Hey, hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite time of the week and mine is here, and our designers are killin’ it this week! Can you believe July is almost in the history books? I can’t believe how fast the summer is flying by, but I think part of it might be that I am having such a blast with our Summer Scrap-A-Thon, plus there are some fabulous happenings going on behind the scenes too! I can’t wait to let you in on some amazing news over the next few weeks, but it’s not quite time, so I need to keep my excitement in check! Seriously though… stay tuned!

Like always, there are soooo many yummy new treats hitting the shoppe tonight and I am so impressed by our talented team of Designers and Babes! I have heaps of eye candy to share with you tonight, including a gorgeous new collection from our newest Featured Designer that I know you’re going to love, so sit back, relax and check out…

As always, all of our newest treats are 25% off until Monday at 6am ET, so I hope you’ll stop by soon to pick up a fave or two! I absolutely adore some of this weekend’s new goodies, so I wanted to make sure you don’t miss Flergs’ newest Remember the Magic collection which pays tribute to an iconic childhood ride, Ru and Val’s Creative Chronicles continues with Timeless Treasures which is seriously beautiful, and since Grace has gone on hiatus, Meagan is bringing back their faith based series in a new solo collection, the first of which is perfect for vacation bible school! Those beauties are just the beginning of all of the incredible new goodies hitting the shoppe tonight, so I hope you’ll stop by and take a closer look at everything NEW! From templates, to tributes to the month of August, to summer picnics, farmer’s markets, new fonts and more, you’re sure to find something to love here at the sweetest spot in town!

While our newest treats are always pretty sweet on their own, a brand new, and oh-so-fabulous designer went into the spotlight as our newest Featured Designer this afternoon, and that means there’s a fantastic new freebie from the one and only Kristin Cronin-Barrow waiting for you when you spend $10 too…

Kristin has knocked it out of the park with her contribution to this year’s Adventure X series of Featured Designer freebies, and if you love scrapbooking (which you obviously do), this beauty is one you’ll want to have in your stash! Adventures in Memory Keeping is packed with delightful details and heaps of word art in an absolutely PERFECT rainbow color palette that is soft and subtle without being in your face. Plus, she’s also created an incredible Sweet Shoppe themed companion collection in our signature pink that is perfect if you’ve a been a fan or have participated in our challenges over the years. Adventures at Sweet Shoppe Designs is sooo cute and is included in her bundle of add-ons, so be sure to grab it while it’s on sale this weekend, and while her sweet freebie is a scrumptious FWP bonus through August 9th!

Like always, our talented Babes have created a heap of gorgeous layouts with our newest releases and Kristin’s featured designer freebie, so before I send you off for the weekend, I thought I would share some eye candy from the team to get you in the memory making mood! Take a peek…

layout by SugarBabe Sarah

layout by SugarBabe Mary

layout by SugarBabe Heather

layout by SugarBabe Cherry

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layout by SugarBabe Amie

layout by SugarBabe Cassie

layout by SugarBabe Krista L

layout by SugarBabe Sherly

layout by SugarBabe Charlene

layout by SugarBabe Carrie

Speaking of eye candy, so much of it has been made thanks to this year’s Summer Scrap-A-Thon! I have truly enjoyed looking through the gallery on a regular basis to choose layouts to share in some standout posts on our Instagram account and I know Jill feels the same choosing pages for her weekly shoutout post on the blog too! You ladies are so inspiring, so I wanted to cheer you on and tell you to keep the yummy pages coming. While this special event doesn’t have daily deadlines, if you’re scrapping along to earn July’s 40% discount or you want to be entered to win this month’s $50 gift certificate, be sure your tracker post is updated no later than 11:59pm ET on August 1st…

With that, I’m off for the weekend, but I’ll be here in your inbox on Tuesday with a fabulous and fun Oldies But Goodies sale! Like they always do for this sale, each of our designers will pick one of their favorite older treats to put back in the spotlight at a whopping 50% OFF, so don’t miss it!

Until then sweet friends, have a sweet weekend, keep making memories and scrap MORE!