Happy Thursday SCT friends! It’s Day 4 of our 13th Birthday celebration and when you see what we have in store for you, then you’ll know we know how to celebrate! Inspiration, some tips from our Creative Team and an amazing loot bag to complete the day. Maybe hum a little happy birthday tune and let’s get this party started today with Meghann Andrew!
Hello SCT friends! It’s Meghann Andrew and I’m so excited to be with you today as we celebrate SCT’s birthday! Today I have a much-loved layout to share with you, and although I have scrapped these photos before, right after my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I took the opportunity to document this subject again, four years later, from a different perspective.
Supplies | Patterned paper, puffy stickers, cardstock stickers, Thickers: Crate Paper Hooray collection; sequins: Close to My Heart; digital die-cut file: Scrapbook and Cards Today; cardstock: Bazzill; spray mist: Studio Calico
This layout, created with the Crate Paper Hooray collection, gives me all of the momma feels. While going through my daughter’s birthday photos throughout the years, I came across these from a birthday photo shoot. I marveled at the changes in my daughter over the last four years and noticed things about her at two that I would not have seen before. Time gives you a different perspective and a great reason for documenting an event again down the road with fresh eyes.
I started out with the SCT January 2019 free cross-hatch cut file created by Nicole Nowosad which I cut in pink and backed with a pink and yellow Hooray patterned paper to add some tone-on-tone texture to the background. This also set my color scheme. I allowed the edges to stay off the page, keeping adhesive only in the center of the die cut. From there, I grouped my 4″ squared photos together and adhered with dimensional adhesive.
On each of my photos, I adhered a fussy-cut pennant to the top corner,and slid the “happy, happy day” card underneath my photos for another layer. Instead of creating a large title that would take up a good portion of my page, I added the “birthday girl” circular cardstock sticker, and topped it with a party hat. My journaling was printed in strips and adhered on top of the die cut background.
There are so many amazing embellishments in the Hooray collection, and I wanted to use a range of textures to create a diagonal line through my layout. With foiled cardstock stickers, puffy stars and glittery star Thickers, I added both embellishments and texture to the page. The Close to My Heart sequins were also added along the embellishment line, and to give them that perfectly scattered look, I sprinkled them around the page, and just adhered them where they fell.
I love seeing these sweet birthday photos of my daughter in a new, fresh way. I hope I’ve encouraged you to look back on a precious birthday memory and document it again. It may surprise you that you have something new to record. Thanks so much for coming by, happy creating and Happy Birthday SCT!
~ Meghann
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Hello SCT friends, Sheri Reguly here today! With the exception of “just because” cards, birthday cards are my favourite to both create and to give. I always like to have an extra one or two on hand.
SUPPLIES: CARDSTOCK: Bazzill Basics; PATTERNED PAPER, ENAMEL DOTS: Echo Park Paper; EPHEMERA: American Crafts; METAL CHARM: Pink Paislee; METAL DIES: Taylored Expressions; FONT: Blackjack; ADHESIVE: Xyron, Therm O Web, OTHER: White Thread
The card that I created to share with you today features a quick and easy card created with a digital element. All you need is a coloured text box, a white font, a colour printer and a 1 1/4” circle punch. After creating your initial design, a quick adjustment to the hue is all you have to do to create the element in any colour/colours you desire.
Although I didn’t have any birthday themed product on hand, I found it fun to improvise and come up with a creative solution.
I printed my digital element in five different color variations, cut them out using a circle punch and then adhered them to my card front, slightly overlapping one on top of the other. An ephemera tag combined with a die cut title made up my sentiment, while an adorable sundae accent, metal charm, some die cut butterflies, and a few enamel dots added the perfect finishing touch.
Thank you so much for joining me…wishing you all a wonderful day! Here’s to another 13 years SCT!
~ Sheri Reguly
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Happy Birthday, Herzlichen Gluckwunsch zum Geburtstag, Bon anniversaire, and Feliz Cumpleaños to Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine! Thirteen looks GREAT on you!
Recently I spent a week in Mexico City with my two oldest siblings. Every time I step foot in Mexico, my pulse evens out, and I relax into the more laid back Mexican vibe. It’s been a busy year, and I was determined to slow down and craft while taking this much needed break.
