Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog

Lynn Ghahary is at it again...

 

She has created another FABULOUS video in the Create Today series!!!  Be sure to watch as Lynn guides you through making a super sweet "hello" card featuring the brand new Pebbles Sunnyside collection and the new Spellbinders/PageMaps dies that are a MUST HAVE! Of course as usual, Lynn also shares some great tips and tricks along the way for you too!!!

 

Be sure visit the PageMaps site to see another great video series Lynn has done to celebrate PageMaps's 6th birthday!  Thank you Becky Fleck for changing the way we scrapbook and for giving us such an amazing tool with PageMaps!  (Shhhh let's surprise Becky and give PageMaps a loud SCT "happy birthday" here!)

Have a wonderful Thursday friends!  If you are in the Markham/Stouffiville, ON area on June 9th and would like to attend a fundraising crop at The Workshop hosted by SCT (and me personally!), we now have details that you can see here.  We have only 8 spots left!

~ Catherine

 

NSD - Create Today video with Lynn Ghahary! Post 8!

In celebration of National Scrapbook Day, SCT design team member Lynn Ghahary has created new video in the Create Today series!  Working with the new My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection and a PageMaps sketch, you can see how Lynn builds a beautiful layout of her son Brandon from start to finish.  Discussing layers, colour and the rule of thirds, Lynn has all sorts of tips and tricks for you!

  

 

After you have watched the video, come back and tell us what you enjoyed or learned in the comments below by Thursday, May 10th and we'll choose one winner to receive a copy of our brand new upcoming summer issue!  If you are looking for more of Becky Fleck's amazing PageMaps to work with today, be sure to visit our website here.   See, we're always thinking of YOU!

Next up at 3:00 p.m:  Studio Calico inspiration!  Don't miss it!

A new video by Lynn Ghahary!

We are excited to share another fabulous video in the Create Today series from Lynn Ghahary!  And you know Lynn, her videos are always filled with a few tips and tricks!  Working with the brand new Plumeria line from BasicGrey be sure to grab a coffee (or tea!) and watch.

 

The Crop & Create team is all arriving in Moncton and ready to have a great weekend!  If you are in or around Moncton, be sure to come and shop!  Looking forward to seeing everyone!

~ Catherine

New video in the "Create Today" series!!

What do you get when you partner designer Lynn Ghahary, BasicGrey and a CardMap from CardMaps Today 2 (order here)?  You get another fabulous video in the "Create Today" series of course! 

 

Lynn Ghahary takes you through the steps to make a beautiful card with the brand new Konnichiwa line and has included a whole lot of tips and tricks along the way!  Be sure to see how she works the Spellbinders dies too.  Fabulous!

So go grab a cup of something, put your feet up, watch and enjoy!  We would love to hear if you had an "ah-ha" moment watching the video too! 

Be sure to join us tomorrow...we have something brand new to share!!!

~  Catherine 

Check out the SCT YouTube channel for this...

Another fabulous video by Lynn Ghahary!  In the next video in our Create Today series, Lynn takes you through the steps to make another beautiful card using an exclusive sketch from the soon to be released CardMaps 2!  Of course, knowing Lynn, you'll learn a few cardmaking hints along the way! 

 

 

We would love to hear your thoughts on this great video so leave us a comment below after you've watched it.   You never know we might just send a copy of CardMaps 2 to one lucky SCT reader/viewer!!!

CardMaps 2 is shipping next week so be sure to order your copy today.  Be the first of your cardmaking friends to have this beautiful issue!

ORDER HERE

 

Thanks so much for joining us today!!!  Hope you have a creative one!  And speaking of creating, be sure to join us tomorrow  ;)

~  Catherine

 

Designer Challenge with Emily Pitts!

Hello SCT friends, Emily here this week with your Designer Challenge! As I write this, our Facebook page is just digits away from reaching 10000 Likes! It's so exciting to see all the love that scrapbookers have for SCT! Watching the numbers steadily climb makes me want to bite my nails, it's a little like we're watching a cliff hanger, which got me to thinking about the challenge for this week.

How about you do a page or card where you HANG something on your page. Banners have been a big thing for the last couple of years and I've resisted them in the plain, flat printed variety. But I have fallen in love with making my own 3D kinds, there are so many possibilities!

This layout has lots of things hanging from it: the Maya Road chipboard flags, the Jillibean Soup paper doilies and hearts, the Maya Road hangers (they even have Maya Road tickets hanging from them as well!), I also hung the picture of my husband from the rope using a Making Memories Clip. I find this kind of banner really fun to create.

So go ahead this week and make a banner to hang things from, or get really creative and try your hand at some other way to hang an element from your page or card. Have fun with it, that's the only solid stipulation. And hang on, we're almost to 10000!  If you take this challenge, which we hope you do, be sure to link your project back to this post so that can all appreciate it!

~ Emily Pitts

Just in case you missed our announcement last Thursday...have you seen this yet? 

 

 

BIG NEWS! And we are excited!!!

Good morning friends!  We could not sleep last night because we were so excited for our BIG NEWS today!  Drum roll please...introducing the SCT YouTube channel!   Our first video in the "Create Today" series by design team member Lynn Ghahary features brand new Pebbles product and a brand new  CardMap sketch from the new CardMaps Vol. 2 to be released on March 23rd (order here)!  And to celebrate the launch of the Create Today series, we have a prize! (does that surprise you SCT friends?) And of course, it's a selection from the Hip Hip Horray collection from Pebbles!

 

The Create Today series will feature videos from Lynn Ghahary and Nancy Damiano!  A new video will be uploaded about every two weeks to inspire you all year through!  So go and check out our new video, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel SCTMagazine so that you don't miss any videos and then come on back here and celebrate with us by leaving a comment below!  We would love to hear what you thought!  A winner will be randomly selected on Tuesday, March 29th at 9:00 p.m.! 

We have so much love for our readers and can't thank you enough for all your wonderful comments on Facebook over the past two days.  We have been touched beyond belief knowing that we have been such a part of your life.  With a heartfelt thank you from the entire SCT team...THANK YOU!  But guess what? Did you know that we are only 240 fans away from reaching another huge milestone of 10,000 Facebook fans?  AMAZING!   We went from 9,000 to almost 10,000 in the blink of an eye!  And we can't wait to celebrate the number 10! (wink, wink!)  So if you have not yet had a chance to join our fan page, you can do that right here.

So grab a cup of your favourite thing (you know I have a tall non-fat, no foam latte beside me right?) and watch our brand new video in the Create Today series.  Thank you Lynn Ghahary for starting this series with a bang!  xoxox

~  Catherine

Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine