Hello :o)  SP here with you guys today…for the JULY edition of the project SCRAP 2012 check-ins!  Guess what?!  If you have scrapped your July pages – you are OVER HALFWAY through with scrapping 2012!!!!  WOW, doesn’t that feel GREAT?!  All that we have left is August through December…and then the cover pages!  So…KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK and before you know it…you’ll have another year up-to-date, without that icky feeling of always being behind!  And, as I always say – it is NEVER too late to start now!  As long as you have been taking photos – you can easily go and download all of our 2012 templates…and be up-to-speed in NO TIME :o)  I promise – you’ll be SOOOOOO happy that you did :o)

So, for today – we’ll be highlighting the JULY templates and some of the gorgeous layouts from the project SCRAP 2012 inspiration gallery (which you must check out)!  If you missed the July templates – no worries, you can still download them HERE!  For us…July was off-the-charts busy…but filled with all kinds of fun and travel, too :)  Of course…there was the 4th of July holiday…hot days…Vacation Bible School and SO much more!  I opted to modify my pages just a teensy bit…not much really!  I just added photos in a couple of the paper blocks, as well as the multi-photo page journaling.  I was able to fit lots of text on my ‘main’ page, so it worked out great!  As I’ve probably said too many times (lol)…that’s my fave part of layered templates…you can totally customize them and make them your own (as you will see with many of the examples below)!  So, we’ll start with my pages…Goodness…this will be another month where I need to add extra pages as we did so much, and took lots of photos, too (YAY)!  Here goes…

Now, let’s move on to the amazingly sweet and talented Amber!  Her pages are gorgeous…and most of all, so personal and heartfelt and special!  Truly love EVERY single thing about them!  Thanks so much for the inspiration, Amber!

I think it’s so funny – somehow Kim and I scrap with like minds or something, lol!  We often have common papers or items on our pages…and this month is no exception!  We both worked with the same dot paper from the Barefoot collection…love it!  I also had that green polka dot paper as my background for some time, too – then ultimately, switched it out!  Anyhoo, lol…LOVE these as per usual!  Especially that big and HAPPY pic of little Samuel (who is growing up sooooo fast)!

I really like what Rosy did with the templates…she re-worked them a bit and the result is perfect!  The color combo here is fantastic (love orange and blue/turquoise together)…as well as the mix of patterns to highlight all of the adorable pics!

Now, JoyontheJourney’s pages totally jumped out of the gallery to me!  Her mix of bright, happy colors…and the added embellishments – AWESOME!  Of course, all of the cute pics certainly hold their own against the beautiful design :o)  LOVELY job…thank you for sharing!

I always gravitate to Lu’s pages in the gallery…even before I know they are hers, lol!  Her layouts are always so full of life and family and love…not to mention, fantabulous design details!  I love the contrast of the simple main page…and the ‘busy’ and ‘full’ multi page!  They balance each other very well and leave you wanting to turn the page to see more :o)  Thanks for inspiring us…again!

Next, we have these super duper GORGEOUS pages from pqtn!  I love the entire ‘feel’ of the layouts…and all of the little details…from the adorable banner, to the circle photo (great idea), large title and more!  I find myself looking at these over and over again, to see what I might have missed the first time, lol!  Just perfect – THANK YOU for sharing!

And, oh how Kylie’s pages make me SMILE and long for winter, lol!  I love seeing her family pages…especially the rare treat of mum and dad…and the girls are precious as always!  These layouts are full of winter fun and special time spent together – these really are treasures :o)

So, I think that will do it for inspiration today!  Of course, there are MORE layouts to enjoy in the project SCRAP 2012 gallery – so be sure to take a peek…I promise that you will find yourself INSPIRED :o)

Before I go…here is a quick little peek at August’s templates – love ‘em!  Kylie will be sharing them with you next Thursday :o)

I hope you all have a BEAUTIFUL day/night…and that you enjoy scrapping 2012 along with us!  Be sure to stop back by tomorrow as we share info about our next FAST & FABULOUS speed scrap (yay!)!  Until next time…XOXO — SP :o)

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Hello everyone! :o)  It’s Kylie here today and I’m dropping in quickly to share the next set of layered templates for projectScrap 2012! Yipee!!  I fell a little behind with scrapping my June pages (a nasty winter flu had a huge hand in that!!…ick!) but I’m literally bursting at the seams to scrap my July pages.  I LOVE the new templates and have lots of photos & lots of ideas…perfect!!  How about you?…how are you going with your album…up-to-date & having FUN, I hope??  I must admit though, when I first designed this template duo I was a bit ho-hum about it…I couldn’t quite see its potential.  Then…SP added her fantabulous seasonal color scheme & a few special SP touches…and made them shine…I love how she does that!!  What a team!! LOL!!

