Hello, and welcome back to our blog, where we are continuing our International Scrapbook Day 2020 celebration! Already today, we have issued a PageMaps sketch challenge, a design challenge, and a colour challenge to you. Next up: a scraplift challenge!
Our issues hold so much inspiration, so the next time that you’re stuck for a layout idea, why not find another layout that inspires you to create? As long as you give the original creator credit on their idea, you can take the aspect of the design that inspires you and use it to record your own memories! Our challenge to you is to find an inspiring project from our spring 2020 issue and scraplift it to create your next page! Share your scraplifted project with us using these guidelines:
Challenge Guidelines:
- Create a project based on layout, card, pocket page or mini album found in our spring issue and send an image of it to us at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
- Please put “iNSD scraplift challenge” in your reference line, and in the body of your email, let us know which project on which issue page inspired you!
- Please ensure your image is less than 2mb.
- You have until May 13th to send in your submission. We will share a selection of today’s challenge submissions on May 15th!
Let’s see what project creative team member Nathalie DeSousa scraplifted to create her newest layout:
“Happy International Scrapbook Day everyone! It’s Nathalie here to celebrate this special day with all of you Scrapbook & Cards Today friends. I hope you are all using the day to document your memories with all the fun challenges we have prepared for you! We love to see what other designers are creating, and many times decide to borrow some of their ideas for a project of our own. So, today, I want to show you how I was inspired by Aurelie Cormier’s “Love & Smiles” layout from the spring 2020 issue to create this page. Let’s take a look at Aurelie’s beautiful layout first:
Here is the layout that I created based off of it:
Supplies | Patterned paper, embellishments, stickers: Simple Stories Garden District collection; Paint: Vicki Boutin Watercolor; INK: Golden; Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Font: Times New Roman
Just like in Aurélie’s layout, I started with a patterned paper for the background from the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Garden District collection. Her cascading design has lots of movement that is guided by her mixed media application. I also borrowed this idea, but instead used Vicki Boutin Watercolor markers on my page, as this creates a softer effect on the background.
The original layout uses a small photo and lots of paper layers behind it. For my page, I am using a larger picture with a white border, but I decided to follow her layering idea for my page, too. This is where working with a single collection helps as all the papers coordinate and it is easier to create layers and embellish the page.
The cascading embellishments on the original page create a lot of movement; I decided to follow the placement of the embellishment clusters throughout Aurelie’s design, using ephemera and stickers from the Simple Vintage Garden District collection.
I replaced all of the wood veneer embellishments on Aurelie’s page with butterflies in my layout, but used foam adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives behind each wing to add dimension on the page. I loved the texture that the stitching added to the original, so I decided to hand stitch flying trails around the butterflies on my page. A few extra drops of gold ink, and gold thread behind the clusters complete my page.
Merci, Aurelie, for the awesome inspiration!
Now it is your turn to get creative! Choose a project from another designer and use it as inspiration to create a layout of your own. Remember to share your designs with us on social media by tagging us and using the hashtag #createwithsct! We love to see what you create and also draw inspiration from your designs! Enjoy NSD!”
GIVEAWAY!
We are so excited to offer this amazing giveaway to one lucky winner:
Document yesterday, today, and every day with the beautiful Storyline Chapters collection by Heidi Swapp. This collection includes something for everyone—the scrapbooker, planner, or journaler! Customize your favorite stories with stickers, patterned paper, embellishments, and albums. Start with soft pastels and splashes of gold, then add elegant butterflies and painterly textures to whatever “chapter” you’re working on!
To enter to win this iNSD giveaway:
- Leave a comment below by May 13th;
- For a second entry, leave a comment on the post with Nathalie’s project and this prize on our Instagram page;
- For a third entry, leave a comment on the post with Nathalie’s project and this prize on our Facebook page;
- One winner will be randomly selected and announced on May 17th!
- You do not have to participate in the challenge for our hourly prize, but we would love it if you do!
Please join us again at 6pm EST, where we will share our final challenge and inspiration from Meghann Andrew!
Join us again at 6:00 pm!
Oh my, love this layout. So very pretty!
WOW what a beautiful giveaway of Storyline Chapters collection by Heidi Swapp. I would love to win this generous prize as I am an avid scrapbooker. The colour palette is gorgeous – love it!
what a fun layout to document the day.
Beautiful collection! I would love the chance to create with this Heidi Swapp collection
Such amazing LOs. Love the backgrounds.
I love Nathalie DeSousa’s creations, Her travel pages and scrapbook layouts are always so fantastic!
What great layouts!! I need to practice the paint / splatter technique…I love the look it creates! And what a fabulous giveaway…LOVE Heidi Swapp anything! Happy NSD!
Natalie makes such pretty pages. This one is gorgeous!
The layout is beautiful!
Beautiful
Both Aurelie and Nathalie’s pages are beautiful! Love all the florals and layers.
I haven’t tried the Storyline format yet, but Heidi Swapp always have lovely products so thanks for this chance to win! 🙂
Love this ❤️
I love this page! The delicate teal/turquoise calls to me. You certaily made it your own.