Before I left, I hatched a plan to create this card inspired by one of my very favorite Mexican shirts. I cut the Altenew Cross Stitch Canvas die from black cardstock and gathered the appropriate floss colors, a needle threader, my compact scissors (that get through security every time!), and a couple of needles. On my four hour flight, I watched a movie, and stitched away with a photo of my shirt as my guide. What an awesome way to pass the time on a long flight!
I didn’t have a guide of what to do, so I made up my own stitches and eyeballed the spacing. It isn’t EXACTLY like the shirt, but you can see the connection.
And here’s me wearing the shirt at my Cinco de Mayo celebration last May.
And of course, what birthday card is complete without the appropriate sentiment? My Mexican themed card needed a Spanish sentiment, so I stamped Feliz Cumpleaños using the Shake Your Bones stamp set from Hero Arts!
So Salud to my favorite brand new teenager—SCT magazine! Here’s to many more years of creative inspiration!
Susan R. Opel, Editor-in-Chief
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LOOT BAG GIVEAWAY – Day 4!
It’s another exciting day of giveaways! Joining us on Day 4 is Jillibean Soup, Clear Snap, Your Next Stamp, Creative Memories and Hero Arts! Ready to take a peek in the loot bag? Let’s go!
From Jillibean Soup:
Wishing our lovely partner Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine a very Happy 13 Years! We’re so happy to be part of their family of brands. Looking forward to all the creativity and community support they bring in the next 13 years. Today’s birthday giveaway includes our NEW 6×8 Paper Pads: Dots & Plaids! Each pad contains several patterns of either dots or plaids. These make the perfect start for cards, die cutting, or for additional patterns on your scrapbooking layouts.
From Clear Snap:
WOW! This is a really big deal! Scrapbook & Cards Today is turning 13! Happy Birthday!
We can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to gift some of our newest products to you! The ColorBox® Citrus Paintbox and Love Petal Point offer new combinations of bright, fun pigment inks. Each color is removable for individual use or can be used together for multi-colored stamping. To top it off we’re including awesome ClearStamps with sentiments for any special occasion.
Cheers to 13 amazing, creative years and to many more!
From Your Next Stamp:
Happy 13th Birthday SCT! YNS is so proud to be a part of this amazing industry filled with incredible people. We looking forward to celebrating many more fabulous years with all of you!
Today’s prize package includes:
- Gumdrops
- Magical Wishing Wells stamp set- coming in April
- Wishing Well Fairy stamp set – coming in April
- Many Thanks stamp set
From Creative Memories:
Happy 13th birthday to our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today!
Go walkin’ on sunshine with the Simply Sunshine collection! This fresh, airy collection of spring scrapbooking supplies is inspired by the delicate beauty of springtime blossoms and blooms, greenery and garden friends like butterflies and bumblebees and features a palette of light and dark spring greens, buttercream yellow, and marigold. It’s perfect for all your photos of nature, springtime, picnics, gardening, babies, birthdays, Easter, family outings and more!
From Hero Arts:
Happy Birthday, Scrapbook & Cards Today! Thank you for creating such a beautiful publication (and inspiration-filled blog) for the crafting world! Inspired by Susan’s project today, our prize consists of products perfect for a birthday fiesta!
Today’s prize package includes:
- It’s Fiesta Time & matching Frame Cuts
- Shake Your Bones & matching Frame Cuts
- Cinco de Meow & matching Frame Cuts
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Another day full of WOW! Thank you to Meghann and Sheri from our talented Creative Team along with our Editor-in-Chief, Susan for the beautiful projects they’ve shared today. Another round of thank you’s go to Jillibean Soup, Clear Snap, Your Next Stamp, Creative Memories and Hero Arts for these amazing prizes on Day 4!
To enter each day’s giveaway:
1. Leave a comment below and today, tell us if you stacked up all your patterned paper how many inches you might have :)
2. Comment to be left by April 4th at midnight EST.
3. Winners will be announced right here on April 5th!
We always love when you take a moment to thank our partners and hope you will take another moment today to do the same either on their Facebook page or on Instagram…or both! Send them a direct message or look for their post about today’s giveaway.
