Good morning friends, Paige Evans here! Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine is celebrating their birthday and today is Day 4 of the celebration! Here is the layout I made for the festivities:
I started by making a bunch of cupcakes using a Fiskars cupcake punch. I punched one or two from every Pick-Me-Up patterned paper, more from Paper 10 which has all of the squares of different patterns.
Then I chose a blue textured cardstock for the background and machine stitched lines every 1.5″ across it to create a grid. I got a li’l crazy with more machine stitching and used a variety of colors of thread – I only switched the main thread color, I kept the bobbin white the whole time to save on time.
I did a poll on Instagram to see if I should leave the thread ends long like I sometimes like to do, or trim them up for a cleaner look. It was about 75% trim, 25% leave. I was going to leave them, but after continuing to work on the layout the threads just got in the way so I did end up trimming them and am happy with the results.
Next, I placed a cupcake inside each square using dimensional adhesive. I printed five 1.5″ square photos and placed them over five of the cupcakes.
Then I created the title “happy birthday” using the white Mini Foam Thickers. I added a “7” Chipboard Thickers number and typed “th” on my WeR Memory Keepers Typecast Typewriter to complete the title. I splashed white acrylic paint under each photo. The last step was to remove one of the cupcakes and write journaling in that open square with a precision pen.
I hope this layout inspires you in some way, whether it’s to dust off your punches, play with the stitches on your sewing machine, or add five tiny photos to your layout! Thanks so much for coming by today! ~ Paige Evans
GIVEAWAY – Day 4!
“Nothing better than getting a bunch of fun stuff in one place! The kit includes set of 15 photopolymer stamps, clear stamp block, 20 printed card bases and coordinating printed envelopes, giftable kraft box, die-cut accents, Stampin’ Spot, Baker’s Twine, washi tape, Stampin’ Dimensionals. Happy birthday, Scrapbook & Cards Today!” ~ Stampin’ Up!
“Artist Kelly Klapstein is known for her relaxed, guided and methodical teaching style. Her distinctive teaching style makes the process of learning Brush Lettering easy, calming and approachable. These tools are designed to help students progress from lettering novice to expert while savoring every step of the process. Enter to win a Kelly Creates prize pack from American Crafts to get you started on your lettering journey! Good luck and Happy Birthday SCT!” ~ American Crafts
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 are very grateful for our amazing partners who support all that we do here at the magazine, at Crop & Create, our online class, kits and more. We hope you will give a warm “thank you” on Facebook to each day’s sponsors. 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 Paige and today’s sponsors for making Day 4 of our 12th birthday celebration so good! Be sure to join us each of these 12 days for fun birthday inspiration and so many prizes! You also don’t want to miss our fun Heidi Swapp Letter Board Giveaway here!
OMG! What a super fun layout!! Thank you for sharing!
Another day another awesome give away! How lucky we are to have the chance of winning these great giveaways for SCT’s birthday celebration. I’d be thrilled to win any of these!!!
What a stunning layout. Perfect for celebrating this wonderful birthday!! Thank you for the inspiration. Thank yo to the amazing sponsors!
Wow, beautiful ideas for layouts! Paige Evans is always so inspirational! Would love to learn brush lettering – how fun!
What a great way to show the birthdays for an album. Great ideas.
That is just fabulous! So much fun during this birthday celebration!
WOW! This is an awesome layout! Love how you marked off the squares by stitching
and then more stitching!
More great giveaways today – Thanks!
Very cool layout!
Okay…LOVE this layout! Those cupcakes are so fun, as is all that stitching. LOVE this!!
Another day filled with fabulous sponsors. What generous gifts!! Happy Birthday SCT!! ♥♥
Always lots of ideas…Happy Birthday and thanks for the chance to win…
Love the cupcakes! Thanks for the chance to win some super prizes too!
Great layout. Thanks for a chance to win…
What a fun layout and awesome cupcake punch! Lovely giveaways!! Cards are beautiful! Appreciate the creative inspiration!
