Happy Friday friends! We hope it's been a great productive week for you or, if you've been on vacation, then we hope you've had a totally non-productive week 🙂 We're getting right to business today as we're in photoshoots today for the final images for the fall issue! Wait until you see it. We're excited to share and hope to share some sneak peeks next week.
With kids already heading back to school and so many now having some free time on their hands (and you know I mean that totally in jest right???!) we thought this might be a perfect time to share a card sketch "challenge" with you! This sketch appears in the bonus section of our card issue and was created by our friend Allison Cope. But I did say a challenge so read on…
Here's the challenge: create a "thinking of you" or "for you" card for someone who needs it right now. Think of that person in your life who is facing some struggles and share a little kindness with them. No one ever says no to a thoughtful handmade card right? They'll feel good, you'll feel good AND we'll even put in a little incentive to encourage you!
How to enter: send us your card by email to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com with your name and we'll upload them to our facebook page to share!
Date: send your entry by end of day September 4 – not too much time so get working!
Prize: a fabulous little prize package from our friends at Paper Smooches, Taylored Expressions and Lawn Fawn!
And GO!
Partner Appreciation GIVEAWAY – Day 26
Put up your hand if you know who Creative Memories is. I see a lot of hands. If you're like me you may have been introduced to scrapbooking by a friend who said "hey, want to come over for a piece of cake and to learn about documenting your memories in a safe way?" I won't lie, I went for the piece of cake and the cup of tea BUT I came away with an excitement that continues to this day after hearing all about Creative Memories! While some things have changed with Creative Memories over the years, two years ago I heard these words "Creative Memories is back and better than ever!" Music to so many ears, not just mine. We are excited to be a marketing partner with Creative Memories and they love our readers so it was no surprise when they joined this celebration today and offered one lucky reader the opportunity to win either of these two beautiful collections – Cool Serenity and Uncharted!
Today's winner will have the opportunity to win one of these brilliant collections and here's something fun, if you already have a Cool Serenity or Uncharted Album, be sure to take a pic of yourself with it in a beautiful place for a chance to win a $1,000 Visa Travel Gift Card! Details on that contest can be found here!
For an opportunity to win today's prizes be sure to leave a comment below by September 7th! If you would like to find our more about Creative Memories and to see their inspiring products, you can find them at these links below. We hope you'll also take a minute to join Creative Memories on their Facebook page for a huge thank you for these prize!
Website: www.creativememories.ca
Blog: https://blog.creativememories.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creativememories/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CreativeMemoriesVids
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativememories/
There you have it friends, a sketch challenge and a fantastic giveaway to round out this week. Join us tomorrow as we will have sneak peeks of our fall kits (all three!) and of course another fantastic giveaway!
~ Catherine Tachdjian, Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine
I need to start scrapbooks of our travels before we have so much to do that I am overwhelmed. These would be so helpful–I could do one scrapbook per trip. Nice.
I could use both sets to do some scrap booking pages with.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I always liked so many of their designs. I’m so glad CM is back to putting out new products.
Thanks for the opportunity to win! Glad CM is back!!
Loving all the companies
you have been highlighting
all month. I do enjoy
Creative Memories.
Carla from Utah
Loving all the companies
you have been highlighting
all month. I do enjoy
Creative Memories.
Carla from Utah
I love sketch challenges! And what a great idea to send a card to someone who isn’t expecting it 🙂 Thanks CM for getting so many of us into scrapbooking!
Gorgeous collections. I love the seashells. Spent this week in Maine and Boston so it hasn’t been a productive week craft-wise but a very relaxing vacation week! Love that sketch and I hope to play along as soon as I get home. Thanks!
glad to see creative memories is still around
I have never used any Creative Memories products but after seeing these two gorgeous collections I am off to leave them some love and then checking them out! Thanks for introducing me to a new to me company!! Have a crafty and sunny weekend!
love CM and these are easy to use with the preprinted pages.
I don’t have either, although I’ve heard of Creative Memories!
I was one of those that started with CM way back in 1996 ! Now that baby is a college junior!!!!!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love Creative Memories.
thanks for the chance to win.
I don’t have either one of those and I have a ton of scrapbooking to do so I could really appreciate these products. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome prize.
Yep…that’s exactly how I was introduced to scrapbooking back in 2004 and I’ve never looked back! I still use all the CM products I bought at that party and love their quality. These collections are really awesome. Thanks for the opportunity. 🙂
Love the sketch! Both are fun collections! Perfect for so many occasions! Left them some love!