Jillibean Soup – Facebook and Instagram
Clear Snap – Facebook and Instagram
Your Next Stamp – Facebook and Instagram
Creative Memories – Instagram
Hero Arts – Facebook and Instagram
And that’s a wrap on Day 4! Tomorrow we will wrap up the birthday celebrations with Creative Team members Nicole Nowosad and Paige Evans along with our friends from American Crafts. Trust us, you won’t want to miss it!
117 inches….maybe. I think. It’s a lot. But I love paper. Happy birthday again!
About 10 feet so 240 inches aft least. I have a lot of paper
Another day of beautiful projects ???? Since I recently de-stashed, I know I have a 10 inch pile left…lol. Happy Birthday again!!
Happy Birthday Week again (still?????). Patterned paper. Oh dear. One of my weaknesses. I went and measured. 78 inches ????
So I think it’s only about 24″… So not bad enough that I should stop buying it!!
Happy birthday!!
I’m swooning over the stitched card! Love the colours on all of the projects!
Love the cut file and that stitched card-amazing! Happy birthday, so glad we get to share it with you, your magazine is the best!
I think about 32.
I would guess 2-3 feet
I love patterned paper, but don’t have much of a stash after recently moving. I’d say I have about 12 inches worth.
ooo boy it would probably be in the neighborhood of 48+ inches? I love paper!!!! Happy birthday!!
Such a beautiful layout and two great creative cards. You really do have creative and inspiring people on your team! What great prizes too! Wow! What a funny question! Can’t begin to guess how tall my stack of patterned paper might be! Maybe as tall as the Statue of Liberty? P.S. Don’t tell my husband!????
Fab mix of projects today from the designers. Beautiful layout and I love the quick and easy card. Stitching looks so fantastic on cards, but I tried it once and it took too long, so I’ll settle for admiring other designers’ projects. I’m a relatively new card maker so my stack of patterned paper is less than 6″. Thank you for the opportunity to win these fun prizes from your generous sponsors.
I am an avid lover of patterned paper and I have about 48 inches of paper. Love the layout and colourful card!
I am not a paper hoarder, as difficult as that is for some people to understand! I think I might have about 2 inches max of patterned paper!
About 12 inches, maybe 15.
I think there is no ruler or other device that could possibly measure the whole stack of my patterned paper stack…
I love all the projects you made and the awesome prizes there are to win. Thank you so much for the opportunity to view projects of talented designers and generous sponsors.
Oh my! If I don’t win, I’ve got to buy that Hero Arts Chihuahua stamp set for my newly adopted dog! It’s so funny! I seriously have a good 120 inches of paper. I love it all.
Ok, I’m an addict! I’m addicted to paper and have one full bedroom just devoted to paper. I’m so blessed to have shelves and shelves of pattern paper and if stacked, would be taller than my house! Thank you for such a fun birthday celebration and to your sponsors for such a generous prize.
Happy birthday! Another day of lovely gifts!
Patterned paper is about 75″ Don’t even want to measure the plain colored paper. It’s just so fun to buy and use!! Again, Happy Birthday – loving all of the crafty celebration!!!
Wonderful projects today! I happen to be doing some stitching right now with the Altenew Pegboard die cut, so especially loved seeing Susan’s card! Generous sponsors giving someone a terrific loot bag! How many inches of printed paper? I actually have more colored cardstock, but I’d say maybe 24 inches.
Love the colors!! My paper, oh probably about 4 inches. I have room for more though.
Many great projects and use of stamps and layouts. Really love that stitched card so unique. I found a ton of paper at a thrift store so I would say about two feet.
Good day SCT! Another fabulous day of inspiration and prizes! Now that’s a scary question to ask! lol I recently did a purge of my patterned paper, but if I’m being honest with myself, I could stack what’s left about 5 or 6 feet high (72 inches or so). Yikes.
Love all these projects. As for how many INCHES of patterned paper…I’m so beyond inches, I’m into feet! I would say, if we stacked it all…we’d have at LEAST 8 feet? (96″) – actually, probably more. But that’s good enough to start with! ;-)
Another fabulous day of “birthday “ gifts!! Great projects, so colourful. Again, thank you for the opportunity to win these wonderful products! I would say I have about 8 to 10 inches of paper!
I would have to say just under 7 feet of patterned paper if I were to stack loose sheets and pads! I know it’s crazy but I do LOVE paper! and I do share! Great cards and layout on today’s celebration post!
