Good morning SCT friends! We are on Day 12 of our 12th birthday celebration. It’s been 12 amazing days of inspiration from our team and so many wonderful prizes from our partners. To say we could not be celebrating this birthday without them all is an understatement. What we also recognize is how important you are which is why we love to celebrate our birthday by celebrating our readers. Thank you for 12 amazing years friends. If you are just joining us today, we hope you’ll visit our website to learn more about us and our love of print. We also hope you’ll join this celebration on Day 1 and see all that we’ve shared. If you’ve been here each day, get ready for a big finish! Let’s get to it with design team member Meghann Andrew…

“Hello there, and a big “Happy Birthday” to Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine! It’s Meghann Andrew here with you, to share a fun birthday card that I created with no stamping and no “birthday” sentiment to be found. This means that I used what I already had in my stash and selected elements that alluded to a celebratory event instead of simply using a heavily-themed birthday collection. Purchasing these kinds of “all-purpose” collections, like the Crate Paper Carousel collection that I used today, is a great way to ensure that you use what you have on hand before the next “must-have” collection is released!

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Supplies | Patterned paper, stickers, die-cuts, sequins, chipboard and stars: Crate Paper Carousel collection.

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On this fun 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ card, I started with a pink polka-dot patterned paper for my background. The next element I picked up was the “YAY” die-cut, and I knew this would be a perfect large element to go in the center of the card, and really make it “wow” the recipient.

I treated the “YAY” die-cut like a pocket, and tucked other ticket die-cuts and the yellow patterned paper, cut with a banner edge, underneath the top edge. This gave my card dimension. I cut the bottom off of the pink ticket in the center before adhering to my card front, so that I could adhere the bottom portion under the “YAY” die-cut, making it appear longer than it really was.

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I wanted something dimensional to cover the base of the “YAY” die-cut, and the “celebrate today” chipboard banner was perfect for this. The sentiment could be used for a number of different occasions, but really lends itself to a birthday theme!

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What better embellishment to add to a birthday-themed card than balloons?

Although they can be used on so many different projects, they really reinforce the birthday-feel of this card. Plus, the beautiful turquoise balloon balances the heaviness of the “celebrate today” banner below. I added the balloon sticker with dimensional adhesive before finishing off my card with groupings of layered pom-pom shaped stickers and sequins, and star stickers and a blue sequin star.

Thanks for stopping by the SCT blog today for the final day of our celebration! Remember to look for ways to stretch your “every day” collections to make them work for what you need to create!

~ Meghann

GIVEAWAY – Day 12!

On our final day of giveaways we could not be more pleased than to share some of our favourite brands: We R Memory Keepers, Pink Paislee and Pebbles! These brands are each under the umbrella of American Crafts, one of our largest partners and loudest cheerleaders. It’s been a pleasure to work with them these past years and we LOVE the prizes they are sharing today. You’ll see they are just perfect!

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“Create custom wire designs with the Happy Jig by We R Memory Keepers! The Happy Jig system makes it easy to bend wire and create interesting, fun pieces for scrapbooks, journals, planners, cards, and more. This kit includes everything you need to make this birthday a memorable one!

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Highlight your fondest party memories with Pink Paislee’s vibrant birthday collection, Confetti Wishes! This kit is perfect for capturing the breezy, beautiful moments of your favorite celebrations!

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Whether you’re partying with SCT (Happy Birthday to you!!), family or friends, be sure to frame your favorite celebrations in the bright, bold colors and fun, playful prints in the Happy Hooray Collection from Pebbles Inc! Pebbles makes parties (and scrapbooking!) fun, easy and effortless…especially when you can finish off the day with the animal-themed cake topper!

Happy Birthday, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine!”

But wait…there’s more!

Scrapbook & Cards Today Spring 2018 Issue

We want to offer a one-year subscription to today’s lucky winner! Four inspiring issues of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine delivered right to your door starting with our brand new spring issue!

We have one final surprise today and something we have never done before. For TODAY only we are offering…

a 12% discount code: 12BDAY

Coupon code is valid on orders for SCT Delivered Online Classes, SCT Delivered Kits, Special Issues, and Stamps & Dies. Visit our SHOP SCT site HERE to see each of these products!

Fine Print:

  • Coupon code cannot be used on subscriptions to Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine (we only charge the postage!)
  • Coupon code cannot be used on any Crop & Create class purchases.
  • Coupon code cannot be used for orders already in process.
  • Coupon code must be used at the time order is placed.
  • Coupon expires at midnight on April 3, 2018.

 

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!

Thank you for all the comments you’ve been leaving for each day’s sponsors. They sure appreciate it! For one final day, please 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:

We R Memory Keepers

Pink Paislee

Pebbles

and be sure to visit us on Facebook too at Scrapbook & Cards Today and on Instagram @SCTmagazine

Just a reminder, 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 during our 12 days.

Thank you Meghann for creating today’s sweet card and to We R Memory Keepers, Pink Paislee, Pebbles and American Crafts for all your love, support and of course, fabulous prizes! A big shout out to all our distributing retail partners too. Let’s never forget them – Scrapbook.com, Simon Says Stamp, all our local independent and online scrapbook stores, Barnes & Nobel, Books A Million and Chapters/Indigo!

Thank you again for making our celebration a fun one! We have read so many of your sweet comments and have LOVED them. xoxo

~ Catherine Tachdjian, Founder & Publisher of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine