Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! I hope your week was fantastic – I’ve enjoyed getting back to a routine after the busy-ness of the Christmas break. Our designers are getting back into the swing of things too – 2026 is going to be a fantastic year!

Today I get to introduce our newest Featured Designer, Kelly Bangs Creative. Kelly is known for her bright, playful digital scrapbooking kits that bring everyday moments to life with bold colours, fun illustrations, and fantastic themed elements. She often starts with a theme and builds coordinated papers, alphas, and lots of embellishments – whether it’s nostalgic summer vibes, office-themed layouts, or “sitcom-style” memory keeping packs full of quirky icons and patterns. Her style blends charm with practical versatility, making her designs perfect for your everyday scrapping.

With her Featured Designer spot, Kelly created a brand new kit for you – which will be FREE with any $10 purchase in the Shoppe from now until the new releases go live on January 23. This kit is a vibrant, retro-inspired celebration of photography, bursting with bold colours, playful patterns, and charming camera motifs throughout. It mixes vintage vibes with modern whimsy, featuring illustrated photographers, classic cameras, film elements, and fun word art like “say cheese” and “smile.” Perfect for documenting everyday photos, creative hobbies, or special memories, it brings a cheerful, nostalgic energy to any layout. Retro Things: Photography is a vibrant, retro-inspired celebration of photography. It is bursting with bold colours and patterns, and has so many cute camera motifs throughout the kit. It mixes vintage vibes with modern whimsy and fun word art that is perfect for documenting everyday photos, creative hobbies, or special memories. All of the pages I’ve seen created with it bring a cheerful, nostalgic energy to their memories.

Before we get to see some of those great layouts, let’s find out more about Kelly with our virtual questionnaire!

And now check out what the SugarBabes created with Kelly’s great kit!

That’s it for today, but come back next Friday to see a preview of Kelly’s Featured Designer Fan sale, which will go live on January 20th. Until then, keep on scrapping!