Hello Scrapbook Expo friends!
It is a yucky, rainy day here in Toronto. The weather is dreadfully muggy and it has poured rain almost all day today. I sure hope that this storm blows through quickly as I have a ton of gardening work that needs to be done tomorrow.
This week’s projects are all about birthdays! The projects were created using Echo Park Paper‘s Birthday Boy and Birthday Girl collections as well as the Party stamps and the 6×6 Balloons stencil. These collections have lots of papers and elements that can be used for other themes as well.
The first layout I created was of my son’s first birthday. He did not enjoy his cake and blowing out the candles, but was very happy once we gave him the Cookie Monster and Big Bird characters in push cars that had been sitting on his cake.
I don’t create a lot of double paged layouts, but I do like it when the layout on the left side and the right side are coordinated. On the day of my son’s first birthday party, he was so excited to have all his friends and family over for a party that just after everyone arrived, he fell asleep and ended up sleeping on the living room floor for a good portion of his party.
This next layout is from my daughter’s 8th birthday party. We hosted a beach bash for her party. It is one of the most talked about birthday parties we ever hosted. The kids loved this theme!
The last project is a quick birthday card. When you use stencils and stamps, you can pull together a nice card very quickly when you realize you need a card and don’t have one on hand.
Now that you have seen all the fun that I had using a collection of products from Echo Park Paper, would you be interested in winning some for yourself? Our friends at Echo Park Paper would like to give one lucky Scrapbook Expo friend a Birthday collection pack, a 6×6 stencil and stamp set.
Learn more about Echo Park Paper here:
For your chance to win an amazing prize pack from our friends at Echo Park Paper, leave a comment on this blog post telling us whether you would like to win the Birthday Boy or the Birthday Girl collection! The giveaway runs until 6pm EST on Thursday, June 11th.
Last week’s Freebie Friday post was sponsored by us, the Scrapbook Expo team. Thank you to everyone who commented on last week’s blog post! The giveaway was for a set of two entrance passes to the show floor at a 2015 Scrapbook Expo of the winner’s choice.
The winner is … Carol Davis!
Congratulations, Carol! Please send your mailing address to Jen Walker and include ‘SBE Tickets’ in the subject line.
Remember, if you would like to be entered in this week’s giveaway for a Birthday collection pack from Echo Park Paper, leave a comment on this post telling us whether you would like to win the Birthday Boy or the Birthday Girl collection.
Thanks for joining me this week and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! See you next week! Until then, have fun getting creative.
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~ Jen
I would love to win the boy set! Thanks so much!!!
I love both of them but would definitely have use of the boy set more:-)
I love them both but I’ll pick the Birthday Girl set! These collections are wonderful!
I would love to win the Boy Collection! They are both gorgeous and so cheerful!
I would love to win the Girl Collection! They are both amazing!!!please once in my life i want to win somthing
Great collections, and could use both, but because I HAVE to choose–I would choose the girl set! thank you so much for the chance!
Boy pack please 🙂
Beautiful paper and layouts! I would love the boy paper!
I make a LOT of birthday cards for friends & family, and I love the idea of using coordinating papers designed specifically for birthdays. It’s usually not a problem for me to come up with ideas for girls’ cards, but boys’ cards always stump me. So I’d prefer to have the Boy Collection on hand for those occasions. The nice part is that several of the papers in the Boy Collection look like they would work for either boys or girls. Great collections!!!
Would love one of these packs.
i would love the boy set!! So vibrant!
Great layout and card ideas with this collection. I am surround by guys, so the boy collection is the one for me.
4 girls, one boy. The girls’ collection is for us! Lovely collection
Love the boy set!
I would love to win the birthday boy set.
Love the birthday boy collection!
Fun collection and
I would like the
Birthday Girl one!
Carla from Utah
I choose the boy pack.
I like both. I love the paper they are colorful
the birthday party layout is precious. I hope he wasn’t too upset when he woke up and the party was almost over.
Love how his dreams are carried up to the bubble. what a great memory for him when he’s grown.
thanks for sharing.
I just found your blog. The Echo Park Birthday Party paper (both boy and girl) and sooo cute. I love the page ideas and the paper. I would love to win the GIRL paper. I am way behind on documenting my daughter’s b-day parties. I got a late start on scrapbooking and am trying to catch up! haha!! I am so excited that I found your blog and will be following it closely.
I love both collections but the bright colors of Birthday Boy are my favorite!
What great, colorful papers! Hard to choose between the two, but I would go with the boy pack. Loved the layouts you created.
Loved the layouts! What a great color assortment for both sets; loved them both! Would choose the boy packet as the colors look versatile.
Birthday boy
I would love the Boy set! Love it! Thank you!
I would love to win the girl’s set. Thank you so much for this awesome giveaway!
I would love getting the boy set (but the girl one would be amazing too 🙂 ) I have five kids so I could use both 🙂 Thank you
I have 6 granddaughters & 4 grandsons, but the youngest 2 are boys, so I’m thinking the boy set! 🙂
Oh boy, oh boy, oh BOY! The boy set for me please!
With two married sons and one grandson, I sure could use that boy set. 🙂
I would like the Birthday Boy set….like the bright primary colors!
I would love to win the Birthday Boy set. ☺
Love Echo Park and I would love the girl set!
I would love to win the boys set!! Thanks for the give-a-way!
I would love to win the boy one!! Thanks for the chance! