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Tutorial Round-up: July 2013

Kim rounds up the awesome tutorials found around SSD in July The tutorial team at Sweet Shoppe Designs has been hard at work this month adding fabulous tutorials to the blog.  From Scrap Like a SugarBabe Tutorials to creating hybrid projects, there is tons of inspiration just for you!   Create a Layered Paper Layout […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 7/27

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here, and I’m honestly a little alarmed that it’s already July 27th! Where is 2013 going so quickly?! While I don’t have the answer to that question, I do have some spectacular new releases from our team of Designers to share with you tonight. […]

Be Free to Explore Your Dreams

Darla encourages us to follow our dreams. “I am thankful to all those who said no to me. It’s because of them that I did it myself.” —Albert Einstein In celebration of Amelia Earhart day, today’s post is about letting yourself be free to explore your dreams. Earhart was the first woman to fly across […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 7/20

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here, and I have loads of awesome things to share with you tonight including our newest releases, a heap of scrumptious project ideas from our Designers & Babes and a special promo as well! Do you remember those tiny candy coated chocolate balls that […]

by Brook

Freestyle Scrapping—Be Free!

Brook discusses Freestyle Scrapping and gives us LOTS of inspiration! There are many ways to go about creating a digital scrapbook page. Today, I’m going to introduce a method loosely referred to as “freestyle.” In a nutshell, it’s starting a layout from nothing but an idea . . .  without an actual guide or set […]

Free Yourself from Your Usual Scrapping Style

Lydia shares some inspiration for freeing yourself from your usual scrapping style. After I started digiscrapping, it took me a few years to figure out my own personal style. I tried a lot of different things and finally found my comfort zone. It was a happy day. But, sometimes being in a comfort zone can […]

In The Spotlight: Traci Reed

Get You Say It’s Your Birthday, a delightfully grown up birthday kit by Traci, FREE with your $10 purchase in the shoppe between now and July 31st! You also won’t want to miss checking out some gorgeous inspiration from our talented Babes featuring this fabulous freebie, too. This is one special offer you won’t want to […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 7/13

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here and I have loads of yummy goodies to share with you tonight including some awesome promos and treats in the shoppe that you won’t want to miss out on. The designers have created loads of gorgeous new goodies for you this week and […]

Showing Patriotic Pride . . . Hybrid Style!

Rebecca highlights some fabulous patriotic hybrid projects. Happy July, everyone!!  Rebecca here to showcase some amazing patriotic hybrid projects by our very own community.  Summer is a great time to get those scissors and glue out, especially if you would like to keep those kiddos busy! So, lets get inspired!         And, […]

Fantastic Patriotic Kits

Nikki highlights some of the amazing patriotic kits and products in the Shoppe. Every year the designers add some fabulous new patriotic kits to the Shoppe so be sure to check them out just in time to scrap all those fun July 4th photos! Life 101-July: Be Free To Be You by Jady Day Studio […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 7/6

Hey Hey Sweet Shoppers! Your favorite day of the week is here, and in addition to our Red, White & Wahoo! sale that continues on through the end of the day, as promised, I have a super sweet surprise for you guys too! Some of our forum regulars may have caught on to the hints […]

Tips for Photographing Fireworks Displays

Need some tips and tricks for getting great fireworks photos? Erin is here to help you out! Here in the U.S., Independence Day is almost upon us and some of you might be looking to challenge yourself with photographing the fireworks displays going on in your area. I always love to challenge myself and try […]

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