It’s our 17th birthday week, and we are SO happy that you stopped by to celebrate with us! All week we will share birthday inspiration from our talented creative team members and giveaway amazing prizes from our partners! Today’s post also includes a FREEBIE for everyone! Let’s get this party started with our own Creative Director, Paige Evans!
Hi scrappy friends! It’s Paige Evans here with a celebratory scrapbook layout featuring my new Blooming Wild collection and Balloons cut file. This cut file design is perfect for creating fun and festive birthday-themed projects! Take a look at today’s freebie:
Click HERE to download this FREE cut file today!
Here is the page I created:
Supplies | Blooming Wild by Paige Evans collection: 12×12 patterned paper, ephemera, stickers; SCT Magazine: “Birthday Balloons” cut file by Paige Evans
I cut the Birthday Balloons from textured white cardstock using an electronic cutting machine. Then I used the inner pieces from the balloons to trace and cut out slightly larger balloons from clear transparency. I added super sticky 1/8″ double-sided tape around the back of each balloon and then placed the transparency balloons over the adhesive.
Next, I spent some time placing 1/8″ wide strips of foam adhesive around the back side of each transparency balloon then poured sequins from my stash into the balloons. I cut patterned paper balloons the same size as the transparency balloons from a watercolor paper from my collection that has 5 different sections of color (pink, yellow, green, blue, and purple) and then placed those paper balloons over the foam adhesive to create cute little shakers!
I attached the balloons onto the center of a pink paper with heart sprinkles and then placed a 3×4″ photo on either side. Time to embellish! I attached chipboard heart stickers around the balloon bouquet and tied a baker’s twine bow around the bottom to make it more realistic!
Above the right photo, I created a title with puffy stickers, a chipboard word sticker, Thickers, and mini alphabet stickers. I balanced this cluster on the top right with a cluster on the bottom left including a phrase die cut and border of hearts topped with a chipboard bird sticker. I finished with journaling written on a label tucked under the balloon strings.
I hope you are inspired to create a birthday-themed layout! Be sure to download the Birthday Balloons cut file and pair it with my new Blooming Wild collection! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Are you ready for our first day of birthday giveaways? We have 5 giveaways to kick off day one of this celebration, which means five lucky commenters will walk away with something fabulous! We’re starting BIG, friends, and the first prize is sponsored by Paige Evans herself!
Use your $50 shop certificate at Paige’s shop to purchase supplies, cut files, or a virtual class! Paige’s latest class offerings include a Paper Clip mini album class and a new 12 x 12-inch layout class. Take a look at the sneaks below—don’t they look awesome!?
Click HERE to browse Paige’s shop!
Now to our second prize, a $30 shop credit to the Echo Park store!
If you’re wondering where can you find good vibes and happiness, may we suggest our new here, there, and everywhere kit? this beautiful new kit is filled with all things good and happy—gorgeous florals, soft subtle patterns, sweet hand-drawn illustrations, colorful rainbows, and so much more! Life is a beautiful ride and we want to help you bloom where you’re planted and celebrate every adventure with the papers and embellishment in this kit. Remember to look for rainbows while you’re out making memories, then let us help you document your happy days!
Click HERE to find out more about the Club EP kit!
Our next prize also comes with something special from Taylored Expressions for ALL of our readers—a specially-priced bundle! How sweet is this deal?
Celebrate birthdays in a whole new way with the TE Triple Slim – Celebrate birthday bundle! With its unique size and coordinating items, cards made with this bundle will delight friends and family for years to come! Win this bundle for yourself or claim a bundle at a special price this week only!
Click HERE to check out this special bundle for SCT readers only!
Adhesive is always on our must-have list, right?! Well, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L has us covered with their birthday giveaway!
Happy 17th Birthday to our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine! In commemoration, we are thrilled to be a part of this wonderful community that you have built through the years. Continued success to you all. Looking forward to more inspiration in the years to come! Thank you for letting us join in the festive celebration!
We hope that this birthday package by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® will have you creating projects for a long time! The E-Z Runner® adhesive tapes come in a variety of shapes and purposes from hearts, solid to dots. 3D Foam Squares are great for popping up elements but can be used as embellishments – cover them up with glitter, foil, and even embossing powder…they are heat resistant! Adhesive Sheets can turn shapes into stickers with edge-to-edge coverage. The Crafty Power Tape is our wonderful tear tape and is the perfect basic for cardmakers. For more information and inspiration, visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog!
