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September CYOA Showcase

Hello friends! Gosh, it’s hard to believe we’re welcoming in the month of October already and a new month of challenges has started! Seems that September was over in the blink of an eye!! While preparing for this post, I was blown away by the stunning layouts created by you, our amazing community for the […]

Baker’s Dozen: October Photo Challenge

In the words of the inimitable Anne Shirley, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers!” The weather, the colors, the scents and the sounds – it all comes together to create a month filled with opportunity for me and my camera. Here at the Sweet Shoppe, we’re spending each month […]

Sweet Talk Babe Edition with: Jaye

Hey everyone, Sweet Talk is back for 2024 with a slightly new format but the same awesome goal. Getting to know YOU, our amazing community members. Once a month we will indulge in some “sweet talk” and have some fun getting to know you all a little bit better. This month is a fun twist […]

DSD Preview Weekend is HERE!

Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! Normally this is the time of the week when I am showing off a heap of new releases from our talented team, but Digital Scrapbook Day is just around the corner, so tonight we’re getting you in the mood with our annual DSD preview weekend! We want to make sure next […]

Featured Designer 15 – Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! How was your week? We had school pictures this week along with the start of some fall activities so things are getting busy, I love the routine of it all. Today I get to show you a sneak peek of the 15 products that Cheryl of Fiddle Dee Dee Designs has […]

One Template, Nine Ways with Tracie Stroud – September 26

It’s time for another installment of “One Template, Many Ways” – where we challenge the creative team here at the Sweet Shoppe to use one single layered template in as many ways as they can dream up. The idea is to show you just how versatile one layered digital scrapbooking template can truly be! This […]

September 25 – National Daughter’s Day

Hi there sweet scrappers! According to Google, today is National Daughter’s Day … a day to celebrate and cherish the gift of our daughters. Those that bring us so much love and joy into our lives. (Of course, those of us with sons feel the exact same way, but today we are talking about daughters). […]

Think Outside the Album: Jewelry Pendants & Charms

If you’re anything like me, you’ve had moments where you were working with a scrapbook kit and thought, “this art is so gorgeous, I wish I could wear it.” Well, my sweet scrappy friends, today’s blog post is going to blow your mind! I’ve got a project to share that’s surprisingly easy but with results […]

Sweet Shoppe Saturday 9/21

Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! We hope your week has been sweet as can be, and that you’re ready for some weekend memory making. Our designers are absolutely on fire this week, and there are some seriously scrumptious new treats hitting the shoppe tonight including a heap of incredible templates that I know you’re going to […]

Featured Designer – Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

Happy Friday Sweet Shoppers! How excited are you for the official changing of the seasons on Sunday? Here in North America it will officially be Fall / Autumn as of Sunday. I’m loving the cooler temps and the changing leaves, it is so pretty out there. I hope they last a little while – usually […]

Long Term Projects: Fighting the Monotony

We create habits for all types of things in our lives: from daily schedules to exercise routines. Habits are beneficial for us and have evolved over time for the ability of our survival as humans. We settle into our habits so that we are ready to respond to new things and new environments. This helps […]

September Sweet Shoutouts

Phew! After all of the Summer Challenge Shoutouts, it’s time to get back to regularly scheduled blog posts! Today I wanted to share some of the spectacular pages I’ve discovered in the gallery. Tammybean04 rocked her page using Em’s Summer Memories page drafts and her Island Life kit! Her photos are just stunning, and her […]

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