Hello SCT friends! I hope you are enjoying interNational Scrapbooking Day, SCT style! A full day of inspiration! I wanted to add to the fun with a layout that I've created, inspired by a layout in the Fall 2016 issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today titled Book Club by Marcia Dehn-Nix. I loved the large building element to her page, assuming it's a library; it really drove the message of the layout home.
My page revolves around a desert vacation so I wanted a large element depicting that.
TIP: I used a large cactus cut file and created the page around that element, keeping the colour choices bright and patterns fun! Adding a bit of faux stitching also frames the layout perfectly. Thank you Marcia Dehn-Nix for the inspiration!
~ Marla Kress
1:00 PM GIVEAWAYS!
Each hour our wonderful partners are joining us to celebrate this day and to celebrate you! This hour we have prizes from Close To My Heart and Echo Park!
This InterNational Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart is offering you a new, easy way to make coordinating layouts to preserve your memories. The Live Beautifully Cut AboveTM layout kit comes with everything you need to create five two-page layouts. With pre-printed base pages, die-cut paper pieces, stickers, and gold foil accents, this kit will help you preserve the moments that matter most in practically no time at all. As part of the Scrapbook & Cards Today celebration, one lucky winner will win the full kit for free!
This kit is only available this month, while supplies last. You can buy the layout kit alone or get a discount by buying it as part of an album bundle. And if you love the look of these pages, be sure to check out the coordinating Live Beautifully paper packet and My Acrylix® Live Beautifully stamp set at www.closetomyheart.com Come visit us on Facebook to connect with us and see even more art inspiration!
Hello and happy interNational Scrapbook Day from Echo Park! We happy to introduce an incredible travel collection from Echo Park Paper. The “Go. See. Explore.” collection features planes, trains, and automobiles in bright and happy colors. This gorgeous collection is perfect for documenting your vacation plans, travel destinations, and road trips. The collection kit features 12 double-sided patterned papers and a sticker sheet. Also included in this prize package are the coordinating Ephemera shapes perfect for layering on your layouts. Spend your day exploring with this new release that’s all about your next adventure.
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Thank you so much Close To My Heart and Echo Park for an amazing prize package! For an opportunity to win each hour's prizes, be sure to leave a comment below by Saturday, May 13th! Winners will be announced on May 15th! Good luck!
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Thank you for joining us this hour! Be sure to join us each hour until 6:00pm today for inspiration, tips and techniques from our team and of course PRIZES! If you’re just joining us, welcome and be sure to start at the very beginning for our 8:00 am challenge!
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So much wonderful inspiration and prizes!
I love when layouts have different elements.
Wonderful inspiration, and I love the look of the Echo Park collection!
Thanks for the great layouts and chance to win beautiful prizes.
Just returned from work and able to join the fun. Thanks for great prizes from great companies!
Echo Park is one of my favorite brands ever. I need to put on my thinking cap for using a large element in a layout soon. The large element makes a big statement.
I love the buildings – such a striking image that works so well with the title. And the little HELLO on the door – love it! Great job taking the inspiration and running with it. The huge cactus is lots of fun. Happy NSD!
What great give aways! I really like the Go See Explore! Thanks to both sponsors. Love you folks!
This day is so exciting. Thanks for the inspiration.
Super layout, fantastic prizes from great companies, thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win.
Just started a travel page – thanks for the great ideas!
Love all the scrapbooking love!! great prizes and great ideas!
Such fantastic layouts & prizes!
Thanks for all the inspirations!
Great prize giveaways. Happy NSD!!
CTMH kits are great. They help you to create beautiful pages very easily. And, who doesn’t like Echo Park. EP always has wonderful papers and embellishments.
Love CTMH and their kits! Thanks for the prizes and Happy iNSD again!
Thank you to two great sponsors for two great prizes! It’s been so wonderful to see all of the great layouts and inspiration!
Love Close to my Heart!!
Love both companies and prizes. I’m taking a cruise next month so it will come in handy.
More inspiration! Love the papers! Thanks again sponsors and scrapbookandcardstoday.com!
Fun layouts and prizes! Thanks for the chance to win!
Such beautiful layouts and awesome prizes from Close To My Heart and Echo Park, how very generous of them. This is a great day. Happy Scrapbooking to all. Thanks to your generous sponsors and to you SCT for all that you do.
Your first layout made me smile….I just pulled out photos of my boys enjoying books to do with the sketch you posted at 8:00 am , how funny. Enjoying my day with you so far!!!
Inspiring Marla!!!
