The SCT 12th birthday celebration rolls on! And I’m so happy to be a part of the festivities!
I was thinking about where I was in my life when Scrapbook & Cards Today was born 12 years ago. At the time, I was a high school English teacher and Spell Bowl coach in Fort Wayne, IN, and scrapbooking was my passion. Two years later, I quit teaching to pursue a career in the industry. What joy that leap of faith has given me! And now, I have the unique opportunity to be the Editor-in-Chief of SCT. #blessed for sure!
To celebrate this auspicious occasion, I decided to create a birthday card with a riot of color and an interactive shaker element.
I stamped the Center Cut Heart background stamp from Simon Says Stamp on white, and then I went to town coloring it with my polychromos colored pencils from Faber Castell. I’ve been working on my pencil blending, so it was fun to practice on this gorgeous design. My sister was an art teacher, and her tips were very helpful to achieving the final look.
supplies CARDSTOCK: Bazzill Basics ; STAMPS, SEQUINS: Simon Says Stamp; INK: Tsukineko; EMBOSSING POWDER: Avery Elle; COLORED PENCILS: Faber Castell; ADHESIVE: Therm O Web; OTHER: Acetate
Once I had my background done, I cut (by hand) the heart in the middle for an opening, and then I knew it HAD to turn into a shaker card, so I added acetate to create a barrier for the sequins, heat embossed the sentiment on cardstock, and added dimensional foam adhesive and sequins to finish it off.
The result? A happy and colorful card befitting a happy and colorful magazine birthday. ❤️
Happy 12th Birthday, SCT! Here’s to many, many more!” ~ Susan R. Opel
GIVEAWAY – Day 10!
“We want to wish Scrapbook and Cards Today a big congrats on turning 12 this year! To celebrate, we are giving away our March 2018 kit that is full of fun 3 x 4 inch and 4 x 6-inch tags, along with fun die cuts that can be used on any type of scrapbooking project! We are also giving away eight items from our shop that coordinate with our kit – including a stamp, puffy stickers, acrylics, wood veneers, and more! To learn more about all the items in the prize package, click the links below!” ~ Elle
March 2018 kit
Happy Moments stamp
Little acrylic hearts
Cerulean Blue puffy alphabet stickers
Rainbow acrylic
Puffy Star stickers
Days of the Week chipboard
Cork speech bubbles
Wood veneer icons
“Happy Birthday, SCT! After 12 years you are still looking HOT! This is one awesome party and we are so happy to be here. In honor of your big birthday celebration, we are excited to offer a special prize that we think is pretty HOT too. One lucky winner will receive Coffee Talk, Cup of Coffee and Coffee Cup Fri-Dies, a prize package valued over $40! Hot, right?! SCT we hope you get all you wish for when you blow out your birthday candles and wish you many more years of fun and inspiration!”~ Hugs, Michele and the Girl Fridays
Details to enter:
To enter each day’s giveaways, be sure to leave a comment below by Saturday, April 7th. We will announce all winners right here on Tuesday, April 10th!
We have loved seeing all the comments you have been leaving for each day’s sponsors and they are loving it too! We hope you will take a moment today to join today’s sponsors on Facebook and let them know SCT sent you! Today’s sponsors can be found here:
and be sure to visit us on Facebook too at Scrapbook & Cards Today and on Instagram @SCTmagazine
Thank you to our amazing Editor-in-Chief not only for today’s beautiful card she created but for the amazing work she does for each issue! We also want to thank today’s wonderful sponsors for joining in the fun on Day 11! If you are just joining our celebration for the first time, be sure to start right HERE to see all the amazing inspiration and prizes we’ve shared!
Happy Birthday! The colours on this card is so pretty! I’m in love with the March kit,especially the Easter stamp set and the embellishments.
So colourful and cheerful card, ideal for 12th birthday! I’m a preschool teacher, cardmaking is my passion maybe someday it would be also my business ?
Simply love the colorful shaker card and the way you used the watercolor crayons. Very bright and cheerful! Love the prizes too! Happy birthday SCT.
What a lovely card! It is so colorful, and it makes me want to get out my own colored pencils and start coloring! Thank you for the great birthday giveaways! Happy birthday, SCT!!
