Hi everyone…Kylie here! :o)  As most digi-scrapping fanatics know, tomorrow is a big, big day in our lil’ digi-scrapping universe.  Yes, it’s time to celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day (DSD)!!  Yay!!

Here at the Shabby Shoppe, to celebrate this fun day we would like to share TWO beautiful 2013 CALENDARS with you!

These are year-at-a-glance piece-a-cake calendar pages.  One is 11×8.5 and super bright & happy!  The other is 8.5×11 and beautiful & shabby! Both use the gorgeous Gracie collection.  We hope that one (or both) will work well in your home…they are sure to brighten up any space!  They also make awesome gifts for family and friends…especially at this time of year!! :o)

To download your FREE 2013 Calendars, simply head over to the Shabby Princess site (shabbyprincess.com) by CLICKING HERE or the image above!

Also, I’m excited to share that SP will be releasing a wonderful NEW KIT for the holidays and some other festively-fun goodies…arriving at the Shoppe in the next couple of weeks!  So stay tuned for them…and sign up for the Shoppe Newsletter (if you haven’t already) so you don’t miss out on the Holiday SALE!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today…and for being a special part of the Shabby Shoppe community!  We hope you ENJOY your DSD to the fullest! :o)  See you back here on Monday for Layout of the Week!!!

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Hello everyone!!  Hope this finds you all safe and well!  Kylie here today to let you know about the Shabby Shoppe‘s HALLOWEEN SALE and to share a whole lotta HALLOWEEN scrapping faves with you :o)

At the Shabby Shoppe you’ll find, not one but, THREE Halloween-ish kits!  SP’s first Halloween themed kit was the very cute, trick or treat…SMELL MY FEET, then came the not-so-spooky BOO…followed by the frightfully fun GOOSE BUMPS!  ALL THREE are on SALE this week for 25% off!  Not only that, but ALL of our Halloween products are on sale – YAY (be sure to CLICK HERE to see all of them)!!  So, it’s a great time to ‘load-up’ on all of these sweet and whimsical goodies!

SP’s amazing halloween kits are packed full of fun and a spoonful, or two, of silliness…but never-ever scary or creepy!  And, you’ll find them as versatile as possible and super easy to mix and match!!

Tomorrow, Kim has some brand new scrapping inspiration (with a twist!) to share.  But for TODAY, the team and I have picked out some of our all-time favourite halloween-themed layouts from the gallery…to show you exactly how these three awesome kits come to life on ‘paper’!  I have done my very best to group them by kit, but some pages do have a sprinkling of the other halloween kits or a few other Shabby Princess products…please click on the links provided to see all the relevant credits…and to see them nice and BIG!!  Enjoy!!

Cutie-patootie costumes is what it’s all about! ~ SP’s Alien or Monster, and lifeisgood’s Be Anything You Imagine

Noteworthy layouts! ~ KristiL’s Zombiefied! and Ladibugbaby’s Halloween 2011

Some spooky critters!! ~ jenelle’s Spooky Sunday and my spooky disco

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Say it with punchy purple! ~ DeniseD’s Ka-Pow and beckie’s too cute to spook!

Too puurrrfect! ~ iscraptoo’s Halloween and reddoor’s little Tiger

Circles, circles, circles ~ annamarieje’s Trick or Treat and krzymnky’s first halloween

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A lil’ green and grey perfection – SP’s ready for halloween and jasa5′s Little Monster

Make it pop with a little black or white canvas ~ creativesparkmommy’s Boy Story 3 and georgeinci’s This witch…

Going dotty for spots! ~ embellishedangel’s Halloween 2011 and acmckelvey’s trick or treat challenge!

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WOW, that’s a lot of inspiration…just like we promised at the top of the post!! :o)  (also…thanks for being patient and waiting for this huge post to load – we sooo appreciate it!)  We can’t wait to see all of the new HALLOWEEN layouts in the gallery…we sure hope you’ll share with us!  THANKS for stopping by today…and be sure to come back tomorrow for Kim’s Halloween spotlight special!