Happy Int’l Scrapbook Day! The paper is amazing! I would love to win the Close To My Heart and Echo Park prize packages. Thank you for the chance to win!
What great inspiration to go large! I will have to try that! The Echo Park Go. See. Explore. Collection looks like it would be great to scrap those travel memories this summer!
Thank you Close to my Heart and Echo Park for your generous prizes.
Wonderful giveaways and great layout ideas too!! Can’t beat that combination!!
Thanks for the fun giveaways! Beautiful products!
Would love to win!
Great and challenging pages!!
love the big element on each of these!
What fun paper collections! Gotta have em! Lol!
I love travel kits!
Very creative & fun page! Super prizes this hour!
I love CTMH! You guys are great!
Love these two companies!
This is great stuff. Love the layouts and the prizes and the daily inspirations and giveaways.
Thank you for the inspiration and chance to win
What a great idea to use that large cactus cut file! I love! Oh, so much inspiration today!!
Amazing layout my Marcia and Marla!
Cute Echo Park kit.
I’m really digging your cutfile work, especially the two-toned title!
Awesome layouts! Thanks to the wonderful sponsors!
Happy NSD day! Love the layouts and inspiration! Thanks to the awesome sponsors!
Fun..Fun…Fun!
Maria’s layout page is right on the mark. SCT is the master at giving non-stop inspiration. Thanks!
I can’t wait to get the Echo Park collection.
Two very different layouts – both inspiring and cool!
Thanks for the chance to win! I always love travel/journey papers, so the Echo Park collection is especially cool. Happy iNSD!
What a fun day of inspiration and giveaways! Thanks for sharing!
working with that Echo Park collection today love the colours!
Beautiful travel line!
who doesn’t love CTMH and echo park The layouts are lovely
That oversized cactus is the bombdiggity!
What a great way to celebrate the day! Thanks!
I haven’t used a CTMH kit before but I love EP paper! These layouts are both awesome in how they used large elements to feature one picture. I typically scrap more than one, but I think I can still use this idea occasionally. Great idea!
Love the idea of a large element to set the stage for a layout!
Nice layout for a scrap page…love close to my heart paper kits…happy scrapbooking day!
Love the circle punch layouts soo playful…inspiring scrap page layouts! #I love to D.C. rapbook on rainy days☔️☔️
Very cute…love it!
Great ideas, great prizes, thanks, love CTMH and Echo Park
Love this Echo Park collection! Would be perfect for my travel pages.
THANKS to SCT for a FUN-filled day. Woo hoo!
Both layouts are wonderful and very eye-catching.
Thanks to CTMH and the AWESOME ECHO PARK for such
fun prizes. Happy iNSD!!!
Oooh…perfect for scrapping my vacation photos! TY!
Great prize giveaways!! Love the papers!! Thanks for your generosity!
woo hooo!!
Beautiful layouts! Especially the desert one! Awesome layering! TFS!
Love Echo Park paper!
Wow, I want to be in your book club! What fun books you’ve read! Love the Cactus in the background of your layout, as well. Happy National Scrapbook Day, Scrapbook and Cards Today!
Such awesome inspiration and prizes!! Thank you so much!
more great prizes, thank you again for the fun day.
What a fun layout! I love Echo Park!
wow—love the building in the layouts–very unique!
Love the paper collection!
The Echo Park collection is so cute! We just came back from a vacation and if I don’t win it, I will def purchase it because it will go great with our vacation photos! Thanks for a chance to win 🙂
Such a fun layout! Nice to see something a little different. I love to see the journaling. I probably don’t do enough of that.
Nice layouts. Thanks for the chance to win
Lovely page Marla.
Thank you Close to My Heart & Echo Park.
What a great scrapbooking day! So many ideas. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I am Enjoying this more than Christmas 🙂
Great layout idea, love it! Would love to win the Echo Park Go paper too! Tfs.
Wonderful inspiration
Great inspiration
What an interesting take on the layout inspiration. Thank you for the chance
Very cool layouts! Thanks for the chance to win some great prizes!
CTMH! Nearly all of my scrapbooking supplies are from this amazing company. I would love a few more. 😉
Love the cactus. May have to steal that one
Such pretty and inspiring layouts,
love your big cactus! love ctmh and echo park, too!!
Love the use of the large icon on the side! Both layouts are amazing. More scraplifting in my future!!!! Thanks for the inspiration and the chances at such amazing prize packages!!
YESSSSSS – love CTMH!!!!!!
Reading…one of my favourite activities along with scrapbooking and cardmaking!
