Welcome to another fabulous Sunshine Freebie Mega Kit Extravaganza! Boy, do we have a ton of Sunshine in store for you today! Why is that? Well… if you hadn’t heard the news, the Sunshine Studio is growing like a weed and we have added many new designers to the shop! And we’ve decided the best way to celebrate was with a good old fashioned freebie mega kit. I’m sure you’ll agree!

All the new designers will be unveiling their shops this Friday, so be sure to come on over and check them out! Here are the links for all the blogs of the designers who have made a sweet little something for you today:

Amy Sumrall
Beckie Wallace Designs
Boyerville Scraps
Claudi Designs
CrystalBella Scraps
Dani’s Delusions
Denise Liemert
Designs by Sherri Tierney
Ellie Lash Designs
Flergs
Franziska Altmann
Greedz Graphics
jen*uine artistry
Kawouette Designs
Kiki Halbert Designs
Lliella Designs
Madame Wing
Mimi’s digi-Scraps
mgl Scraps
Moon Scraps
Polka Dot Plum
Shawn Headley Designs
Sugarplum Paperie
Web Designz by Kristi

That’s *24* designers in all! WOW!

And look for more freebies later tonight from Stephanie Ogren, too!

By the way, this is an international party, so if you don’t see someone’s freebies up yet, be sure to stop by again later today! We appreciate your patience! And the links will be up for a good long time, so if you have any trouble with downloading, just try again another time.

We hope you enjoy Mango Tango! Be sure to stop by and upload all your pretty layouts in our Gallery. We’d love to see all your creations!

Happy scrapping!

Nicole

The Sunshine Designers have created a beautiful new kit, just for you! Presenting Missing Yesterday:

Isn’t it gorgeous? I just love this kit!

Missing Yesterday includes over 40 patterned papers, a full alpha and over 50 elements! This month’s contributors include Adriane Richardson, Ellie Lash Designs, Franziska Altmann, lliella designs, mgl scraps, Moon Scraps, Polka Dot Plum, Shawn Headley Designs, Templates~n~More by Trish and Web Designz by Kristi.

Be sure to stop by the Sunshine Shop and pick up this little beauty! And when you’re done, stop by the Sun Collabs Gallery and upload your beautiful layouts, too!

Happy scrapping!

I’m a very visual person. It’s funny, but I think that I create better things when I am inspired by something else I’ve seen. I then will run with it to make it my own! That’s why I wanted to host a Scraplift Challenge on Grand Opening Day! Would you like to play along? Here are the rules:

1. Go browse the Sunshine Gallery! It’s already full of hundreds of beautiful Sunshine-y layouts!

2. Pick one that inspires you and scraplift it.

3. Then be sure to stop by the Scraplift Challenge thread in the Party Central section of the Forum and leave a link to your layout as your entry!

One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive my entire Sweet & Simple Template collection (including 16 templates!).

Happy scrapping!

Would you like to win your own custom made kit from the Sunshine Designers?! Imagine–picking your own palette and theme and having us run wild with your idea. Wow!

Well, that is the Grand Prize for our opening day festivities! Would you like a chance to win? Entering the drawing is easy: Anyone who makes a purchase in the Sunshine Shop will be automatically entered to win! Just make a purchase anytime between now and Sunday, June 8th at midnight (EST). The winner will then be randomly selected and announced right here on the Sunshine Blog!

Once you’ve won, you will then work with the Sunshine Designers to select an original eight color palette, along with a general theme and a name for your kit. Then the Sunshine team will run with your idea and create something wonderful for you! Once it’s complete, we’ll present your lovely new kit to you, as well as make it available to everyone in the Sunshine Shop. What fun!

Best of luck to you! And happy shopping!

So, the Grand Opening of the Sunshine Shop is only 2 days away now! Can you believe it? Wow! And I’m sure you are curious and would like to know just who will be selling at Sunshine Studio Scraps… I’m here to tell you!

When we decided to start this little shop, the one thing that was most important to us was that we all had the freedom to do what we wanted to. No one was required to join–this was going to be a fun endeavor! It also turned out to be a lot of work, too–a lot more than we bargained for when we were in the idealism dream stage of planning! But it has been totally worth it and we are overjoyed to hear of your excitement and receive all your love and support.

