Hello and welcome to our 11th birthday celebration! For the next 11 days our team will be here with amazing birthday inspiration. In addition, what would a party be without giveaways! With over $3K in giveaways you can be sure it will be quite the celebration! And if you know us here at SCT, then you know we love to throw a party! It's a great opportunity to thank you for being the best readers ever. Because of you we celebrate this milestone. xoxo
Today we welcome design team member Virginia Nebel with some fun party decor! In addition, our sweet friends from Scrapbook.com, American Crafts and Doodlebug Design are here! So friends, let's get this party started...
"Hello SCT friends, can you believe that SCT is going to be 11 this year! Congratulations to Catherine and the SCT family for continually inspiring our paper crafting world. I feel truly blessed and lucky to be part of this amazing team and I hope that there are many more years to celebrate. I thought it would be fun to create a 3d project for the birthday celebration. Here I've made some block numbers which would look great as on a table or shelf for a festive centrepiece.
These block numbers are from Silhouette America, they are easy to assemble and I have a few tips to share.
If you plan to resize your numbers to the maximum largest size, just remember that you have to make sure the longest piece fits on your 12x12 cutting mat, i.e. you are resizing the longest piece not necessarily the number itself. After you cut out the pieces, I would suggest a dry-run assembly, so fold up all the flaps, twist and turn the sides so that you know how it?s put together. I also like to re-inforce the inside with some extra card stock, just cut some lengths that fit in the boundaries of the side flaps and score lines.
This additional card stock on the inside makes the numbers extra sturdy. One last tip, assemble the frontside of the number first, this way the back is still open and you can really press the edges together for a nice fit.
And voila! Your 3d numbers are assembled and ready to go!
Thank you Virginia for kicking of our celebration! 11 amazing years and speaking of amazing, we're thrilled to partner with these amazing companies who have offered our Day 1 giveaways. Thank you Scrapbook.com, American Crafts and Doodlebug Design! We hope you'll join them over on their Facebook pages today and tell them we sent you!
Day 1 Celebration Giveaways!
Happy Birthday SCT! The Complete Nested Variety Kit from Umbrella Crafts (exclusively available at Scrapbook.com) is the perfect addition to all of your die-cutting and crafting needs. If you are a beginner, this is the best bundle to start your manual die-cutting obsession! You will enjoy using these basic shapes over and over for everything from cards, to party decor, to school projects, to gift giving, to pocket page scrapbooking! You will appreciate the versatility of the true 4" x 6" rectangle, the crisp squares, the classic circles, the adorable hearts and the scalloped variations. Wafer-Thin is IN! These are the best, high quality metal dies on the market and can easily cut paper, cardstock, foil and vellum. Umbrella Crafts Dies are compatible with most die cutting machines (sold separately). Each complete package includes:
- Six nesting flowers decorative metal dies
- Five nesting hearts decorative metal dies
- Five nesting ovals decorative metal dies
- Six nesting squares decorative metal dies
- Six nesting circles decorative metal dies
- Five nesting scalloped hearts decorative metal dies
- Six nesting rectangles decorative metal dies
- 39 decorative dies total
We're so excited to celebrate SCT's 11th birthday! We're thrilled to congratulate them on this milestone and to recognize all they've contributed to the industry. We're also excited for all the readers of this wonderful publication. Thanks for supporting American Crafts and Scrapbook & Cards Today. Best of luck!
Doodlebug is proud to partner with Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine! They are a true inspiration to the industry and are also very dear friends! We are not surprised that they are celebrating their 11th year in business and are sure that they will be around for many more! We would like to wish them a very Happy Birthday and also thank you all for your continued support as well!
For an opportunity to win these prizes please leave a comment below by March 31st! Winners will be randomly selected for each day and announced on April 3rd.
There you have it SCT friends, Day 1 has begun! Please join today's sponsors on their Facebook pages here...
We hope you'll join us tomorrow for Day TWO!!!
A very Happy 11th birthday to you SCT and wishing you many more!! So very looking forward to the 11 days of inspiration . Thank you sponsors for making birthdays extra sweet .