Great ideas! Thanks for the inspiration.
These prizes are the best! Congratulations to whomever receives them!
Such a pretty layout. Great job!
So inspiring!!
What a fun day and I always need more travel themed paper.
Both inspirational layouts Marla! Great prize packages from Close to My Heart and Echo Park. I used to always say “my kids have the best friends”. Now I am saying “My SCT has the best partners”. 🙂
Love the BOOK CLUB layout with journaling, photo and big title.
Travel paper and embellishments can always use those!
The layout and prizes make e smile!!!
Thanks for the chance to win and thank you to the great sponsors. Lots of inspiration on here today.
Sooo inspirational! I love it! ???
Wow, fabulous layout! I love how you used all those bright happy DPs 🙂
Fabulous Inspiration and giveaways! Happy NSD!!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I love the mix of bold patterned papers!
So much great inspiration! Love Echo Park & Close to My Heart!
Such FUN layouts!!
So great to have a day dedicated to the wonderful hobby of scrapbooking!
<3 Lori's travel ephemera!
Beautiful layout and inspiring to make! Thank you for the great giveaways! # love to craft Happy scrapbooking day!
Love this collection and the CTMH brand
Great prizes!
Thank you for the inspiration, SCT, and to the sponsors for their prizes.
Echo Park and CTMH are two of my all-time faves! So inspired by the large die cut focal point. So gonna try that.
Great layouts
A great day with so much fun!.
So many fun prizes and so much inspiration–loving INSD
What fun pages!! LOVE the prizes. Thank you for the inspiration!
More great inspiration and prizes for hour 1pm! Thanks for making today so fun!
Thanks for the inspiration and prize giveaways.
I have some of those papers Marla used so now I’m off to pull them out!
Thanks for the inspiration and prizes.
Great inspiration!!!! We just took our 1st family vacation, that echo park kit would be perfect for.
Sunkissed page is a sweet treat for the memory book.
Those layouts are fantastic. Love the goodies too.
Love these pages!
Very nice layouts
Very cool, using that cactus!
Very cute layout. Love both CTMH and Echo Park Paper – thanks for the opportunity to win.
Love Echo Park & you. You are the BEST! Thanks for thinking of us with prizes
That Close To My Heart kit looks super interesting! I’m more of a card maker than scrapbooker, though I very much admire scrapbooking. Thanks for the chance!
Love the colours in the desert layout. Great prizes!
I’ve been online way too much today, but the inspiration from SCT is fabulous!! as always 😉
Love the fun layouts! This is a fun day of inspiration. 😀
I’m a desert dweller myself, so of course LOVE Marla’s layout! Thanks to Close to my heart and Echo park for the great prize packages!
Travel paper perfect for a project I have planned.
Love the colors on your layout!
I really like the large elements on both pages. Great prizes. Love Echo Park!
Thanks Close To My Heart and Echo Park! Great ideas from all the designers!
Two of my favorite companies! What great prizes and fun inspiration.
Love this company.
Great prizes, HAPPY NSD!
Love the large cactus. How fun. Thanks for all of the inspiration
Love how you layered everything.
FABULOUS layouts!
LOVE the large featured accents that CELEBRATE the photos => feeling INSPIRED!
Thank you for sharing and the chance to win 🙂
Great inspiration. Thanks for a chance at some great prizes.
What fun papers!
Lovely. Thanks for a chance to win.
thanks for the inspiration…
fun bright layout!! love Echo Park, they make such great designs for pages and cards
thanks for the chance to win
Love that large cactus!!!! Thanks for 2 more awesome prizes.
Love those big elements on the page! CTMH and Echo Park both make fabulous products.
Great prizes!!
Love the large elements! Thanks for sharing these creative ideas with us!
Another inspiring layout and wonderful prizes! Love echo park!
Fabulous inspiration. Love♥
Great layouts, the oversized element is really cool!
Yes!! This is the best. layout. ever! I love the book club design – total fabulousness! TFS!
Marla’s desert layout is sublime!!! I love it!!! And I love her inspiration layout too!!! Thanks for another fun hour with amazing prizes too!!! These sponsor rock!!!
I think this might be my favourite one so far!
Love these scrappy pages! Fabulous prizes by Echo Park and Close To My Heart too.
Great layout! Great prizes!
So much inspiration today!
Thank you Close to My Heart and Echo Park for their sponsor prizes this hour! Thank you for a chance to win.
Wow! Great projects and Sponsors!!!
Great layouts and lots of inspiration!