KylieInspiration, Product Spotlight, Shoppe News, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Hello dear friends…Kylie here! :o)  On behalf of SP and the whole Shabby Shoppe team it is my absolute privilege and pleasure to announce our new Shabby Artist Team members…we couldn’t be happier or more excited!!

First of all, we wish to THANK everyone who applied and expressed interest in joining our wonderful little team of Shabby Artists.  SP and I were truly in awe of the quality of applicants…their amazing talent and enthusiasm.  Each and every one of you made this team call such an enjoyable experience, and at the same time, made it all the more difficult for us to narrow down our favourites…beyond tough, and then some!!  In the end it was NOT an easy decision…we thought long and hard about each and every applicant and truly wished that we could ask everyone to join us – WOW what a team that would be! lol!  No doubt there will be more openings in the future, so we invite everyone to apply again at that point :o)

Please join with me in welcoming…

As luck would have it all five girls are already such a special part of the Shabby Shoppe family! :o)  And, we are in no doubt whatsoever, that, if you frequent the blog and inspiration gallery you have long been admiring their gorgeous creations and enjoying the little life-snippets they so generously share…and now they will continue to inspire us as part of the Shabby Artist Team! YAY!  They are all uniquely talented in so many ways…and beautiful and fun and sweet to boot.  We are sooo lucky to have them…and really feel like we have added some truly-special and super-creative ladies to our already amazing team :o)

 Coming soon…a new look team page with all our new and current Shabby Artists…so stay tuned for that!  You will learn a bit more about the lovely girls that make up our (not-so-little-now) team…and you are sure to be inspired by what you see in each artists’ gallery!! :o)  And as for the new girls, they will be here blogging very soon so get ready for weeks of jam-packed shabby-inspiration and shabby-FUN!!

A big THANK-YOU for stopping by the blog today and for saying hi to our new girls!  I will see you back here tomorrow - same time – same place – to share our FREE November desktop…yes?, you read correctly – NOVEMBER!! ;o)

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Hi all!  It’s Kylie and I’m excited to share a bunch of Shoppe News with you all today :o) …especially for those that haven’t yet seen the latest NEWSLETTER – & if you wish, here is the option to VIEW or DOWNLOAD it (…it’s about 11 megs in size – so might take a few minutes to fully download) OR you can just scroll down, as all the info is right here!!

Here at the Shabby Shoppe, we have an amazing team of artists who share their talents and creativity with us via their layouts and blog posts, and we are looking to ADD to our small team. YAY!

Interested?  Again, here’s how to apply! …and we hope you do!

Send an e-mail to kylie@theshabbyshoppe.com (both Kylie and SP will be overseeing the applications and will send a quick reply to let you know your application was received).  Please note that all applications must be received by October 11th.

Be sure to include the following information:

• User <screen> name and real name
• Link to your most up-to-date gallery (or several if you have them)
• Link to your blog (if you have one)
• Prior CT/Blog experience
• Tell us about YOU and why you want to join us!

ALSO, I just wanted to let ya know that we added a bunch of gorgeous NEW STUFF to the Shabby Shoppe yesterday :o)

Don’t forget that our NEW PRODUCTS will be on SALE for a limited time only (sale ends September 24th)

If you are loving the new Shoppe kits…then you must make your way over to shabbyprincess.com and download the coordinating (and FREE) Not Too Shabby Sampler Collection!  They were designed to complement our latest Shoppe additions!!

We’ve all been scrapping up a storm with the latest Shabby Princess goodies (free & shoppe products!)…so please do check out the Shabby Artists’ gallery for all our new pages and all the wonderful scrapping inspiration!

THANKS for stopping by the blog today…we’ll see you back here on Monday for Layout of the Week!  Have an awesome weekend…and happy scrapping!! :o)

KylieShoppe News, Uncategorized 14 Comments

Happy Friday everyone!! :o)  It’s Kylie here…and I am very excited to be with you for today’s special post!

