Happy Friday SCT friends! We're so excited to reveal our beautiful fall SCT Delivered Kits! Our layout kit Acorn Avenue and card kit Cedar Lane curated by designer Lisa Dickinson are full of all the warmth of the fall season! We also have our brand new fall Life in Pockets kit created by designer Jess Forster!Each of our kits has printed instructions and exclusives you won't want to miss!
Presenting our beautiful SCT Delivered fall kits...
Acorn Avenue Scrapbook kit - for information and to order click HERE
Cedar Lane card kit - for information and to order click HERE
Fall Life in Pockets - for more information and to order click HERE
We have limited quantities of each kit so be sure to order before they sell out!
Hello there, Melissa here! Father's Day is quickly approaching and it is the perfect time to bust out our favorite masculine paper-crafting products and get to work creating handmade cards for the guys in our lives.
I have a couple of favorite collections for the guys that I can't wait to share with you. This first card uses The Great Outdoors collection from Echo Park Paper Co. I love every bit of this fun and ultra retro collection...especially the patterned paper found in the 6x6 paper pad.
It's always inspiring to me to change directions a bit when it comes to card-making. Masculine cards are lots of fun because of the many different elements you can combine that may normally be outside of your normal comfort zone creative area :). For instance, the rich color schemes, the combination of patterns from plaid, to basket weave, to maps, to camouflage, to herringbone, even to fish prints. I love them all and many of those prints can be seen in this first card.
Themed cards are always a playful approach to creating Father's Day cards, such as in my second card. I've used the Echo Park Hero collection and have pulled together a card perfect for someone serving in the military or for a very special hero.
Father's Day is also a great time to incorporate texture into your card making. I've used the World Map Embossing Folder from Echo Park in the background, creating a touchable surface with a masculine feel. The faux wood buttons used as embellishments also add texture to my card.
Across the bottom I added more texture by using corrugated Thickers from Crate Paper. These add dimension and touch-a-bility and is one of my most favorite textures in paper-crafting.
I wanted these letters to stand out a bit from their camouflage background, so I used a foam brush and off-white acrylic paint to brush on a bit of color to the surface, creating a weathered, distressed look.
So, now's the time to dive into mixing and matching different masculine patterns, bringing in a variety of textures, and creating with that special guy in mind while you're at it.
We love offering challenges each month and this month we are sharing a "scraplift" challenge with you! Scraplifting is a wonderful way to enhance your learning by "borrowing" another designers creative ideas. In this case we are sharing a double page layout created by Nicole Nowosad in our spring, 2017 issue and we would love to see how this layout inspires YOU!
You'll have until the 25th of the month to complete this challenge and send it to us at [email protected] with "June Scraplift Challenge" in your reference line. We will be sharing many of the layouts we receive on June 29th. Mark your planners and challenge yourself to create a fun layout inspired by Nicole's above!
Want to know what you're playing for? This month's winner will be playing for our brand new exclusive SCT Delivered summer layout kit "Chasing Daisies" that will release at 12:00 noon EST today! Look at all these fun goodies...
You can see the full scope of the kit at noon EST today by clicking here! Imagine welcoming this wonderful box of goodness in to your scrap space! One random winner will be chosen so be sure to get your scraplifts in before June 29th!
Happy Friday friends! It's December 2nd and the holidays are just around the corner. If you joined us earlier this week designer Aly Dosdall joined us with her monthly Tools Today feature (last Tuesday of the month!) and she shared a beautiful project she created using the We R Memory Keepers Frame Punch Board! You can see the post here.
Our friends at We R Memory Keepers were kind enough to send us one of these amazing tools and we would love to share it with one lucky reader! If you would love to add this to your creative space be sure to leave a comment below by December 8th! Good luck!
