Happy NSD Scrapbook and Cards Today readers! It's Nicole and I am very excited to be on the blog to wrap up this special day while sharing share one of my tips for creating a layout. Keeping in mind my love for patterned paper, my tip for you today is all about paper! With some patterned paper and a few punches or your trimmer, you can create lots of of layers and dimension easily – and quickly! I often pull out my punches when I am short of time, or want to make a simple and quick layout like this one:
Supplies: Patterned Paper, Chipboard, Alphas (Crate Paper), Epoxy Dots (My Mind’s Eye), Vellum (American Crafts), Pin (Maya Road), Mist (Heidi Swapp)
I have several different sizes of circle punches. If you don’t the same effect can be done with just trimming squares or rectangles on your paper trimmer!
I like to grab a base paper and then a 6×6 paper pad and go crazy cutting/punching different patterns to layer on my page. Using the paper pad takes all the work out of hunting for coordinating papers – I like to punch 2-4 different sizes of shapes from one sheet of paper and layer together in a grid of sorts on my page. The grid helps keep things from getting too busy.
To add a little interest, I add in some vellum, glitter paper and machine stitch the whole thing down to add a little texture, using my Janome sewing machine. The same effect could be done with hand stitching, although it would not be as quick :)
Once you layer your paper on, don’t stop there – many companies have great pre-cut diecut circles/squares that you can add easily to your layered shapes. Think journaling spots, chipboard buttons, and more!
I absolutely cannot live without paper and lately I have been collecting 6×6 paper pads and realize just how versatile they are! Happy {inter} National Scrapbook Day…and I have a little extra surprise for you too. Keep reading!
8:00 PM GIVEAWAY!!!
We have a few incredible prizes to wrap up our {inter} National Scrapbook Day celebrations! First, design team member Nicole Nowosad created this amazing free cut file for you!
Download HERE!
In addition, you can visit Nicole's new website "Just Nick" HERE and choose an additional cut file for FREE! Use coupon code SCTNSD2015 when checking out! Congrats on the new site Nicole!
Our next prize is from our sweet friends at May Arts ribbon! They have offered a prize package of ribbon worth over $150! Look at these sweet adhesive backed gingham hearts…in EVERY colour! You'll be the envy of all your friends and then a hero when you share bit with them too!
Our last prize today is a BIG one! How would you like to win a one year subscription to Freckled Fawn's OHDEARME kits? Yes, you heard us correctly, ONE FULL YEAR!!! An amazing prize from an amazing company. Here is a peek at their latest kit that today's winner will start with…
"Hello Lovelies, happy Scrapbooking Day! Freckled Fawn is offering a one year subscription to their monthly OHDEERME embellishment kit club as a prize! The winner will receive an adorable zipper pouch full of coordinating embellishments every month for a full year starting with the March 2015 kit. Happy creating!" ~ Freckled Fawn
Amazing prizes, amazing companies, an amazing day! For an opportunity to WIN these prizes, please leave a comment below by Saturday, May 9th! All winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 13th! For one final time, good luck!!!
To thank these wonderful partners, please click on over to their facebook pages!
A huge thank you to the SCT design team for all their wonderful inspiration that was full of tips and tricks along the way today. We always say we have the best design team and again they proved that today. Thank you team! A big round of applause for you!
We would also like to thank all of today's sponsors. Like our team, we always say we have the best partner's in the industry. Without them SCT does not happen and without them, days like today are not quite as exciting. A special thank you to all our partners for sharing such wonderful and thoughtful prizes today! A round of applause for them too!
And, a round of applause for YOU! If you joined us each hour, if you checked in here and there or if you're just joining us now, we appreciate you. We appreciate all your sweet comments, the time you have taken today to publicly thank our partners today and for being the best readers out there! We love to inspire you and we love that you inspire us. Each and every day!
We hope you've enjoyed {inter} National Scrapbook Day wth us and we hope you'll leave us inspired in some way. Now go create :)
~ Catherine
Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine
what a fun page – love the layered circles – what a fantastic prize
What a fun page you created. Love all the layers and texture it has. Fantastic prizes all day, including these ones.
Holy Cow, What a prize! Wow. Thanks for the chance to win! Love the layers.
Fantastic inspiration-wow can Nicole come up with brilliant ideas. Wish I could sew so straight!
I love the stitching on the page–great inspiration! The Freckled Fawn prize sounds amazing–something new every month! The May Arts ribbon prize would add a finishing touch to cards or pages–another fantastic prize!
Wow! Great prizes to end a great day!
Linda
Wow amazing great prize
Thank you Jenn Z
Amazing layout! going to have to lift this. thanks
Wow!!! You all saved the best for last. An entire year of Freckeled Fawn?? That’s amazing! Also love love May Arts Ribbon and 150 dollars worth of ribbons!!…? That’s just Fabulous!!!!
Thank you SCT and all of the wonderfully generous sponsors today.
Great day of inspiration and fun!!
