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#craftingsecrets Sunday!

Just had to share some of the #craftingsecrets we've received! Keep them coming!

I have two rooms full of crafty supplies for cardmaking, yet I rarely mail any cards out! Of the ones I actually make, I tend to keep more than I mail! ~ DC

Sometimes I make up fake plans so I can tell my friends I am busy....then I stay home to craft! I won’t even mention the secret chocolate stash <3   ~ Denise

When we built a house and moved out to the country so we could take care of my parents, someone else packed most of my craft stuff. I have no idea in which box anything is - and it's all out in the barn. So my crafting secret is that over the past 6 years, I've pretty much replaced, well, almost everything...some things twice! ~ N

Okay, here's my secret. I'm an addict! My daughter is an addict too! Our husbands have no idea how much money we spend at our favourite online craft stores (it might be a bit much!)  Anyway, when  a package arrives with my name on it, I tell my husband that my daughter ordered stuff and didn't want her husband to know. When a package arrives with her name on it, she tells her husband that I ordered it. (And we just hide the Micheals bags!) Works great! ~ Sandy

Thank you ladies! To submit your #craftingsecret, just send us an email at [email protected] and put #craftingsecrets in your reference line! We would also love to see it in photos. Write down your #craftingsecrets and send us an image! If you post it to Instagram be sure to use the #craftingsecrets hashtag too.

#craftingsecrets Sunday!

Last week we shared some of our team's #craftingsecrets and asked our readers to share some of theirs! We LOVED how many responded and thought we would share a few here and a few on our website!

Sometimes I need time soooo bad to myself I say I am going to scrap and I actually just go shut my craft door turn on my tv and binge watch all my favorite shows and don't get anything done.  I just really needed "me" time!  They all know if moms craft room door is shut I am crafting and not to bother me so it is nice to "get away!  "  AHHHHHH!  ~ C.S.

My scrapbook/craft room is my whole house. Stickers, ribbon, cards and washi tape in one bedroom. Paper is in another plus hall closet plus garage file cabinet. (Yes, I'm addicted to paper) Tools are wherever I can find a place to stick them and stamps and ink are in another bedroom. Waiting on "my ship to come in" so I can build a  craft room in the attic. Hope it wasn't the Titanic! ~CM

I store most of my crafting supplies in a mini-fridge. It keeps the dust out! (However, it's increasingly a struggle to shut the fridge door...)  ~ Jeanie

My secret is that I quite often treat myself to new crafting goodies and then tell my Other Half that I've won them, hahahaha.  Takes the guilt out of my shopping ;)  - Lynne

Thank you ladies! To submit your #craftingsecret, just send us an email at [email protected] and put #craftingsecrets in your reference line! We would also love to see it in photos. Write down your #craftingsecrets and send us an image! If you post it be sure to use the #craftingsecrets hashtag too.

 Be sure to read more #craftingsecrets on our website by clicking HERE!

What are your #craftingsecrets?

Do you have a crafting secret? Oh we bet you do! After listening to a Ted Talk by Frank Warren about the Post Secret movement, it inspired us to ask you about your crafting secret! Each week we want you to email us your #craftingsecrets (we will keep it anonymous!) and we will post a selection on our website HERE on Sundays. Let's add a little bit more fun because if you know us, you know we love to keep it fun! Each month we will randomly select one person who shared their #craftingsecrets to win our most current issue and a little "secret prize" too!

We thought it would also be a fun question to ask our own team and here are some of their little #craftingsecrets....

• "I have scrapbooking commitment issues! Eep! Sometimes I'm all about the single pages. Other times, I dig the doubles. I typically do 12x12 layouts, but every once in a while an 8.5x11 will sneak in. Sometimes my pages are traditional, sometimes they're digital, and sometimes they're hybrid. Pocket pages? Oh, sure! I do pocket pages. It's madness, I tell ya! But you know what? I kind of love the side effect of my commitment conundrum, which is blended albums. I feel the variety of size, type, and style adds a fun energy to my books and allows me to do whatever works best for each story." ~ Megan Hoeppner
• "I scrap on our kitchen table so sometimes we eat dinner on the floor." ~ Paige Evans
• "I have tons of projects without photos on them. Just like making the stuff sometimes!!!" ~ Vicki Boutin
• "I have over 100 layouts that are not in albums." ~ Jen Chapin

Want to share your #craftingsecrets with us? Here's how:

1.    email us your secret at [email protected] with #craftingsecrets in your reference line

2.    We will post a selection on Sundays on our website at www.scrapbookandcards.com/crafting-secrets

To gain even more momentum on this fun movement, we would love you to write down your #craftingsecrets, take a picture of it and share it online with the hashtag #craftingsecrets and tag us at @sctmagazine on Instagram or post it on our Facebook page or both!

Let's have some fun and laugh a little with this SCT friends! And....GO!

 

Doodlebug Designs Giveaway!

Hello and Happy Friday friends! We hope you've had a great week and are looking forward to an even greater weekend! Hopefully you've carved out a little time in there for some fun crafting. At SCT HQ's we are putting the finishing touches on the spring issue, CardMaps Vol. 5, our brand new exclusive spring kits (they're beautiful and on sale March 1st!!!) and of course packing boxes and getting ready for Crop & Create Toronto. While it seems like it's all work, it's awfully fun work! 

If you joined us yesterday then you would have taken a walk down spring lane with us and Doodlebug Designs. With darling spring and Easter themed projects, we could almost hear the bird chirping! Well, we did see a robin outside the office yesterday so there is hope spring is around the corner right? Today our friends at Doodlebug would love to bring a early spring to one lucky winner with this...

Isn't this the sweetest? Today's winner will receive the Spring Things paper collection kit AND the Spring Things Odds & Ends die cuts too. And wait until you see the acetate die cuts! They are the best. To be entered to win this amazing prize, be sure to leave a comment below and tell us what your most favourite part of spring is! Be sure to leave a comment by Thursday, February 23 and we'll randomly select one lucky winner on February 24th. Good luck!

Are you around this Sunday? Make a little note to catch up with us as we introduce this...

See you Sunday!