Posted by: Shilpa | March 18, 2017 at 11:24 AM
Wow! Wow! What a way to kick off a celebration! Too much yummt goodness at once! Congrats SCT!
Posted by: Keri Postma | March 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM
Virginia's celebration decoration is so super fun! What a great way to kick off your 11th Birthday party!!! I'm so happy that SCT is still going strong and providing such a great place for crafters and artists of all kinds to come, be inspired and so much more!!! This industry simply wouldn't be as awesome without SCT!!! Happy Birthday and here's to many more!!! xoxo
Posted by: Linsey | March 18, 2017 at 11:28 AM
Congratulations on 11 years, SCT! I'm glad you're here and continue to inspire us all with great projects and ideas.
Posted by: Natalie (QSOgirl) | March 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM
Congrats! Love the way you party!
Posted by: Marilyn Secor | March 18, 2017 at 11:57 AM
Congrats on 11 years, SCT!! Thanks for all the papercrafting inspiration!!
Posted by: Judy McMullen | March 18, 2017 at 12:06 PM
Congrats and Happy 11th Birthday!
Posted by: lisa808 | March 18, 2017 at 12:07 PM
Happy Birthday SCT! Let's party!
Posted by: Marianne | March 18, 2017 at 12:07 PM
Congratulations on 11 years of sharing your creativity with us. What an amazing prize - a dream come true
Posted by: Ausra Bicknell | March 18, 2017 at 12:08 PM
Time flies...11 years already
Love the nesting dies, from scrapbook.com and American crafts and doodle bug have always lived in my scrap room and albums.
Congrats
Posted by: MaryAnn N | March 18, 2017 at 12:09 PM
It's like we just celebrated #10. Happy 11th and many more. You are a source of great inspiration.
Posted by: Marcia scantlin | March 18, 2017 at 12:09 PM
Happy happy birthday! And many more!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Denise Coulter | March 18, 2017 at 12:19 PM
Congratulations on 11 amazing years! Happy Birthday!
And thank you for spreading the cheer to us, your fans.
Thank you for all the beautiful inspiration every day.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | March 18, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations on 11 years of wonderful projects. How nice of you to give gifts on your Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Nylene Budge | March 18, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations on 11 wonderful years of sharing...love your magazine and all the ideas you share on this blog.
Posted by: Sue Alger | March 18, 2017 at 12:22 PM
Happy Birthday SCT. Thank you for 11 wonderful years of paper crafts. Here's to many more.
Posted by: Janice B | March 18, 2017 at 12:24 PM
Happy 11th birthday! You guys really know how to celebrate.
Posted by: Tona | March 18, 2017 at 12:26 PM
Congrats on your 11th birthday! You guys are a great source of inspiration!
Posted by: Elizabeth Lumsden | March 18, 2017 at 12:28 PM
Fabulous way to kick things off! I love all these companies! Thanks!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | March 18, 2017 at 12:28 PM
Happy 11th anniversary! Love your magazine and blog. Thanks for a chance to win some great prizes, too. :D
Posted by: Janet Sisk | March 18, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Happy Birthday! Wishing you many more! Thank you for 11 years of inspiration and information! THank you for sharing knowledge about companies and how tos and so much more! I left them some love!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | March 18, 2017 at 12:35 PM
Congrats on 11 years. I love the standup numerals. Wonder if I can do that on the Cricut.
Posted by: Colleen Flathers | March 18, 2017 at 12:37 PM
Happy 11th Birthday SCT!!!!! What an amazing project to kick off your birthday celebration! I can't wait to try it! Thank you for all your inspiration and giveaways!! They are just so much fun!!
Posted by: Amy B | March 18, 2017 at 12:40 PM
Huge Congratulations to you and your entire team at Scrapbook and Cards Today. You have some of the most generous companies sponsoring your great giveaway celebrations! I love the 3D numbers that Virginia created for birthday décor! Great idea..also such a great collection of dies, and Doodle always promises something fresh and exciting!
Posted by: Jennifer Reynard | March 18, 2017 at 12:41 PM
Hurray on turning 11 years old! What a way to start off the party. Some cool prizes here!
Posted by: missgailly | March 18, 2017 at 12:44 PM