Happy National Scrapbook Day! It’s Virginia here joining in for some crafty fun, I think it is pretty amazing to have a day designated to celebrate this wonderful hobby of ours!
I like to make the most of my scrapbook supplies, yes I’m one of those scrapbookers that looks at a 2×2 scrap piece of paper and thinks deliberately ‘keep’ or ‘recycle’, some of you are nodding in agreement right, ha!
I was on a roll using Echo Park’s summer collection pack and was able to complete 12 pages from just using the collection pack. I wanted to squeeze the 13th page from the scraps left over, a few strips of pattern paper and a few journaling cards.
Instead of using the 3×4 journaling cards as just cards, I had a little fun with them. In one spot, I cut the card in half (horizontally) and placed each half above and below the photo, this stretches the sentiment and makes the photo a focal point.
For the row of banners, I cut the journal card in vertical strips to create various banner lengths. You can still see the images of the journal cards peeking through. I used the negative of a sticker border to create a faux ‘stitch’ line across the pennants. Manufacturers usually include a long sticker border placed at the edge of the 12×12 sticker sheet, look for a thin strip that is left over on the sticker sheet.
Hope this inspires you to use up all your scraps!
3:00 PM GIVEAWAY!!!
It's 3:00 pm and all's well! Our designers are knocking it out of the park today and the prizes have been drool worthy! We can wait to show you what's up this hour…Echo Park Paper AND Stampin' Up!
"You can win this fun summer collection kit "I Love Sunshine;" as well as, the coordinating Ephemera Pack and 4×6 Stamp. Full of bright and happy colors, this incredible collection celebrates all your summer memories. Who doesn't love the sunshine? We know you'll love this collection too! Happy {inter} National Scrapbooking Day SCT friends!" ~ Echo Park Paper
Our friends at Stampin' Up! are excited to provide one lucky SCT winner with the Project Life Love Story card collection and the accessory pack!
Thank you Echo Park and Stampin' Up! For an opportunity to win these AMAZING prizes, please leave a comment below by Saturday, May 9th! Winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 13th! Good luck!
A "thank you" goes such a long way and we know how much our partners would appreciate hearing from you on their facebook pages! Why not "like" them while you're there. We sure do!
Up next: Christa Paustenbaugh at 4:00 PM!
I love the fun summer colors in your layout! So sweet!
Awesome paper. You all are certainly getting my creative juices flowing.
A wonderful prize. Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Great job making this out of scraps.
Just loving the whole look of the summer pack! Thank you for the tips on how to use some of the embellishments.
What a happy summer layout! Love it.
Pretty summer paper! And the wedding stuff is perfect for a wedding I’m scrapbooking this summer!,
What a fabulous layout! Thanks for the inspiration.
great summer layout and wonderful prizes Thanks!
Looks like a fun page for a fun day…cute ideas to use the little extras!
Oh wow, I thought it was just me not wanting to throw and piece of paper out. LOL. Now with this pack from Echo Park Paper I am sure not one piece will be wasted. I also love the Ephemera Pack. Stampin Up has quality products and so there would be none of that leaving in the trash. Awesome prize, so lucky to have the chance to win. Thanks SCT and your amazing generous sponsors.
The scrapbook page is lovely. Love when there are several pictures on just one page!
Would love to win the giveaway too!
my two most favorite products .. Echo Park and Stampin’ Up!!
thanks again for all the inspiration and prizes you are sharing with us today
Lovely layout, Virginia. I don’t throw away any scraps and use them all the time! And oh boy, two of my most favorite companies! What a happy day!
Sweet!
What nice prizes! Thank you for the chance to win!
The LO is awesome. Thank you for the wonderful ideas. Love your page. I also love Echo Park and Stampin Up. Thank you for the chance to win these goodies.
Thank you!
Great layout, so fun and inspiring. Michelle t
Beautiful job using those scraps! You’d never guess that that’s what you were trying to do. Lovely!
I love Echo Park and this collection is perfect for summer!
Love the bright colours and the love story edition!
