Hello SCT fans! It’s Lisa Dickinson and I’m happy to be here today for the celebration of SCT’s 12th birthday! Birthdays are one of my favorite occasions to document because they are the perfect place to incorporate lots color and pattern. What could be more fun?!
For this layout, I wanted to commemorate our sweet dog’s birthday. My photos weren’t particularly colorful, so I wanted to be sure and get a big splash of color on the page in other ways. To begin, I repeated the word “HAPPY” (typed in Arial Black font) and cut out the letters from a sheet of white cardstock on my Cameo.
Then I proceeded to fill each letter with a small square of patterned paper, adhering them on the backside of the die-cut cardstock. I chose papers from Echo Park’s Happy Birthday Boy and Happy Birthday Girl collections, which both have an assortment of festive party patterns.
Once the letters were filled with colors, I trimmed down the white cardstock to 11.75″ square and mounted it on a full sheet of
12×12 aqua cardstock. Then I machine-stitched around the outer edge to secure everything together.
Once I positioned my photos (which are each approximately 3.75″x5.25″) and adhered them with foam adhesive, I die-cut the word “birthday” from aqua cardstock using the free font Strawberry Blossom. I selected this font for its casual, handwritten look to help balance all the blockiness of the “HAPPY” font. I adhered the title with foam adhesive at the bottom right and then placed my journaling below it.
Since the page already has a good dose of color and pattern, my embellishments didn’t need to be too extravagant. I chose a few stickers (also from the Echo Park birthday collections), accented with buttons and arranged a cluster to the left of the title and another at the top right edge of the page.
As a final touch, I added a crown sticker to adorn our doggy’s head – because birthday pages always need a bit of whimsy!
Thanks for stopping by today and celebrating with us! ~ Lisa Dickinson
GIVEAWAY – Day 9!
Happy Birthday Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine from Close To My Heart! We’re excited to be celebrating with you with a prize package that includes the new:
- Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Stamp Set of 14
- Workshops Your Way® Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Kit – Creates three, two-page layouts!
- One: 2” x 6 1/2” Acrylic Block
- One: 3″ x 3” Acrylic Block
- One: 1” x 3 1/2” Acrylic Block
We at Pink & Main, want to wish our friends at SCT, a very happy 12th birthday! And many more to come! Our prize package includes the Birthday Kids stamp set and coordinating dies, along with a Celebrate 6×6 paper pad!
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 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 Lisa for that amazing layout and today’s sponsors for creating a perfect Day 9! 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!
Fantastic layout! And great prizes again today!
The page layout is so cheerful and cute! What a great idea. And the Close To My Heart products are absolutely beautiful. Love the inspiration and opportunity to win some amazing products!
Thanks for the chance to win these great prizes today!!
Beautiful layout! Such fun giveaways!
What a party, S&CT!!!! I really love this festive negative die-cut layout! I need to think about using more bold big negative die-cuts on my background papers. Thanks for the inspiration! Would love to win these great products from your industry partners!
Love the projects! Great inspiration, thank you!
Such a cute layout. So bright and colorful. Your dog is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. Thanks sct and sponsers for the chance to win great prizes. Happy Birthday SCT
What a wonderful layout to celebrate your dog’s birthday. Thanks so much for sharing…
This looks amazing. What an inspiration!! Thank you
I absolutely love your layout and especially your beautiful pup. Happy birthday to Willow and Sct. Thank you to Close To My Heart and Pink & Main for today’s giveaway. Birthdays are fun and to think that we get the prizes. lol Thank you.
What a lovely, happy layout! I love it! Happy birthday to your wonderful magazine and here’s to another 12 happy years ahead.
Beautiful birthday layout. Would love to win. Thanks so much
Love all the colors and how you created the words!
What a great layout, so happy and dynamic! Thanks to SCT, Close to My Heart and Pink and Main for the amazing and generous prize packages.
I just discovered your magazine this year, and I’m loving it. Thanks for all the great ideas and giveaways.
Happy birthday!
Neat layout! Looks like an awesome birthday celebration. Thanks for the awesome prizes! Love this magazine. Happy Birthday!
WOW! What a fabulous layout! And thanks for two awesome prizes today!
OMG! that is just too cute, what a great layout. I’ll be stealing this idea
I love that layout! Seems simple, but what an impact.
wow this layout is awesome – thanks for the chance of winning:)
Love the layout and I’m not even a dog owner.
The dog birthday layout is priceless I love it and am planning on scraplifting.. Also like Close to My Heart layout and again two more great sponsors. Hope everyone is enjoying Easter weekend.
Lisa, I love the way you did the background of this page. It’s bright, fun, and perfect for your puppy’s celebration. Thanks to Close to my Heart and Pink & Main for the wonderful giveaway items. Happy Birthday SCT!
Totally adorable layout and I am so going to scraplift this one for the kids this year, turning 13 & 10! Love your magazine and constantly spoiling us with prizes. All the best for a fantastic birthday celebration!
the colours in the layout makes me think of Spring! I’m done with our long, cold winter and ready to see some green again.
Happy Birthday SCT????
I love that idea of using white paper and filling in behind it. Going to have to try that myself.
Love the layout, and such great prizes. Thanks
What a wonderful layout! Such a great idea, I might just have to scraplift this for my next birthday page. More awesome prizes as well!
What a sweet layout. Could easily translate a card.
Love the pink and main paper collection. And close to my heart is always a favourite of mine. Love the layout here.
Happy 12 th Birthday. SCT
Such pretty colors on the layout. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a fun page layout! So cheerful!
Thanks for another awesome prize pack. Love these selections from Close To My Heart and Pink & Main.
Such a great layout!!! I love it and all the bright colours!! I might have to try this! Thank you for the inspiration and a big thank you to the sponsors!
Great layout – I am going to try it for my next Birthday Page. Happy Birthday
That is a great layout! I’m going to have to remember that idea!
OMG that is a lot of work – but what a stunning page! Love CTMH!!!
What an amazing layout! So bright and cheery.
Love the colorful papers behind the words. Wonderful.
Thank you Close to my heart and Pink and Main for the wonderful prizes.
Sweet Birthday layout. I love the buttons on the presents. So cute. Love the Close To My Heart Collection, too. Wonderful products to celebrate another day :)
Beautiful kit from Close to My Heart. Thanks for the give-away and the opportunity to win.
Super fun layout I love all the patterned paper.
Love Lisa Dickinson’s Happy Birthday layout which I need to remember for my niece’s graduation album! Also love the CTMH scrapbooking kit and the Birthday Kids stamp set would be perfect for children’s cards!!! Thx for the chance!!! :)
What a cute and colorful doggie layout! Thanks for the fab prizes!
Love the layouts and paper collection. What a great fur baby celebrating!
Happy Birthday!!! Thank you for all these chances to win prizes from some great sponsors.
Great layout. Good idea for using up leftover scraps. Thanks.
What a fun layout. Love that is was celebrating a dogs birthday.
OH my goodness, the layout is a labour of love.! I would have never have thought to make a layout
celebrating one of our dog’s birthdays..I guess mostly as they have all been rescue dogs and have
no idea of their actual age! Anyways. I in love with that Close To My Heart Chelsea Gardens scrapbook page! Would be
over the moon if I was lucky enough to win! Thanks for another great Birthday giveaway!
Amazing layouts. Continue to keep giving e inspiration.