Thank you for joining us on Day 5 of our Birthday Celebration! Today design team member Lisa Dickinson joins us to share a inspiring birthday page with her usual design perfection! We also have another amazing prize package to share from our friends at Carta Bella and Paper Smooches Stamps! Let's get today's party started...
"Happy Birthday SCT! Birthdays are festive and bright celebrations, and the layouts featuring them should be just as colorful! For me, that means using lots of patterned paper in a bright and happy palette. This layout featuring my daughter's seventh birthday, is one such page:
The harlequin pattern was perfect for displaying a large variety of patterns, because each piece is small but impactful. . I cut the various diamonds on my Silhouette and then used baker's twine to create linear borders for the design. Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive is the perfect for glue for this type of application because the fine tip lays down a very thin line of glue and it dries really quick!
On several of the diamonds, I added color-coordinated embellishments like die cuts, stickers, chipboard and transparencies, cutting them to fit within the shape. The accents add a bit of texture and dimension to the design.
The title is electronically cut using the free font Sofia. I added a tiny chipboard tag with letter stickers in front of it, and a few strips of journaling below. The result is a page that is as vibrant and joyful as the celebration itself!" ~ Lisa Dickinson
Day 5 Celebration Giveaways!
Happy Birthday SCT! We are excited to be a part of your celebration with the new Carta Bella Toy Box collection designed by Stephen Duncan. Toy Box is a bright, vivid collection paired with adorable images with a vintage feel. Perfect for telling those sweet playful stories!
Paper Smooches Stamps is excited to be a part of another amazing birthday celebration with our friends at SCT! Congratulations SCT on this milestone. Today we would love to offer one of your wonderful readers a $50 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store! Our exclusive Photopolymer clear stamps and steel metal dies are all made in the USA and are guaranteed to be of highest quality. Using our Photopolymer clear stamps and steel metal dies will not only bring you wonderful images and designs for your card making and paper crafting, but will also give you consistent prints and artwork every single time you use them!
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Thank you Lisa, Carta Bella and Paper Smooches Stamps for a great Day 5 celebration! For an opportunity to win these prizes please leave a comment below. Be sure to leave your comment by March 31st! All randomly selected winners will be announced on April 3rd. Good luck!
We hope you'll take a moment to visit today's sponsor's Facebook pages. If you don't already "like" them, it would be great if you did!
Echo Park Paper (parent company of Carta Bella)
If today is your first day joining us, be sure to see the first four days starting with day one HERE! Mark your calendars to join us tomorrow for Day Six! Another amazing day!
Happy Birthday!! SCT, I love visiting your site to get all the up-to-date news and some inspiration. Enjoy your birthday week.
Posted by: Nicola MacNaughton | March 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Love reading this blog! So much inspiration!
Posted by: Sarah Souza | March 22, 2017 at 10:03 AM
I absolutely love this idea in fact I think I may use it today, thanks again SCT I sure hope your birthday celebrations are as fun for all of you as they are for us. 👍😁
Posted by: Tonya | March 22, 2017 at 10:03 AM
Happy Birthday SCT. Love the scrapbook page today.
Posted by: Wendy | March 22, 2017 at 10:06 AM
I love the scrapbook page idea, I'll have to copy it 😊 a good way to use up paper scraps.
Posted by: Susan | March 22, 2017 at 10:11 AM
I {heart} EP (and CB)! Thank you EP and Paper Smooches.
Posted by: lisa808 | March 22, 2017 at 10:16 AM
Oh PLEASE..... I really, really, REALLY want that Toy Box kit! It will be perfect for some vintage game photos I have. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Posted by: missgailly | March 22, 2017 at 10:18 AM
I love today's diamond design--creativity is flowing!!! Loving the vintage feel of the Toy Box selections. I think I could find lots to buy using the Paper Smooches gift card! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Jody | March 22, 2017 at 10:22 AM
Happy Birthday to you!! I love all things vintage like the toy box paper!! I can think of so many awesome ideas to create with these wonderful products!!! I hope your birthday is wonderful and that you never lose your creativity!!
Posted by: Paula Bonnin | March 22, 2017 at 10:31 AM
Thank you Cartebella and Paper Smooches! I love creating with your products. Thank you Lisa for showing such a beautiful scrapbook page. I am going to check out the Martha Stewart gel glue. Thank you for sharing how wonderful it is.
Posted by: Lisa K | March 22, 2017 at 10:34 AM
Happy #11! Lisa, I like how you added little embellishments on the paper, like the 7.
Posted by: Marcia scantlin | March 22, 2017 at 10:34 AM
Cute collection!
Posted by: Brittany | March 22, 2017 at 10:37 AM
Wow! What an amazing layout! Love the stitching around the diamond shapes! Great loot again today! Love the Toybox collection and who doesn't love a free shopping spree? I know I do! Thanks for the chance to win them! Fingers crossed!
Posted by: Barb macaskill | March 22, 2017 at 10:37 AM
Beautiful layout! I love the various pattern paper. Love all your wonderful giveaways. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Posted by: gina | March 22, 2017 at 10:38 AM
Very impressed with today's layout! Also love the Toybox collection by Carta Bella!
Posted by: Nancy | March 22, 2017 at 10:41 AM
What a great way to use bakers twine and make an impactful design while still highlighting your photo! Thanks for always inspiring me!
Posted by: Brenda | March 22, 2017 at 10:41 AM
I love the Harlequin design in the post. The toybox collection is so cool
Posted by: Heather B | March 22, 2017 at 10:42 AM
Love the LO idea. Great prize as always.
Posted by: Kim S (nerdgrl) | March 22, 2017 at 10:46 AM
Beautiful layout! Great prize too.
Posted by: Kyla Schrake | March 22, 2017 at 10:47 AM
Happy 11th Birthday SCT!
What an amazing layout. LOVE the Harlequin pattern.
And, What an awesome collection by Carta Bella...WooHoo!
And, And, What an awesome give-a-way from Paper Smooches. LOVE!!!
Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: Lynn Gauthier | March 22, 2017 at 10:49 AM
Love the harlequin design on the layout! Definitely going to try this!
Posted by: Judy Stiles | March 22, 2017 at 10:52 AM
The perfect Harlequin pattern for the perfect birthday layout, for the 11th birthday celebration!!! So much FUN, Lisa!
Posted by: Thanh | March 22, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Fun day for inspiration and a giveaway!! Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: Chris Cross | March 22, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Great detail on this layout! Thanks for sharing with us!!
Posted by: Leanne in Cali | March 22, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Happy 11th Birthday SCT! Love the layout! What a great idea. Thank you to the sponsors for your Birthday celebration!
Posted by: Linda Tupper | March 22, 2017 at 10:59 AM