If you have been following the blog…you probably know that we (the blog) recently had our 2nd birthday…and our beloved Shabby Shoppe celebrated its SEVENTH birthday!  hip-hip-Hooray!!  So, to help us celebrate we invited one and all to play a couple of  ‘party’ games.  Whooo hooo!! ;o)  Well…sooooo many of you joined in the fun & games…and that of course made our birthday all the more special - THANK YOU, THANK YOU for being part of our special month-long birthday celebrations!!  It just wouldn’t have been the same without you! :o)

The time has come to finish up our two games…but not before I hand out some PRIZES!!!

There were bunches and bunches of fabulously sweet comments and favorite blog posts linked-up for our little Link-A-Post game…and here are our three random ‘WINNERS’ using our friend Mr Random:

• Comment 6: abyhunter linked her favorite blog post ~ “Stripes to Plaid”
• Comment 4: Kimberly linked her favorite blog post ~ “Scrapping Imperfect Photos”
• Comment 34: Candice S. linked her favorite blog post ~ “Project Scrap 2012″

CONGRATULATIONS, girls :o)  You should have each received a $10 gift card to the Shabby Shoppe (be sure to check your SPAM folders) via email – & have fun shoppe-ing :o)  AGAIN, thank you SO much, to everyone, for taking the time to play Link-A-Post!  It was lovely to see which blog posts have been your faves and your reasons why…you’re all sooo sweet!  And if you are interested…here is a lil’ Link-A-Post trivia! LOL!

• So many of you said it was too hard to choose…because you love them all (well, I totally agree!!!)
• Jenelle’s fantabulous Scrapping Imperfect Photos was your fave favorite!!
• You absolutely love all the tips and tricks posts…especially Casharina’s cool Re-coloring tips, Rosy’s neat little Stripes to Plaid and Kim’s top 10 tips for organized memory keeping!
• You are all big fans of Beckie’s awesome photography posts…especially this all-time favorite!
• There have been exactly 500 blogs posts (yes…Jenelle’s Thursday Thievery post yesterday was lucky number 500!!) published since May 2010!
• 24 different posts were linked as favorites…across all the different categories – learning new things with tips & tricks, focus on photos, food stuff, hybrid projects…being inspired and motivated to scrap your heart out as a result of a variety of inspiration posts, our special guests, amazing LOTW’s, gallery girls, template challenges, projectSCRAP…and fun freebies!! ;o)  The Shabby Shoppe Blog is here to inspire and it’s beyond awesome to know that we are doing just that!

I want to also take this opportunity to THANK all those that played Shabby Squiz…our second party game!!  Y’all are SQUIZ-STARS!!! :o)  I received heaps of emails - WOW, it was hard to keep up with the demand! LOL!!  I replied to every single email received within 24 hours…so if it appears that you have not yet received your Easy-As-Pie Invitation templates please check your spam and/or junk folders - it may be hiding out there.  And if you still can’t locate my reply please let me know and I’d be happy to resend it! …here’s my email address again: kylie@theshabbyshoppe.com  …just wanna make sure that you all got your templates! :o)

I hope you had bunches of FUN taking this little trip down “blog” memory lane with the Shabby Squiz questions…and are enjoying your new little birthday bash gift!

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Wishing everyone a fabulously happy and safe weekend.  We’ll be back on Monday with Layout of the Week…until then, Happy Scrapping!! :o)

…and, P.S.  Just a quick reminder that the Easy-As-Pie Template Challenge 23 deadline is SUNDAY night (12 midnight US EDT), for all those still wishing to join in the FUN and have the chance to win a $25 gift card to the Shabby Shoppe!  Don’t forget to add your comment/link to the original blog post after you upload your gorgeous layout to the Gallery! :o)

KylieBirthday Bash, Shoppe News, Uncategorized 1 Comment