Think Outside The Box - May 4th

[Robin Carlton]

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/TOTB/tosb-may4.jpg
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/TOTB/totb-may4-babes.jpg
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/TOTB/totb-may4-prize.jpg
https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/TOTB/totb-logo.jpg

Sweet Shoppers, a brand new month is here and I am so excited to share this week's challenge with you because it's super simple and straightforward and is perfect for iNSD weekend! If you're new to SSD, you don't have to dig too deep, but if you've been around awhile, I challenge you to really go back in time to find something you always wanted to scrap with, but just never got around to!

As usual, you'll need to scrap a layout for this challenge and post in this thread by midnight EST on May 10th, 2014 for your chance to win your choice of a kit from our Featured Designer Erica Zanes' shoppe!

Don't forget, even if you miss the deadline for this week's Featured Designer giveaway, you can still earn Sweet Rewards for completing all of this month's TOTB challenges too and posting in our Sweet Rewards tracker thread (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=197) for the month! Coupons are automatically sent to everyone who completes an entire month of challenges, so don't forget to track your completed challenges each month so you don't miss those sweet discounts in the shoppe!

Before I go, I'm proud to announce our TOTB winner for last week's awesome challenge...

https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/TOTB/totb-may4-winner.png

Congrats Jess, you can check out this thread (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75737) for details on how to claim your prize!

Thanks so much for playing along with us week after week, we can't wait to see what you create this week!

Robin

[Happy Now]

Gulp. I am afraid I could scrap my stash until NEXT NSD and still not make dent... :)

[eve11ne]

Gulp. I am afraid I could scrap my stash until NEXT NSD and still not make dent... :)

I'm on the same boat... :D

[clearskies]

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e51/clearskies914/Local-Flavor-600.jpg (http://s37.photobucket.com/user/clearskies914/media/Local-Flavor-600.jpg.html)

Julie's Kona Coast. Bought it during iNSD in 2011........ :blink: :blink:

[Erica]

This was hard for some reason, but here we go.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Week_181.jpg

[Robin Carlton]

Julie's Kona Coast. Bought it during iNSD in 2011........ :blink: :blink:

Haha! THis is what we like to see!

Go way back chickies!

[Jjriward]

I'm fairly new here so I don't have any super old stuff. But, I bought this kit a few weeks ago and haven't had a chance to use it yet (except for a few of the elements on my PL pages). I believe this is an older kit because its in the bargain section now. :)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/JENNIFERWARD/Scrapbooking/OpeningDay_zps6df427ef.jpg

[marlathrall]

Love this challenge! :)

[sastampink]

I'm new here too so all of my purchases are recent, but this is one I hadn't used yet.
Not always sunshine & lollipops by Lauren Grier

http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h350/tracey11704/my_girls_lo_res_zpsf63f773a.jpg (http://s1105.photobucket.com/user/tracey11704/media/my_girls_lo_res_zpsf63f773a.jpg.html)

[abm234]

I'm on the same boat... :D

Amen girls! I just buy all this stuff because it's soooo pretty but I'll never get to using it all!

[AmyG]

I can't tell you when I bought this. I didn't see it in Misty's store..maybe that long ago?!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/calebweb.jpg

[carriesmom]

I bought Sweet Summertime last summer in June. Never used it. I bought Stormy Weather back in March specifically for these photos. Still never used it. It is about time I put them to use!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/570/summer-storms.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324072&title=summer-storms&cat=500)

[adi&co.]

my kits in my stash that are old and unused are not from SSD. I use all of my SSD kits pretty quickly :)

[Joy2Scrapbook]

I bought this beautiful kit, Sentimental Journey, back in August 2012, but never got a page done. It's so nice to do a page with in now.
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Just-Us3.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324103&title=just-us&cat=500)

[pewtertm]

I had forgotten that I owned this kit!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/bmagee-singleton06-jabberwocky_TRMM_RuffledFeathers_700_x_700_.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324110&title=not-quite-angry-birds&cat=500)

[NellahBean]

I'm not 'old' enough to go too far back, but this is one of the first kits I purchased here at SSD. I made a few pages with it when I bought it, but none that are gallery worthy now! I think I've come a long ways! Ha! Here is my layout with KCB's Tenderhearted:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/2014-04-29-Be-the-Love.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324114&title=be-the-love&cat=669)

[eranslow]

my kits in my stash that are old and unused are not from SSD. I use all of my SSD kits pretty quickly :)


Use one of your oldest SSD kits :) it's okay if you used it - it's still something in your stash :)


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[nietis]

I have to dig deep… I think...

