Happy Monday friends! Monday’s are not always so fun but today, on Day 10 of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving, all the fun is right here and we’re so happy you’ve joined us! Ready to see what we have in store for you today? Let’s go!
Let’s get started…
“On the 10th day of SCT’s 12 Days of Holiday Giving, SCT shared with me….a beautiful card and tag set from our Editor-in-Chief, Susan Opel along with an amazing prize package from our friends at Close To My Heart and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!”
“Hello dear readers! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you from Salt Lake City, UT!
What a whirlwind this time of year is! Behind the scenes here at SCT, we are diligently working on the first issue of 2019. I’ve been so busy taking care of business and tending to holiday fun that my craft room was getting a little crusty missing me. Enter THIS blog post to give me a reason to finally get down there and create!
I recently got my hands on the November SCT Sampler and knowing that I would be creating something for this fantastic event, I grabbed a few fun things from the sampler and got to work. I’ve seen y’all making some pretty cute stuff with this sampler by following #sctsampler on Instagram.
The Christmas Town collection from Doodlebug is seriously SO MUCH fun, so I grabbed a couple of the colorful papers provided in the sampler for my card. I’m ALL about a good colorful stripe and in Doodlebug colors? Yes, please!
For my focal point, I knew I wanted to use Santa (because cuuuuuttteee!), and then I saw these fun scissors from the Pink Paislee Whimsical collection included in the SCT Sampler. I thought it would be fun for Santa to be holding those giant scissors! And then, I found a border strip of gifts, so I fussy cut one for him to have in the other hand. Santa is a WRAP star!
And because I am addicted to heat embossing, I pulled out a couple of sentiment stamps from Simon Says Stamp to seal the deal. All dies on this card are from My Favorite Things as well as the Limelight cardstock. I am hoarding every last sliver of this delicious bright green! I added dimension to the card with foam tape from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.
Once I got done with my card, I was left with some pretty healthy strips of patterned paper, so I wanted to see how far I could make two pieces of 6×6 patterned paper go. I pulled out a couple of smaller tag dies from Avery Elle Stamps and carefully positioned them on the remaining strips. True confession: I die cut both strips at the same time for even quicker results. Thank you, Spellbinders Platinum 6!
The stickers in the sampler were a quick way to finish the main portion of the tag, and then I added ribbon and twine from my stash in festive and unifying colors. SO easy!
So there you have it, my friends! Every last bit of patterned paper can be used somehow! And thank you, SCT for giving me a reason to create. I’ve been missing it!
Here’s to a fantastic holiday with family and friends, and I wish you the very best in 2019!” ~ Susan R. Opel
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Day 10 GIVEAWAYS!
First, from our friends at Close To My Heart…
“Story by Stacy™ is a collaboration between Close To My Heart and long-time industry professional Stacy Julian on a line of story-based products designed to teach you how to create authentic, personal stories with your memories and photos. Short Story includes a workbook that walks you through the process of visual storytelling with a large group of photos and including a written summary at the end. The workshop kit includes a 6″ x 6″ album, 10 Memory Protectors™, patterned paper, cardstock, and embellishments to create a complete story with your memories and photos. Happy Holidays to all of you!” ~ Close To My Heart
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year when spirits are bright and everything seems just a little bit magical. All of us at CAS-ual Fridays wish you a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends. We are thrilled to offer this special prize featuring Partridge in a Pear Tree with its brand new coordinating Pear Tree Fri-Die, and to add a little more fun, we’re including our new Most Wonderful mini set. Merry Christmas!” ~ CAS-ual Fridays
To enter each day’s giveaways:
Thank you, Susan, Close To My Heart and CAS-ual Fridays stamps for another fabulous day! For an opportunity to win today’s giveaways, be sure to leave a comment below by midnight on December 22nd EST. All winners will be announced on December 23rd at noon EST!
We would also love for you to take a moment to visit today’s sponsors on their Facebook pages to thank them for their generous prizes. Our SCT readers are always so wonderful at saying “thank you” and it’s because of that appreciation our partners love to share with you here throughout the year! Let’s show them how much we are love these 12 Days of Giveaways! If you don’t already “like” them, you may just want to!
Close To My Heart on Facebook
CAS-ual Fridays on Facebook
Scrapbook & Cards Today on Facebook (<—– that’s us! Come and join the fun!)
Thank you again for joining us! Be sure to click the links below to visit each day of our 12 Days of Holiday Giving event! SO many amazing and wonderful prizes to be won, not to mention beautiful inspiration from our team!
See you tomorrow for Day 10 when our Editor-in-Chief, Susan R. Opel is stopping by!