Echo Park! I’ve been eyeing up this line because it is just so cute! Thanks for the chance to win! Happy NSD!
Happy NSD!
Love the layouts! Such inspiration and creativity!
Great layouts!Fun ways to keep family memories! Awesome event! Great prizes!
Great layout so pretty. Thanks for both of the great give aways. Thanks SCT.
I’m inspired to create something BIG! 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win so many beautiful prizes!
Such a cute layout Marla!! Love it!!
Thanks for all the great inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win some of this loveliness!
Another fun layout and more fab sponsors and prizes!!
I’m loving the great layouts, it’s neat to see the ideas they come up with!!
I love the big elements!
just beautiful ! Awesome prizes too 😉
I am having so much fun catching up on all the wonderful inspiration! Such gorgeous projects and wonderful sponsors 🙂 Thanks so much
Loving that travel collection from Echo Park…..
Echo Park is one of my favorite brands, when I want something right and happy I reach for their papers.
WOW those layouts are beautifully designed! Awesome prizes from the wonderful Close to My Heart and Echo Park too! You all are fabulous!
2So many wonderful projects! Thank you for sharing them with us!
Super cute layout!!
Marla, your take on the sketch by Marcia is wonderful! Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
Thank you for the inspiration and chance to win!
More great layouts! Thanks for the inspiration.
What cute, bright pages! Love Echo Park and CTMH, so a great prize package! Thank you both!
Cute with the cactus for your large image on this layout.
Going to Alaska in 2 weeks, need that collection!! ???
Love your layout and that huge cactus! I love big elements on a page! It’s just so fun! Thanks for the inspiration.
The layouts are so cute and fun!
This is so fun – I love the giant cactus! Gorgeous LO! Happy (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!
The buildings on your page are so cool!! Love these papers!
These are such fun layouts! I so want to spend more time scrapping! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oooooo I love that Echo Park collection! Really enjoying these challenges, thanks for the chance to win.
What a colourful and fun LO! It is so eyecatching to have a large die cut on a page. The black stitching adds a great detail to the bold colours. An inspiration page for some future LOs for sure. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
fun layout! cutest cactus ever! close to my heart and echo park prizes – what’s not to love?
I can see a large Eiffel Tower with the Echo Park papers to recreate these layouts!
I love the huge pop-art like cactus! Awesomesness!
fun layouts and great prizes!
Wow Marla, that is so gorgeous!!
Thank-you for your generous sponsors and to SCT for all that you do inspiring us to get crafty. Awesome prizes from CMH and Echo Park. Happy National Scrapbooking Day to all.
Cute layouts, love the layering! Thanks for the inspiration and giveaways.
Interesting layout – love the angle used for photo. Thanks CTMH and Echo Park for this hour’s prize package – so generous!
Super cute prizes. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love the large cactus! Go see do is so fun!
How cute — Echo Park is one of my favourites.
Love the samples. Thanks for the great prizes and the chance to win!!!
I am inspired by all the amazing projects. I love seeing other people’s creativity 🙂
Awesome pages and prizes! Lovin the inspiration! Happy NSD weekend to all!
Love the playfulness of the cactus and the colors. Thank you to Close to My Heart and Echo Park for the prizes.
What a happy colourful layout!
Thank you for the chance to win and for the inspiration. I love travel collections and I love pink flowers. x
Love the tall house.
The layering on the second page
is great.
thanks for sharing some wonderful
pages.
That book club page is really cool. It has such a vintage feel, especially with the Victorian styled big house and the b&w photo. Gorgeous!
Thanks for continuing to inspire us. And thanks for the opportunity to win CTMH and EP prizes.
Darling layouts. LOVE the BIG building and the BIG cactus! So cute!
Amazing prizes too!
Great giveaways for this hour!!
Great take from the inspiration layout. EP and CTMH are so very generous with their giveaways.
Such fun prizes. Thanks for the chance to win
Thanks to Close to My Heart and Echo Park!
This is amazing! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Love that cactus! Thanks for the layout and opportunity to win!
I love the idea to make keeping memories easy and fun. Thanks for the chance to win prizes.
Wonderful products from close to my heart and Echo Park!
Those are terrific layouts … perfect use for those large elements! Thanks to CTMH and Echo Park for the giveaways!
Great book layout.
You’ve done it again! A stunning layout!
Nice!!!!
So much NSD fun and awesome giveaways. Thanks so much!
Wish I could stay here all day but unfortunately I can only pop in. So many wonderful layouts and inspiration. It’s been wonderful to see so many ideas.