I love to color and this card is true inspiration
What a fun birthday card! I love it! Love today’s prize pack, too. Thanks Elle’s Studio, CASual Fridays Stamps, and SCT!
Beautiful!! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win such amazing prizes! I love Elle and those stamps!
Happy Birthday!
This card is beautiful…such fun colors & I love the shaker heart! The giveaway package is making me drool! :)
Love, love, love the card! Wonderful bright colors and a person just can’t beat a good shaker card! Very nice! Also, thanks to CASual Fridays for such a great prize! Wow! Happy Birthday SCT!!
What a beautiful card! I also love the stamps. Happy birthday to a great magazine and thanks to the sponsors.
I love those colors!
Wow! I love your card and am already thinking about which of my stamps and dies will work to make something similar! Thanks for the chance to win and Happy 12th Birthday, SCT!
Great prizes! Thanks for a chance to win!
Beautiful card; I’m going to have to start using my colored pencils more!
Happy Easter Monday to you SCT. Would absolutely love to win that coffee set. Thanks for the chance!
Wonderful way to celebrate SCT! I know whomever wins these awesome prizes will have a wonderful time creating beautiful pages and cards. I hope it’s me!!
WOW ! WOW ! WOW ! Your card is what a birthday is about. Sparkly fun and ever so colourful. Fantastic job and what a treat for who ever receives it. Elle’s Studio pack is awesome and I absolutely am in love with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, I love my coffee and what a treat it would be to make and send cards using the stamps and dies from CAS-ual Fridays.
LOVE the shaker card! So colorful and happy. Perfect for a birthday card.
Happy birthday SCT! You have some most fabulous sponsors. Loving all the love they are showing for your birthday. They are spectacular ♥
Such a fun and happy card! Love the bright colors. Great prize pack. Happy Birthday SCT!
Susan is a real inspiration – I love when people take bold moves to pursue their passion! Such a pretty card she created too! Thanks so much to Elle’s Studio and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for the fantastic prizes today :)
Love the bold, bright colours on your card.
Happy Birthday SCT ????
So many great prizes to celebrate! Thanks for the chance to win and celebrate with you.
Wow! I love the vibrant colors of the card. And as usual, the giveaways are super cute. I can always use more for my stash.
Beautiful card. Love all the colours! Thanks for more great prizes to win!
That’s an amazing card, Susan .
Great bright card. I would love to win these goodies. I am a die aholic – you can never have too many!
Thanks for the chance to win!
What a bright card1 perfect
Love today’s card and the giveaways!
This is such a gorgeous card!!!
What a gorgeous shaker card! Love the bold colors! Great prizes today for your birthday celebration! Thank you SCT!
I’ve wondered if I could do anything with that stamp as I really love it, but don’t think I could have colored it like you did! Gorgeous shaker & so much fun! Thanks for the chance at these great prizes!
Happy birthday SCT! Love the card. I would be so excited to win a kit. that would be like Christmas in April!
The coffee stamps made me laugh! I don’t drink coffee but the “possibly vodka” sentiment was hilarious! I do have coffee addicts in my life though….
Love the vivid colours in the card!
I love the shaker card!! Thanks for the chance to win these great prizes!
So much fun stuff in your kit!! Love the bright colors!
The card is so bright and cheerful. It would be so fun to create. Thank you for the opportunity to win some great prizes.
Happy 12th birthday with many more to come!
L*O*V*E the fabulous colors (so happy!) in this pretty
card AND it’s a shaker – my fave type of card!
Wjat a colorful card – love it! Congratulations for taking a chance on a new career & finding your dream job.
Love this colourful card! The kit looks amazing and I could get lost in all of those supplies….
Love the vivid colors on your card, it turned out stunning!
Your card is absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks so much for sharing it!
That card is stunning. Always love a shaker card.
This card is gorgeous – I love all the bright colors! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’d say you earned an A in coloring. Fabulous prizes.
Amazing coloring on that shaker card! Love the colors for sure.
And thank you for the opportunity to enter today’s giveaway.
Happy happy happy birthday, Scrapbook and Cards Today!
Amazing, amazing card. Just lovely colors and I adore any shaker card. Happy Birthday SCT!
What a happy, fun and beautiful shaker card! Thank you to SCT, Elle’s Studio and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for the awesome and generous prize package!