Happy Birthday again!
…what a fun question to answer, as i have just been “reorganizing my stash” and can likely come fairly close with my answer…in paper pads ALONE about 2 1/2 feet, single page patterned papers, about the same….FIVE FEET of PAPER…?! WTH, that’s not even counting plain old card stock! LOL!
Once again wonderful creative examples of what can be done. I would have to measure the height of my patterned paper in feet not inches. I have two five foot racks stuffed and several storage boxes with specific themed patterned papers in them and so I believe the stack would be at least 5 feet if stacked flat on the floor.
Happy 13th birthday and probably a million inches.
Love all the new stamps and dies .. especially love the YNS. If I stacked up all my pattern papers I would have a good 28 inches !! I love paper
I own a lot of paper. I am guessing 3 feet high, so 36 inches. Fun question! Love the ideas!
I love the bright springy colors in the card and layouts today!! I probably have a 12-15″ pile of patterned paper!!
Birthday greetings again! What awesome projects and prizes for today!
I guess my patterned paper supply is a little more moderate – 22 inches about – if stacked!
It’s Fiesta Time! How cute!!!!!
My pattern paper stash measures, 3.5” including 12×12 and 6×6 papers.
Which leaves me thinking I need to go shopping, after seeing these projects.
Another day of awesome prizes! To answer your question, I am quite sure that if I stacked all my patern paper, it would be at least 18 inches. But I think that the pile might even be 24 inches. I have so much, but I use so little. Maybe it’s time to purge and use the ones I keep. Have a great day! Thanks to all the sponsors for the great prizes!
If I stacked my patterned paper I would probably have about 30 inches. And that’s just a quick guess
I have been reorganizing and purging the past month so it was easy to measure. I have 85” of patterned paper????plus the card stock I didn’t measure!! I am on a mission to start using it, but I’m afraid it’s more than can be used in my lifetime; however, that doesn’t mean i’m opposed to winning more???? since a lot of it is old. I’m talking some i’ve had for almost 20 years!
Impossible to count the papers. About 18×12” atleast. But have very old paper and use it with my volunteerwork with an elderly group.
The lay-out is beautiful. Live the small paperstriped. Sure will try that on a lay-out. So let’s the party go on.
If I stacked all my pattern paper I would probably have about 150 inches. I have paper every where. Just guessing.
Gorgeous inspiration and fun and fantastic prizes today! Thank you so much for the chance to win – let the birthday celebrations continue!!! :)
Well, since I am not a compulsive buyer and I do not have much space either, I do not keep unused papers. I must have two or three collections that I want to keep because they are very beautiful, but nothing more. So what I keep should not measure a 1 inch. For being generous I will say just that one inch and all are 12×12
I have paper a divided by types but probably at least at inches. Maybe more.I love my paper!
It is impossible to count my papers. On this moment I make minibooks so that needs a lot. And I have very old papers that I don’t use because it is to pretty. Thanks for the chance to win this lovely prizes. Elly from The Netherlands.
I don’t want to admit how much patterned paper I have if I stacked it! Ha! You may see me on an episode of Hoarders soon. But seriously, happy birthday to a wonderful company that loves to share so much about other wonderful companies.
I did a rough measuring and will guess about 55 inches. lol
LOVE all the fun projects today and LOVE all the wonderful,
and generous, sponsors. Happy 13th Birthday!!!
Love all of these! And I do NEED more paper and stamps. This would bring me to at least 8 inches of patterned paper. Oh the things I could create ????
Happy birthday! I only started scrapbooking in October, but already I’ve amassed so much paper that I had to invest in an Ikea cabinet with several drawers!
Between three and four feet. I’d hate to stack it all
together – it would make me think I was a
hoarder (which I probably am). Fantastic
prizes today. thanks and Happy Birthday
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Hi, I’d have only about 5 inches. I think I need to go shopping.
Another fun day! Such a fun layout and birthday card! And what fabulous prizes! If I stacked my patterned paper, I would probably have a good 24″.
I don’t have much room to hoard paper and don’t use patterned paper as often as I probably should so I would guess my stack would be maybe an inch or two (and it’s mainly thanks to my awesome neighbour who gave me a bunch when she destashed).
I have about 24″ of papers in my stash. Love the bright, colorful papers in today’s giveaway!