This prize includes: E-Z Runner® Hearts Refillable Dispenser, E-Z Runner® Ultra Strong Refill, E-Z Dots® Permanent Refill, E-Z Runner® Petite Permanent Dots, 3D Foam Squares Black Mix, Adhesive Sheets 12 x 12″, Crafty Power Tape with Built-In Dispenser 81ft, Adhesive Lines, Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Celebrate Colors
Click HERE to find adhesive for every project in the Scrapbook Adhesives shop!
Get ready for this one, friends—our grand prize of the day comes from our friends at Crafter’s Companion! If a Gemini machine is on your wish list, be sure to comment to enter to win this!
Happy 17th birthday Scrapbook and Cards Today! Congratulations on providing 17 years of amazing content, fun in-person and virtual events. Thank you for continuing to provide innovative, fun classes and subscription opportunities like the SCT Sampler and Let’s Stamp Together. To help celebrate, we are giving away a Crafter’s Companion Gemini machine! The Gemini has a sleek, low-profile design and has been designed to cut intricate dies, heavyweight cardstock, vinyl, foil, and fabric. With a 9″ x 12.5″ platform and edge-to-edge cutting, it can accommodate A4 and 8.5″ x 11″ materials and will cut multiple dies at the same time. The Gemini is compatible with most leading thin metal dies and embossing folders. This prize is valued at $300.00 USD, and includes everything you see here:
Click HERE to find more must-have papercrafting tools and supplies from Crafter’s Companion!
Wow! Didn’t our partners pull out all of the stops for today’s giveaways? We are so grateful to Paige Evans, Echo Park, Taylored Expressions, Scrapbook Adhesives, and Crafter’s Companion for sponsoring such wonderful prizes! Want to know how to win? It’s simple! Just leave a comment telling us the BEST birthday gift you ever received! Comments will close at midnight on Wednesday, March 29th and a randomly-selected winner will be announced here on the blog on March 31st!
Don’t miss more inspiration and giveaways to come each day this week! Stop back here each morning and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, too!
Wow, such generous sponsors! My best birthday gift is taking a day off to spend time with family and/or friends!
My best Bday gift was a visit from my childhood friend. She flew from AZ to NY so we could watch the ball drop together!
love that birthday card! thanks for the balloon freebie. i’m going to spend my morning experimenting!
Happy Birthday! Best wishes for many
more. Wonderful to have great friends
to help you celebrate. take care.
Amazing and very generous sponsors! My best birthday gift is going to a nice restaurant for a special birthday dinner.
Happy Birthday Scrapbook and Cards Today! Last year’s birthday I went to Disney World and on a cruise, my husband has a lot to live up to for this year’s birthday next month!
The best birthday gift I ever received was the call from the doctor telling my I was having a girl. My M-I-L was diagnosed with cancer and wanted a girl ????
WoW! So generous! Best birthday gift… money from my grandmother to buy my wedding dress en 2001. ❤️
Amazing sponsors for an amazing giveaway! Happy birthday and also thanks for always being a huge inspiration! And I forgot to add my favorite gift is always time with my family!
Happy Birthday! Can’t wait to use this cutfile-thanks, Paige! The best birthday gift is going on a trip with my loved ones????
The best birthday gift I ever received was an Easy Bake Oven. I remember how excited I was to bake a cake with the heat of a light bulb!
The best birthday present I received was a trip to Jamaica. So fun wth my best friend.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Wow thank you sponsors these prizes are so amazing!! One of my favorite birthday presents was a trip to the lake with a stop at a scrapbook store with my daughter’s family :) The grandkids were super sweet and since it was my birthday no one complained about my shopping ????????????
Wow, what great giveaways. My best birthday is spending the day with my family doing nothing. Okay, it would awesome to be able to scrapbook all day on my birthday. ????
Wow ! Happy Birthday SC&T ! What a kick off :D Love, love your super cute LO Paige. The frame you made around the LO adds an extra pretty and girly touch!
Happy 17th birthday SCT!!! Paige’s layout is so fun; thanks for sharing this cut file :) A few years ago my husband gifted me tickets to Lindsey Stirling for my birthday; we had a great time at her concert!
Happy Birthday!! Thanks for all the wonderful content and inspiration. The sponsors have given awesome prizes. My best birthday gift was a surprise trip to NYC from my husband. I love the city and try to get back as often as possible ever since we moved to NC.
Happy birthday! Great sponsors for awesome giveaways! My best birthday gift was the first birthday I was a mother. Amazing feeling!
Happy Birthday! I just subscribed to your magazine! I’m so excited to start getting it! These are amazing prizes, thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite gift happened this year…a getaway, with the hubs, at a fave boutique hotel facing Lake Michigan. Happy birthday! What awesome prizes to celebrate!
