Good morning friends! It’s the final day of our 13th birthday celebration and what a day we have in store for you! If you have joined us from the beginning, thank you. We’ve loved all your comments! If you’re joining us for the first time today, we’re so glad you’re here and hope you’ll join in from the beginning HERE.
Today Creative Team members Paige Evans and Nicole Nowosad are here along with our friends from American Crafts with a grand, GRAND prize! Let’s get to it…
Hi everyone! Paige Evans here with a new birthday-themed layout for the birthday celebrations happening here! So fun and exciting! This layout features a free cut file which you can grab below and my Whimsical collection with Pink Paislee.
I started by die cutting my banner cut file from smooth white cardstock using a Silhouette Cameo 3. Then I used a rainbow striped paper to back all the little open spaces – I didn’t measure each piece, I just eyeballed the size and it probably took about an hour to back the entire design. Not too bad! I backed the larger spaces of the banner with a subtle pink paper.
Download HERE!
Next, I splashed watered down white acrylic paint across a purple ombre paper to jazz up my background, let it dry, and then tucked this sweet photo of my daughter under the right side of the banner. I used dimensional adhesive to attach the banner in place for depth and to create shadows.
Then I came in with a new package of floral die cuts and tucked a bunch of them under the banner. I think that’s my 12th set of flower die cuts I’ve used lol – what can I say, they make the perfect finishing touch and help layouts come together so quickly! I created the title on the banner using colorful mini Thickers and placed a heart chipboard sticker between the words.
To embellish I added a puffy sticker banner below the title and placed a dragonfly chipboard sticker overlapping the edge of the photo. Then I sprinkled enamel dots here and there for even more pops of color. I finished by writing my journaling in another section of the banner.
Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out this new layout! See you again soon!
Patterned paper, stickers, die cuts, enamel dots, Thickers: Pink Paislee; white cardstock; white acrylic paint; Cut file: Banner by Paige Evans; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo 3
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Happy Birthday SCT Magazine! Today I am sharing a fun card that is perfect to give to that special someone for their birthday!
Supplies: Cardstock, doily, sequins – Doodlebug Designs; Cardstock – Bazzill; Stickles – Ranger; Stamps – Stampin’ Up; Ink: Gina K. Designs
Diecut a fun birthday themed design using a metal die or on your digital die cutting machine and make it the star of the show on the front of your card! Adding an extra-large image makes the card POP! I layered together different tones of the same colour of cardstock, adding foam adhesive to the backside of the top layer to add some easy dimension.
Layer a doily behind your image to give your card that birthday feel – add a little flag to the top of the cupcake using a simple toothpick to add your celebration sentiment.
Thank you for joining me today and HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCT!
Thank you, Paige and Nicole, for two amazing birthday themed projects and a cut file today! We are now going to wrap up this celebration with our grand prize from American Crafts!
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LOOT BAG GIVEAWAY – GRAND PRIZE!!!
We just wanted to pop in and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Scrapbook & Cards Today! We appreciate our long-standing relationship with Scrapbook & Cards Today, and wish you all the best in the years to come!
We’re excited to offer this special prize for this very special day…so who wants to win the ultimate scrapbooking prize? ???? This grand prize is filled to the brim with products from American Crafts, Amy Tangerine, Kelly Creates, Crate Paper, and MORE! We’ve also included a We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill! Good luck!
To enter each day’s giveaway:
1. Leave a comment below and today, tell us what part of our new spring issue is your favourite! (if you have not seen it, you can view/download the issue HERE ????)
2. Comment to be left by April 4th at midnight EST.
3. Winners will be announced right here on April 5th!
Thank you for all the kind comments you have left for each of our birthday sponsors this week! They have LOVED hearing from you! We hope you will continue that today by thanking our friends at American Crafts for not only this prize but for all the amazing support they provide to all that we do here at the magazine and with our Crop & Create events!
American Crafts: Facebook and Instagram
But wait, there’s more! For extra entries to win this grand prize, join in the fun below …
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One last thank you to each of our readers for joining us to celebrate our 13th birthday. We could not have imagined the joy we would receive from you for so many years. If you are newly joining us, welcome to the SCT family.
Now let’s start planning our 14th birthday!
~ Catherine, Founder & Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine
The Pocket Play section is my favorite! This is the style I scrapbook in so I am always looking for design tips.
Other than all the amazing layouts and projects, I love the design tips and tricks. I learn new things with every issue!
Such a great page! Wow! and the giveaway is amazing! I loved the 3is. That was totally inspiring.
The Fab Florals section is my favorite
WOW! This prize ROCKS! Don’t have any of these items and would love the chance to create with them! My favorite part of the Spring issue is the Ideas, Insights and Inspirations section. Great ideas to have at-hand for future layouts! Happy birthday SCT!
