Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog

Are you going to ScrapFest? Would you like to?

We sure are!  ScrapFest will take place next weekend in Kitchener, Ontario.  With over 40 amazing vendors, a crop and fantastic classes, if you are anywhere near you won't want to miss it!  Design team member Vicki Boutin will be teaching these two great classes...

For more information about the event or to register for Vicki's classes, click HERE.  We'll be there with our usual fabulous make n' takes from some of our sponsors, prizes, new products and SO much more!   However, would you like to come as our guest?  And bring a friend?  We have two VIP tickets to give away!  Just leave a comment below by Tuesday, April 9 and we'll announce the winner on April 10th.  

The team is at Crop & Create Winnipeg and we are ready to get started!!!  Looking forward to seeing all our friends...and some new friends too!

Have a great weekend everyone!   

~  Catherine

Happy 7th Birthday Celebration! Day Seven!

Thank you so much for joining us today on what was to be our final day of celebrating!  But guess what?  We have so many wonderful partners in this industry that we will have prizes for a few more days still!  From the inception of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine it has always been clear that there are three very importants parts to our business.  First, there is an incredible team of women (and a few husbands!) that work incredibly hard to provide you with the best possible product we can, including special issues, events, inspiration and now even kits!  Second, there are MANY amazing companies that support all that we do and have for more than seven years.  Without them, we could not create, print, educate or interact with you.  Third, is YOU!  Each and every reader is special to us!  We have loved celebrating seven years with you and we hope to be celebrating 14 years with you too! 

With all that said, we would love to share some sweet cards from designer Summer Fullerton!  Summer just has this wonderful ability to create colour, texture and dimension in all that she does.

     or this sweet one...

"The 3-D floral embellishments I created on these cards are super addicting and I simply couldn't just stop myself. To make these little beauties punch several different sized flowers, simply fold and manipulate the petals until you get the desired look. Adhere to your card or layout using your favorite adhesive. I used brads. Celebrate your next birthday with a little floral treat made from paper!  Happy 7th birthday SCT!"  ~   Summer

Thank you Summer for sharing such beautiful cards and tip on how to create those sweet flowers!  Friends, would you like to know what is in today's goody bag?  There are a couple of things for one lucky SCT reader...

   

First, we have not one but two die sets from our friends at Spellbinders!!! Imagine all the beautiful birthday cards you could make with these!  We especially love the versatility of the Cut, Fold and Tuck dies....and Becky Fleck's dies, and the new Imperial Gold Dies, and the Grand Calibur.  You get the picture! 

But that's not all!  We also have the brand new Cottage Farms collection from our friends at Pink Paislee!  Feast your eyes on this stunning collection.

 

With a collection this sweet, you can make a whole lot more than birthday cards!  We know a certain someone (ahem...Vicki Boutin!) who just loves all these butterflies! 

Would you love to see this goody bag land on your doorstep?  Leave a comment below by April 4th and all this could be yours!  Thank you so much for joining us and a special thank you to our sponsors Spellbinders and Pink Paislee for sharing great prizes today.  Please take another moment to thank them on their facebook pages - Spellbinders and Pink Paislee.  If you don't have facebook not to worry, you can always send a note through their customer service email.  Everything is read, and every word is appreciated!   We always tell them we have the best readers, most appreciative readers out there!

Tomorrow Kelly Goree is here with her latest Old, New, Borrowed, COOL challenge so don't miss it.  Of course, we will even have a wonderful prize to start the week!

Hope you have had a wonderful day and for those celebrating Easter, a great day with family and friends...and hopefully a little gold Godiva chocolate bunny too :)

~  Catherine

Happy 7th Birthday Celebration! Day Six!

Happy Easter friends!  Unfortunately this post was to be up much earlier in the day but due to some issues (ok, it *may* have been operator error!) it is just now being posted.  We can tell you, the wait is worth it!  Yesterday we "hinted" that we would have a little Bella with us today.  Design team member Laura Vegas is also on the Bella Blvd. design team and Laura has created not one, but TWO sweet birthday cards to share with you...

A sweet version for a girl, but also for a boy...

Supplies: Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Bella Blvd; Wood veneer star: Studio Calico; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo; Other: machine stitching, rhinestone star

I am constantly in need of birthday cards and yet they are the one type of card that I never seem to have on hand. I have used this same "award ribbon" style design for many other cards, such as baby cards and thank you cards, and thought it would be the perfect design for birthday cards as well. I die cut the award ribbon pieces and "Happy Birthday" sentiment circle using my Silhouette Cameo. Using a die cutting machine makes it really easy to cut duplicate pieces at once, which then makes it easy to mass produce a whole bunch of birthday cards at once. I added just a touch of machine stitching, and a simple star embellishment to the center of my sentiment. If you were wanting to mail your cards, I would suggest leaving off the star embellishment for easy mailing. ~  Laura

Of course our friends at Bella Blvd. wanted you to have not one, but TWO birthday collections too!

Today's goody bag contains both the Birthday Boy AND the Birthday Girl lines!  But wait, there's more!  As we peeked into the goody bag, we saw this...

A fabulous Core'dinations Cardstock prize package containing their Glitter Silk collection a 6x 6 pad of the Black Magic and a Sand It set!  WOOHOO!  What a goody bag!  To win this fantastic prize package, just leave a comment below by April 4th.  Super easy!  A huge thank you to both Bella Blvd. and Core' dinations for sponsoring today prize.  You can also thank them on their facebook pages - Bella Blvd. and Core'dinations.  We know they never get tired of hearing from our wonderful SCT blog followers! 

Tomorrow is our final day and we are excited to wrap up this amazing week with more great prizes.  You won't want to miss it!   

