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!
Wow! What amazing giveaways! I love EP and Paper Smooches! Thank you SCT!
Posted by: Angela A | March 22, 2017 at 11:01 AM
So much goodness in these two companies! Thanks Paper Dmooches and Carta Bella.
Posted by: Denise Turner | March 22, 2017 at 11:03 AM
OMG I just love Lisa's layout. So creative, I am going to have to scraplift it. Thanks to Carta Bella and Paper Smooches for their amazing prizes.
Posted by: KariLynn L | March 22, 2017 at 11:06 AM
What a fun birthday page! Love that you can use up a lot of scrap paper for this design.
Posted by: Sue McRae | March 22, 2017 at 11:09 AM
Love this harlequin design--so creative.
Posted by: Sue LD | March 22, 2017 at 11:16 AM
I love the layout and want to scrap lift it soon. LOL. I love the font as well.
Posted by: Christa Stokes | March 22, 2017 at 11:18 AM
Quite a creative layout page; might have to copy that. Thanks for the chance to win and sharing such creative ideas.
Posted by: Sue Fishwild | March 22, 2017 at 11:20 AM
Love the scrapbook page - a great way to add in lots of colour and small embellishments, yet still keep it simple and not cluttered!
Posted by: Roslyn | March 22, 2017 at 11:24 AM
What great sponsors! Love the Toybox kit!
Posted by: Corrinna Walker | March 22, 2017 at 11:33 AM
I love your layout Lisa. So bright and cheerful. I am going to use this idea and try altering the pattern in various ways. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: helen | March 22, 2017 at 11:35 AM
Great kid prise
Posted by: Sharon | March 22, 2017 at 11:36 AM
Happy Birthday!! Wonderful layout and prize today!!
Posted by: Caitlin Rebecca | March 22, 2017 at 11:38 AM
Love your sponsors. Nice layout.
Posted by: Sharon | March 22, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Love the layout! And thanks for all the giveaways
Posted by: Giorgia Rossini | March 22, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Lovely layout design by Lisa Dickinson! Happy Birthday SCT!
Posted by: Cyndi | March 22, 2017 at 11:42 AM
I do not do layout, but this one gives me ideas for my scraps. I like it.
Posted by: margret hill | March 22, 2017 at 11:43 AM
Fantastic layout!
I'm in love with the Toybox collection!
Posted by: Kelly Kennedy | March 22, 2017 at 11:47 AM
Lisa, your LO is fabulous - love that harlequin pattern. And thanks for the tip on what glue to use; I always struggle on which glue is best for certain things.
Yay - I absolutely love Kim & Paper Smooches. So happy to see these two wonderful sponsors today.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | March 22, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Happy Birthday SCT. What a great idea for the layout--using baker's twine and scraps of paper. And adding accents atop of the diamonds just a perfect touch. So unique. Again, thanks for another chance to win your amazing prizes.
Posted by: Sue Alger | March 22, 2017 at 11:48 AM
I love the diamond pattern idea, but how did you get it to come out so perfectly? Gluing twine has never worked out real well for me.
Posted by: Tami B | March 22, 2017 at 11:48 AM
What a fabulous layout by Lisa! And Happy Birthday to SCT!!!
Posted by: Juliana | March 22, 2017 at 11:57 AM
Wonderful projects today. Fabulous prizes too. Thanks to Carta Bella, Paper Smooches and Lisa!
Posted by: super stick chick | March 22, 2017 at 11:57 AM
Beautiful layout!!! Love today's Sponsors!!!
Posted by: Arianna Barbara | March 22, 2017 at 11:58 AM
omg.. I love paper smooches.. what a wonderful prize.
happy birthday
Posted by: tammy | March 22, 2017 at 11:58 AM
Great layout and technique and fabulous prizes. Happy Birthday and thank you!
Posted by: SusanDR | March 22, 2017 at 11:59 AM