[Saar]

Love the challenge! Got to start thinking which kit to use.

[jak]

This was fun - I found some old goodies from 2010 and 2011... all in the old SSD packaging!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Adorable-you3.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324137&title=adorable-you&cat=500)

[nietis]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/140430_j_blueskies.jpg?2998 (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324139&nocache=1)

[jesskab]

Ooh, thanks for the free kit!

Template is 2009 Cindy Schneider.
Kit is 2012 Jenn Barrette. The funny thing is, I remember buying this kit thinking I wanted to go apple picking. We finally went in 2013,now I'm scrapping it in 2014.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/medium/apple_hill_oldie_page_ssd_small.jpg

[Hiddenartist]

Does it have to be all Sweet Shoppe on the page? I'm very new here, and have a few templates. Can I use other kits, or should I wait until I have Sweet Shoppe kits?

[Robin Carlton]

Does it have to be all Sweet Shoppe on the page? I'm very new here, and have a few templates. Can I use other kits, or should I wait until I have Sweet Shoppe kits?

We do require that you use exclusively Sweet Shoppe product since there are only 4 challenges a month. That said we have a bunch of freebies (https://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/home.php?cat=650) in the shoppe which you are welcome to use for your challenge layouts!

So glad to have you joining us!

Robin

[Saar]

Here's mine.
I had to dig deep to find a kit I had never used before. Almost every kit I bought, I have used.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/WeeklyChallenge18web.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324233&title=glorious-days&cat=669)

[Beebo]

Here is mine

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/Fun_at_the_Splash_Pad.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324235&title=fun-at-the-splash-pad&cat=500)

[mrsashbaugh]

Here is mine! I've used this kit before but it was the first kit I ever bough from SSD. Also, the template was in an old freebie Simple Pleasures!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/cschneider-simplepleasures-template.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324242&title=love-your-smile&cat=500)

[kristipy]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/13Vegas1.jpg

[abm234]

Holy Moly ladies! This is an OLD kit! But I still think it's beautiful!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/mothers-day-2013-cschneider-single14x-copy.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324255&title=mother-27s-day-2013&cat=500)

[mpatry]

I haven't scrapped in two yrs until this week <3 Many of my pages yesterday and today have been using my stash as I've still bought a kit here and there hoping to use them even though I didn't scrap for 2 yrs, and for 2 yrs before that I only did a handful of layouts. Here's the layout I decided to submit for this challenge... Using KCB and Krystal's Eat Cake collab from a while ago <3

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/570/8thBirthday2013_web.jpg

[kristijoy]

Here's mine!

No Idea when I bought this kit. But I've had that acrylic alpha from real early. I still love those big letters!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/671/L-0503-Quilt-Show.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324261&title=l-0503-quilt-show&cat=671)

[KeriS]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Love-Each-Other-gallery.jpg

[joelsgirl]

I picked this kit up last August, and it's been at the top of my "must use" list, but I never seem to have the right pictures. Even though I've used it, it's still at the top of my list! Erica & Nicole are a great team.
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/651/web_9Months1.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324312&title=9-month-snapshots&cat=651)

[aussiegirl]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Carousel_Ride_Aug_6_2013_smaller.jpg
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324334&title=carouselide&cat=500

[britaneejean]

This Life: September (from 2012, i think?) by Penny. I've been meaning to make a LO like this ever since i bought the kit. thanks for the extra push!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/TOTB-May4web.jpg
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324344&title=need-4outine&cat=669

[~Cindy~]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/cynturner906/braelyn_rockingsunglasses_CT_zps395e5eca.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324353&title=sunglasses&cat=500)

[Happy Now]

I've had both this kit and these photos for too long! Time to finish up that 2012 Disney album, for sure!!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/631/HN-201203-Pirate-Room.jpg

[zhenshi]

Wow, sweet pictures.