Beautiful pages! Love the colors and details!
What a beautiful layout and love the embellishments! I love Heidi Swapp, what a beautiful collection from her. I’m a avid scrapbooker so this would be perfect! Happy NSD everyone!
Well done on your scraplift! Both layouts are absolutely beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration/Challenge! And thanks for the chance to win yet another prize! These storylines look FUN!
Beautiful inspiration!
Gorgeous layout
and love the wood
embellishments.
Carla from Utah
Happy National scrapbook day
Those layouts are stunning! Thanks for the inspiration and giveaways.
Beautiful layout ! Thanks for another opportunity for a prize!
Looks like a cold weather event. The colors
reflect this also. Beautiful layouts.
thanks for sharing
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I could certainly use this for traveling this summer (at least we hope we get to travel soon). Thanks for the opportunity to win this entire collection. The layouts are really nice, too.
The original layout is gorgeous and so is the scraplifted page!! Thanks for such a fun day of inspiration and prizes.
Love your layout Nathalie! Storeyline Chapters collection would be a wonderful product to use for my families storey ❤️
Love the layout! Great giveaway!
This is a great giveaway!!!! So pretty!!!
Wow 🤩 So pretty and inspiring. Done, done and done ✅ thank you for the chance to win this amazing giveaway!! 💕
I love Heidi Swapp. This looks great. I also love to scraplift.
So many giveaways. So little time. Amazing thank you for the lovely things to win.
Your layout is beautiful! I love the stitched flying trails you added around the butterflies! 🙂
Lovely layouts! I LOVE the floral framing! Great scraplift challenge! Thank you for the chance to win the wonderful giveaway!
Swooning over the layouts! Very nice prize!
Beautiful layouts! And a Heidi Swapp collection too! Crossing my fingers! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for all the inspiration today!
Beautiful as always!
Awesome giveaway 💚💚💚💚 I love both layouts.
Beautiful page!!
Beautiful layouts to use for inspiration! Beautiful collection to give away! Thanks so much!
I love the butterflies and floral!! So pretty!!
This layout is gorgeous!! I love all the dimension❤️
Looking forward to this challenge, I have already picked my sketch.
Loved the scraplift page, so springlike.
Beautiful job, Nathalie, lots of great detail.
Omg!! I love this!!
Beautiful layout! I love the details! Thank you for the chance of winning that amazing prize too!
Love reading the story about how the page came together!
This is just gorgeous. The butterflies and florals are perfect. Thank you for the NSD fun and inspiration.
Beautiful page! Thank you for the chance to win the Heidi Swapp giveaway.
Beautiful layout! Thanks for the fun day!
My favourite colours in such a lovely design! And i’ve been so excited to use Heidi’s products in this lube! Thanks for sharing.
A very lovely layout.
This is a beautiful collection & makes a pretty layout. I’d love to make something with it too.
This is a beautiful collection & makes a pretty layout. I’d love to make something with it too.
Lovely layout! The floral clusters are gorgeous!
STUNNING! I love all layers and embellishments Nathalie used on her layout.
Such an amazing prize too 🙂
Great layout ideas Natalie! I love this collection! This weekend we would have been at a crop with Heidi in attendance! I’m sure we would have been seeing this collection up close. Hopefully it will come together safely in the fall 🤞
I love this 😍
I love the butterflies on this page. So pretty. Just starting to learn about scraplift. What a great giveaway.
I love the embellishments on Nathalie’s page.
Beautiful pages! Love the fun Storyline prize too.
This layout is so beautiful. I admire Nathalie’s work so much. She is truly an inspiration. ☺️❤️
Such a stunning layout and a beautiful scraplift! So inspiring!
Great Scraplift!
Super prize pack!
So lovely! 💕
I fully intend to scrap lift this layout! Just beautiful!
stunning layout! Love the colours and the cascading elements.
I can’t wait to get started on this challenge. And thanks so much for the opportunity to win this amazing prize!
Absolutely stunning. I forgot to renew my subscription to SCT magazine and what a shame , the ideas from the magazine are amazing and endless. Bravo on this scraplift and on the original layout.
What an awesome layout! Love the colors and design. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win a great prize, too. 😀
Such beautiful layouts, very inspirational!
Lovely layout and thanks for the giveaway!
Love all your great ideas.
Lovely layout with the mixed media. So want to get my hands on Storyline Chapters! Exciting.
Beautiful layout! Sweet design, wonderful layers and composition! What a wonderful prize from Storyline
Wat a pretty layout and inspiring to make one! I love Heidi Swapp chapter line products and I am starting to document life! I would love to win this amazing HS giveaway prize! Happy INSD! Wat a fun weekend TY SCT for your great company and amazing team of designers!
What a great layout! I love Heidi Swapp and this collections is wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win. Happy INSD!
Beautiful layouts, love the colour coordination!
great pages and lifts. I’m inspired. Thanks. love NSD
Both are stunning layouts. Thanks for the inspiration. I want to try to use this idea myself.
