Hello again! Thank you for joining us for the 2:00 pm hour of our interNational Scrapbook Day event! Today’s event schedule is below. If you’re just joining us now, be sure to click on our previous posts for more inspiration, challenges and prizes!
9:00 AM: PageMaps sketch challenge & a starry layout from Lisa Dickinson! (click here)
10:00 AM: Join designer Paige Evans with a pretty floral challenge (click here)
12:00 PM: Join designer Virginia Nebel with a travel challenge (click here)
2:00 PM: Join designer Meghann Andrew with a birthday challenge <—-we are here!
4:00 PM: Join designer Wendy Sue Anderson with a fun Disney challenge
6:00 PM: Join designer Nathalie DeSousa with a Spring colour challenge
7:00 PM: Join our Creative Editor Jen Gallacher as we wrap up the day!
This hour Design Team member Meghann Andrew is here with a fun birthday themed layout!
“Hello SCT friends! It’s Meghann Andrew with you today, and I’m so excited to celebrate International Scrapbooking Day! We all love this hobby so much, not only because we get to play with pretty product, but we get to print our photos and record memories, too! It’s a win-win! Today, I’m sharing a new 8-1/2″ x 11″ layout with you that records a special birthday memory, and I used the March 2019 SCT Sampler to pull it together quickly and easily!
Supplies: SCT March 2019 Sampler, Elle’s Studio alphabet stickers
The SCT Sampler subscription is SO wonderful to create with. The thing that I like most about it is that there may be a product in it that I wouldn’t necessarily have chosen, so it allows me to try something new—a new product or manufacturer. Plus, the SCT Sampler contains a smaller amount of product, which forces me to use what I have on my desk, and get creative! I love limiting myself to just a few things when I create, and those projects typically turn out to be my favorite! Today’s layout is no different. Let’s take a look at what I started with in my March SCT Sampler:
What an awesome array of products from Crate Paper, Doodlebug Designs, and Hero Arts in this SCT Sampler, right?! The first thing that I did was match the papers that I wanted to use to the photo of my daughter getting ready to blow out her birthday candles, and the Doodlebug Design Simply Spring papers fit the photo perfectly. I decided to cut those out at 2-1/2″ squared, sew them around the edges with white thread and add them in a column on the left side of my white cardstock background.
My photo was sized at 4″ squared, and I placed it to the right of my patterned paper squares, but there was a disconnect between the left and right sides of the page. To link my photo to that patterned paper, I added the “happy birthday to you” and “eat cake” ephemera pieces, as well as the “get your party on” sticker, which I put on white cardstock and cut out. I love how these bridge the gap between the two columns on my page.
Now it was time for the fun part! I added my title underneath my photo, adding Elle’s Studio stickers and the “wish” SCT exclusive foam word from the SCT Sampler. Then, because this layout was all about blowing out those birthday candles, I created my own at the base of the page! Starting with the colorful striped Doodlebug Under My Umbrella paper, I cut out five stripes to make the candles, then topped them with sequins, a heart die cut and sweet pompoms from the SCT Sampler!
To bring a bit more color to the right column on the spread, I used the lovely brand new Hero Arts Hello Greetings Birthday Stamp to add streamers, confetti, and stars stamped in all of the colors of my page, coming out from my birthday candles! I love the way that these add that final celebratory touch to my page.
Next time that you sit down to create, grab your latest SCT Sampler and get creative! I promise you will love what you make! Thanks so much for joining me, and Happy International Scrapbooking Day! (Oh, and be sure to order your very own SCT Sampler! You’ll love this little gift of happy mail each month!)”
~Meghann Andrew
Challenge:
Your challenge this hour is to create a birthday themed layout! We want to see all the fun!
Challenge Guidelines:
- Create a “birthday” layout and send an image of it to us at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
- Please put “iNSD birthday challenge” in your reference line.
- Please ensure your image is less than 2mb.
- You have until May 15th to send your submission to us. We will share a selection of today’s challenge submissions on May 17th!
GIVEAWAY!
This hour we would love to share a 3 month SCT Sampler subscription with one lucky reader! This subscription would start with our June SCT Sampler!