[kristipy]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/13Vegas2.jpg

[crystalbella77]

Here's mine :) I have had this kit for so very long. Thanks for the encouragement to use it :D

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/650/clivesay_justbeeyou.jpg?7026 (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324403&title=just-bee-you&cat=650)

[marlathrall]

I used an oldie but a goodie- Lakeside Retreat (plus lots of other flowers from here, there, & everywhere.)

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/smpage23-kipufalls-left.jpg

[max-1219]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/May-41.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324456&title=go-mavs-21&cat=500)

[christinar]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/2013-05-24-sh-water-park.jpg
This was one of the first kits i bought here. Kristin's "Seaside"

[RKSP]

All products from 2010!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Hot_Chocolate_web.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324563&title=hot-chocolate&cat=500)

[lightwriter]

Think Outside the Box May 4
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/20140222_01n02_ArcheryPractice_web.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324585&title=archery-practice&cat=669)

[carolinalima]

Baby boy By KristinCB Designs(+-2012)
Carefree By KristinCB and Lliella Designs
{flower brown} Coutry Road By KristinCB
Cindy's Layered Templates - Set 95 by Cindy Schneider (2010 or 2011)https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/medium/cschneider-templates95-page1.jpg

[drachenmeadc]

Here is mine,

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/570/medium/SSD_Week_1_Kopie.jpg

I used kcroninbarrow-tropicalhideaway, but I dont know from wich year this kit was.

Best wishes Drachenmeachen

[eve11ne]

I can't remember when I bought this kit :

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/eve-20100401-grease-monkey-web.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324718&title=tune-up&cat=500)

[jang123]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/PS_-_SSD_May_1.jpghttps://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/PS_-_SSD_May_1.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324727&title=psssd-may-1&cat=500)https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324727&title=psssd-may-1&cat=500https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=324727Used the oldest kit and template I had that I've never used before. Here's mine:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/PS_-_SSD_May_1.jpg
Trying another link to see if the image shows:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=324727
Trying another method to upload:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=324727
No idea why my image did not show before. Today it finally appeared.

[thompsonc2007]

Here is one from me!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/medium/OUTSIDE_THE_BOX.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324729&title=puddle-buster&cat=669)

[GraceLee]

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/On_Meds.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324199&title=on-meds&cat=500)

I have bought this kit forever, for my daughter's eczema photos (I have a ton), but never got around to using it. It really is perfect! <3

[jang123]

http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/PS_-_SSD_May_1.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324727&title=psssd-may-1&cat=500)

[annet83]

Too late for the chance to win, but still wanted to do the challenge!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/SSD-OOTBChallenge1-May14.jpg

[akizo]

Thanks for the chance to use old kit :D This is fun!
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/jbi_geniusatwork.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=326282&title=genius-at-work&cat=669)

[rach3975]

I bought this kit to go with these photos a few years ago, and twice I started the LO then abandoned it because it just wasn't coming together. When I saw this challenge I decided I was going to make a 3rd attempt, and love it or hate it I was not giving up until I had a finished page. Still not really liking it, but it's DONE. (It's not the kit that's the problem; I've always loved this kit!)

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/Truck1_rach3975.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=326562&title=touch-a-truck-2c-p1&cat=669)

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/669/Truck2_rach3975.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=326563&title=touch-a-truck-2c-p2&cat=669)

[penguinluvr]

I know that I am late to this game but I need to join these challenges to get some work done.
Scrap instead of just Shopping..

This layout is using America Harbor by Julie Billingsley and Set 136 by Cindy Schneider. Both I bought and never got around to using. Also used Darcy Baldwin's Carly Sue got Married Font

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/14084932450_6c2b562729.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nsCXGW)NS Selfies_PRINT (https://flic.kr/p/nsCXGW) by kenzi1 (https://www.flickr.com/people/74923636@N00/), on Flickr

[adi&co.]

Ok, got the last one for this month! I've been sitting on Kiss Kiss for awhile so I figured i'd just jump in and use it

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/668/gooutsideandclimb.jpg

[flyingbinker]

Finally got this one done:
Do Your Best was my first purchase from SSD. Still love it!

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/2014_25_26_kennedy_web.jpg (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327330&title=kennedy&cat=500)