Have you noticed anything new when you select “start with a theme”? If your answer is “no” you haven’t been paying attention! {giggle giggle}
Don’t feel too bad, we just launched it this week. We know that there are times when you want a jumping off point to fuel your creativity, but you’re not 100% up for starting with a blank page. We are trying something new with the themes, so let us know if you like it, it’s called “card template.” When you select the card template theme, you are getting a basic layout to build a fantastic card design using the content of your choice.
Think of these pages as a guide to help you create something when you are low on time or creative juice.
You start by selecting the backgrounds and stickers that you want to use. Often times I find myself looking at my photos to see what colors stand out as a starting point to choosing my stickers and backgrounds. However, I wanted to make a Father’s Day card, so I thought I’d see what I could do with this SUPER CUTE content from new store Posh Patterns. Could it be anymore adorable? I started by choosing some backgrounds.
Just like using any other template, I can add more stickers, change anything I want on the page, but if I decide not to, well - my card is still going to look unique and personal. The card template theme is a guide and a tool. You use it just like you would a ruler, to help you get to a finished card faster and with more precision. As you can see, I’ve added some matching stickers to complete the look of my card. Looks pretty different from that card template page, doesn’t it?
I repeat this process with the remaining two pages, adding text and changing a few things from the template design to accommodate my needs. Below is the finished scrapblog (shhh! don’t tell my Dad!). I’m extremely happy with the results! Let us know if you find this new card template helpful and if you would like to see more of this in the future!
How are you this week? Things are busy around the Scrapblog offices as usual. We are looking forward to the long weekend and we wanted to share a fun project with you. Perhaps you are a military mom, wife or family member, or maybe you want to give back to the troops over seas. Here at Scrapblog, we want to give you a way to do that. Beginning Monday and throughout the summer, you have the chance to send a soldier a card using Scrapblog.
We’ve teamed up with Cards for Heroes to inspire you to take your creativity and caring spirit to give back to our troops.
Cards for Heroes mission: To support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.
How can you send your Scrapblog card?
1. Choose your card, click on any of the pictures below to choose your card!
2. Leave it Blank or include a personal message
3. We’ll cover the shipping - enter promocode MILITARY09
4. Ship your card directly to Cards For Heroes, use the addresses below:
Sandy Allnock
35205 13th PL SW
Federal Way, WA 98023
sandy@cardsforheroes.org
Have a wonderful Memorial Day and don’t forget to tell yours friends and family about sending a card to our troops!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, full of many picture taking days and events. I wanted to show off some of the new content we have available for graduation and lots of fabulous new goodies in all the stores!
Check it out!
Graduation - cool new stickers and themes for grads!
The Red Porch - How cute are all their felt stickers? Sugar-sweet!
I’m SO excited to share with you an amazing promotion we are doing just in time for Mother’s Day. Create the ultimate Mother’s Day greeting card today! It’s easy to get started:
1. Choose a theme. We are providing over a dozen NEW card themes to help you get started, click here to see them all.
2. Make the theme your own (add your photos, change the stickers and backgrounds if you want and add your text)
3. Click the “Order Prints” button in the builder – printing your card is free, pay $1 for the shipping and handling just enter the Promocode MOM2009
Your mom will be so proud of you! You won’t have to resort to making a trip to the local card store, flipping through all the cheesy cards only to select the one that sort of captures your feelings and then paying $5. We are making it easy, breezy to make your mom feel special and all for only a buck!
Mom is not the only one getting something special this month! We will also be hosting some Mother’s Day Challenges and showing you some cool tricks to make your card extra-special. To kick things off, create your Mother’s Day card and tag it Mom2009.
Be sure to keep your eyes here on the blog for special challenge updates and winners.
Have you ever kissed the blarney stone? If you have, I KNOW they take your picture. Let’s see those pics people! And of course all the other Irish themed scrapblogs. Next week we will all be drinking green beer and wearing buttons that say “kiss me, I’m Irish” even if we were born on the sandy beaches of Hawaii. St. Patrick’s day is the perfect time to show off the leprechaun in all of us.
Stacy created this super cute free theme with lots of celtic stickers and some shamrocks too! Don’t forget we have 3 other St. Patty’s day themes; check them all out and make your best Irish inspired pages! Tag them Irish09 so we can show them off here on the blog!
