Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog: Happy 9th birthday celebration

It's the final day of our 9th birthday celebration and what a celebration it has been!!! Thank you for all your sweet comments over the past 9 days. We love knowing how much you love SCT and all the inspiration we provide. Knowing you're happy, makes this entire team HAPPY! And isn't that what a celebration is all about? Of course what makes a great birthday party is fun inspiration and a great loot bag. These past 9 days our sponsors have outdone themselves! When we sent a note out letting them know we were celebrating they wanted to celebrate right along with us too! Their sweet comments have also brought smiles to our faces. We could not do what we do without them and we are grateful for their continued support for all that we do. So, on that grateful note, let's get this final day of celebration going!

Design team member Lisa Dickinson joins us with an amazing tag that shows off her fun style of colour and pattern. In true Lisa style, this tag is all things happy!

Our sweet friend and contributing writer Jennifer McGuire also wanted to celebrate and shares this wonderful process video too where she creates a beautiful birthday card using Ranger Distress Ink, some Lawn Fawn dies and her Sizzix!

To see more of Jen's inspiring videos, be sure to follow her on YouTube HERE and be ready to stay awhile as the creativity is never ending!

Are you ready for our final prize to end this celebration? Would you love it if we said there were prizes? Would you love it even more if we said it's a GRAND prize package? Get ready!

9th birthday loot bag - Day NINE!

The first prize today comes from our friends at Chameleon Pens! (psst...if you've not seen these before, click on their name to see a quick and amazing tutorial!)

"Happy Birthday Scrapbook and Cards Today! We are honored to be part of this great celebration and can't wait to gift some of our new Chameleon Pens to your fantastic creative readers! We are looking forward to many more wonderful years of creative collaboration! " ~ Julia Benben

"Happy birthday SCT! We are so happy to introduce Bella Bows, a simply soft way to embellish your cards, layouts and crafts. Created from felt, these darling bows are a great way to add some dimension & style to all projects! In our signature Bella Blvd colors, Bella Bows are available in 12 single color packages, including an adhesive dot on each bow for easy application!"

"The cards from the Confetti Wishes card workshop are perfect for sending a happy hello to friends and family. Use the color photos, card patterns, and cutting diagrams along with the materials list and assembly tips to create your own cards (5 each of 2 designs). Happy birthday SCT from your friends at Close To My Heart!!!" ~ Jill

Are you ready for our final amazing prize? Put your hands together for our friends at Sizzix who would love to send one of these to today's lucky winner...

"Thinlits create dazzling detailed shapes for more creative cardmaking and papercrafting projects. These wafer-thin chemical-etched die sets are designed to cut, emboss or stencil a single sheet of cardstock, paper, metallic foil or vellum. They are simple to use, compact and portable for cutting at home or on the go. Use them for enhanced intricacy and to add a special touch of inspiration to all your projects. Of course with your Thinlits, you must have a brand new....

With a bold new look, the award-winning Big Shot Machine truly does it all with durable rollers and a 6" wide opening to die-cut or emboss many of your favorite designs from our Sizzix product library. The portable machine includes an Extended Multipurpose Platform and a pair of Standard Cutting Pads to create charming shapes for cardmaking, scrapbooking, home décor, fashion, altered art, mixed media, quilting, papercrafting and other craft projects!

Wishing our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today a VERY happy 9th birthday!" ~ your friends at Sizzix

What an extraordinary way to end our 9th birthday celebration! A beautiful tag, an amazing video and a HUGE grand prize package. Thank you Lisa, Jennifer, Chameleon Pens, Bella Blvd, Close To My Heart and Sizzix! For an opportunity to win each day's prize package (be sure to start on day one HERE), 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!

One final time, please take a moment to hop on over to the Facebook pages of today's partners to give them a big "SCT thank you!" It means the world to them, and to us!

As our 9th birthday celebration now draws to a close, we are excited and ready for a big 10th year! With a great team, fabulous readers and amazing partners in the industry, we could not ask for more! We hope you'll join us every step of the way this next year through this blog, our website, on Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook.

Thank YOU for 9 amazing days! xoxoxox

~ Catherine

Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

Comments

Wow Big Happy Birthday to you!!! How amazing is this giveaway Thanks!!!

Posted by: Jessica Martell | April 03, 2015 at 03:27 PM

SCT I hope you have many more anniversaries to celebrate. Thanks to you and all of the sponsors for the fabulous prizes.

Posted by: ColleenB | April 03, 2015 at 04:37 PM

Love it all.

Posted by: terriavidreader | April 03, 2015 at 04:54 PM

What a wonderful celebration!! Thanks SCT for all your inspiration!

Posted by: Majken Pullin | April 03, 2015 at 05:55 PM

Thank you for letting us celebrate your birthday with you! I am amazed at the wonderful ideas you've shared, and I cannot wait to try new things. Cheers to more wonderful projects :)

Posted by: LionaChinky Guzman | April 03, 2015 at 07:24 PM

Thanks for all the wonderful giveaways! I so want a Big Shot!!

Posted by: Denise I | April 03, 2015 at 08:54 PM

Wow, these 9 days of prizes have been fabulous. Good luck to everyone and thank you SCT for the chance to win.

Posted by: PammyKay | April 03, 2015 at 09:51 PM

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas and giveaways. I look forward to more inspiration to come

Posted by: frania | April 03, 2015 at 10:06 PM

Thank you to SCT and all the sponsors for a wonderful birthday celebration!

Posted by: Rachel V | April 03, 2015 at 11:53 PM

Lovely cards, thanks for the inspiration!

Carol B
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Posted by: Carol B | April 04, 2015 at 01:43 AM

Just fabulous! Certainly a stunner of a celebration! Happy birthday again, and thank you for inviting us along to celebrate and win goodies along the way!!! Wishing you many years of success!

Posted by: Brittany | April 04, 2015 at 04:15 AM

Happy Birthday SCT - the prizes look amazing and here is to the next 9 years of creating memories.

Posted by: heather Wehrli | April 04, 2015 at 07:20 AM

What a way to end your birthday celebrations! Always wanted to try the chameleon pens.....thank you for letting us celebrate with you.

Posted by: Louise johnson | April 04, 2015 at 08:23 AM

Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Tiffani | April 04, 2015 at 09:00 AM

Wow-thanks for the chance to celebrate your 9 years of great crafting ideas! Here's to many many more!!

Posted by: Janet Lamkin | April 04, 2015 at 09:46 AM

Super duper happy birthday! Thanks for sharing the fun :)

Posted by: Tamara@Etcetorize | April 04, 2015 at 10:31 AM

What a fun Birthday celebration this has been. Looking forward to the coming years and all the inspiration Scrapbook and Cards sends our way. Love this prize package and thank you for the opportunity to win.

Posted by: Marilyn Bronson | April 04, 2015 at 11:00 AM

You rock!

Posted by: Patti Neville | April 04, 2015 at 11:58 AM

want want want the Chameleon pens!!!!!!

Posted by: Sandy Belvin Kilkenny | April 04, 2015 at 11:59 AM