Welcome to Day FOUR of our fabulous 9th birthday celebration! We have loved reading your comments these last few days and cannot thank you enough for the kind thoughts! Keep them coming! Today design team member Laura Vegas is here to share a great birthday card idea along with our friends from Spellbinders and American Crafts!
"First, I want to wish Scrapbook & Cards Today a very happy 9th birthday! There's been a TON of inspiration and creative goodness packed into the last 9 years and I can't wait to see all that comes next!
Supplies - Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Basic Grey; Letter stickers: Lily Bee; Ribbon: Pebbles; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Die cut machine: Silhouette, Cuttlebug; Embossing folder: Sizzix; Staples: Tim Holtz
Second, the one type of card that I always find myself needing more of is birthday cards, which is why I love to mass produce them a few times a year. My Silhouette Cameo comes in super handy for this, as I can cut pieces for numerous cards at once, and then simply piece them together.
I picked out a few designs from the cut file that Nicole put together for us HERE, and arranged them in my Silhouette software so that I could cut all of the pieces for 6 cards at once.
Supplies - Cardstock: American Crafts; Patterned paper: Basic Grey; Letter stickers: Lily Bee; Ribbon: American Crafts; Mist: Studio Calico; Die cut machine: Silhouette, Cuttlebug; Embossing folder: Sizzix; Staples: Tim Holtz
I picked out a few different patterned papers (one set for girlish cards and one set for boyish cards), and cut strips of each paper to place on my cutting mat: one pattern for the sentiment, one pattern for the scalloped borders, and 3-4 patterns for the little banner flags. So after running my cutting mat thru twice, once with each set of papers, I had everything I needed to make 12 cards, assembly style!
Happy birthday SCT!" ~ Laura
9th birthday loot bag - Day FOUR!
Our first prize today is from our friends at American Crafts! Always a large and supportive part of all that we do at Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and of course they have delivered a fabulous $50 prize package!
The next prize in today's loot bag is from our friends at Therm O Web!
"To celebrate Scrapbook & Cards Today 9th Birthday we’re giving away some of our NEW iCraft® Deco Foil™ to a lucky winner! They’ll receive 6 colors of Deco Foil™ Transfer Sheets, our Deco Foil™ Liquid Adhesive, Hot Melt Adhesive and Foam Sheets! Along with some extra goodies! All of us at Therm O Web wish Scrapbook & Cards Today a very Happy 9th! Thanks for letting us be part of the celebration!" ~ Therm O Web
Thank you American Crafts and Therm O Web for joining our celebration! What a great day! For an opportunity to win each day's prize package, just leave one comment (only one!) each day before 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4th and on and on Sunday, April 5th we will announce all the winners right here. Good luck!
As always, we love it when our readers hop on over to the Facebook pages of our partners to give a big "SCT thank you!" Our partners love hearing from our readers and love how much appreciation comes to them for the prizes they offer so please take a minute each day if you can to show them some love!
Thank you so much Laura, American Crafts and Therm O Web! Join us on day FIVE! It's an exciting one! If you are just joining us for the first time, be sure to start HERE on day ONE!
Happy happy!
Posted by: Suzi | March 24, 2015 at 09:44 PM
Yeeha! Thanks for the chance to win such awesome prizes!!
Posted by: Aurelie | March 24, 2015 at 09:48 PM
Great birthday cards! Love the way you cut files for more than one card. Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Alison C | March 24, 2015 at 09:52 PM
What a great prize package of goodies! Thanks for the chance to win one!
Posted by: Judy W. | March 24, 2015 at 09:53 PM
Great prizes! Great cards!
Posted by: Kelly Malacko | March 24, 2015 at 09:55 PM
Love American crafts and that foil looks like so much fun! Thanks for a great birthday celebration!
Posted by: JoAnn | March 24, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Love the birthday cards....happy birthday to SCT!
Posted by: Andrea T | March 24, 2015 at 10:04 PM
Perfect birthday cards, great for anyone! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: carolyn s | March 24, 2015 at 10:04 PM
Always more wonderful opportunities!! Thank you
Posted by: Donna | March 24, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Lovely cards! Love the way you can cut more than one paper at the same time. The AC pack looks fantastic!
Posted by: Manda | March 24, 2015 at 10:07 PM
Loving the birthday celebration and all the talent (as well as the giveaway goodies)!! Party on!!
Posted by: Cheryl Sager | March 24, 2015 at 10:07 PM
What a great way to plan ahead with cards!
Posted by: Theresa | March 24, 2015 at 10:08 PM
Awesome inspiration here. Love the birthday card! Thanks for a chance to win.
Posted by: Marcia Dehn-Nix | March 24, 2015 at 10:08 PM
You always have such amazing giveaways!! Thanks!
Posted by: Janet MacKay | March 24, 2015 at 10:08 PM
Love both the prizes! Could have lots of fun with either of these. Card was great too!
Posted by: Geraldine | March 24, 2015 at 10:09 PM
Love looking forward to each day's inspiration! Those polka dots are fab!
Posted by: Debbie Lou | March 24, 2015 at 10:10 PM
I am swooning over today's prize package! Somebody is going to be very happy when they find out they won these amazing goodies! You have such awesome sponsors! I am honored to be a part of this community of caring and generous companies!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | March 24, 2015 at 10:14 PM
Cute card. Great give away.
Posted by: sjmcclelland | March 24, 2015 at 10:15 PM
I agree, those polka dots are sweet! Thanks for a chance to win during the birthday celebration.
Posted by: judy | March 24, 2015 at 10:15 PM
Yeah, it just keeps getting better! Thanks for all the amazing giveaways!
Posted by: Amy M. C. | March 24, 2015 at 10:17 PM
Love the card!!!
Posted by: Heather H. | March 24, 2015 at 10:17 PM
Great project! Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Sandy Clinton | March 24, 2015 at 10:18 PM
Fabulous prizes - Happy Birthday!!!
Posted by: Valerie | March 24, 2015 at 10:20 PM
Happy birthday - great giveaway - thanks for the chance to win
Posted by: Ange | March 24, 2015 at 10:20 PM
Wonderul card! Such wonderful sponsors to help celebrate!
Posted by: Jean marmo | March 24, 2015 at 10:22 PM