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SCT Delivered kit giveaway!

Good morning SCT friends, it's Catherine! What a week and what a weekend we have this weekend! Some of the team is headed to our first event of 2016, Crop & Create Markham. Hard to believe it's our 25th event! Joining us this weekend is Amy Tan, Vicki Boutin, Virginia Nebel and Jess Forster. What a lineup! If you aren't joining us, be sure to follow us on Instagram (@sctmagazine) and on our Crop & Create Facebook page to catch some of the fun.

Also this week we revealed not one but FOUR brand new kits! Here are some sneak peeks...

Sunny Days layout kit

Kite Strings card kit

Life in Pockets spring kit

Exclusive 10th birthday kit - SOLD OUT

If you've not checked out one of our kits before, they are not only full of beautiful product and some exclusives but they come with full instructions to make several different projects. Be sure to click on each link for full kit details! 

Of course, we knew we wanted to share these kits with one lucky reader and today's winner will get to choose which kit they would like! Although our birthday kit is sold out, we saved one just in case. For an opportunity to win one of our SCT Delivered kits, be sure to leave a comment below and tell us which kit you MUST have. Please leave your comment by Thursday, March 10th! Good luck!

Want one last sneak of something we're working on? How about a sneak peek of our new spring issue cover!!! Release day: March 18th! Need a subscription? You can do that here.

Alright friends, have a wonderful weekend. We are off to Crop & Create Markham and can't wait to connect and be inspired with so many great Crop & Create friends and to meet many new ones too! 

~ Catherine

Publisher, Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine
 

Free Cut File Tuesday with Nicole Nowosad!

Hello hello!! I am excited about being back on the blog for another new FREE cut file and a guest too! Here is what this month’s freebie looks like:

Download here

This month, I have invited a contributor from our Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine Reader’s gallery, Dedra Long, who was featured in our Fall 2015 issue. We sent Dedra the freebie and check out how fun her page is:

Supply list: Cardstock: My Colors Cardstock and Bazzill;Vellum, Patterned Paper: Crate Paper; Chipboard stickers: My Mind’s Eye and Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper; Wood Veneer and Rub Ons: Crate Paper; Stamp: Inspire Lovely; Die Cut Machine: Silhouette Cameo

I love the bold impact the cut file has on Dedra’a page! By enlarging it to add photos inside the words is such a cool idea!

Here is the page I created with the same cut file set:

Supplies: Patterned paper Stickers, mini Doilies, Thickers: Amy Tangerine for American Crafts; Enamel Wood dots: Shimelle; Cork Arrows: Studio Calico; Mist: Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze

I chose to cut two of the same phrase for my title and layer them together to create an easy 3D like image.

Now for the fun stuff! Don’t leave until you get this file for FREE!! To download this freebie – click HERE (and be sure to download all the free cut files there and here too!) Thanks so much to Dedra Long for joining me on the blog today! To check out more of Dedra’s work please visit her on her blog at www.dedralong.blogspot.com or follow her on Instagram.

Thanks again for popping by the blog today, I hope you enjoy this month’s freebie! PLEASE tag me on Instagram (@nicolenowosad) or on Facebook if you have posted a project made with this freebie, I would love to check it out!

~ Nicole Nowosad

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SNEAK PEEK! (aka Enabler Alert!)

Our brand new Sunny Days layout kit is on sale tonight at 9:00 pm EST!  (card kit sneak below!)

...and here is a peek at our Kite Strings card kit!

Introducing Sunny Studio stamps and a GIVEAWAY!

Happy Friday SCT friends! First let me say it was great to hear what you've been up to lately in your comments on yesterday's blog post. It's one of the reasons I love this blog and that feeling of connection with you! As the Publisher, I don't have the opportunity to meet all our readers so I appreciate that you check in here and share! And because you checked in today, I have a fabulous new company to share with you!  

Mendi Yoshikawa is a long time reader of SCT and someone we have published a few times as well. She does beautiful, creative work and you may remember seeing it in our Reader's Gallery. You can only imagine my delight when she sent me an email recently to share that she has started her own company, Sunny Studio! As a woman in business I love to see and support other women in business and am thrilled to see Mendi embark on this new adventure. When Mendi mentioned she would like to give away a few stamps sets, I told her who better to do that for than YOU, our awesome readers! Here's a peek at the giveaway: 

and here is a few words from Mendi herself...

"As a loyal fan of Scrapbook & Cards Today, I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to share my new company with you.  My name is Mendi Yoshikawa and I'm the proud owner and designer behind Sunny Studio Stamps.  We specialize in creating playful photo polymer stamps and coordinating dies made only from the best materials right here in the USA.

Today we are giving away two of our most popular stamp sets, Bundled Up and Snow Kissed, to one lucky winner.  Just leave a comment telling me what themes you'd love to see in a future stamp set for your chance to win.

As a special thank you we are also offering all Scrapbook & Cards Today readers a special discount code for 20% off your orders at our online store using the code "SCTMagazine" (sale ends 11/23/15 at Midnight PST).  If by chance you win a set that you've already purchased, we will be happy to make a trade!"  ~  Mendi 

Thank you Mendi and from all of us here at SCT, we wish you the best of luck!

SCT friends I would love it if, after leaving your comment below, you could stop by the Sunny Studio facebook page and congratulate Mendi on her the launch of Sunny Studio. Be sure to also "like" Sunny Studio so you can stay up to date on all the new sets Mendi will be releasing. I remember those early days well and a warm "hello" from you would certainly make her day...or anyone's day for that matter!  It's all about sharing kindness right?