This is a great magazine. I love the pocket play, the 3ts and creative cards. I enjoyed it.
Oh My Goodness! Hold the Fort! What an awesome way to end a wonderful celebration! SCT thank you for all these awesome ideas and the fun that went along with it! Happy 13TH Birthday and cheers to many more years!
The scavenger hunt!
I love the Page Maps. Especially the double page spreads. I do a lot of 2 page layouts and get great ideas from these,
Nicole’s birthday card looks good enough to eat!
My favorite part of SCT Spring issue is “the essentials” on pages 11-13. I look for what is new to use in my paper crafting from tools to embellishments. SCT is a good directory of what’s coming, where to find it as well as how to use it.
Thank you SCT for 13 years of inspiration and wishing you success in the years to come!
I love the 10 most wanted article!!! Actually I love the entire magazine.
That is a tough one as I love all the inspiration in this spring book. The pocket play section is a bonus and with doing the pocket Sct class it will be helpful.
I love the top ten section where I learn about the latest products that are out.
Love Paige’s layout! I always like the top ten section to keep up with the latest and greatest in the scrapping world. This prize is amazing, yes please!
Happy birthday, it’s been fun celebrating with you!
I love the pocket play section. Doing the SCT pocket class now, so fun! Happy birthday!
Call me crazy, but I intentionally set my new SCT issue aside so that I can savor it slowly this weekend without any outside interruptions!
Thanks for letting us all be a part of the birthday celebration!
Paige’s layout is absolutely stunning! Her style is so incredible – I just love her creations! Wow, what an amazing end to this big, celebratory week! Thanks so much for the chance to win. My favourite part of the spring issue (every issue :) is the “10 Most Wanted” – just love that section and then I know where to spend my money, lol.
Scrapbookandcards you are amazing. Thanks you for all the beautiful price you offer to us for our birthday. Happy 13th birthdays.
Sure enjoyed the daily venture to see how SCT celebrated the 13 birthday , always awesome give away choices, SCT sure knows how to throw a fantastic celebration by including everybody, the bring issue on each page has greatness and to choose which I like is a hard choice , I browsed it a few times and keep getting a new idea to bring me to the next step in layouts and cards…Thanks for the days of fun till next time Good luck to all…
Thank you for celebrating your birthday with those amazing giveaway …you are amazing as always..the spring issue is wow ! But I personally loved the articles about pocket page and the one of Cathy about design your story because are new things for me and they pushed me to try something different in my craft room ????
Love the die cut banner on the layout! !I love the essentials article and the design challenge – so many gorgeous layouts. This issue is filled with so much inspiration!
Paige always creates the most beautiful layouts and this one is no exception! Happy birthday SCT!
Thanks for a wonderful week of celebrations!
I love the whole magazine for all the inspiration
and creativity it contains!
Wow, such an amazing prize! Love Scrapbook and Cards, your magazine is so inspiring!! Happy, Happy Birthday!
My fav part of the magazine is the Pocket Pages, as I love to scrapbook this way!!
My favorite was the 10 Most Wanted article, always good to know what new products are available. This final give away is beyond words! Someone will certainly be extremely elated!
Thank you for the great celebration! Fun prizes. My favorite part of the magazine is the section that says Creative Cards. I like how so many ways of using stencils on our cards is shown.
I love everything about the spring issue, but pagemaps is my favorite! I have been trying to get away from kits with specific instructions and be a little more creative. These give me just the right amount of guidance.
Happy Birthday and thanks for all of the great ideas!
Love looking at all the beautiful creations in each issue, so much inspiration.
Great prize to end the week. Love the layout with all the pretty colors!
WOW, what a prize! and what a difficult question!! … I think there’s nothing in the magazine that I did not like a lot!!! Choose a single part as my favorite … uff. OK, I’ll choose the “creative cards” section because for all the techniques and inspiration that it has
I loved the 3T’s article and the bonus page maps. I will be using both very soon. Thanks for the chance to win!!
My favorite part of this Springs issue is the different layouts of the cover page! The photo of the adorable little girl and the different layouts are really great. What a hard choice to make for the cover! Thanks very much to American Crafts for this amazing giveaway! Happy Birthday SCT!!!
Happy birthday, and what a great final giveaway! My favorite part of the new issue is the “10 most wanted” section. As a new scrapper it really helps me imagine new approaches to pages. When I started scrapping I had no idea how many different media could be brought to a page! The section, and the magazine as a whole, is truly inspiring.
Wrapping up the BIG BIRTHDAY WEEK CELEBRATION…already?
Well, its been another fun time reading all of the comments and trying to win the big hauls, and for that THANK YOU!
My favorites in the magazine are the sketches and the 10 must haves. the Sketches have been a long time favorite of mine because of the inspiration and challenge. The top ten must haves, keeps me in the loop with all of the latest and greatest new stuff showing up in our paper crafting aisles & websites, love that too!