Last week as part of our "thanks to you" giveaway we gave the winner the opportunity to choose their own prize from a fun selection. Ohhhh, the choices! The lucky winner is:
You also have such wonderful giveaways. I would be very thankful to receive any of these items but if I had to pick I think I would select the SCT 365 as I am looking to 2017 to be a better year than 2016 has been and this would help to ensure that!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win and cannot wait to what you have I. Store this year for the 12 days of Christmas!!! Posted by: Lynn | November 25, 2016 at 02:05 PM
Lynn congratulations we sure hope we can help make 2017 a better year for you with this prize! You have won a spot in our brand new SCT365 class! We will contact you with all the details!
If you have not seen our brand new SCT365 online, self paced class be sure to learn about it here. Why not consider a little "to me, from me, love me!" gift that will go all year long. Join 12 amazing designers all year long as they inspire you to create an album that will capture your year. With many creative techniques, exclusive PageMaps by Becky Fleck, cutting files and more, this is a self paced class you won't want to miss! Class starts on January 2nd so be sure to register now here!
Have a wonderful weekend friends. Want a sneak peek of what's happening in the office right now? A whole lot of kits are shipping! Please mind our mess ;)
It's always an exciting day when, after 6-8 months of planning, we can reveal what we've been working on to you! Today we would like to share the cover of our new fall issue landing in subscriber mailboxes, on newsstands, in your local scrapbook store and on our website in a few shorts. The official release date is September 23rd!
There is so much inspiration, creativity and the warmth of the season wrapped in to this issue. Our team and contributors have once again amazed us and we cannot wait to share! We'll be sharing some sneak peeks in the coming days too!
Also this week we did the full reveal on our gorgeous fall kits! Here are two quick videos sharing the contents of our layout kit "Sweater Weather" and our card kit "Harvest Moon!" We also have our Fall Life in Pockets kit in full here!
As we did our first preorder on these kits to past purchasers they are going very fast! If you would like one of these beautiful, seasonally inspired kits, be sure to order here!
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! If it's a long weekend for you, enjoy the extra day. Take some time to yourself and enjoy some quiet moments!
TGIF friends! Can we all say a collective "what a week!!!" Has it been a crazy week for you? Around the SCT office is was an exciting week as the first copies of the summer issue landed in the office on Wednesday! You would think that after 41 previous issues that when the new one lands in the office it wouldn't be such a big deal but let me tell you each one is just as exciting as every issue before that. To see 6-8 months of work wrapped up in a pretty, colourful magazine is thrilling. To see all the hard work our team and host of contributors have put in is even more thrilling. I may just pinch myself a little to have the opportunity to work with all these incredible ladies. If you're a subscriber, your issue is shipping out starting today! If you would love some information on how to subscribe, you can do that here. It's an beautiful and inspiring issue that we can't wait to share with you next Friday. Mark your calendars!
If you're just joining us for the first time, welcome! If you've followed us for a long time then you know it's Friday and we LOVE to give things away on Friday. Yesterday we had our sweet friend Taylor VanBruggen, owner of Taylored Expressions, here for Card Cafe Thursday. Taylor created a beautiful card and shared one of their brand new products...INK!
Don't you just love those names? Wouldn't you just love to welcome these lovelies into your crafty space? And maybe, just maybe you might share them now and then with a friend? Ok, maybe not :) Well our friends at Taylored Expressions would love to give away a prize pack that includes a full set of Taylored Expressions Mini InkPads (all 12!) along with the newly-released Fresh Florals stamp set Taylor used on her card here yesterday.
For an opportunity to win, please leave a comment below! Leave your comment by Thursday, June 16th and in your comment tell us what your favourite colour of ink is to use. Good luck!
Last week we gave away an Alphabet Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers. The lucky winner chosen by our random integer friend is:
Oh my gosh - how amazing would it be to have such a versatile tool in my toolbox!? I have, and love, the WRMK Gift Bag and Envelope Punch Boards - adding the Alphabet Punch Board would be fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win! Posted by: Deborah Smart | June 07, 2016 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations Deborah! Please send your mailing address and telephone number to me at [email protected] and put "WRMK winner" in your reference line. Thank you!