You can click on the image below…or, CLICK HERE to download your NEW templates!!

Are you 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 2012 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 in 2012! But, as a quick little reminder… here is the project in a nutshell:::

I hope you are enjoying taking your pictures each week…& can’t wait to see them all scrapped and looking gorgeous with the help of these sparkly new templates!!  Be sure to post your finished July layouts in our specially-dedicated 2012 project scrap GALLERY…we ALL love to see how everyone works with the very latest project SCRAP templates…as well as all the beautiful Shabby Shoppe products - of course! :o)  SP will be posting her July ‘check-in’ in a few weeks time and will be including some gallery inspiration…so stay tuned for that post!

Thanks for checking in with the Shabby Shoppe Blog, today!  Wishing everyone a wonderful end of week and we’ll see you back here on Monday for another special Layout of the Week!  XOXO

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 Hello project SCRAPPERS :o)  SP here with you today…for our JUNE project SCRAP check-in!  I’ll keep this one short and sweet…since this is really all about the inspiration :o)  HOWEVER, since we are now technically in the second half of the year…it’s a great time to see if we are all up-to-date on our pages?  How about a little ROLL-CALL?  If you are still with us – leave a comment and let us know how you are doing with this years’ project SCRAP so far?  Enjoying it?  If you’re behind – never fear…we are not so far in that we can’t get back up-to-speed :o)  Just don’t wait too long or you might find it too overwhelming to catch back up!  Can’t wait to hear how everyone is doing so far!

In the event you missed the JUNE project SCRAP 2012 pages - you can download them HERE :o)

So…June was yet another busy month for us…full of family time, celebrations and travel!  Of course…Father’s Day was a big part of the month – so fun :o)  I also got to spend some quality time with my precious little niece (a total highlight)…and lots more!  Here are my pages (I did a little bit of tweaking to the temlate to suit my photos, etc.)…

 Now, for more inspiration - let’s start with lil_goldie’s CUTE pages!  Love the color palette here…and the focus on dad :o) And the title is super fun, too!

 Next we have Kim’s layouts!  Totally love all of the fun little embellishments and details…AND, can I just say that it looks like a full and fun month (as her perfect title indicates – ‘the great summer adventure’)!  FANTASTIC!

 Rosys’ pictures always capture my attention, and this month is no exception!  The strawberry pic immediately grabbed me, and just screamed SUMMER!  Love how she added extra pics…and all of the titles on the photos!  AWESOME!

 Now, I had to smile when I came across jessg26′s pages…as she and I had some similarities in our layouts!  I just thought it funny how we both used the same gingham bows…the star on a string…yellow backgrounds…and even recolored the same little birdie element, lol!  LOVE IT!  And, I have to say that the main photo is breathtaking and total perfection :o)  What a perfect daddy’s day pic – one I’m sure they will always treasure!

 And we wrap up our inspiration with Amber’s gorgeous and happy pages!  That beach picture is just calling my name, lol!  Fabulous summer layouts and colors, with lots of CUTE pics – LOVE IT ALL :o)

And, as I have done the past couple of months, I wanted to share a little ‘sneak peek’ of the JULY project SCRAP pages to come :o)  Aren’t they adorable?  Kylie will be sharing them with you next Thurdsay…

 That completes our mid-year/June check-in…again – don’t forget to leave a comment so we know how your year of scrapping is coming along!  And, as always – we would LOVE to see YOUR pages in our project SCRAP 2012 gallery :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by today…and for scrapping 2012 along with us :o)  You won’t want to miss the BLOG tomorrow as Kim shares some FANTABULOUS hybrid inspiration (I peeked and it’s awesome, he he)!  ENJOY your day/night and have lots of fun scrapping!  XOXO — SP

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Hello everyone! :o)  It’s Kylie here today and I’m super-excited to share our new project SCRAP templates for JUNE.  Hope you LOVE them as much as I do and enjoy making them your own…by adding your photos, a little paper, a little embellishment here and there, your all-important story-telling…and of course, some L.O.V.E!

You can click on the image below…or, CLICK HERE to download your NEW templates!!

Are you 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 2012 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 in 2012!  But, as a quick little reminder… here is the project in a nutshell:::

Again, I hope you enjoy playing with this month’s two-page spread…filling it with your precious pics & memories, in combination with your fabulous Shabby Shoppe goodies…doesn’t get any better than that, now does it?!! ;o)  And…of course, do not forget to upload YOUR pages in the 2012 project scrap GALLERY for all of us to admire!  That’s what project SCRAP is all about…inspiring and motivating each other to get the year SCRAPPED!  SP will be posting her JUNE ‘check-in’ in a few weeks time…and will, of course, be sure to include some gorgeous gallery inspiration using these brand new June templates…and maybe a lil’ sneak peak of the July templates!  Can’t wait!!

