Welcome to the 2pm hour of our International Scrapbook Day celebration! We just love this hour’s theme and challenge, based on using what you have in your stash for any type of layout! Let’s hear from Becki Adams, and get her tips for changing up the theme of your products to pare down your stash!

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Hello, Scrapbook and Cards Today fans! It’s Becki here to share a fun challenge with you for National Scrapbook Day 2022! Isn’t this the best weekend?! There’s nothing I love more than celebrating this amazing hobby that we all share. Let’s create and tell our stories—not just this weekend, but always. It’s so important!

One of my favorite things to do is switch the collection theme. For example, create a school-themed layout using a baby collection. To jumpstart your inspiration, I created a layout using the Let’s Get Crafty collection from Simple Stories. Instead of making a crafting-themed layout, I created a baby layout.

It’s usually easier than you may think! Here are three tips for you to make this challenge easy and fun:

  1. Focus on the back of the patterned paper. This is the B-side, and it usually has a smaller tone-on-tone pattern.

  2. Keep your title generic. If you’re working with a baby collection and have the title, “sweet baby” drop the word “baby” and simply use the word “sweet.”

  3. Focus on basic embellishments such as tags, frames, labels, and enamel dots.

  4. Mix in a sheet or two of cardstock!

There are so many possibilities within a collection, it doesn’t matter what theme the manufacturer intended! The products that find their way into your hands are meant to tell your stories no matter what the theme is.

If you’d like to see how this layout came together, check out this process video, found on the Scrapbook & Cards Today YouTube channel:

Friends, I cannot wait to see what you create! Happy International Scrapbook Day and happy crafting!

Find more of Becki’s work here: Instagram | YouTube | Blog

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What an amazing layout, Becki! Let’s take on Becki’s challenge: create a project using a themed collection, but change the theme on your project using Becki’s tips above!

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. Use a list on your project, whether it is on a traveler’s notebook, traditional layout or pocket page!
  2. Submit an image of your creation to us (must be under 2mb!) at ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
  3. Put “INSD Change the Theme Challenge” in your reference line;
  4. Submit your entry by Wednesday, May 18th, at midnight ET. Winners will be announced here on the blog on Saturday, May 21st.

What are you creating for? Take a look at the amazing prize sponsored by our friends at Simple Stories:

Happiness is craftiness! If crafting is your jam, this all-new collection from Simple Stories will take you to your happy place! Whether it’s sewing, stamping, scrapbooking, home décor, or cardmaking the bold colors, crafty icons, and creative sayings all come together to color your life and help you to keep creating!

This Let’s Get Crafty prize package includes the Let’s Get Crafty Collection Kit, 6×12 Chipboard, Journal Bits, Washi Tape, and Page Pieces!

We cannot wait to see your amazing projects and to give this gorgeous collection away to one of you! Check out the links to Simple Stories below to see more inspiration using Let’s Get Crafty, and don’t miss what’s next on today’s schedule! We’ll see you on our Facebook page next at 3:30pm ET for a live with Totally Tiffany!

Simple Stories: Website | Blog | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | YouTube