Oh and on the subject of sharing, don't forget our "12 days of holiday giving" is coming up starting December 7th! And yesterday, the grand prize was determined. Let's just say, it's INCREDIBLE! You'll need to clear a little space in your scrap space for this prize ;)

I'm thrilled you joined us today. Remember that our limited edition kits, including our brand new Life in Pockets kit, will be on sale at 9:00 pm tonight HERE. A little "to me, from me, love me" gift perhaps? 

Have a wonderful weekend friends!

~  Catherine 

Let's catch up SCT friends!

Hello! I know it's been several days and it's time to catch up! I can certainly share what we've been up to and hope you'll share what you've been up to as well!  Since coming back from Utah three weeks ago it's been a bit nutty around the SCT offices. We've had two event registrations happen (Moncton & Abbotsford, BC), two issues go off to print, our winter issue and our 2016 Creative Planner and we have not one, not two but THREE kits that will go on sale tomorrow. We've been busy editing, kitting, event planning machines...and we love every single minute of it!

Here's a peek at the Crop & Create Delivered kits that will all be on sale tomorrow evening at 9:00 pm EST including our brand new Life in Pockets kit!

 

and our brand new Life in Pockets kit designed by Jess Forster...

There are so many great ways to document your life. Whether you are a traditional scrapbooker or a seasoned pro at using pocket pages, the brand new “Life in Pockets” kit will be a new approach to your memory keeping.  Each quarter of the year, we will offer you a beautifully coordinated kit that combines both Project Life journaling cards + divided page protectors along with trendy papers and embellishments to complete three wonderful months of your story.

"Combined with a colourful, instructional handout, packed full of photo, journaling and design tips, Life In Pockets will inspire you to tell YOUR stories in YOUR own beautiful way." ~ Jess Forster

There are a very limited number of the first Life in Pockets kit so be sure to join us on Friday at 9:00 pm EST for the full reveal!

We also have come across some great projects we wanted to share too! 

A tutorial on how Nancy Damiano created her cute SWIM title!

Look at this great layout by Beckie Adams where some versatile pockets steal the show!

We loved this amazing Nutcracker by Jennifer Beason featuring Doodlebug's newest Christmas collection!

So friends, that is what we've been up to and we've missed you! Tell me what you've been up to in the comments and below and I'm going to send a little "something, something" to one of you that shares!

~  Catherine

Free Cut File Tuesday with Nicole Nowosad!

Welcome back to the blog for another cut file freebie! I hope you enjoy the free file each month and are able to put them to good use!  I really love a good photo frame, and this month’s freebie is just that – plus words too! Here is what this month’s freebie looks like:

Download HERE

This month, I have invited a super talented contributor from our Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine Reader’s gallery, Amy Coose, who was featured in our Summer 2015 Reader’s Gallery. I asked her to use the cut file in any way she wanted, on any type of project, and check out the amazing page she sent! 

Patterned Paper: Pinkfresh Studios, Fancy Pants, Elle's Studio, Tags: Fancy Pants Designs, Wood Pieces: Pinkfresh Studios, Wood Buttons and Enamel Dots: Crate Paper, Chipboard Stickers: Crate Paper

I love how Amy resized the frames to fit her page and increasing them to be a title too –genius!

Here is what Amy had to say about her page:

These frames were perfect to highlight some of my favorite pictures from our recent vacation to Punta Cana.  I used them not only to frame my title and a picture, but I also blew one up, trimmed off the words and used it at the bottom of my layout.

I started my page with the thought that I would use all the different frames, but ended up using both the plain frame and it’s’ inside piece! I also added one of the word frames to the outside of the photo on my page. 

Supplies: Patterned paper, Enamel Wood buttons – Shimelle for American Crafts, Crate Paper; Stickers – Simple Stories; Enamel Dots – My Mind’s Eye, Simple Stories; Chipboard Alphas – American Crafts; Ink – Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze

Both Amy and I used the same ‘snapshot’ photo frame around our photos! 

I want to thank Amy Coose for joining me today on the blog! To check out more of Amy’s work and find out what she has been up to, please visit her on her blog here or on Instagram here.   

Thanks again for joining us today and I would love to see what you have made with this cut file!! Please let us know if you use it!

And don't forget to leave a comment on all the awesome blog giveaways in August! We celebrated our partners all month long and they celebrated all our readers with prizes! Be sure to start at the very beginning here!

~ Nicole Nowosad

 

Don't forget at 9:00 PM EST tonight our fall layout kit and card kit will be on sale!

"Falling Leaves" layout kit:

"Apple Crisp" card kit:

 

 

Design Team Wednesday with Sheri Reguly!

Hello! Sheri here today, and I have a quick and easy summer layout to share with you featuring one of my very favorite page embellishments…3x4 Project Life cards. I have to admit that I don’t currently have a Project Life album in the works, but I simply can’t resist these darling cards that come in such a variety of beautiful colors, patterns, and themes. They seem to have become my latest obsession, and I have to admit that I’ve accumulated quite the little stash. They work wonderfully as is, but they are also such fun to embellish.

Supplies: Crop & Create Delivered Heat Wave Layout Kit (Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Pebbles, Jillibean Soup; Enamel Dots: Bella Blvd; 3x4 Cards: Pink Paislee; Diecuts: Jillibean Soup) Additional Supplies: Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Fabric Covered Brad: Crate Paper; Buttons: American Crafts, Basic Grey; Label Sticker: Gossamer Blue)

On today’s layout I was working with the beautiful summer Crop & Create Delivered "Heat Wave" kit from Scrapbook & Cards Today! I simply adhered some diecuts to them using adhesive foam to add dimension, as well as a super cute butterfly acrylic accent, and a handful of enamel dots in a bright, happy shade of yellow. They were just what I needed to fill in the empty space on my single page layout! For more information on these amazing kits, be sure to click HERE!

 ~ Sheri Reguly

Fall Crop & Create Delivered kit available for pre-order on September 1st!