I need to complete a lot of my beach pages. The “cool serenity” line will work for my Martha’s Vineyard pictures.
how fun!
So glad to have Creative Memories back.
Great collections! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thanks for the sketch and fabulous prize.
Interesting sketch–would be quite a challenge for me! I send a lot of cards & just mailed 2 to blogging friends with difficult times right now, so I love that you’re encouraging people to not just make cards & store them in the back room! Thanks for a chance at today’s lovely prize!
Gorgeous collections and I love the sketch, will have to see if I can squeeeze it in!!
Thanks for the chance to win these great collections from Creative Memories!!
Nice collection. Thanks for giving us a chance to win it.
Creative Memories was also my introduction to scrapbooking. They created a monster. Glad they are back.
So glad that CM is back in Business, would absolutely just love to win this prize as I travel often so the Uncharted collection will do just nicely for me. Thank you for your amazing magazine and all your wonderful partners that sponsor all these amazing prizes for all of us…..
The seashells would be perfect for my Hawaii album! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great prize! Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow!! These are amazing collections! What fun papers for documenting your travels and vacation pics! Thanks for sponsoring today!
Absolutely love it!!
I like both collections – thanks for the chance to win!
I have lots of travel pics to scrap, these would be marvelous to use
Lovely CM collection. CM were the first products I used when I started scrapbooking in the 1990s. Love their products, so glad they returned.
That’s how I started scrap booking. Glad to hear that they’re still around.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this great prize.
Those pages are beautiful. Thank you.
Would be great! Thanks for sharing.
I am looking forward to scrapbooking in September; after having hand surgery. I am itching to start up!!! Tks for all the inspiration ??
Amazing collections!!!! Wow, wow, wow!!!!
I am not familiar with Creative Memories but the Cool Serenity and Uncharted Album look great. Would love the chance to try their products. Thanks for the chance to win.
I have so many travel photos printed out so these would be great to get started on scrapbooks. Thanks for the chance to win!
Creative memories albums are my favorite! I have several to fill. Just need more time in the day?
Great prize package Creative Memories and SCT! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
They were the first company my sister scrapbooks with. Been around for a long time.
The Serenity collection is beautiful!
BEAUTIFUL!!! Would love to win!
I LOVE the cool serenity collection. It perfect for scrapping our trip to Oahu last year. Both collections are great – elegant and versatile.
These are both beautiful collections!
SKETCHES ABSOLUTELY ROCK!
I LOVE USING THEM TO SPARK MY CREATIVE EFFORTS, WHETHER FOR CARDS OR LAYOUTS. I ALWAYS CARRY MY BECKY FLECK PAGE MAP CARD SETS WITH ME TO EVERY CROP I ATTEND! THANKS!
I started with an album from Creative Memories but I didn’t realise they’d gone away for a while. I’ll have to check out what’s new!
Great prize pack. Glad to have Creative Memories back. Love their albums and tools.
My first introduction to scrapbooking was Creative Memories! I still have their corner rounder and duel square maker punch! Glad your back! What a great prize!!! Welcome back and thank you for the opportunity to get reacquainted!
I was also introduced to scrapbooking through Creative Memories. I had gone to a craft show and they were one of the vendors there. Bought an album with stickers & such. Boy has it ever changed since then! lol
Love Creative Memories. I only use their albums; no others compare. Thank you for the chance to win.
Both albums look amazing!! I know they will capture the heart of my family and our activities together! Have recently become a customer of Creative Memories and have been very impressed with the quality of their products!! 🙂
I started out scrapbooking with Creative Memories so I am very familiar with them! LOVE these two beautiful collections and would love to win. So many travel and everyday photos to scrap, and not enough time.
Great collection! I’ve loved all the things you’ve shared this month!
Thank you for the chance to win this fabulous prize!
CM is where paper crafting started for me. Interested to see their new stuff. Thanks for the giveaway!
Fun collection.
I do not know much about Creative Memories, but I would love to discover more. Thanks!
Cool prize by Creative Memories! YAY! 🙂
I’ve never really used CM but these collections are so nice!
Creative Memories introduced me to scrapbooking too! It’s created a passion that has lasted for over 20 years!
I’m glad they are back!
Love the new products.
Loving the new things coming from Creative Memories!
I started scrapbooking with Creative Memories in 2000 – seems like ages ago. How things have changed. Love the beachy album! Thanks for the chance!!
