Welcome back to day three of our 17th birthday celebration here on the SCT blog! Today we’re being treated to fun birthday memories, recorded in a pocket page with Meghann Andrew, so if you’ve ever thought about trying out this memory-keeping format, don’t miss out! Then, we have five more giveaways from our generous partners that you will not want to miss! Let’s get right to it!
Hello, everyone, and happy 17th, SCT! It’s Meghann Andrew here, a self-professed lover of pocket pages—especially when they hold birthday memories! We tend to take so many photos to record these special days, and pocket pages are the perfect place to feature them. Take a look at my newest page featuring the new LDRS Creative Favorite Things collection!
Supplies | LDRS Creative: Favorite Things collection; Scrapbook.com: Festive Numbers dies, Birthday Celebration Sentiments 2 dies, Nested Stitched Balloon dies, Jewels smooth cardstock paper pad, Warms smooth cardstock paper pad, Cools smooth cardstock paper pad, Fine-Tip Ergonomic Reverse Grip Craft Tweezers, Mint low-tack tape, Dotted Refillable Adhesive Roller; We R Makers Mini Guillotine paper trimmer; Project Life: Design G page protector
When I create a pocket page layout, I typically begin with the photos! You’ll find ten birthday celebration photos on this page, and since my photos were in full colour, I combined them with the new Favorite Things collection from LDRS Creative! This happy and colourful collection is perfect for birthday celebrations, every day happy memories, and anything in between!
Once my photos were in place, I focused on journaling. One of my favorite techniques for creating custom journaling cards is to choose a patterned paper I love and top it with a smaller piece of white cardstock! This ensures that all of my journaling spots coordinate perfectly with the rest of the layout, and because I used the 6 x 6″ paper pad from the Favorite Things collection, the size of the patterns are perfect for pockets!
A title pocket is always a must for my pages, and I created this one with exclusive dies from Scrapbook.com that are perfect for cards, layouts, and pockets! The “celebrate” word from the Birthday Celebration Sentiments 2 dies created the perfect large word, and I love that it stands out on the colourful patterned paper because of the white shadow layer. I combined that with balloons cut using the Nested Stitched Balloon dies, and I topped one with a “9” from the Festive Numbers dies and another with an “E” from the Favorite Things large puffy alpha stickers. I know I will get a lot of use out of these dies, and they created the perfect pocket for this page!
Oh, the ephemera pieces in the Favorite Things collection are just so lovely and I used them to highlight photos and accent the page. I just love a banner die cut, and this “oh happy day” summed up the event in the perfect way. A few puffy stickers and enamel dots later, and I had my completed page! Ten photos added to my album in less than an hour!
If you have a stack of celebratory photos to get into your album, try putting them in pockets, and don’t forget to check out the Favorite Things collection—it’s on my favorite things list in my stash right now! Happy birthday SCT, and thanks for celebrating with us this week!
Find more of Meghann’s work here: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
How sweet was Meghann’s pocket page? All of those happy faces and fun memories in one place! If you loved the Favorite Things collection that Meghann used, you’ll want to leave a comment to win this:
This sweet giveaway from our friends at LDRS Creative will deliver all of the products that Meghann used to create her pocket page. You’ll have so much fun documenting all of your favorite things with these lovely products!
Click HERE to visit the LDRS Creative shop to see more Favorite Things ideas and inspiration!
What about the exclusive dies that Meghann used on her project? If you made a mental note to add those to your cart, this may be the prize for you!
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Our third giveaway includes another shopping trip to one of our favourite stores!
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Check out the Brutus Monroe store HERE!
Spring is definitely in the air, and this prize from our friends at Creative Memories is perfect for recording the season!
Delight in the sweet sightings of spring with all the decorative products in the Painted Garden collection! This scrapbooking prize pack includes a designer paper pack and complementing tone-on-tone paper pack, a variety mat pack, embellishments, and stickers. You’ll love these products for all your springtime sensations!
This Painted Garden prize pack includes: Painted Garden Paper Pack (12/pk), Painted Garden Tone-on-Tone Paper Pack (12/pk), Painted Garden Variety Mat Pack (24/pk), Painted Garden Embellishments, Painted Garden Stickers (3/pk)
Click HERE to see more of the Painted Garden collection & inspiration using it!
Our grand prize of the day will deliver a wonderful set of creative possibilities to one lucky commenter:
We are so happy to celebrate SCT’s 17th Birthday! The Stamps of Life is giving away one of our customer favorites, the 4×4 Card Die Set! Complete with a 4×4 card die set, big layering sentiment dies AND a matching envelope die! Good luck to all SCT’s lucky readers!
Click HERE to check out the 4 x 4 Card Die Set!
You don’t have to do anything to win these prizes besides leave a comment on this post! To enter to win today’s prizes, tell us one person you would like to spend your birthday with! Comments will close at midnight on Wednesday, March 29th and a randomly-selected winner will be announced here on the blog on March 31st!
We will see you back here tomorrow for more birthday fun and surprises!
This year is a milestone birthday for me and I would love to spend it in Italy with my sister – she and I are very close and enjoy travelling.
