Welcome back to the blog for day three of our sweet 16th Birthday Week celebration! If you have a lot of photos to document from a big birthday celebration, but not a lot of time to do it, design team member Meghann Andrew has an idea for you: document in two ways—a traditional page and an accompanying pocket page! Let’s take a look at what Meghann has created for us today, and don’t forget to watch her process video and check out the amazing giveaways in store for you today, too!

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Hello there, friends! It’s Meghann Andrew with you today, and I am SO excited to be here for SCT’s 16th birthday party! I don’t know about you, but I tend to take quite a few photos when someone I love is reaching another birthday milestone, which means I have a lot of photos that need to go into my album. How do I do that without creating lots of layouts? I create a traditional layout with a pocket page spread to get the most out of my memory keeping in the least amount of time. Take a look!

Supplies | Close to My Heart Cake Day collection: Paper packet + sticker sheet, coordinating cardstock, Picture My Life cards, scrapbooking stamp + thin cuts, Exclusive Inks stamp pads (Wild Berry, Sundance, Lemonade), silver loose sequins, adhesive runner; Elle’s Studio: Hazel alphabet stamp, label; EK Success: powder tool; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Crafty foam tape

This bright and colorful page just shouts, “surprise!” and could not have been easier to create, thanks to the new Cake Day collection from Close to My Heart. When a company has designed a traditional layout collection, and also incorporates pocket cards into the product lineup, creating in this mixed format is simple and easy!

I started out creating a layout that could stand on its own, which featured a large, favorite photo from the special day. I made that photo visually important by framing it with bright colors in my title and embellishments.

Adding tiny stamped details, like the banner featuring the year and the balloon strings, which came from the same Cake Day scrapbooking stamp, gave this layout a more personal touch and added balance to the page.

I pulled the same colors from my layout over to the right to create my pocket page. Adding this page brought all of the details from the day to my album, and allowed me to get more product play in with the Cake Day Picture My Life cards and sticker sheet!

By alternating the Picture My Life cards with photos and filling in with minimal embellishment, this side of the spread adds more movement and interest, without overwhelming the primary focal point, the large photo on the right.

A few sequins added the perfect, sparkly finishing touch to the spread, and helped tie together the two sides even further! If you want to see how this page came together, check out my process video, available now on the SCT YouTube channel:

I hope you have enjoyed this happy and colorful birthday project today, and that it will inspire you to document all of your special celebrations, in two ways! Happy 16th birthday, SCT!

Find more of Meghann’s work here: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

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What a fun, new collection from Close to My Heart, and the perfect project to create with it, Meghann! Now, let’s get to today’s prizes!

PRIZE #1

You guessed it—our first prize includes the beautiful, new Cake Day collection from Close to My Heart, and the opportunity to create with it during the Facebook Live Cake Day Scrapbooking Workshop event on April 12th at 2:00 pm MST!

This Cake Day Scrapbooking Workshop includes: Cake Day Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet (X7278S), 9 cardstock sheets (1 Glacier, 1 Lemonade, 1 Sundance, 2 Wild Berry, 3 White Daisy, 1 Black), 3 12″ × 1 inch exclusive patterned paper sheets; 3 12 x 12 inch exclusive die-cut sheets; 1  6 x 6 inch exclusive black paperboard die-cut sheet; 4 top-load 12″ × 12″ Memory Protectors™, photo placeholders & printed instructions. We’ll also add in our Non-stick Microtip Scissors and Thin & thick 3D foam tape.

PRIZE #2

Our next prize gifts you a shopping trip to the Concord & 9th store, but just a warning—it will be hard to choose from all of their amazing products!

GRAND PRIZE #1

Our first grand prize giveaway comes from our friends at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, who always create staple products for our stash!

Happy Sweet 16th Birthday, SCT! We are so excited to be celebrating with you and your readers. You have inspired this wonderful community with inspiration, ideas, and tips. We look forward to seeing many more in the years to come! Thank you for letting us be a part of your celebration! 

With this array of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products, you’re bound to create something amazing! From the E-Z Runner® adhesive tapes to 3D Foam products to Adhesive Sheets, the creative opportunities are endless. What will you reach for first? We hope these items will help you create lots of projects! If you need some inspiration, we’re here to help! Visit + click the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Blog. 

This grand prize includes: E-Z Squares Refillable Dispenser, E-Z Runner Micro Strips Refill, E-Z Runner Permanent Fine (Vellum Runner), E-Z Runner Hearts Refillable Dispenser, E-Z Runner Petite Permanent Dots, 3D Foam Butterflies, 3D Foam Circles in Black, 3D Foam Squares Micro in Black, 3D Foam Strips Small in Black, Crafty Power Tape with Built-In Dispenser, Crafty Foam Tape in White 54 ft Roll, Adhesive Sheets in five 12 x 12-inch sheets, Adhesive Lines, Creative Classic Photo Corners in Kraft, Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets in Variety Colors, Keepsake Envelopes, Extreme Double-Sided Tape in 1/4-inch, Self-Laminating Tags with Loop

GRAND PRIZE #2

The second grand prize today includes a BIG stash of birthday fun from our friends at Lawn Fawn, who always bring ‘cute’ to the party!

Celebrate all birthdays big and small with these fun products: Giant Birthday Messages, Giant Birthday Messages Lawn Cuts, Tiny Birthday Friends, Tiny Birthday Friends Lawn Cuts, Giant Happy Birthday, Confetti Stencils, On Point Enamel Pin, Gotta Have Gingham Rainbow Petite Paper Pack, Sparkle Glaze

Four more wonderful giveaways, and only one way to win one of them! Please leave a comment on this post telling us how you would spend your ideal birthday by midnight ET on Wednesday, March 30th! We will choose four random winners for the prizes above and announce all of our Birthday Week winners on the blog on April 1st! There are still two more days of fun in store for you! Be sure to come back tomorrow for more inspiration and giveaways!