Love these companies…very nice!
I love InterNational Scrapbooking day! Thanks SCT!
Thanks for the chance to win. Love your layout.
Thank you for the great prizes and inspiration!
So many great tips and ideas! Thanks to the generous sponsors.
Such beautiful layouts and prizes! I love that floral paper from CHMT.
Gorgeous – love those sketched schoolhouses!
Go see explore is a wonderful set. Thanks for the chance to win it. The cactus layout was a perfect example of taking a layout and making it your own. Love it!
Beautiful paper! Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the chance to win !
So many great ideas, and the prizes are terrific.
What a gorgeous layout. I’m loving all the pop of color that everyone is using today. Thanks so much to the sponsors for the fab prizes. We are headed to Chicago this year for a band trip and that EP collection would be perfect to document our travels!
Awesome!! So much talent !
What a darling cactus!
I’ve been dying to get my hands on Go See Explore, would love to win!
Thank you and all the wonderful sponsors. Already a fan and follower of Echo Park and Close To My Heart.
Love CTMH and Echo Park! What an awesome layout with the cactus!! Great inspiration from the Fall 2016 SCT
very cool layouts! thanksd for the chance to win!
I really liked the big elements!
So LOVE, LOVE Close To My Heart! Such a fantastic organization!!
Love the large cactus cut file.
LOVE these kits – I love paper!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Lovely layouts! Thanks for sharing such great projects. Great giveawaysite too. Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great way to pull together a trip book.
I am loving all the beautiful layouts! I have boxes full of photos that are begging to be put onto pages and this is inspiration to the max
I really like these unique layout designs that celebrate all the different aspects of our lives. Happy NSD!
Oh my gosh, two of my absolute favourite companies offering prizes this hour! Would really love to win this prize – those layouts in the kit are stunning and I can already see the layouts I would create with the Echo Park collection!
Fantastic layout ideas!
Lovely layouts and thanks to the generous sponsors to make this a happy and fun 2017 NSD celebration
Lovely pages!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Love the cactus! What a fun way to embellish your layout!
I actually just received an order from Close to My Heart! This kit was in my cart, but I had to remove it because the cart was overflowing! haha! Hopefully, I’ll win this one! This collection by Echo Park looks fabulous! I love to travel, and I’m always looking for cool collections like this! Thanks Close to My Heart & Echo Park! AWESOME!
The CTMH kit looks pretty great for quick pages! And Echo Park is always good!
Watch out for the cactus needles!
xOx
Peach
Two of my favorite Scrapbook companies. Awesome prizes and thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks so much for the inspiration and for a chance at these great prizes!~
I love both of the layout designs! Love the large building! Again…awesome giveaways. We are so lucky!
Such fun layouts.
I love how you showcased the cactus. Thanks for the giveaways.
The houses remind me of Europe!!! LOVE IT.
Loving all of the beautiful products on show and the beautiful creativity.
I lived in AZ for 18 years and miss it A LOT! So the cactus is close to my heart! No pun intended with regards to the prize!-Hal!
Great page!!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love the large elements!! Stunning. Thanks for the chance to win!
Really cool interpretation of the original layout.
Love the layouts and the prizes!
Such awesome prizes from Close To My Heart and Echo Park. Thanks for the chance to win them!
Great prizes, thanks again!
Wow! I’d love to win!
Echo Park is awesome!!
Great pages. I love that first one. It is sure an attention grabber.
Fun layouts!! Great prize package.
I love the book club idea for a layout, and listing the books…or maybe just doing your summer reading list would be cool. Awesome. 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
lovely layouts! Thank you so much for the inspiration and the opportunity to win!
Fun Echo Park paper and love the simplicity of the Close to My Heart Kits – thank you for the great giveaway and thank you SCT for the ongoing inspiration and creativity!
Love those layouts, what a great idea to list all your books like that, must try that, love how you used lined paper, it works great! Fabulous prizes too!
Love It! Go See Explore – that is exactly what our plans are for this year! Great collection!
Large elements can be tricky depending on the story you want to share. I love how beautifully both of these pages manage to use them! I have some large elements that I have been wanting to play with. Maybe I can use them in a similar manner to these? Thanks for the inspiration!
Such fun layouts! Thanks for the chance to win some crafty goodies!
Love all of these prizes
I am really enjoying just how different the layouts are and also how fun and playful they are even with being so different. It is wonderful for getting the inspiration ideas flowing ?
Great layouts! Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the chance to win!
I really like the freehand style of this layout and truly loving the prizes up for grabs.