(download/view HERE)
Good morning everyone! First, before we even get started, we would like to say a huge THANK YOU to each and every one of you for joining us today to celebrate our FIFTH birthday! It seems like yesterday we launched our first issue in March, 2006 and just five years later, we are thrilled to present issue 21! It is because of you and some amazing advertising sponsors that we have reached this milestone today. This spring issue was so much fun to put together - from the beautiful cover by Christine Middlecamp to the fabulous reader's gallery, and everything in between! A great issue to celebrate our birthday!
And, for those of you that know us, you know that not only do we LOVE rewarding our readers every Friday but we love a celebration (remember our annual "12 days of holiday giving"?) Keep reading friends...it only gets better ;)
One of the great parts of Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine is that it's free. Free in the stores and free to download anywhere in the world - 122 countries and counting! When the magazine first launched many asked "why free?" My answer was very simple - because I LOVE my local scrapbook store and I truly wanted to give them something special that they could share with their customers four times a year. While I initially loved my local large craft store, I never felt better than when I stepped into my local store where they educated me, celebrated with me and enhanced my creativity (and caused me to learn to hide some receipts!) While I know many do not have a local store near them, I can also say that I came to love an online store who had a message board that was a wonderful source of inspiration. There are so many that share our passion for scrapbooking and card making, so thank you for sharing yours with us.
Over the years we have built a great team of editors, designers and staff who passionately love this craft and work extraordinarily hard (and sometimes on some pretty tight deadlines!) to bring you the latest and greatest in trends, techniques and design principles in a clean, well-design, approachable way. I am blessed to have such an amazing team of talented people and by you being here today, you have shown us that we have done a great job. A huge round of applause for the Scrapbook & Cards Today team!
So now for some fun on a Friday! One of the companies that have supported us since the very beginning is doodlebug designs. I don’t think I could ever get enough of their sugar coated cardstock or their new adorable buttons (and have you seen their brand new cards? OH MY!). Of course when they heard it was our birthday, our friends immediately offered us a fabulous birthday prize to give away! Just look at this all this doodlebug prize!
But wait there’s more friends! Are you wondering what is in the adorable bag our editor extraordinaire Becky Fleck created on page 7? Well, over the past year we have worked hard to reach out to you not only with our magazine but also online through this blog, our website, our facebook page and twitter. We designed our online magazine so that you can read it right from home but we would like to go a step further. We would like to keep in touch so that you’re in touch with your very own .....“ipod touch”!
That’s right, one lucky winner will receive an Apple ipod-touch so that you can keep up to date with us no matter where you are!! (and btw...you will all need to have the Bazzill App!) To win the ipod touch and the doodlebug giveaway, just leave a comment below telling us what you enjoyed most about our spring issue! Easy! Leave your comment before 6:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 31st and we will randomly choose a winner that will be announced on Friday, April 1st.
We hope you enjoy our spring issue (download/view HERE!) and once again we want to thank you for being such AMAZING supporters of Scrapbook & Cards Today. Join us on Monday for a very fun blog hop with our design team celebrating the launch of our brand new CardMaps Today special issue, on Tuesday with a great tutorial from Becky and some surprise announcements on Wednesday and Thursday. And did we mention that we will have a prize giveaway every day next week? Make sure you join us every day!
~ Catherine
I love the colours on the front cover it makes me want to dive into each page... They are happy & viberant just like spring, so inviting!!!
Thank you for your wonderful magazine it is inspiring each & every month.
cheers & happy birthday :):)
Posted by: Lucy | April 01, 2011 at 01:08 AM
I love this magazine and everything a out it, I wait patiently for it to arrive in my mailbox quarterly!!! Happy Birthday and here is to 5 more!!
Posted by: Shelley | April 01, 2011 at 06:59 AM
This magazine amazes me every issue, so much inspiration!! happy Birthday!!
Posted by: ShelleyS | April 01, 2011 at 07:00 AM
it's been a great 5 years and I always look forward to my magazine. A friend gave me a subscription for Christmas so I don't have to go out to get it. Thanks for all the incredible give-a-ways you so generously share with all of us.
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