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
Congrats Nicole! Love the card!
Posted by: Jenn | May 04, 2013 at 08:17 PM
Thank YOU for such a fun NSD day, all the goodies and inspiration ... Excellently done! And Congratulations to Nicole! Greetings from an admiring Florida gal ♥
Posted by: Vianna | May 04, 2013 at 08:18 PM
The card is too, too, CUTE!
Posted by: jpscraps | May 04, 2013 at 08:19 PM
Welcome to this talented team. I am in heaven every day on this blog! I love love love stamps and die cuts. Especially Penny Black stamps! This has been the best ever National Scrapbooking Day! Thank you to all involved in putting this together!
Posted by: Tammy McCullars | May 04, 2013 at 08:19 PM
That is the cutest card EVER! Awesome day...thank you so much to you and your sponsors (who I have thanked on their FB pages)!
Posted by: Cheryl Hutcherson | May 04, 2013 at 08:19 PM
This is the cutest card I have seen in a long time! Thanks for the great idea.
Posted by: sharon L | May 04, 2013 at 08:20 PM
Congrats to Nicole (a fellow Canadian)and SCT! I love the card and will be definitely scraplifting it! It will make a terrific welcome home card!! thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win a terrific prize package!
Posted by: lee | May 04, 2013 at 08:20 PM
Too cute!
Posted by: Shannon Burns | May 04, 2013 at 08:20 PM
Now this would be like Christmas morning to win this wonderful prize.
Posted by: Tami B | May 04, 2013 at 08:20 PM
Such a cute card. Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Diane W | May 04, 2013 at 08:20 PM
love Penny black and then on top some spellbinders thanks for this great chance
love the card
Posted by: Debbie Eslinger | May 04, 2013 at 08:21 PM
Congrats Nicole! I soooo want those rubber boot stamps, don't think I've ever seen anything so cute!!! and the Spellbinders tickets, oh the uses I have for them!! thanks for the chance to win!!
Posted by: Ann B | May 04, 2013 at 08:22 PM
Congratulations Nicole! You sound like a VERy busy woman - how do you have time for it all? Thanks for the chance to win some of your new goodies!
Posted by: Crafty Math Chick | May 04, 2013 at 08:23 PM
AWESOME prize! Thanks so much for a chance to win and love the house card!
Posted by: Kelly Massman | May 04, 2013 at 08:23 PM
Love, Want and Need those stamps!! Plus a spellbinders prize too!! Oh my what a great day of giveaways!! Thanks so much for a wonderful day of opportunities, great ideas, awesome prizes and we are all rushing to our scrapbook rooms to get creating!
Posted by: Keri Postma | May 04, 2013 at 08:23 PM
Welcome, Nicole! Great card! Love the little houses!
Posted by: Kym | May 04, 2013 at 08:24 PM
nice stamp sets
Posted by: RamonaP | May 04, 2013 at 08:25 PM
How clever! My kids and I love that movie too. What a great prize stash! Thanks for a chance.
Posted by: Michelle Moore | May 04, 2013 at 08:27 PM
Welcome to Nicole!! Great card - 123!
Posted by: Tricia | May 04, 2013 at 08:27 PM
congrats Nicole! wow-what a prize pack-thanks for the chance to win!!
Posted by: Rachel Kokes | May 04, 2013 at 08:27 PM
Would love to win!
Posted by: Donna Cannon | May 04, 2013 at 08:27 PM
Love the card. Great prizes.
Posted by: Donna W | May 04, 2013 at 08:27 PM
Congrats Nicole!!
Posted by: Dawn | May 04, 2013 at 08:28 PM
What a great idea for a card. Gonna have to give it a try! Welcome Nicole!!
Posted by: Diana Soling | May 04, 2013 at 08:29 PM
I am a returning newbie to the scarpbooking world and I love all of the fun ideas that I find here!
Thanks so much for the giveaways! I have my fingers crossed!
Congrats to Nicole! I can't wait to see all of her wonderful ideas!
Posted by: Jenny | May 04, 2013 at 08:30 PM