I like CM but since the Canadian dollar isn’t so good, I can’t buy from them any more. Would love to win this!
I have photos that would go with both of those beautiful collections and would love to win. Thank you Creative Memories for the chance.
Great collections-love Creative Memories!
Glad to hear Creative Memories are back. I first started out with CM many years ago and still have alot of books ,pages and I would love to have these beautiful collections to go with my books . Thanks for the chance to win.
Glad to hear Creative Memories are back. I first started out with CM many years ago and still have alot of books ,pages and I would love to have these beautiful collections to go with my books . Thanks for the chance to win.
I started scrapbooking 18 years ago using CM products. I have missed CM, and am very happy you are back! Would love to have your new products 🙂
I started with Creative Memories. Those collections look great.
Love this prize package!!
A CM Home class was my intro to scrapping too!! Love CM!!
Awesome sketch!!
So happy Creative Memories is back and glad you two have partnered up
Lovely new collections!
I love Creative Memories! Getting back into card making and starting to scrapbook.. building up my idea books! thanks!
What an awesome Prize! I Love Creative Memories and both my children and all my grandchildren’s first baby albums I have used CM Albums . I think the are the best made and the longest lasting. Hence the reason I used them for their baby books. Thanks for the chance!
I love Creative Memories products. I am so glad they are back!
These both look like fantastic collections! Thanks for the chance.
Wow! What a great collection kit to be won. Keeping all my fingers crossed for this.
Thanks for another awesome giveaway. These collections look so beautiful and of course I remember Creative Memories!
Great collection!
Both of those collections are lovely. I love to travel and I love to document my travels. Thanks for another great night partnership and giveaways.
Great looking collections! Our travels is what I scrapbook so this is a perfect fit for me!
I’ve heard good things about CM but I’ve never used their products, thanks for the chance to win!
what a wonderful giveaway I love creative memories
Creative Memories albums are the BEST! Thanks for the chance for this awesome prize SCT and I will definitely be trying that sketch challenge!
I am so glad Creative Memories is around again. Their basics are the best. And I enjoy their sets. Thank you.
wow–heard of them, would love to try their products!
Oh my goodness, love seeing CM again
Thanks so much for the chance to win!! I love creative memories products!! I’m thinking about trying this card challenge!
I am a big fan of Creative Memories. Their albums are of the highest quality and their cardstock and paper collections are superior to any of the big box craft store papers. In my “stash” I’d say more than half of it is Creative Memories papers. I’ve used bits and pieces on projects, but just haven’t found the right project to use it all up.
I was so happy to see them come back. The best thing about the new company is that you can order directly through them…you don’t have to go through a consultant anymore. I can’t always afford to buy every new collection they come out with, but if I were to win this one I would treasure it!
Yep, Creative Memories started me on my scrapbooking hobby. Thanks for the chance to win some great CM products.
I started with Creative Memories in 2005, just before the birth of baby #5. I’ve been scrapping ever since! Still use their mini paper cutter. Corner rounder. Circle and shape cutters. Glad to see they’re back!
A visit from an old friend! I love CM quality and am currently scrapping in my last 12×15 strap hinge album. Would love some new CM product!
Love the flexibility of Creative Memories, having both blank pages as canvasses or the predesigned pages which make albums simple to complete while allowing scrapbookers the optimum in creativity. Love the product, love the new company consultant plan, love the contests.
Love both these albums! CM always has quality products 🙂
Love, love, love Creative Memories
What fun and cool collections! Would LOVE to scrap with these!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Very nice new collection would be a great addition
Already got the book planed out
Looks so great, thanks for the chance to win! And I love the sketch.
Another awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win. 😀
Loved Creative Memories then and live it again now! These collections look amazing!
Today’s my anniversary. Hope that makes this entry lucky!
I’d never heard of creative memories before. Those collections look great!
CM has fabulous products! Beautiful layouts shown here!
Creative Memories is what got me started in scrapbooking too! I loved going to the parties and crops, so much fun!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at) gmail(dot) com
Love scrapbooking! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Good news) And thanks for the opportunity to win!
yes! I also started my scrapbooking journey with Creative Memories! What a fabulous giveaway and thank you for the opportunity to win!
Hope I can find some time to complete your sketch contest! Also, thanks for the chance to win another awesome prize. Those collection kits from CM look really nice. Would love to create with them!
Two fabulous collections from Creative Memories…would be a pleasure to create with!!!
Thanks Creative Memories! I have soooo many photos I need to do something with, this would be a big help!
Followed CM through their ups and downs and once again am enjoying their many new products! We travel a lot and these collections would be ideal to complete my albums. Thanks for the copportunity to win!
Those look like great collections!
Love love love he new Creative Memories!
I can’t believe CM is giving away two collections! That is a huge prize. I only use their albums and tape runners. I have a small obsession with CM- over twenty albums!
I, too, am happy that Creative Memories made a comeback. Thanks for the opportunity to win! 🙂
What a great collections, Creative Memories. I would love the chance to get our travel memories into an album–thank you for the opportunity to win!
Creative Memories is how I got into scrapbooking and I especially love their albums! Thanks for the chance to win these two great collections!
Super nice! Thanks for the give away!
Some of my first scrapbooking supplies were from Creative Memories….and a couple of their tools I still use today! Sure glad they had a comeback! These page sets are beautiful!! So many photos that I could use the, for! Thank you CM for the great prize and for still being there for us scrappers!! Thank you SCT for the wonderful celebration!
Sorry but I felt ditched by you when you closed your doors. I spent thousands of dollars with your company and poof gone. It will take time for me 🙁
What beautiful collections! Thank you for the chance to win!
Glad to see CM coming back. This collection looks wonderful. Fun ideas with the card too.
CM still putting out great collections
These are both wonderful collections! Thanks, CM!
Oh yes my hand is up! CM is how I started.
Another gets giveaway! What fun it is to see all these partners!
I love scrapbooking and have spent the last 3 weeks scrapbooking events from the last 3 years of mine and my partner’ lives together 🙂 there is still so much more to do and these would be awesome 😀
I love that Cool Serenity collection – it is so pretty. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love to travel, especially to tropical places, so these collections are perfect for me. Thanks for the opportunity to play with them.
These collections look fabulous!!! I’d love to use them to preserve our wonderful summer and holiday memories!!
I am so glad tha CM is back!
Glad to hear that Creative Memories is back and bringing out some new products. These collections are lovely!
Lovely layout. Thanks for this chance.
Just starting using sketches, this is a very nice one.
These Creative Memories collections are gorgeous! That’s a great sketch too and I hope to give it a go!
I started scrapbooking with CM MANY years ago and still use a lot of product to this day! I missed you!!
The albums are so beautiful. They would make a great ending to a fantastic trip.
I can always count on Creative Memories for beautiful products!
I was so glad when CM started back up in OZ last year – really missed them.
Thank you for offering 2 prizes. I love both the Cool Serenty & Unchartered Album. What a nice way to get organized.
Creative Memories is how I started in Scrapping
they will always be ‘a favorite company’
thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
Those collections look amazing, I am off to find out more about Creative Memories as I’m not very familiar with them.
fabulous album.
Yup, I started my love of scrapbooking through Creative Memories! So happy to see the new products!
Great challenge and sketch. I also like those new collections from CM.
WOW! A Fun challenge, beautiful collections from CM, each day keeps getting better and better. CM was where I first learned that scrapbooking could contain more than just newspapers and a few pictures and that they could be embellished in so many ways. Great giveaway, so thanks for the chance.
I’m one of those people that started Scrapbooking with Creative Memories back in 1999. Would love to win these great collections from them! Thanks for the opportunity!
These are both fabulous collections! I would sooo love to give them a try. CM has some of the greatest products. My mind is wondering already with ideas on how to create with them. Thanks for the chance to win and to CM for their generous prize pack! 🙂
Wow, I love the Cool Serenity album. Thanks also for the card sketch challenge. I was just looking for a card sketch and this one is awesome.
I started this hobby with CM! I have just done a bunch of travels this summer and would love to fill these up with travel memories!
So glad CM is back! I have lots of there products and love them all! Thanks for a chance for more!!
Love creative memories!!!
Oh my goodness! CM came out with some neat products.
Love this Creative Memories prize! Thanks for the chance to win SCT!
WooHoo for CM!
thanks for the giveaway!
I love CM products and these two collections are awesome! I have the perfect pictures for both of these! Thanks for the chance to win them!
GAH! Cool Serenity would be perfect for our recent Mexico vacation!! I do love me some vintage and cameras as well.
Creative memories has my favorite albums!
I definitely have some Creative Memories in my craft room! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Glad to have CM back. Both collections would be fun to scrapbook.
Wow! What fabulous collections! I’m working on my sketch entry!!
Wow! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love this collection!!
So glad this company is back!!! I love their albums and tools!