Amazing page and layout! So many details. Love the colors. Fabulous and generous giveaways. Thanks for a chance to win. Love SCT! Happy 12th birthday!
I’m going to made a card with this layout! It will have a whole lot less squares but it will work great!
What a beautiful layout! I love all the tiny cupcakes.
I can’t stop looking at all the stitching details on that layout!
Happy birthday SCT and thanks to all the prize sponsors.
Wow! That’s incredible! I’m amazed at how much you fit on that page, and it looks great!
I just purchased the We Are Memory Keepers sewing machine, this gives me a great idea for how to try it out. I love the stitched boxes with the mini embellishments. Thanks.
Wow Paige! This layout is amazing! I love all the little cupcakes and such a great way to use up scraps! All those stitches just add some great texture to the page! TFS!
Another wonderful prize pack for today! Thanks for the chance to win.
Beautifully crafted layout, so cool!
What a clever layout. It would also work for other seasons and holidays. I’m thinking of Easter and all those bunnies and chicks. Thanks to Stampin’ Up and American Crafts for their generous gifts.
love the page layout – super sweet – thanks for the ideas and chance to win:)
What an ADORABLE layout. I love all the details and the texture and the use of small photos. It is amazing. Thanks so much for the inspiration and a chance to win a fun prize. :)
What a FUN page! I love the 3D cupcakes. My dgd turned 12 this month. I need to get a photo of her to put on a page like this.
I also love the watercolour effect on those cards. Got my mind going with how I could use this!
This is a wonderful layout! I love the way you made a grid on the paper and then filled the squares with cupcakes and photos, super cute idea. Thanks to Stampin Up and SCT magazines for the chance to win these great prizes.
So beautiful !
What a detailed and lovely layout. I love today’s prizes, they’re amazing!
Happy Birthday! Love the layout, I still haven’t attempted stitching on a layout but will have to soon. Thanks for a chance to win some great prizes.
What beautiful ideas and cards. Thanks for the great ideas and Happy Birthday to a great magazine.
More great prizes! Thanks for a chance to win!
Very clever grid layout. I like the stitching and cupcakes.
Another wonderful giveaway too.
The layout is soooo fun and cute! Love the cupcakes! And also a wonderful giveaway!
Fun page with all those cupcakes!
Love Stampin’ Up and American Crafts! Wonderful giveaway to celebrate SCT’s 12th!
Wow! This just blows me away! I only wish I knew how to sew! Very, very cute and clever! I wish to add my “Happy Birthday” to the shout-outs for SCT! Keep up the good work! THANKS for the prizes too!
Happy Birthday SCT and also to Mr FX so deserving of a page like that!
Thank you for giving us your birthday party! You are all so generous.
I would love to try the Stampin’ Up card kit. I love the flower decals.
Learning to do caligraphy has been a life long wish – unrequited.
Thank you again for the birthday presents!
So cute!
WOWZA, super cute birthday layout. Love the stitching. And what a give-away, my goodness, amazing prizes. Thanks SCT and the generous sponsors.
Job done with perfection !
Love the cupcakes. So cute.
What a wonderfuTul colors. Thanks to Stampin Up and American Crafts for the great giveaway.
Lovely layout Paige! I can’t wait to try stitching!.
What a fun layout! And more great sponsors and prizes!
Fun layout idea! Love the prizes today. Both have been on my list for a while.
The layout is amazing, love the stitching. Wonderful prize packages, thanks!
Love using punches? thanks for a wonderful layout!
Oh Paige, I have to say you did once again a great job. This time, you played around with multiple colored threads and sewing stitches which I absolutely adore! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love that scrapbook page. I have always wanted to try sewing on my cards and pages, but am a little intimidated by it.
I never thing of using my sewing machine…great layout.
Oooh!! What a gift! The lettering I’ve been trying to learn would be awesome. I love the cards! Thanks sct and sponsers for a great celebration!!