Good to know I am not alone in keeping scraps of paper! Never know when they will come in handy like on this wonderful layout. What a great give away too!
What a great day today! Awesome! i hope to win this giveaways.
Love the summer theme and the gorgeous colors!
Such a bright happy EP collection! And a gorgeous layout too!
I love your happy page. EP always makes such fun collections and you can never go wrong with Stampin Up!
Fun page! I’m definitely with you on debating over little scraps. 🙂
Awesome giveaway today for NSD! Thank you for participating and giving us the chance to win.
I love the bright summery colors of this collection! Happy (I) NSD!
What a fun layout! Love pinwheels!
Those are some great papers. Love the patterns
So much fun and great scrap use!
I really like the layout here. And the bright summer colours of the EP collection.. and what’s not to love about Stampin’ Up! I’m anxiously waiting for their new catalogue!
Virginia, I love the little banner across the top of your page! Super cute! and same with your pinwheels! Great giveaways too! I have been eyeing that EP collection for a while now!
Love the colors – so bright and happy! Great way to use scraps to make a fun layout!
Beautiful layout!
Fabulous layout!
What a great summer pack.. and i love the layout, great use of scraps!!
I always love more tips on using scraps!
Your row of banners are my favorite part of this layout but… for sure the whole project is super. It’s wonderful how you were able to use the last of your paper as scrap to complete such a fun creation. GREAT JOB. Thanks bunches for your part in making this a HAPPY International Scrapbooking Day. j.
such a great page, and awesome giveaway!
Cute layout. Thanks for the chance to win!
Another fun layout and prize!
So fun and cute!
Such a wonderfully sunny & bright collection you’re offering. Thanks to both, Echo Park and Stampin’ Up for sharing the love and giving us all a chance to win a fantastic prize!!
Love the bright happy colors! And always Stampin’ Up:)
love the layout! so much fun
Love the summery paper! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
wow 13 pages from one collection pack that is impressive! Fab prizes too
I love the summery paper from Echo Park and the great stamps from Stampin Up. Would love to win. Thanks for the chance.
LOVE LOVE LOVE that EP collection. And Virginia’s work is always impeccable. THANKS!!
What a beautiful layout!! You would never guess it was made from scraps. Thanks for the great ideas and wonderful inspiration!!! Happy NSD!!!!
I collect all the little bits, too. Hate to discard all that goodness. Love what you did with the strips and pieces on this LO.
Love the summery happy colors on this EP collection. Whoever wins this will be VERY lucky!
Lovely LO and great use of scraps along with creative ideas to extend the use of journal cards too!
I would have never believed that the layout was created with scraps. Thank you for this chance.
love the ep collection thanks for the chance to win
such a happy layout! and a fun giveaway! thanks so much to the generous sponsors. 🙂
Love this collection!
Love the summer paper, love Echo Park, and love Stampin’ Up! Thanks for the chance to win, to your sponsors, the inspiration, and the fun day!
Love the bright and colorful Echo Park papers!
wonderful page – love the bright colors and the little banner is perfect. great giveaway too
I always love seeing ways to use up my scraps. This is a fabulous layout.
Super cute layout, love all the fun colors and graphics on the DP. Thanks to Echo Park and Stampin’ Up for the chance to win a lovely prize.
Happy NSD Virginia! I thought your layout was awesome. I enjoyed the tip on how to make your photo the focal point and I shall remember to use it in future layouts. Nice use of your leftover paper. I especially liked the flags. They are so cute. I really love the Echo Park “I love sunshine” kit. Great giveaway. I so hope I win it. I am already imagining the layouts I would do featuring my grandchildren and summertime. Stampin’ Up’s Project Life Story Card Collection and Story Pack looks like it would be a lot of fun to work with 🙂
This is a fabulous prize! One can never have too much paper or too many stamps!
Some fun ideas for embellishing the pages.
thanks for sharing.
Loving that layout—such fun! Thanks for the chance to win some awesome prizes!
love de colors, sweet!!!
Echo Park, I love you colours and designs more and more. Thank you to you and Stampin Up for your generosity!
