Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! As you know, we only have a handful of storewide sales each year, but our summer sale is upon us and we can’t wait to celebrate the sweet savings with all of you! In just a few days, we’ll be kicking off our annual Summer Scrap-A-Thon event in the forums, and to help you stock up on sweet treats so you’re ready to scrap your heart out all summer long, we’re putting every single delectable treat in the shoppe on sale for a whopping 40% OFF over the next week! Check out the details…

As you might imagine, the designers went all out creating amazing new goodies for this weekend’s sale, and since this special offer applies to every single product in the shoppe including ALLL of this weekend’s newest releases (and our commercial use too), no matter what you might be looking for, you’ll want pop over to the shoppe as soon as you can to take advantage of this scrumptious special offer!

This week’s new goodies are undeniably fantastic, fun and perfect for all of your favorite summer memories, but they’re just the beginning of the sweetness hitting the shoppe tonight because a fabulous new designer is also joining our team. I am seriously sooo thrilled to share the news of her arrival with all of you!

A lot of us have been doing this for a long time, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve tried to get my daughters into scrapbooking and they just aren’t interested. Not only did our newest designer take an interest in digital scrapbooking thanks to her mom, she’s also followed in her footsteps as brilliant designer whose product line is packed with her one of a kind illustrations and fun goodies that look absolutely AMAZING in action! When her application popped into my inbox, it was a no brainer to the designers and I to send her an invite to join our team. So without further ado…

Olivia Ashcraft, the designer behind Studio Liv, brings a fresh and young perspective to the shoppe, and I am so in love with her debut line-up of goodies! She’s a professional graphic designer who loves digital illustration and typography, and those elements really shine in every kit she creates! Our Babes did AMAZING things with Olivia’s opening line-up, so here’s a few pages which I hope inspire you to add some of her products to your stash while they’re on sale!

layout by Tracie Stroud feat. My Vote Matters

layout by SugarBabe Sherly feat. Birthday Babe

layout by SugarBabe Mary A feat. Sparkling Summer with Little Butterfly Wings

layout by SugarBabe Eve feat. Sunburn Club

Seriously… how. freakin. cuuuuute. We are so lucky to have Liv on the team and I sincerely hope you love having her designs at your fingertips and are looking forward to seeing everything she’ll be bringing to the shoppe week after week… yay!

Speaking of new… not only do we have a heap of new releases and a new designer joining us this weekend, we also have a brand new Featured Designer freebie for you too! The one and only Amanda Yi went into the spotlight just a short time ago with the latest addition to our Adventure X series, Today’s Adventures, and it is perfect for all of your every day adventures and memories. Best of all, this doodly delight is FREE when you spend ten bucks in the shoppe over the next couple of weeks which should be easy peasy during our storewide sale! Check it out…

The Babes have created some gorgeous layouts to showcase this week’s new treats and Amanda’s new freebie, so here’s a heap of eye candy from the team which I hope inspires you to shop, scrap and share with us this weekend…

layout by SugarBabe Rebecca

layout by SugarBabe Heather

layout by SugarBabe Krista L

layout by SugarBabe Charlene

layout by SugarBabe Kim B

layout by SugarBabe Cassie

layout by SugarBabe Trina

layout by SugarBabe Mary M

layout by Studio Liv

layout by Little Butterfly Wings

layout by SugarBabe Ally

layout by SugarBabe Carrie

layout by SugarBabe Tammy

Whew! That was a LOT to cover, but I hope you’ll agree that the weekend is looking pretty sweet! I’m off for a couple of days to put the finishing touches on the introductory posts for this year’s Summer Scrap-A-Thon which you can bookmark by clicking the ad below. We have sooo much in store for you during our two month challenge event including the return of our summer sixlets here in the shoppe, so keep your eyes right here for all of the latest news from the sweetest spot in town!

I’ll be here in your inbox next week sometime with a final reminder to take advantage of this summer’s sweetest sale!

Until then, keep making memories and scrap MORE!