So, first of all, I should tell you who is staying exclusive with their current shops. There are several designers who are joining the shop just for collaborative projects. It’s kind of unique how we’ve done a lot of collabs together, all from our own desire to create things together! So you’ll see some of us in the shop just when we’ve creative collab kits with one another. This includes Megs (of Studio Flergs), Nicole (of Sugarplum Paperie) and Shauna (of Pineapple Plantation Designs). And also Trish will be going exclusive with Digital Candy, so you’ll be able to find her designs in her shop there!

And then we have some girls who have had massive real life events keeping them all tied up! Amanda has been without her computer for almost a month now! And Allie has lost her internet connection for the time being. She might just make it just in time, though. We have our fingers crossed!

As for the designers who will have all their beautiful designs in the Sunshine Studio, you will find lovely kits from Ellie, Monica (of mgl Scraps), Lauren & Amy (of Polka Dot Plum), Michelle (of IdziBitsy Designs), Kristi (of Web Designz by Kristi) Franziska, Adriane, Shawn and the Sunshine Guy Vasco!

Are you excited! I’m excited!!! Only 2 days now!

…there’s going to be a new shop around here some time soon. What an interesting little rumor!

And then I found this little flier lying around:

Very, very interesting, wouldn’t you say? Hmm…

I wanted to let you know about a special kit at Scrap Orchard! Have you heard about it?

I have to tell you a little of the back story first… The Sunshine Girls have this tradition of celebrating one another’s birthdays by collecting up some cash and buying something nice for the birthday girl. Well, it was Shauna’s birthday and we were thinking up ideas for her when something tragic happened to a friend of hers. I’ll let her tell you more about it in her own words:

Sincerely touched… the only two words that can describe how I felt when I received this gift from some of my dearest friends in this designing community, The Sunshine Girls. The gift came in response to a request that I had for my birthday. Instead of a gift card for some digi goodies, I asked my dear friends to contribute to a small fund that I had started for a friend of mine. A friend who had recently lost her dh to the war in Iraq. it wasn’t the first first friend that my husband and I have lost to this war, unfortunately it will in all likelihood not be the last. But each time we lose a friend we try and support the family as best we can, and I thought it the least that I could do to send her a small something from me and my dear friends.

In response to my request, not only did these wonderful designers send me my gift to forward on to my friend, they also surprised me with this GORGEOUS kit to sell and to raise even more money for her and her children. Sincerely touched…and why I named the kit what I did… a gift FROM friends, to support and give a gift to another friend, isn’t that what it’s all about?

I wanted to give you a little peak at this kit and encourage you to head over to Scrap Orchard to pick it up. Here are the pretty papers:

And the elements:

And these Flergalious Quick Pages:

Here are some beautiful layouts to inspire you, created by the Sunshine Sweeties:

Livia:

Crystal:

Cindy:

I hope that this kit will bring much joy to many lives…

Happy scrapping!

Tasty title, eh? I thought I’d share some of the delicious layouts from our CT and in the Sunshine Gallery made from the Sunshine Girls’ latest collab kit, Delicious! Here they are for your viewing pleasure:

Rosanne:

Andrea:

Mara:

FitzForLife:

Kelly:

Aren’t they lovely?! You can swing by the Delicious Gallery to see more and to upload your own!

Have a sunny day!

Nicole

I’m sure you are having a great day, aren’t you? Are you ready for some more fun?! How about a challenge?

Just go to this thread here for all the details: Sunshine NSD Goodies!.

And how about our latest collab kit? Our store might not be up and running, but that’s not going to stop us on NSD! You can still get our new kit, Delicious by clicking on the “Buy Now” button below! Here’s a peek at the kit:

The regular price is $10, but right now it’s 30% off! Get the whole kit for $7.00!

And NSD wouldn’t be complete without a freebie! Here is a template, just for you, designed by one of my CT members, Susanna Boyd, and inspired by Walking on Sunshine:

We hope you have a wonderful day, scrapping your heart out! Be sure to stop by the gallery and share some of your creations with us!

Happy Scrapping!
Nicole

I’d like to announce the winners of this week’s Template Challenge! Here are the winners, along with a link to their wonderful layouts:

Winners of a $5 gift card from Kristi of Web Desigz by Kristi!

Jarkab1
Madame Wing
inspirecj
HeatherW
Celenka

Winners of a $5 gift card from Monica of mglScraps!

Jen
Eileen
Angela
Tami
Dimplebrandy

Congrats to everyone! The girls will be getting in touch with you to send you your goodies!