What can one say for this prize, but AWESOME! Wow JustNick, May Arts Ribbon and Freckled Fawn to go to one lucky lucky winner. I love those heart ribbons and to think a year with Freckled Fawn. I have not heard of JustNick before, but I will surely be checking it out. Thanks to all your amazing sponsors and your team that has given us a day full of fantastic layouts, ideas and inspiration. You are the best as is your sponsors. Happy National Scrapbooking Day to all
I’d love to be able to try out a year of Freckled Fawn’s OHDEARME kits, and also the May Arts ribbons are so beautiful!!! Wow!! What a wonderful day of inspiration and giveaways!!!
I love how the photo pops on this layout, yet the circles create an intriguing secondary visual. TFS
What wonderful prizes you have got for us I know whoever win them with be happy I sure hope I win
Wow Nicole – your project is just great. All those circles – soooo fun – so versatile – so scrappy! And the layers – amazing! I don’t have alot of punches or a cutter but…. I am a good fussy cutter!!! I am going to try this!! Thanks bunches for being a hostess and sharing such a great project. And WHAT GREAT PRIZES… soooo excited to hope to win one! HAPPY SCRAPBOOKING! j.
What a simple way to create a great layout! Love the stitching you did as well. That corsage pin looks kind of sharp (literally). Don’t know if I’d be brave enough to use it in one of my layouts.
Applause!!! Over the top PARTY TIME, with so many inspiring projects, fabulous eye candy and unbelievable giveaways from the sponsors. Thank you for an amazing fun National Scrapbook Day!!!
What an awesome giveaway!
Wow, a fantastic last prize!
What a way to wrap up another great NSD! Such amazing inspiration as always. I can’t wait to spend some time pinning layouts! Thanks for everything and especially this terrific prize package.
Great prizes!!! Thanks.
Also love the layout!
Loved all of the different textures used in the circles…yet they emphasized the picture and made it stand out, great day, lots of ideas!
Who’d have thought one could make so much interesting art ou tof circles? Wih a few added and cleverly placed bits and piexes, some texture and voila! More lovely layouts- complete! Thank you for the chAnce to win such a fabulous prize!
Freckled Fawn – Simply The Best! Winning a 1-year subscription would be the ultimate.
Love embellishments!
Great way to end the day
As always awesome prizes and great ideas.
Thanks for all the chances to win.
Love how the first thing you see is the photo (isn’t that really the purpose of the page?) so it’s not lost. Great layout!
Today was a lot of fun, enjoyed all the inspiration. Thanks for all the giveaways – good luck to us all! :-)
Wow! What a day it’s been…such absolutely fantastic inspiration and truly amazing and generous prizes from lots of awesome companies!
Love the layered circles. Thank you for an amazingly fun day with lots of inspiration and prizes. This has been a great day. Thank you to the sponsors. Happy NSD.
It’s been a fun ride today.
So much inspiration with great
projects from fabulous designers.
This was awesome! Thanks for putting this all together! I’m just hoping to win maybe just one of these giveaways…they’re all so cute and amazing. Thanks again!
Beautiful layout to end the day with!!!
Nicole, that’s a fun (and quick) way to fill up a page – will have to be trying that soon! The prizes are wonderful, too – thank you, SCT, for a great day of creating and commenting and visiting FB pages!
Thats such a good idea,I really like it and will actually use it! Wow wow and more wow with the Freckled Fawn giveaway kits. Terrific inspiration. Happy Scrapping and card making from Mount Vernon WA. LOVE YOU GALS AT SCT! THANKS FOR ALL THE FUN. :)
I love the circles on Nicole’s layout! I need to hunt down my punches. :)
Thank you for an inspirational day, SCT!
Great hints about using my pattern paper. What a great prize to end the day. I would love to win the subscription and have a box delivered each month. And that ribbon is so cute. My sisters would love to share with me!
Thnaks for the free cutfile and thanks for the opportunity to win! Happy {I}NSD!!
Inspiring ideas ! Thanks for the giveaways !
Wow, what a great layout! Amazing prizes!
Wow, great cut file, thanks!!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007 (at) gmail (dot) com
What a great quick and easy layout to make! Thank you for the inspiration Nicole! Thank you SCT for the chance to win some wonderful prizes!!!
Lots of fun today! Thanks!
What an awesome prize!!
WOw what a fun day! Thanks for the AWEsome cut files! Good luck to everyone and HAve a wonderful rest of your NSD!
Such a cute page. What a wonderful National Scrapbook Day. Thank you to the DT and the sponsors for everything!!!
Great way to use up your stash and the outcome is stunning!!!! Thanks for sharing your ideas and inspiration. Hope everyone had an amazing NSD!!!!!! Good luck everyone!!!!
Lovely layout,love the wording with the camera&scissors.lovely International scrapbooking day.
Thank you for a wonderful way to celebrate NSD…its been wonderful visiting your blog each hour for inspiration.
Wow, the prizes this hour are SUPER cool. Fingers crossed…
Thanks for a day of inspiration and fun (and prizes for someone!)
Thank you SCT for wonderful National Scrapbook Day!!! Thank for all the partners for all the wonderful colourful prizes. I love this site because it is Canadian base. Thank you!
Wow! What an amazing prize!!
Oh wow what a great prize to end such a great day! Thanks for all the inspiration today.