Thanks for joining us today and be sure to stop by tomorrow!  Casharina will be sharing a yummy little treat for Food Friday!!! :o)

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Hey guys :o)  SP here today…for our MAY project SCRAP check-in!  So, May is always a huge month for us…we have birthdays and anniversaries and events and more!  There are never enough hours during this month and everything seems chaotic!  BUT, it is one of the FUNNEST months for us – and even with all of the busy days and nights – we enjoy it sooooo much :o)  This year…the month of May was made all-the-more crazy as we had a huge vacation in April…which also spilled into May!  So, we had an even later start on all of our planning, etc.!  It all worked out wonderfully though, as it always seems to, in the end :o)  I took over 1500 photos in May…so as you can imagine – there was NO WAY to even get a small sampling of everything on my pages…so i just tried to focus on a few (and will add more pages later, if not an entire album).  I journaled quite a bit and just worked it in around the ‘stuff’ on my ‘main’ page :o)  I really enjoyed working with the templates…the strips of paper allowed me to have fun with patterns and color, which I always love (especially since my photos were so full of color, too!)!  I mixed and matched papers from the Darling Paper Collection with elements and flowers from quite a few kits (most of which I recolored a bit to match the papers).  Anyhoo – these pages just make me happy…and I’m sure yours will do the same for you :o)  So…if you haven’t already – GET SCRAPPIN’!

And, if you missed the templates for MAY - be sure to download them HERE!  You’ll LOVE them!

Now, how about some BEAUTIFUL and FANTABULOUS inspiration from the team and some of our super talented gallery members?  As always, I enjoyed browsing through the project SCRAP 2012 gallery to find all of these inspiring layouts!  We each approach our layouts in a different way…some starting a layout with the journaling, others with the photos, and many with a kit or papers in mind.  I think for me, it’s a mixture of all three, lol!  Well, with project SCRAP…the pages are somewhat predetermined by the photos that we have taken for the month…that offers a great starting point :o)  But beyond that…we each get to have fun and flex our creative muscles with our monthly pages!  I love how…even though we all start with the same templates – all of our layouts end up so unique and personal :o)  LOVE!

OK, so how about we get started with Rosy’s pages?!  Again, she does not disappoint :o)  The GORGEOUS photo she used for one of the ‘papers’ is just breathtaking…and then the focus on the stunning main photo?!  BRAVO :o)  The way she moved the photo and readjusted things is also genius!  Just great, great inspiring :o)

 Next, we have my sweet friend Lu’s layouts!  Seriously – can you just feel the happiness in their family via that main photo?  Such a real and candid moment, full of love :o)  Happy 10th, Little Bug!  As per usual – Lu’s pages are full of fun moments and precious memories…and beautiful scrapping!  Totally love how she did the MAY title on the heart!  I was just so happy to see these pages in the gallery…and I know you’ll pull great inspiration from them as well!

We also have Kylie’s totally gorgeous layouts!  It’s funny, it looks like May is a big month for quite a few of us…with lots of birthday celebrations :o)  I love the richness to these pages…and, of course, the beautiful fall photos!  Thanks, Kylie!

Finally, we have these super cool pages from sdclifford…a new Shabby Shoppe gallery member (WELCOME!) :o)  The patriotic color scheme is so perfect with the CUTE and FUN photos…and the title – WOW :o)  Love it all – thanks for sharing with us, sdclifford!

 As always, there is MORE inspiration in our special, project SCRAP 2012 gallery!  You’ll find many more layouts there – so be sure to check it out…and most importantly – UPLOAD YOUR LAYOUTS!!!!!  We love sharing in everyone’s 2012…and love that you guys are joining us for project SCRAP 2012 - THANK YOU :o)

Since I shared a little ‘sneak peek’ of the May pages during the last ‘check-in’…I felt obligated to do the same this time, LOL!  So…below, you will see just a little image of the templates to come for June :o)  I won’t always be able to share the little teaser…but IF  we have them ready in time – I will always try, from here on out :o)  These will be shared with everyone next Thursday – here at the BLOG :o)  I KNOW we will have have fun scrapping with them!  We are already off to a BUSY START in June here at our house…and no doubt, will have PLENTY of photos to fill the layouts, lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by today…and for continuing the project SCRAP journey with us :o)  And, you won’t want to miss tomorrow as Casharina shares some hybrid inspiration!  ENJOY your day/night!  XOXO — SP

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