Happy 13th Birthday!
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I like the pocket play section
I love the pocket play section. Don’t you love birthdays! Today is my birthday too. Happy Birthday to SCT and thank you to you and all of the sponsors today and all week. I am looking forward to making some of the cards, layouts and projects that you had all week. Happy Spring everyone.
Beautiful layered birthday layout and card! Love, love, love, your magazine! It’s really hard to pick just one thing from this issue. I really like the layout on the front. I like the 3Is and all the new featured products too. What more can I say – you really have a great magazine! Keep it going! Happy Birthday SCT! Oh, and thanks to all the sponsors for all the great prizes.
The Creative Cards section is my favorite. I love to learn
Great page with birthday wrap. SCT Spring Magazine, page 22 the stitched flowers, I realy want to try that.
The 10 Must Haves is my favorite. I need to know what I need :)
I am addicted to sketches…so the Page Maps sketches by Becky are def. my fav.
What creative people work for scrapbook and cards! The scrapbook layout is so cheerful and spectacular! And that card!!! It is so ingenious! My favourite section of the magazine is the 3l, especially the creative card section. There’s so many examples of awesome cards! I wish you for the last time a very happy 13 th birthday. May you be around for at least another 13 years! You are awesome and spectacular, WOOT, WOOT!!! Ah yes i almost forgot to thank today’s sponsor for the amazing prizes included in the giveaway! So a great big thank you!
Happy Birthday SCT! Thank you for the free cut file “Banner” and your layout Paige Evans, beautiful. Love Nicole, can’t wait to create with you this weekend at Crop & Create Winnipeg! I love everything in the spring issue, but mostly the pocket page ideas. Thank you for the chance to win prizes. Especially thanks to all the wonderful sponsors!
Wow, absolutely love Paige’s layout! Almost makes me want to buy an electronic cutting machine … Really looking forward to taking one of Paige’s classes at Crop & Create Winnipeg this weekend, only 5 more hours to wait :). The Creative Cards section of the Spring issue has a whole lot of inspiration for me. Thanks for the chance to win an amazing goody bag.
Have loved all the posts and fun inspiration this week. Great job everyone! I’m looking forward to all the posts coming from SCT and using wonderful products from companies that support our creative community. Thank you!!!
Love that banner bday layout! So inspirational and beautiful design. Wat a grand giveaway prize! Again HB SCT and many more crafting years to come and TY to all the generous sponsors for their charitable support. My favorite part of SCT magazine are the free cut files and sketch page maps and all the inspiration layouts n ideas. If I get picked to win I would like to share this grand giveaway to all my crafty besties!
I love that layout and the cut file. I possess no technical know how so I have to try and figure out how to download the cut file but I definitely will! Thank you for a fun and inspirational week not to mention the opportunity to win outstanding prize packages. I’ve visited every one of your sponsors and so appreciate them as well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY and thanks for letting us celebrate with you.
Love the magazine but my favorite part is the 10 Must Haves ????
Love the 3Ts section, and the 10 Most Wanted under the Essentials section – very informative and inspiring!
I think we won’t mind if the loot bags are split into smaller portions so more people have a chance to win some goodies =D
Thanks for the awesome giveaways and a wonderful week of celebration! Happy Birthday again, and many many more to come!
Pocket play. Wanting to do a memory book about my daughter’s journey from Miss to Mrs and with all the wedding planning, this will be a quick fun way to do this. Thank you for the ideas and inspiration. Happy Birthday – – so far has been a fun celebration!!
What a selection! I haven’t made any new purchases in awhile so these ideas and items would be a welcome addition. I seem to live each magazine more but have always loved Becky’s sketches and the pocket page looks really fun and interesting. Thanks!
This giveaway is Amazing!!! My favorite was the design 101..these tips are always very useful for me.
I love the creative cards and product play sections. So many great ideas!
Such gorgeous inspiration! Love them all! Wishing SCT a wonderful birthday again! I am always so inspired and love reading SCT!
Amazing week of celebrating and sharing! Thanks so much to you and your sponsors!
I love the 10 most wanted section of the magazine. Thank you to American Crafts and We R Memory Keepers for the wonderful prizes to win! Happy Birthday to SCT Magazine. It has been a pleasure to get to know you this you! Thank you for printing your beautiful magazines!
We can only pick one thing? I’d say ALL the great ideas for pages and cards. But if I can only have one I’d say the crawling page. So many baby pages are for girls and this one would be great for about (specifically my new grandson coming in July).
Thanks for the cut file. I can hardly wait to start playing with it!
The Spring issue has so much inspiration after this long, dreary and wet winter!
I enjoy the entire magazine but like seeing the top Tens.