You have to love a day that recognizes a hobby that so many of us hold near and dear to our hearts. I love National Scrapbook Day!! And my contribution will center on using class kit scraps and punches both of which are plentiful in my scrap room.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending the day with Catherine in Mississauga, Ontario at the CreativFestival. While there I taught a Doodlebug Design class featuring their Flower Box line. It is a beautiful collection with spring inspired colors and great sticker embellishments. After completing the double page layout I realized that there were enough extras to complete a second single page layout. Epiphany...perfect project for National Scrapbook Day!!
Together with my kit leftovers, I pulled out some punches and made this layout....
You can see the traditional borders I added using two different border punches but the butterflies were created with a little twist. I used two sizes of a scalloped heart punch to fashion these little flutterbees.
By simply folding my patterned paper in half and partially punching the heart shape I was able to create little butterflies. Fun, huh!?
Take a closer look. A little twine makes for a perfect body and antennae.
Thanks for letting me share my little NSD creative tidbit with you!! Hope you find some time to get crafty today!! Happy National Scrapbook Day!!! ~ Vicki Boutin
Our dear friends at Doodlebug also want to celebrate this great day with one lucky SCT reader with this ....
A perfect collection from the Essentials collection! We know you would love to win this prize so just leave a comment below by 6:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11! For all our friends on facebook we would love for you to give Doodlebug a big “SCT THANK YOU” for this great prize. They always love hearing from you!!! We are also about 50 fans from 26K so if you don’t already “like” us on facebook we would love you to! We are going to give 26 copies of the spring issue away when we get there.
Be sure to join Summer Fullerton and Pink Paislee at 10:00 a.m! It’s a golden opportunity ;)
~ Catherine
Such pretty bight colors!
Posted by: Brenda M | May 09, 2013 at 08:20 PM
Such a simply sweet idea! Thanks.
Posted by: Frances Peets | May 09, 2013 at 08:31 PM
oh, these look like so much fun! Thanks for the chance
Posted by: laura d | May 09, 2013 at 08:37 PM
Love the bright colors!
Posted by: SueEllen H. | May 09, 2013 at 09:01 PM
i really love the butterflies
Posted by: Tracey Geneau | May 09, 2013 at 09:11 PM
Thanks for sharing this idea.
Posted by: Lisa Heilman | May 09, 2013 at 09:37 PM
Cute butterflies. Thanks for sharing your tips to make them!
Posted by: Donna S. | May 09, 2013 at 10:06 PM
Super cute papers. They sure know how to do it right !
Posted by: Tara thynne | May 09, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Cute idea!
Posted by: Jackie George | May 09, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Too cute!
Posted by: Lisa McCarthy | May 09, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Nice prize, Love the butterflies and the twine is just perfect.
Posted by: EJ | May 09, 2013 at 11:31 PM
Your handmade butterflies are SOOO cute ! Thanks for sharing your technique ! Love this Doodlebug collection !
Posted by: Julie Dionne | May 09, 2013 at 11:40 PM
The heart butterflies are adorable, and I love the bright and happy Doodlebug collection! (:
Posted by: Maria W | May 10, 2013 at 12:03 AM
love those butterflies!
Posted by: Melissa Rhodes | May 10, 2013 at 02:21 AM
Love this layout. Doodlebug has the best colours!!
Posted by: Davida Stafford | May 10, 2013 at 02:38 AM
Great layout! Love those butterflies! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Michele Washburn | May 10, 2013 at 07:22 AM
Vicki never disappoints. Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Posted by: Lizzie R | May 10, 2013 at 09:36 AM
Love all the bright colours in this collection. Thanks for the chance to win :)
Posted by: Melissa S | May 10, 2013 at 09:39 AM
These are so cute & cool - great idea!!
Posted by: Gina | May 10, 2013 at 09:59 AM
Great work with punches! Vicki is soo creative!
Posted by: Olesya K | May 10, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Love the layout-another great prize!
Posted by: Jill Rugg | May 10, 2013 at 10:56 AM
So cute Vicki!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Posted by: Jen | May 10, 2013 at 03:02 PM
I am going to go home and give those butterflies a try ... so dang cute!!
Posted by: Lillian Child | May 10, 2013 at 03:16 PM
What pretty paper! The butterflies are adorable & a great idea! Thanks for the opportunity to win - every day should be a scrapbooking day!
Posted by: Pat Sakrismo | May 10, 2013 at 03:48 PM
Love Doodlebug products, and this layout using them is beautiful. Those butterflies are ah-mazing
Posted by: Andrea Garland | May 10, 2013 at 04:34 PM