending on schedule – WAY too early to try and predict, lol)!  So…keep scrapping along with us…and I CANNOT wait to see pics of everyone’s albums next year!

Alright…back on track SP, lol (I tend to get ahead of myself) :o)  August was yet another busy month here…lots of fun little events and activities and moments (that might not have been scrapped if it wasn’t for project SCRAP)!  I really enjoyed these templates…and couldn’t help but work with GRACIE (mostly) on them, lol!  There is so much COLOR in the kit…so it really lends itself to these multi-photo pages, kwim? :o)

As always…I LOVE to share more inspiration with you…and there was so much of it in the project SCRAP gallery - YAY!  I could have added lots and lots…but I hope that you will all visit the gallery to see all of the fabulous August pages AND more!

Kim’s (Five17Creations) pages were so cute I just couldn’t stand it, lol!  She rocked the little GABBY birdies…and her numbering is genius!  Not to mention…HELLO – look at all of those precious smiles…and ahhhhh, little Samuel…he’s growing so much already :o)  FABULOUS page, Kim - THANKS for sharing with us!

 Next, we have these ADORABLE and CHEERY pages from mama2emlj :o)  I adore all of the little details and ‘bits and pieces’ she added!  You just have to take a closer look at these layouts…they will truly make you SMILE!  FUN FUN FUN!

 Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper project SCRAP check-in post without fabulous pages from jessg26 :o)  Seriously…always LOVE the pages she shares with us, and these are NO exception!   I love all of the color here…and especially the addition of PINK…it really POPS and goes perfectly with all of these precious, girlie pics!  THANK YOU :o)

Last, but never, ever least…we have Kylie’s layouts!   As always, she totally rocked the Darling Paper Collection :o)  GORGEOUS photos…wow, just look at that main photo!  Oh, and YUMMY photos, too – lol!  So pretty and inspiring (and who doesn’t LOVE the combo of pink and brown/chocolate?!)!  Perfect…thanks, Kylie!

 Alrighty, I think that wraps up this latest project SCRAP check-in! Keep up the great work…and please remember to upload your layouts so we can all see!  Remember, we’re all in this project TOGETHER :o)

Enjoy the rest of your week…and HAVE FUN SCRAPPING!! Oh…and don’t forget to stop back by tomorrow as Kylie shares our new SEPTEMBER project SCRAP templates :o)  XOXO — SP

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