~  Catherine

Pssst....we just may have a fun announcement coming about our Crop & Create Burnaby event on National Scrapbook Day!  Are you joining us?  You should ;)

 

Gossamer Blue kit giveaway!!!

Happy Friday friends!  What an exciting week it's been.  Two issues off to print, Crop & Create: Delivered kits sold out and are being packaged AND today we have an exciting giveaway from our friends at Gossamer Blue!

"Spring has sprung at Gossamer Blue as we bring you a month of kits with lush colors sure to brighten your March. The March Main kit features Glitz Design, My Mind's Eye, Elle's Studio, Echo Park Paper and Fancy Pants Designs." 

"Gossamer Blue is a monthly crafts club dedicated to inspiring and motivating memory keepers and crafters alike. Not only is a fabulous box of well-coordinated crafting products shipped to your door each month, you will also find valuable, exclusive resources and incentives for inspiring and  motivating you all month long. We believe our job has only just begun after the kits ship." says Lori Gentile, owner and founder of Gossamer Blue!

If you would like to win this BEAUTIFUL kit, just leave a comment below by Thursday, March 14th!  And would you like the opportunity to win another prize?  Our friends at Gossamer Blue are now hosting Davinie's Project 12 challenge and if you would like to win a subscription to SCT and a copy of CardMaps 3, then be sure to post a comment here!   We would also love to send an "SCT thank you" to Gossamer Blue on their facebook page!  Let's show them how much we appreciate this great prize  :)

Now for the winner of last week's fabulous prize...

"Pinned your layout to my scrapbooking board - so pretty. I'd love to win the Xyron. I only have the tiny sticker maker.   Posted by: Robyn Coburn | March 04, 2013 at 09:16 PM"

Congratulations to Robyn Coburn! Please send your mailing information to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and put "Xyron giveaway" in the reference line!  Xyron will get that right out to you!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Before you go though, I thought I would share just a little surprise with you.  You'll all keep a secret right?  We are planning a BIG 7th birthday celebration on March 25th.   Mark your calendars my friends...this is one birthday bash you won't want to miss!

~ Catherine

The Winter issue is here...and a giveway or two...or three!!!

Good morning!  The entire SCT team have been like kids at Christmas and the anticipation for the release of this beautiful winter issue has been killing us...LOL!  Wait until you see it!  Layouts, cards, projects, OH MY!  With over 200 amazing ideas packed into this issue, there is something for every single papercrafter out there. 

I always like to take a moment at this time of the year to thank the SCT team for their extraordinary work and for always giving us their very best.  They knock it out of the park every single time and 2012 has been no exception.  I'm sure you'll agree that our editor, Becky Fleck, has a vision and eye for design that is legendary.  She raises that bar and delivers an amazing issue each season.  To all our contributors and contributing writers, thank you for sending in your artwork and trusting us with it.  And of course, Scrapbook & Cards Today would not be where it is without the amazing support of our ad partners.  Please be sure to shop for their products as they are what allows us to do what we do and offer it TO YOU for free!  Last, thank YOU for being the best readers out there.  YOU are the reason why we do what we do and we always love hearing from you!

So without further adieu, (but keep reading friends...it is Friday you know!) we present our brand new winter issue...

  

DOWNLOAD/VIEW HERE

Would you like to hold this issue in your hands?  Would you love some happy mail at this time of year?  We can do that!  For every 100 comments we have on this post, we will give away not one but two copies.  One for you and one to share with your best scrappy friend.  It is the season of giving right?  So tell all your friends to stop by and leave their comment too!  And if you go and "like" us on facebook or leave a comment there on the post that shows this cover, we'll chose winners there too!  It's just a winning day!

Want even more exciting news? 

The 2013 PageMaps Sketch calendar released today!  More inspiration to last you the whole year...and only $9.95!  Order one for you and a friend today HERE as copies are now very limited.

Last piece of great news today, this INCREDIBLE event starts on Monday....

We have 12 days of giveaways from all of our partners!  You will be THRILLED when you see what they have in store for you!   Our amazing partners have once again outdone themselves for the third year in a row.  Don't miss it right here. Monday at 10:00 a.m. EST!

Go grab a cup of something you love, put your feet up (on your desk is fine for today if you're at work...we won't tell!) and enjoy our latest issue prepared with you in mind  :)

~  Catherine

Publisher, Scrapbook & Card Today magazine 

Webster's Pages Best Friends giveaway!!!

Good morning and happy Friday!  The team is packed and ready to head off to not one, but two amazing events this weekend in Ontario!  We will be hosting an Interactive Studio at both Creativ Festival in downtown Toronto and at ScrapFest in Oshawa!  If you are attending either event, be sure to stop by our booth and plan to do at least one of our fabulous make n' takes! 

Before we head out to these events however, we wanted to share with you the latest collection from our friends at Webster's Pages!

The Best Friends collection from Webster's Pages is full of vibrant colors, beautiful patterns and a little something for everyone, including both their Classic & Clean and Simple patterns. As always, they've  included a number of one-of-a-kind embellishments that perfectly complement these patterns!  Isn't it beautiful?  Want to be Best Friends? 

If you would like this collection in a pretty box on your doorstep, just leave us a comment below by Thursday, October 18th by 6:00 p.m. and we'll randomly select one winner to receive it!  We would also love for you to let Webster's Pages know how much you want to be "Best Friends" on their facebook page!  Let's give Webster's Pages a little SCT love  :)

Ok, we are off!  We hope to see many of our readers over the weekend.  Also, be sure to mark your calendars because registration for Crop & Create Markham is coming up on October 22nd!  Being held at the Markham Hilton Suites once again on February 9 & 10th, it will be another amazing weekend. More details next week!

Have a wonderful weekend!

~ Catherine