Hello SCT fans! It’s Lisa Dickinson here today, creating a designer recipe layout using this delicious mix of products:

  • 3 or more patterned papers
  • 2 photos — one landscape, one portrait
  • 3 die cuts
  • 1 soft embellishment 
  • 1 hard embellishment 
  • 1 cut file

I love using a recipe formula to start a page because it spells out exactly what I’ll need to complete the design (and the result is a balanced mixture of color, pattern, and texture!) Here’s the page that resulted from my recipe:

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Supplies | SCT Delivered Garden Party Kit; Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned paper: Pink Paislee, Bo Bunny, Jillibean Soup, Simple Stories; Die cuts: American Crafts, Jillibean Soup; Other: buttons, twine

I began my design with the heart circle cut file (an exclusive bonus in the SCT Delivered Garden Party Kit!) and I knew it would be a great place to incorporate all of the patterned papers. Since my photos contained lots of bright colors, I selected papers with similar rainbow hues and filled many of the negative spaces in the die-cut with these colorful prints.

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To incorporate my journaling into the design, I wrapped it around the outer edge of the circle cut file, a technique that’s easy to do in most word processing programs. After measuring the diameter of the cut file, I drew the same sized circle in the software and typed my text to fit along that line.

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The title block was a great place to incorporate both the hard embellishment (the acrylic title found in the Garden Party Kit) and soft embellishment, like the baker’s twine tie around it, and I love the resulting mix of textures and dimension. To complete the title, I cut the word “neon” using the font Weather Sunday in a bright polka dot paper.

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The three die cuts I chose were these bright flowers that fit the color scheme and also reinforced the girly theme of my page. I stitched buttons to the center of each for added dimension and shine!

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To balance my title block in the lower right part of the page, I wanted to add a small embellishment cluster in the opposite corner. A few die cuts, tags, and buttons create a grouping that helps give a “starting point” for the eye and lead it through the design.

Next time you’re stuck for ideas on how to start a page, try a designer recipe to get cooking! And don’t forget to grab one of the new SCT Delivered Garden Party Kits that contains many of the products I used to complete this recipe. Happy Scrapping!

~ Lisa

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How bright and fun was Lisa’s page!? Are you ready to create with the same recipe? 

  • 3 or more patterned papers
  • 2 photos — one landscape, one portrait
  • 3 die cuts
  • 1 soft embellishment 
  • 1 hard embellishment 
  • 1 cut file

Use this recipe to cook up your own project, whether a scrapbook layout, card or anything in between!

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. Create a layout, card or project based on this recipe challenge;
  2. Submit an image to us (must be under 2mb!) at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
  3. Put “March Recipe Challenge” in your reference line;
  4. Submit your entry by April 2, 2020, at midnight ET.

Submitting for this challenge will enter you in the drawing to win the new SCT Delivered Garden Party Kit that Lisa used to create her layout:

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Good luck, and have fun cooking up your next creation!