Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog: "What's Up" with Becky Fleck...a card and a fun announcement!

Hey all, happy National Scrapbook Day! It's me, your humble editor, bringing up the rear on today's 12 hours of NSD festivities. Hasn't it been a great day here at SCT?! So many great prizes, loads of inspiration and ideas, and eye candy galore. :)

My "What's Up?" card was inspired by the animated movie, "Up," one I've seen at least a half dozen times. I loooooove Dug the dog! This card also follows one of our most popular challenges at Crop & Create called the SCT-123 Challenge. I'd like to invite YOU to take the challenge! Gather up Stickers, Chipboard and Twine, along with 1 envelope, 2 pieces of cardstock and 3 pieces of patterned paper to create your own SCT-123 card! And please share your creation by posting a link to this post!

Supplies: cardstock (Close To My Heart); patterned paper (American Crafts, Crate Paper, My Mind’s Eye); chipboard speech bubble (Pebbles); chipboard houses (Jenni Bowlin) balloon and cloud die (PageMaps/Spellbinders); letter stickers (BasicGrey); envelope (Doodlebug Design); twine (Montana Misfits); adhesive (Helmar); pen (Uniball Signo)

My card features letter stickers from BasicGrey, chipboard houses from Jenni Bowlin, and Twine from Montana Misfits, along with a finished envelope from Doodlebug Design, Close to My Heart cardstock, and patterned paper from Crate Paper, My Mind's Eye and American Crafts (fronts and backs).

So go ahead and take our SCT-123 challenge too! I'm also so excited to share a bit of fun news with all of you … a secret I've been keeping under my hat for weeks. Please join me in welcoming Nicole Nowosad to our SCT design team! You've seen Nicole's beautiful work grace the pages of our Reader's Gallery for quite some time, and now she's joined us to share her talent in every issue, as well as on our site and blog. We are thrilled to have this creative Canadian on our team. Welcome, Nicole! ~ Becky Fleck

Nicole is from Winnipeg, Manitoba with her husband Ian and their boys, Noah and Lucas and daughter Addison. She started scrapbooking in 1999 when she was invited to a home scrapbook party. Soon after, she realized all the creative inspiration found on the internet, she hasn’t looked back since. Nicole loves playing with pattern, bright & bold colour choices, and don’t be surprised to see lots of sewing on her pages.

When she is not scrapbooking, Nicole is busy working full-time, running kids to soccer, or volunteering for various school boards, and mostly sharing her life on Instagram.

Nicole’s work has been published in publications in Canada and the United States and she currently designs for Jillibean Soup, Pebbles, Inc., Lily Bee Design, Hampton Art, and Scraptastic Kit Club.

Of course, with such a fun announcement we have some fun prizes too! Becky Fleck has partnered with two fantastic companies...Penny Black and Spellbinders! Have a look at these prizes....

A whole set of Becky's brand new stamps with Penny Black! But wait, that's not all! We have not one, but two of Becky's PageMaps die sets from our friends at Spellbinders!

If you would like to win these amazing prizes be sure to leave a comment below by 6:00 p.m. next Saturday, May 11th! We would love for you to jump on over to visit our friends at Penny Black and Spellbinders. They are also celebrating NSD and would love to hear from YOU!!

Enjoy the rest of NSD and thanking you for joining our celebration here at Scrapbook & Cards Today. You won't want to miss the final hour!

~ Catherine

Comments

So happy Nicole is finally a member of the team! Congrats!

Posted by: Lisa Henderson | May 04, 2013 at 08:03 PM

Yipiiiieeee...what great prizes!! Thanks so much for the chance to win!

Posted by: Ina | May 04, 2013 at 08:03 PM

Welcome, Nicole! Looking forward to your inspiration! Thanks for a great day of prizes, Becky! Happy NSD!

Posted by: Lorraine Melin | May 04, 2013 at 08:04 PM

Absolutely love this card and the sentiment. Great combination of patterns and superb colors. I think I'll have to "lift" this one. Thanks!

Posted by: Brenda B. | May 04, 2013 at 08:04 PM

Congrats to Nicole---been a follower of hers for awhile now!

Love that movie 'UP!' and I had a dog VERY similar to Doug............'squirrel!!!'...Love it!

Great giveaway!!!! My fingers are crossed!!

Posted by: Laura G.Turcotte | May 04, 2013 at 08:04 PM

Welcome Nicole! :)

Posted by: Michelle | May 04, 2013 at 08:05 PM

Love the card and LOVE the directional die set.

Posted by: Patricia Nee | May 04, 2013 at 08:06 PM

congrats nicole! looks like you're a great addition to the dt!

Posted by: tammy b | May 04, 2013 at 08:08 PM

That card is way too cute!!!

Welcome Nicole!!!

Posted by: NinaN | May 04, 2013 at 08:08 PM

Congrats Nicole, that was a big secret to keep!
Up is a family fav for us too, love that card!! Thanks for the chance to win!

Posted by: Patty Folchert | May 04, 2013 at 08:09 PM

Becky, you make it look so easy. Welcome Nicole!

Posted by: Anne Marie | May 04, 2013 at 08:09 PM

Hi Becky & Welcome Nicole. OMG! I have had such a super fab day crafting along with SCT. There has been so many inspirational posts. Becky your card is my favourite. I love, love, love animation, especially UP! However, I have never thought of combining my love if animation with my love of crafting, until now.

Posted by: Theresa Hawkins | May 04, 2013 at 08:09 PM

Love the card!!! It is so adorable! Would love to win the stamps and Spellbinders dies. Love them so much!!!!!! All so adorable!

Posted by: Laurie D. | May 04, 2013 at 08:11 PM

What's up, indeed! Welcome Nicole, I look forward to your inspiration! The arrow dies are very neat - lots of ideas coming to mind for those!
Happy NSD!

Posted by: Michele | May 04, 2013 at 08:11 PM