(March 2019 Sampler)
To enter our iNSD giveaways:
- Leave a comment below by May 15th;
- For a second entry, leave a comment on the post with this prize on our Instagram page;
- For a third entry, leave a comment on the post with this prize on our Facebook page;
- One winner for each prize today will be randomly selected and announced on May 17th.
- You do not have to participate in the challenge for our hourly prizes…but we would love it if you do!
Please join us for our next challenge at 4:00 pm and share the hour with Wendy Sue Anderson and a Disney challenge!
Join us again at 4:00 pm!
Oh my gosh such a cool prize. I am so enjoying all the great ideas.
I love all of the colors and the journaling! Great layout!
Great page. I love grid layouts but I rarely make them.
What a fun layout and what a great prize! Thanks for all the inspiration so far. :D
I definitely have some birthday pics printed, so I’m sure I can do this one! Thanks!
Such a cute and fun layout!
I’m going to have to get creative to make a birthday layout. I’m all caught up on birthdays… the human ones, that is!
Awesome layout, so bright and colourful!
Beautiful work, Meghann! The thing that I love is the mixing and matching of brands in these kits. So fun!
love how this turned out!
I think I might have to do some scrapbooking today! Loving all the ideas!
Such a colorful page. Really speaks party and happiness.
thanks for sharing
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What cool items in that kit. I love the Wish die cut.
Love all the bright colours!
What a great prize!! And who doesn’t live birthdays! Love this colourful layout.
What a great challenge. Thanks for the inspiration.
This birthday layout makes me happy :) Cute way to use some great products
Awesome! Bright and cheery!
Yay, so glad to see a layout using an SCT sampler! I was wondering what to do with this particular paper, and you have
totally nailed it! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Great birthday layout!
Sweet prize and layout!
I need to get busy using my awesome sampler kits! This layout is giving me all sorts of inspiration!
I love this page and would love to try the samplers!
You really rocked the sampler!! Such a cute layout.
Wow it would be so fun to win this subscription and like Meghann said, try something I wouldn’t normally try.. Thanks for the opportunity
Another beautiful layout. I enjoy the SCT sampler, a sweet surprise for me each month.
Fantastic layout by Meghann! It’s perfect for celebrating NSD. :)
There are several things I like about this layout: First, the format of 11 x 8.5 which is a little challenging to work with for me. Second, the 4″ squared photo is an interesting size that I will give a try. I also adore the candles cut from colorful paper strips which tie in beautifully with the overall colors and theme. Last but not least, I adore the finishing touches w/streamers, confetti etc. with are just the icing on the cake …
I do love that page. It is so happy and bright. My favorite part are the candles at the bottom!
I now know what I’m doing with my March sampler!
Thanks for sharing your creativity made from the SCT sampler. This layout is darling!
Nice bright colours, the plaid is my favourite.
How colorful! I love the LO. The prize is also great!
My twins just had a birthday, so I am ready to scrapbook! And this layout sure gives me ideas!
Those confetti stamps are very cool!
Great colors! I love this layout’s design.
The SCT Sampler is the happiest of happy mail you can get. I love this layout!
Gorgeous, bright colors! Love the stitching!
Wow! Love how this came together, such a great way to try out new products!
This page looks great. Looking forward to the next hour,!
What a happy and bright birthday layout!
Wow, love that you used smaller papers on the layout such Happy photos too.
This is such a bright and happy layout, love the palette. Happy NSD.
So fun! I can’t wait to try this challenge. I just celebrated two birthdays for my girls, so I have plenty of photos to play with! I’ll be emailing you soon :D
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Such a wonderful layout! I love the candles and the colors! Thank you for the chance!
I am so behind on the past couple of year’s birthday pics. Thank you for the inspiration.
Beautiful layout! Love the fun colors!
Your sampler subscription looks so cute! I would love to win it. Thanks for the giveaway.
That’s a WoW layout Meghann! Love how you made the candles. Sweet papers!
I have really thinking about getting a subscription for myself, and gifting one to a friend. I would love to win this prize because I think it would be impossible not to subscribe after I have the joyful experience of a surprise package every month!
I love everything about this layout, I especially like the candles with the different flames atop. Meghann’s layouts are always fun and yes she’s right “grab the latest issue of SCT and start the fun.
What a fun layout! Love it.