Very nice prizes and LOVE SCT too! A great collaboration!
Yes, I know who Creative Memories is! Love these two new collections. Would love to win! thanks for sharing CM!!
Creative Memories inspired me to get my photos out of magnetic photo book pages where they were already starting to deteriorate! You have my gratitude forever!
Lovely collections, thanks for the chance!
Love the new Creative Memories, glad I resigned up. The new company has great creative ideas for building business, love the contests and the use of social media. Love the new business design, so less stressful.
Thanks for the chance to win this great prize from Creative Memories. They have such great products. And thanks for SCT to this month-long fun event!
Getting ready for a 50th anniversary cruise and these collections would be a great way to record those memories.
Another staple in my Scrapbooking diet!! Who doesn’t love Creative Memories!!! I do! I do!!! Great prize!!!
CM is how I got started a 100 years ago at a church night for women. We made a college of photos. thank you.
Awesome giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win
Beautiful albums! I need to work on some albums and these would be perfect!
Creative Memories was the group that got me scrapbooking! They have lots of fun, quality products!
FABULOUS collections, THANK YOU for the chance to win!!!
Looking forward to giving Allison’s skecth a workout too 🙂
Love this collection. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
My start to scrapbooking is thanks to creative memories too! Saw a table at a local fall fair and booked a party and the rest is history. Love their cutting system and so glad to hear they are back! Thanks SCT and CM.
Who doesn’t love CM! These are fabulous collections! thanks for such a great giveaway!
Creative memories has come back better than ever. I would love to win some of their new stuff!
These kits would work nicely for scrapbooking projects I need to do.
Thanks for the chance to win!
My favourite … Creative Memories!!!
Fantastic collections, thanks CM!
what great albums.. would love to win. Love Creative Memories
Lovely collections. Thank you for the chance to win them 🙂
Lovely!
This would be amazing! I have been creating my own scrapbook pages with all of our ticket stubs from our travels. A coordinated kit would be awesome! Thanks for the prize giveaway!
CM is a wonderful company and thanks for a chance to win.
Love all the collections from this great company.
This would be a fabulous prize. Thanks for an opportunity to win.
I’ve always loved CM. A great company.
Would love to win either CM collection!
Fabulous sketch! Love the partner collection .
Would love a chance to try these new collections. I haven’t tried Creative Memories since it started up again!
Would love to win!
great thank you!
Love the suites available. Great prize.
Looks great. Would love to win.
Beautiful stuff! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thank you for the chance to win! I love Creative Memories!
I only ever use Creative Memories albums – they are the best!
and here is the company that started my obsession with paper crafting! Love them!
Love creative memories!
My very first scrapbooking items came from CM in 2003. Glad to see them back! Thanks for partnering with SCT for this giveaway!
Nice collection…Thanks!
Have some travel photos that would look wonderful with these collections.
Thank you creative memories for giving pleasure to our creativity
Creative Memories was my first introduction to scrapbooking! So glad they’re back! Thanks for the chance to win!
Uncharted collection would be awesome for an upcoming trip! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love these travel-themed items, I’m working on a trip album right now so that would be perfect.
I have been a CM customer for many years. Love their products!
I love this collection thanks for sharing it!
Absolutely great prizes
Thanks for the opportunity. Happy to see CM alive and well 🙂
Very cool!
Love Creative Memories! Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely, inspiring prize!
love their albums.
I am so glad Creative Memories is back.
It’s so great to see CM come back with beautiful collections. They were my first scrapbooking love and I still appreciate their products. Thx for the chance to win.
Thanks for the chance to win! Nice collection
Big fan of CM
Gorgeous collections!
What beautiful collections to work with. Thanks for the opportunity to win and get my pictures on some beautiful paper!
I love creative memories!!!
Gorgeous Collections! Creative Memories has come such a long way in design and innovation!! Love it!
I owe my love for scrapbooking to Creative Memories – they were with me right from the beginning! These are such beautiful collections … thank you very much for the chance to win!
Love the collections! Thanks for the chance to win!
Awesome collection. thanks for the chance to win.
Fabulous collections! Thanks for the chance to win them.
So glad to see you’re back Creative Memories! I love both of the books & products included in this prize! With many summer vacations at the beach to scrap, the Beach Collection would be great! With a trip to the home of my ancestors in Ireland & Scotland which was 4 years ago [I didn’t do them yet:( ] theTtravel Album & collection would definitely make that much easier! Thank you for a chance to win such a wonderful prize package