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Be sure to follow our “12 Days of Holiday Giving” event by clicking on the days below to visit those posts:
Day 1 – Inspiration from Sheri Reguly and prizes from Janome Canada, Scrapbook.com and SCT
Day 2 – Inspiration from Meghann Andrew and prizes from Simple Stories, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Pink & Main
Day 3 – Inspiration from Paige Evans and prizes from Pink Paislee and Echo Park Paper
Day 4 – Inspiration from Virginia Nevel and prizes from Doodlebug Design, Altenew and We R Memory Keepers
Day 5 – Inspiration from Stacy Cohen and prizes from Photoplay Paper, Simon Says Stamp and SCT
Day 6 – Inspiration from Melissa Phillips and prizes from Jillibean Soup and Creative Memories
Day 7 – Inspiration from Lisa Dickinson and prizes from Heidi Swapp, Pebbles and SCT
Day 8 – Inspiration from Latisha Yoast and prizes from Lawn Fawn, Stampin’ Up! and SCT
Day 9 – Inspiration from Cathy Zielske and prizes from Shimelle and My Favorite Things
These are adorable! Love the bright colors. Thanks for sharing!
Love the characters on the tags! So cute!
WOW! Your giveaways make us all feel like kids with hopes that maybe we will be the lucky one and today is no exception. Those tags and cards are so colourful and cheerful, great job! The paper, card stock and embellishments from Close to my Heart are lovely. Cas-Ual Fridays stamps and dies are great. Such wonderful prizes from some great companies. Thank you SCT for these chances to win some great prizes for these wonderful companies,
Beautiful card and the CUTEST tags ever! What awesome prizes, thanks for the chance to win!
Cute Cute Cute!!!
Love it.
Doodlebug always so cute! Thank you sponsors for generous gifts. Loving the stamp especially this year
Cute card and tags. Love using all the paper up. Nice prizes too. It’s been a good 12 days so far.
Another amazing giveaway day!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
The card and tags Susan has made are simply delightful! Thanks to Close to my Heart and Cas-Ual Fridays for their aweseom prize packages. This has been an awesome 12 days of Christmas event, thanks to SCT!
I LOVE that Santa is holding the scissors and wrapping gifts. So clever!
What fun cards! And great products from great companies!
Such a great collection. Thanks to all the sponsors. This is so awesome.
Yes…I feel like a kid at Christmas! So excited!
Doodle bug so cute. Close to my Heart kit is exciting and the stamp and die kit is wonderful from Causal Friday
I love the tags! Of course, another great day of prizes too! Thank you SCT and sponsors.
Adorable tags, Susan and thanks to all the sponsors!
Adorable! Thanks for the chance to win!
Lovely prize :)
Yes please !!! Absolutely love those little Santas ;)))
I’m a huge fan of CTMH !! Also love the gift tags, you could save them and add them to a photo layout in a scrapbook album later!!
These tags are adorable! Two more awesome prizes for a lucky reader! TFS!
Very cute! Thanks for the givraway!
Love the Santa card and tags! They really are cute and adorable!
Thanks for two more great prizes today.
Can’t go wrong with Doodlebug and Cas-ual Friday Stamps. Super cute tags! Thanks!
A beautifully crafted set of tags!
So cute! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the bright colors for the Christmas Card & Tags!
Adorable project!
Thank you for the opportunity to win!
Love the card & tags! Thanks to Close to my Heart and Cas-Ual Fridays for the prizes
These prizes would be a great addition to my craft supplies! Thanks…
VERY cute.
I love the cute card and tags! Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway!
Very cute card and tags, this collections is so pretty!
Too cute and great colors! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Thanks for the inspiration.
So cute! Thank you so much for all the wonderful prizes to win.
Thanks for the chance to win again. Fingers crossed for at least one prize.
Love, love, love the cards and tag, beautiful work Susan! The prizes are fabulous, as always, thank you Close to My Heart and Cas-Ual Fridays for your very generous sponsorship. Also, a big thank you to the SCT team and of, course the lead hand Catherine!! Thank you for all you do to continually inspire and create such wonderful events to bring crafters together. Merry Christmas!
That Santa is adorable love the card and tags. It’s amazing how many projects can be made with two sheets of paper, great job!
Thanks CTMH and Cas-ual stamps for a chance to win such generous prizes.
Love all the Christmas going in right now.
Getting in the holiday spirit with all the cute items you are giving away….so nice of you!!
What great inspiration today using Doodlebug!! Also the prizes are fantastic also! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
So adorable. I love doodlebug designs. ????????????
The doodlebug projects are so cute, especially the little tags! And, of course, the prizes today are wonderful!
So adorable and thank you for the inspiration Merry Christmas
Love these companies!! Thank you for a chance to win!!
OMG, I adore everything Santa on Susan’s card and tags. Thanks for the generous sponsor Close To My Heart and CAS-ual Friday Stamps.
What a fun card and tags! I love the fun colors and patterns. Thank you for the inspiration and amazing giveaways.
Oh what a cute card – love the stripes and polka dot papers and Santa is too cute!! The tags are also so adorable. Great prize pack again – thanks for the chance to win! Happy Holidays to you all.