Wednesday Wrap-up - Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day to all of my American fans! I hope that you have fun plans to celebrate today, but before you get to the festivities let’s make sure you haven’t missed anything on the blog this week.

Have you updated your desktop lately? Carrin made a beautiful desktop freebie for everyone, be sure to grab it and customize it for your family!

You can cook up a gorgeous layout with Shauna’s Recipe Challenge. Create your layout using Trixie Scrap’s products and load it into the gallery so you can be a show-off and get a great prize!

The newest collab from North Meets South Studios was released on Friday – Guess What? Chicken Butt! is sure to become a staple kit for every digi-scrapper!

Still not convinced you could use a chicken kit? Check out all of the inspiration from Saturday with the Stars and see what they created!

Special Request Sunday brought us a winner – congratulations Monkey Toes Too – and a new opportunity to make a request! Be sure to get your request in and check back in August to see if you won!

Do you love card making? I’ve never tried it, but this amazing pop-up card tutorial from Make It Hybrid Monday makes me want to dip my toe in the card making waters.

Don’t miss a great pair of freebies – a kit for Facebook Fans and the coordinating freebie alpha on the blog. They’re both beautiful, so be sure and pick them up soon, because they’re limited time freebies!

There are tons of amazing templates in the Trixie Scraps store that can seriously speed up your scrapping and help you create gorgeous pages. If you have any questions about how to use a template you will NOT want to miss the amazing tutorial about how to use a template from Stacey. Check it out and give template scrapping a try soon.

Speaking of templates – the July Templatetopia is releasing this week! So stay tuned to the blog for that announcement and get a great set of templates to use for your next set of layouts!