SCT Design Team Fun - Day 1 featuring Lynn Ghahary!

Good morning SCT friends!  For the next 10 days we are going to have some fun with the SCT design team.  Always ready with a few tricks up their sleeves, we wanted to give them the opportunity to share their favour ite tip AND a little something about themselves.  Feel free to leave them a comment below or share this post with your friends so that they can join us too! 

"Hello SCT blog readers!  I'm so excited to be joining in on all the fun this week as you get to know the Scrapbook & Cards Today team members a little better.  

First I wanted to share a fun little fact about myself.  While my husband and I have been married for nearly 13 years we have actually been a couple much longer.  We met when we were just 16 years old and have been together ever since - not to give my age away but lets just say we are on the plus side of 20 years together!  ;)  It's kinda fun to be able to tell people that I married my high school sweetheart (heck we were even voted class couple in our senior superlatives! LOL).

Now on to my favorite design tip of the moment.  Lately I've been really focused on the titles of my layouts.  More often than not our titles can feel a little lonely, left til the last minute when creating a page and then squeezed into any ol' space.  Well that simply won't do!  I say give your scrapbook titles the attention they deserve and really let them shine on your layouts.  Change up the size, style, and colors in your fonts for a fun and dynamic look.  Add parts of your title to other elements or embellishments to have the title act as a cohesive element within your overall design.  Replace letters with buttons, shapes, or other elements to help emphasize your layout's theme or message.  Whatever the case, I encourage you to spend a little more time thinking about your title the next time you start to create a layout and find a way to make it shine!

Here are a few examples of some fun title treatments in my recent scrapbook layouts ... 

There you have it, some fresh title ideas for your next project.  If you have a tip to share, please leave it in a comment below for all our readers to enjoy!"  ~  Lynn Ghahary 

We have winners!  Did you join us for our big 30th issue launch party?  If you left a comment on our blog, shared our facebook post, or signed up for our newsletter, then you were automatically entered to win one of FOUR prize packages which includes prizes listed HERE.

Prize package #1

Thank you so much for the inspiration, and the great giveaway. I just got my issue in my Crop & Create Delivered Summer Kit and can't wait to look through it today, and drool over all of the gorgeous projects. You are my go-to for inspiration. Congrats on 30! Woo hoo! Take care. :)
Posted by: Kim Thomas | June 21, 2013 at 11:52 AM

Prize package #2  

Congratulations on your 30th issue. That is quite an accomplishment considering it gets better and better with every issue. I find so much inspiration within the pages each month. Thanks for all that you and your team do to keep us up to date with the latest and greatest papercrafting supplies and techniques.
Posted by: Helen | June 24, 2013 at 01:33 PM

Prize package #3 - Sandy Chamberlain

Prize package #4 - Angela

We will contact all the winners directly!  Thank you to everyone who joined us and celebrated the reveal of our 30th issue! 

Join us tomorrow as Christa Paustenbaugh shares her favourite technique!   We wish our US friends a very fun filled 4th of July today!  I'll be in Boston with my family enjoying the fabulous festivities there.  Can't wait for the spectacular fireworks!

~ Catherine

Comments

[Jean Bullock]

the pages are marvelous. Wonderful job.

[Amber M.]

Congratulations to you, Lynn, on your solid marriage - I always appreciate hearing about long-term couples who are still happy. My husband and I will have been married for 20 years this October, but also together for a few more than that ;-). I seriously love your scrapbooking style. It's clean and tidy and also inspirational and dynamic. THANK YOU!!

[Kathy P]

Always love your bright, fun and colorful pages, Lynn! And congrats to all the lucky winners!

[helen]

congrats lucky winners;
now I simply LOVE these wonderful layouts Lynn!!! so inspiring, colorful, Happy!! thanks

[Gina]

Thanks. Love these pages. Catherine, we're in Boston too!

[Barbara Staradumsky]

Congrat's to all the winners! Lynn I do have to admit I am one of those who leaves the titles till last...and your right...they do look lonely and a little boring. I am going to use some of your techniques on my next one! Thanks for the great tip!

[Elizna Parsons]

Gorgeous layouts! Thank you for the inspiration :-D

[Angela A]

Beautiful pages ladies! I love each of them! What a talented set of designers!

[Vicki]

Congrats to the winners. Fab pages.

[Barb in AK]

I must admit, I am one of those who give little thought to my titles, other than the color of the letters! Thanks for the tip, Lynn. I adore your creations :-)

[Kathy Martin]

LOVE your work, Lynn! Awesome pages and creative titles! :)

[Jude]

Geez, I don't think you needed a title on your Blue eyes layout, Lynn, as those eyes grab your attention right away!!!
I don't scrapbook but love to look at them. Cards are what I find relaxing.

[Kim Thomas]

They are such gorgeous layouts, just delish! Thank you for the inspiration, and thank you so much for picking me for prize #1! I'm so excited! I couldn't believe it when I saw my name. I thought I was reading wrong! Take care. :)

[Julie A. Shearer]

Congrats to the lucky winners . Love all of these beautiful layouts .

[Joan]

Beautiful LO's. What stuck out to me was how you used the small and cap letters together. I always have a problem doing that, but it looks great when I see it.

Congrats to all the winners!

[Lynda]

Wonderful layouts - Love the colour choices in "Blue Eyes".

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

[Helen]

Thank you again for the wonderful inspiration. I struggle sometimes with my titles so look forward to using some of these ideas on my own layouts. I was just catching up with the blog as I missed it not having internet at the cottage we were vacationing at last week. A BIG THANK YOU for picking me as winner of prize package #2. I am so excited. You and your suppliers are so generous for offering the opportunity. Congratulations to all of the winners.

[Kelly Jean]

I havr a hard time creating fun unique titles so I naturally love all of these. Thank you so much for sharing!!! They are inspiring for my titles.