Good morning friends, Catherine here with a really quick post! I am back from vacation and catching up on some things. I have three copies of our summer issue on my desk that need a home! If you would like one of these copies, please leave a comment below before this Sunday evening at 9:00 ...

Happy Friday friends!!! Did you have a great week? Have you caught Olympic Fever like we have around here? Admittedly, we *may* have had to stop working now and then to catch a little gymnastics, swimming or rowing! It's only once every four years right? And I don't know about you but techn...

Trio of gift cards sample by: Melissa Phillips Today we have more goodies featuring our brand new "Countdown to Christmas" Collection to share with you. This bright collection contains 6 patterned papers which are available in individual 12"x 12" or a 6"x 6" paper pad. Here's a pee...

I love popping up elements on my cards and scrapbook pages but sometimes I don’t like to see the 3D foam adhesive visible under my punched out shapes. Here is what I like to do: Supplies: American Crafts pattern paper, Bella Blvd alphabets, Stampin Up punch, Ormalu brads, Maya Road, Q...

Good morning! It's the last week of school for my little kindergartner, and soon my husband and kids will be piling in the car and driving 19 hours east to the tiny island of Prince Edward Island, Canada. I've been here for the past month working, just waiting for my family to arrive, and for s...

Looking for a great summer project with the kids? We loved Aly Dosdall's fabulous upcycling project that is perfect for any desk! We especially loved how Aly altered a tin can to make the perfect twine holder. Now that's clever! Using the new Alora line from Bo Bunny, you can check out th...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Designer Challenge Monday! Today I am challenging you to distill your journaling down to a few words--- just the essentials! I love to journal, and write out every detail of story. Sometimes, though, the fewest words can have the most powerful meaning. When ...

Welcome back to day three of our week-long team-up with Core'dinations! We have a group of our Bella designers that have mixing Core'dinations wonderful cardstocks into our projects. And Core'dinations designers have been busy mixing Bella's products into their projects. We have loads of proje...

I don't know about you, but when the new Stampin' Up! catalogue comes out I could just sit and creatively dream for hours. Haven't we all thought "imagine if I had one of everything from this catalogue in my scraproom!"??? Well the new catalogue released last Friday, June 1st and since we were...

Good morning SCT friends! Did you have a great week? Around here we have been wrapped up in photo shoots for the summer issue and could not be more excited to share sneak peeks with you over the next few weeks. Official release date is June 22nd! This week we also heard some great news that...

Welcome to the Echo Park Paper Design Team Blog Hop! Today the Echo Park Paper Design Team is showcasing projects from the "Hello, Summer" collection. Be sure to follow the blog hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next. Return to the Echo Park Paper blog at any time for the next blo...

Hello SCT friends and can we just all say together...thank goodness it's Friday! For most of us in Canada it's the first long weekend for the summer and as we speak many are packing up for the cottage or a little stay-cation in their backyard. Our family is headed to Ottawa this weekend for ...

Hello and welcome to our FINAL DAY of "Hello Spring" week with Petaloo and Little Yellow Bicycle. We have had a great time this week sharing our Mother's Day ideas and playing with all the fun "Hello Spring" goodies from LYB!! We want to send a BIG hug and thank you to Peg and the entire L...

Hello and welcome to DAY 3 of "Hello Spring" week with Petaloo and Little Yellow Bicycle. We have some great Mother's Day ideas to share and... some great PRIZES to giveaway as well, yeah!! How to win? 1) Leave a comment HERE on the Petaloo Blog and on the LYB BLOG 2) Like us on our Fa...

Hello and welcome to DAY 2 of "Hello Spring" week with Petaloo and Little Yellow Bicycle. We have some great Mother's Day ideas to share and... some great PRIZES to giveaway as well, yeah!! How to win? 1) Leave a comment HERE on the Petaloo Blog and on the LYB BLOG 2) Like us on our Fa...

At Crop & Create Moncton Caroline from Maya Road provided us with some great make n' takes that our attendees loved! Caroline has gone one step further today and created an "exclusive" video for YOU, our SCT readers, to make this sweet bird necklace! She includes some fun stamping tricks too! ...

We are thrilled to have Bo Bunny joining us in our NSD fun! A company that consistently provides the paper crafting market with innovative projects, on trend designs and double dot paper...what more could we ask for? We also love that BoBunny often gives a personal touch to their product design...

If you have followed us all day then we're sure you've reached this point feeling inspired, excited, challenged and probably a little tired too! It is one of the reasons that all of our challenges and prize offerings are open until Thursday, May 10th at 6:00 p.m. EST. You've got time to go bac...

Hello and welcome to the "Hello Spring" week with Petaloo and Little Yellow Bicycle. We have some great Mother's Day ideas to share and... some great PRIZES to giveaway as well, yeah!! How to win? 1) Leave a comment HERE on the Petaloo Blog and on the LYB BLOG 2) Leave a message on our ...

Happy National Scrapbook Day everyone! Are you scrapping today? Cropping with friends? Taking part in online scrapbooking activities? I hope you're having tons of fun, no matter how you decide to celebrate the day. I asked each and every one of our Design Team members to give you a glimpse into...