Today will be all about final kitting in the office so that we can start shipping out our exclusive kits next week! We have a limited number so if you have not seen them yet, be sure to order before they're gone. We are also delivering week 3 of our online Easy, Detailed, Expert class with Paige Evans today. As it's a self paced class, you can join anytime. For more information on this amazing class be sure to visit our website here.
We hope you have a great weekend friends! Join us right here tomorrow for Stampin' Up! Inspiration Saturday!
Hello SCT friends! I'm happy you've joined us today! I can't wait to share and recap some of the fun and exciting things going on around here this week! Go grab a cup of something and let's look at what's going on here at SCT!
First up this morning is the release of the first video in our brand new YouTube series "Find Your Mojo with Tracy Banks!" Each month Tracy will share a prompt and then share her process of creating a beautiful layout based on the prompt. With many tips and tricks along the way, we hope you enjoy it! And while you're visiting us on YouTube we would love you to "subscribe" so you don't miss a thing!
Today is also the day our first online education class is live! In just a few moments, a link will be sent to those that have registered and we could not be more thrilled by the response to this first class. THANK YOU!!! We always appreciate your unparalleled level of support for all we do. And looking at the class lineup of Virginia Nebel, Paige Evans, Nicole Nowosad, Lisa Dickinson, Sheri Reguly, and Sarah Webb our class attendees are in for a treat! We are also thrilled to have partnered with PageMaps for the exclusive sketches and cut files. It's going to be a fun six weeks. But here's the beauty of a self paced class, you can join at any time. If you would like to join us, be sure to click here!
Crop & Create Thunder Bay, Ontario information is up! We are excited to be heading back to Thunder Bay this October with an incredible line up - Vicki Boutin, Nicole Nowosad, Virginia Nebel and special guest Layle Koncar from Simple Stories! If you've never experienced a Crop & Create event before, this one is an easy flight. Just saying :) All the information can be found here.
Last, we have a not yet released sneak peek of our brand new Life In Pockets kit that is will be on sale on June 1st at 9:00 pm EST!
It bright, it's fun and it screams summer! We love this Life in Pockets kit that Jess Forster has put together and we know you will to! Our SCT Delivered layout and card kit will also be available on June 1st at 9:00 pm EST. They go quick so be sure to mark your calendars! For more information about our quarterly, seasonally inspired kits, visit our website here.
Now, why don't we end all this happy news with a happy giveaway! As we reorganize the office after a very busy spring event and kit season we have so many little packages of happy that need a new home! Is that home yours? It could be! For an opportunity to win a fun mystery box hand packed by yours truly, leave a comment below by Thursday, June 2nd! Good luck!
Let's also talk for a second about last week's giveaway of a spot for two in our new online class. We asked you to tell us who in your life also deserved a spot in the class and your answers were amazing. Heartfelt and loving. They were a pleasure to read. The winner of two seats in the class, as chosen by our random integer friend, is:
I would love to win this prize and be able to share with my 85 year old mother who is an avid scrapbooker. But she is more than a scrapbooker she is an amazing lady who has helped me with so much over the years, but over the last few months she has been by my side helping me so much as I suffered a terrible fall down the stairs and fractured my pelvis. She has been there for everything for me and I would like nothing more than to be able to share some fun times scrapbooking together! It would be a win win for both of us!! Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing prize!!! 😊 Posted by: Lynn W | May 20, 2016 at 02:36 PM
Congratulations Lynn! Please email me at [email protected] and we'll send that link right off to you!
For our US friends, have a wonderful long Memorial Day weekend. For all our other friends, enjoy a lovely weekend too! And thanks for being here to let me share all the good that's happening around here these days. Next week our summer issue heads off to print and we cannot wait to share it with you!!!