My favorite person to spend my birthday with, and let’s be honest, everyday is my best man, my husband. I’ve known him since 1977, and nobody knows me better
I would love to spend my birthday with my brother! We don’t get to spend as much time as I’d like since he’s in the military and lives in another state. He’s my hero & I miss how close we used to be!
Happy Birthday! I’d love to spend my birthday with my mom
I always like to spend my birthday with my husband. He and I share the same birthday–crazy as that seems! He is 3 years older than me and I always remind him of that, but we do have the same birthday.
I would love to be able to spend my birthday with my oldest son this year. Our birthdays are only 8 days apart and since he moved several states away, I don’t get to spend much time with him.
Birthdays spend with my husband and daughter are always the best. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’d love to be able to spend my birthday with my friends from nursing school! It is so hard to organize our schedules so it would be a real treat!
I would love to spend my birthday with my husband and daughter doing something that could then be made into a fun scrapbook page! Thank you for the chance to win these awesome prizes!! Happy Birthday SCT!!
I would love to spend my birthday with my daughter! Thanks for the giveaways!
I enjoy spending my birthday with my husband and kids!
My favorite person to spend my birthday with is always my daughter (my husband is welcome too). She’s just my all time favorite person in the world.
I would love to spend my birthday with my friend Tiffany!
Love love love Meghann’s pocket pages. I take sooo many pictures and they help keep me from being behind on my scrapbooking. My birthday is coming up in a week and I always want to spend it with my husband and children, even if it’s just going out to dinner. Thank you and your fab sponsors for the chance to win these crazy cool prizes.
OMG all the fun birthday surprises! And, the content on this blog is awesome. Love pocket page layouts but I personally gave up 12×12 pages.
I would love to spend my birthday with my sister!
I would love to spend my birthday with my out of state sister!
I love the pocket pages Meghann created! So fun! I always enjoy spending my birthday with my husband :)
It’s hard to pick one person I’d like to spend my next birthday with since my favorite people are my daughters and husband.
Thankfully my birthday is on Christmas so I get to spend every birthday with my loving family! I am so blessed!
I want to spend my birthday with my daughter. She is my everything and puts a smile on my face all the time. She will be leaving for college next year and I feel like time is getting away from us! Happy Birthday SCT!
You guys never disappoint, another day of spectacular prizes. I woild love to spend my birthday with my mom, i would love to have her back for just one day.
Meghann’s pocket pages are fantastic! I would love to spend quality time on my birthday with my husband – the light in my life.
I like spending my birthday with my best friend Mikayla. We always have fun adventures together.
I would love to spend my birthday with my mom who lives in Puerto Rico.
I’d love to spend my birthday with my childhood best friend, redoing all the things we loved so much when we were little.
I would love to spend my birthday with my Mom. We live far apart and I don’t get to see her very often except by video chat. An in-person visit would be fantastic.
Luckily I get to spend my birthdays with my favorite people, my kids! But I would love to celebrate a birthday with my mom again, I’m in MN and she’s been in AZ for 20 years so we’re never together on my bday.
I would spend my birthday with my dad – he’s my birthday twin, I was born on his birthday. Love these gorgeous designs!!
I too love doing pocket pages. Meghann’s pages are real inspiration for me! I always love spending my birthday with my husband and daughters – grandkids too !
Any birthday spent with my love, family and friends is perfect ♡
I would like to spend my birthday with Rod Stewart! He is amazing and I love his music! Maybe he would serenade me with Happy Birthday!
These pages are such a sweet format for documents memories, love the variety of sizes! I hope to spend my next birthday with my mom who lives in another country, fingers crossed we can get together in 2024!
I like spending my birthday with my hubby and kids… especially when they spoil me!!
Happy birthday! All the layouts are wonderful and the card with the elephants omg!
I’d love to spend my birthday with my parents!
I would love to share my birthday with my parents…one more time.
If it was possible and it isn’t except in my dreams. I would absolutely love to spend my birthday with my mom. She made everything special!
Love those pocket pages!!! I would love the chance to spend my birthday with my grandmother. Thanks again to all for your generosity!
I am so inspired by these pocket pages!
I would enjoy celebrating my birthday with my husband, my daughter and her family – including my 2 grandsons, and my son and his girlfriend. THAT would make my heart so very happy!
I am happy just spending my birthday with my family and close friends.
Wowwww how lovely. I love spending my birthday with my family. My husband and kids.
Fantastic prizes! I would love to spend my birthday with my wonderful husband.
So much goodness and inspiration again!
I would love to spend my next birthday with my family in the UK – especially my parents, siblings and young nieces. :D
Love all the inspiration you are posting every day! Happy Birthday!
I would love to spend my birthday with my sister. We don’t see each other as often as we would like so that would be special to me.
That’s a no-brainer – my husband!
I would love to spend my birthday with my husband and my two boys. Since they have grown up and no longer live at home, family together time is something I cherish.
I love this collection and pocket pages! No to order it.
Thanks for the chance to win such great prizes! I’d love to spend my birthday with one of my oldest friends – we only ever see each other with a bunch of people so it would be fun to do something just the two of us.