Happy Scrapping!!!
Two of my favorites! Thanks for the giveaways!
Love this bright happy layout and the wonderful giveaways!
Very nice. Nice colors
Love the fun summery colors on your layout and that cute little sticker strip!!
Great prizes. Thanks for a chance to win.
bright, fun and pinwheels to boot!
Summer papers.Beautiful.
Fun summer colors.
Wonderful Summer LO…
What a fun giveaway – thank you for the chance to win:)
Bring it on…loving this day and all the freebies
I save everything too LOL! You just never know when you might need it!
Your layout is full of fun colors. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Great ideas for using up scraps! Layout is adorable! Great giveaway, too!
Great colours and fun lay out. I keep almost every piece of paper – never know when it will come in handy.
LOVE the BrIgHt colors!
Fun L/O. I like the mix of banners and pinwheels.
Incredicle layout that I wish to scraplift. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win the awesome prize package!
Love these products. Happy NSD!!
I love your layout ideas. So genius to cut up the journaling cards to create a unique title. Thanks!
Thank you and happy NSD
LOVE LOVE LOVE Echo Park…..it just makes one think it’s July!!!
Thank you for a chance to win another great prize package.
what a gorgeous layout and such a fun way to use the negative of the sticker border strip!
I really like how she cut the card in half to use half on top and the rest on the bottom of the photo…such a great idea.
Some more fun and useful ideas, plus another great giveaway
What a fun layout and all scraps! Wow, What a great collection up for grabs this hour.
Beautiful layouts with wonderful giveaways. Happy NSD.
What a fab fun LO!
Oh I love summer and all the colors and inspiration. Thanks for sharing
Love this Echo Park collection! I would also love to try the Project Life set. Thanks for the chance!
Nice products would be great to win
Thank you Echo Park and Stampin’ Up! for the opportunity to win these AMAZING prizes. Virginia, you’re a gal after my own heart – don’t ever toss IT, IT will be sure to come in handy sometime for something.
I love your tips. I use the edges on sticker sheets all the time! I also love the prizes. Have a great day!
13 pages from one pack, wow! Nice work.
Great way to use these 3×4 cards, Virginia! Happy NSD!
Love that you were able to squeeze that extra layout with your scraps. I don’t know if I would be able to think of that way to use them myself. I love when you can use everything! Thanks for some great ideas. And thanks for the chance to win.
Such a cute page!
Awesome!
Happy NSD!
Just lovely!
Happy National Scrapbooking Day!
Gorgeous paper! Adorable layout!
What a fun summer layout! Thanks for another great giveaway.
Precious memories! Love the layout ♥
Oh, happy national scapbook day to you all. Love that paper collection and the SU stamps.
Love the paper colors.
Love Echo Park paper! And what a fun layout! Thanks!
Thanks for the great ideas on how to use the pocket cards in new way!
Loving the giveaways! Thanks for sharing!
so so fun and bright!
Oh wow!!!! Love
Cute layout, i love doing summer layouts, they are the most fun and this paper would be perfect.
Soooo clever. Love the banner and split sentiments around the pics…clever.
Great project- thanks for all the inspiration!
I LOVE that you used “leftovers”! I have TONS of scrapbook supplies, yet I always try to use everything I can!
Thank you for the chance to win!
What a fun summer page, love it! Thanks for the chance!
love this layout!!!! love this prize! thanks for hosting (inter)NSD day!
Can’t wait for summer to begin… Or at least spring
Echo Park and Stampin’ Up?! Whoa, be still my beating heart. Love this!
Another super layout from a few bits!!! Will definitely be using the idea of cutting up journalling cards!!! Must admit I do already use the strip from the bottom!!! LOL
Fun layout!
Terrific prizes! Thanks for the opportunity!
OHHHHH I Love this collection from EP! BEAUTIFUL! You guys have such inspiration today!
Really liking the look of this layout. Thanks for a chance to win.
love the bright colors!
I keep all my scraps too!
Love this layout. Gorgeous page!