This week is full of patriotic celebrations! Happy belated Canada Day (July 1) to our Canadian friends and Happy Independence Day (July 4) to our American ones!

If you're a scrapbooker looking for exciting scrapbooking challenges, informative forum posts, and beautiful scrapbook layout inspiration, Club CK is the place to be!

Here's what's going on in Club CK this week:

* Get inspired from the beautiful scrapbook layouts, cards, and paper crafting projects from your fellow Club CK members by checking out this week's gallery highlights. You're guaranteed to pick up tons of inspiring scrapbooking ideas. One of your layouts might even be featured!

* Chat about summertime scrapbooking in the forums with CK Dream Team member Stacy Cohen at 10 AM (MDT) Friday, July 6 (that's 9:00 am PDT, 11:00 am CDT, and noon EDT). Bring any questions you may have for this talented scrapper.

 * Download CK Cute, available till Friday, July 6. Each Free Font Friday we make one of our exclusive fonts available for one week only, so check back again this Friday to download CK Josie

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 * If you create a scrapbook layout you absolutely love, post it in the Club CK gallery, and then share a link in the Comment Karma thread! Got other achievements to share? Post them in the Good News from Our Peeps thread so we can celebrate with you.

Check out the challenges and swaps hosted by Club CK members just like you:

This is just a taste, so be sure to keep an eye on the Scraptivities forum for more!

* Join the Thanks Living challenge (hosted by Erika H) to scrapbook what you're grateful for while learning great scrapbook design tips.

* See how time-saving and inspiring scrapbooking by a sketch can be by joining the Sketch It Out! challenge hosted by Ashley Horton.

Don't miss these other fun and inspiring posts on the CK Blog and the Creating Keepsakes website:

* Get a week full of scrappy tips, like how to add a festive feel to your layouts with confetti, & chances to win goodies all week long on the CK Blog.

* Try some fill-in-the-blank, or "Mad Lib style", journaling on your layouts with this free printable/downloadable journaling spot.

* Enter the gallery wall sweepstakes for a chance to score the products you need to take your scrapbook layouts from your albums to your walls.

* Get tons of tips, free printables/downloads and more for your summer scrapbook layouts with the online bonus content for the July/August 2012 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.

* Check out our events page for information on CK events in your area.