Wow! These are both stunning pages. Thank you for sharing! I love Heidi Swapp’s products, so fun!
I like both, but I prefer the “Love & Smile” page. I like the touches of color in the background. compositions “Love & Smile” including stamping, sewing stitches, veneer accessoires and embellishment.
What a beautiful layout!
These pages are to die for. They are so beautiful. Every detail is perfect. Thank you so much for showing us your beautiful talent.
Scraplifting is so fun! This sounds like a great challenge, and I’m hoping to enter! I have also been seeing SUCH beautiful projects with Heidi Swapp Storyline Chapters, and I would LOVE to use some of this collection to do a bit of documenting of this life we’re living right now.
So many fun, gorgeous details. Love the Heidi Swapp Chapters- just perfect for preserving memories. Thank you for the inspiration and NSD fun.
I have ALWAYS loved looking through scrapbooking magazines to get inspired. It is always fun to see everyone’s creativity than in turn play with that idea and make it your own. Nathalie did an awesome job doing just that! I can’t wait to give this challenge a try! ANNNNNNNDDD I am not going to lie, it would also be awesome to win Heidi Swapp’s new Story Line Chapters collection, I can’t get enough of it!!
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Very pretty layout!
Nathalie, your layout is a stunner!! Am in love with everything she added like the butterflies with stitched flight! And would love to win Heidi Swapp’s Chapters which looks like a home run for keeping our memories! Happy #nsd2020
Wow, wow! Both layouts are gorgeous! Very elegant, pretty, eye catching and artistic! Great job! The magazine, as always is full of inspiration and amazing projects. Thanks!
Love this collection! Thanks for this giveaway!
I’d love these new products from Heidi and I’m so grateful for chance to win! Thank you 🙂
That layout is so pretty -I hope I get time to scraplift it. Oh this prize is my favourite. I have been watching Heidis videos using this new way of creating and documenting stories. I seriously want to get my hands on some but it’s not here in New Zealand yet. Thanks for the chance to fulfill my desire to play with this product.
Such a beautiful layout!
Lovely layout!
Awe! I am SO flattered that Nathalie chose my layout as her inspiration piece! And I absolutely L-O-V-E what she created! And that prize?! Any paper crafter out there would be lucky to find a place for it in their stash… I know I would! 😉
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Beautiful layouts and awesome prize pack!
Both the original layout and the lifted version are spectacular….the same but different. Each captured and represented their own style wonderfully.
Such a new and innovative product. Love it!
Love the way the embellishments work together as one to move the eye.
I love this layout, I must admit I scraplift often with so many beautiful layouts created and shared by talented people. Sometimes I create a page without a picture just because I love the layout.
Great prize pack
Both layouts are beautiful. And that giveaway prize looks amazing.
Gorgeous layouts! Job well done!!
beautiful love it
So pretty!
Great ideas on the layouts thanks for the chance to win such a great prize
Beautiful! I love the paint on the background and the butterflies around the photo!
Nice layouts! The Storyline Chapters Collection looks amazing.
Wow! I love this super beautiful layout!! Those flowers, butterflies, gold splatter, too good! <3 Thank you for the awesome giveaway 🙂
I find scraplifting to be a great tool to get me going on a layout. Seeing someone else’s work helps me to decide on a basic design that will work well with my photos.
Wow! What a beautiful layout with so much attention to detail. Love it!
Cool idea for everyone
Cool, something for everyone
Such a great challenge. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.
Gorgeous scraplift inspiration! And the giveaway! Nice! 👌
I love the original and the scraplift – they are so beautiful! They aren’t my style for creating so I love to look at what other people can do. <3
I’m head over heels about that layout by Nathalie! The stitching, the colours, the bits and bobs tucked around, it’s amazing!
Heidi Swapp always has the best ideas and scrapbook ideology, doesn’t she? Love her!
I love the layout and I love Heidi’s new Storyline collection. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love butterflies..they remind me of my mum and to always habe hope..stunning layout
Nice!
Such beautiful layouts!! I am going to give this a try! Love the giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win!
Very pretty and inspiring layout! I may need to scrap-lift this!
What a great LO. I’m big into scrap-lifting … it saves me soooo much time. I’m going to enjoy this challenge to the ‘n’th! Thanks for the fun SCT & the chance to win. 🌷💜✨
What a beautiful layout! The projects here are always so gorgeous! The colours just pop around the black and white photo. Heidi Swapp products are wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win some!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Both layouts are beautiful! Thank you for the chance to win the wonderful giveaway!
I really love the Heidi Swap products and the lovely page layout by Nathalie!
Beautiful layout. I like the stitching you added to the butterflies.
This layout is so soft and pretty – thank you for sharing it!
Both layouts are lovely and the stitching details exquisite!!! The Heidi Swap products look intriguing! Thanks for the opportunity to win them 🙂
Love the Heidi Swap collection. She has such great stuff. I would love to win this to document my trip to Ireland.