Time with my kids
My best birthday gift was for my 60th birthday. My daughters had a huge party with all my friends and relatives at my favorite restaurant, Angelos! It was a beautiful party themed with Downton Abbey. The table decor, balloon decor, party favors etc. were so gorgeous! I was so surprised as I thought we were going to eat dinner there…not party! Thank you again to my beautiful daughters!
My best birthday gift was a diary that I received on my golden birthday. It has been passed to my daughter and maybe one day her daughter.
Happy Birthday SCT! I think the best present I received as a kid was a My Little Pony stable ????
Beautiful layout! Thank you to all the sponsors for a chance to win your fabulous prizes :)
The best birthday gift I’ve ever received was Kenny Chesney tickets!! And Happy Birthday to Scrapbook & Cards Today!!
Happy, happy birthday! Incredible giveaways to celebrate! My favorite BD gift is a yard ornament rabbit that my dad picked out himself. That was many years ago & it still looks wonderful in my flower bed.
The best birthday gift I received was an offer of employment! I had graduated as a teacher, however jobs in my area were very scarce. It appeared that after 5 years of university I was not going to get a position, and I was feeling very discouraged. The day before my birthday I received a call offering me a full-time position. I was so excited that the caller had to remind me to say that I accepted the offer!
Happy Birthday! My best birthday was a trip to MN with my friends to see my Brewers play baseball & I got on TV during the broadcast. They continued to talk about me when my Mom called to tell me I was on. Such a fun memory!!
WOW!!! What a fabulous prize package! Thank you paige, Echo Park, Scraobook Adhesives, Taylored Expressions, and Crafter’s Companion!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCT!!!
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Wow, great goodies…and Paige???? My best BD gift was a camera when I was 13 ….I never looked back with picture taking after that ????????????
Happy Birthday SCT!
Awesome prizes. I would love to win one. Happy birthday.
Barbie doll
Happy Birthday! How wonderful to share so many prizes :)
Best birthday gift you ask? This was just a couple of years ago. I had missed a milestone birthday trip to Australia due to the pandemic. Instead my son and his partner flew in from the opposite coast and whisked me away to the San Juan Islands instead. What a gift it was to spend several uninterrupted days exploring the islands with them!
Oh and thank you to the sponsors, so kind of you!
Happy 17th Birthday SCT! My best birthday present was my last birthday with my Mom. Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these awesome prizes.
My hest birthday gift would be spending it in Dominican Republic two weeks before the Covid Shutsowns occurred!
And wow! All this prizes are wonderful.
Happy Birthday SCT
I love all the inspiration and what awesome prizes!
Wow! Such generous gifts and prizes! Happy Birthday!!! My best birthday gift…having friends and family come from far and wide for my 60th birthday party. And yes, that was almost 5 years ago!
Wow, just WOW. What an amazing bunch of prizes. Congratulations on 17 years and still going strong. Here’s to many more! The best birthday present I ever received was a trip from VT to Boston in a limo with my 3 daughters and best friend to see a Bon Jovi (bucket list) concert.
Amazing line up of prizes. Honestly I can’t really remember a favourite gift but just love being able to celebrate with family.
My husband and daughter surprised me with a gift certificate to my favorite scrapbook store and we spent the spring day enjoying cupcakes with great friends. Beautiful happy birthday memories ????????????
So generous!!!
WHOA! First off, Happy birthday. Secondly, that layout is stunning! Thank you for the cut file. Thirdly I am blown away by the prizes being offered but not surprised because all of these companies rock! I would love to win any of them, but that Gemini would be amazing to win. I am looking at electronic cutting machines right now because my joint pain is getting worse and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to use my old big shot on a regular basis. Thank you to SCT and thier amazing sponsors for the chance to win.
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the inspiration you bring to us! ????
Wow what great prizes SCT. Thanks to all the sponsors as well. And Happy 17th Birthday!
My best birthday gift was on my 50th birthday. My mother, sister, and I took an Alaskan cruise to celebrate! It was a wonderful trip.
I guess I can’t remember a best gift but I always enjoy a 3 generations birthday outing with my daughter and granddaughter since our birthdays are all within a few weeks of each other. We haven’t done it for a couple years due to the pandemic and a hip replacement but we are planning to do it this year.
Wow! So much fun! Thank you for all the inspiration.
WOW! What amazing prizes. Thanks SO much! Happy Birthday to the wonderful SB&CT! I don’t know what my favorite birthday gift of all time would be because hubby is pretty darned good at gift giving. However, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and he gifted me the C&CD Papercrafting weekend! That’s a pretty fantastic gift!
My best birthday gift was 16 years ago when I got my dog Nemo (he just passed away in January).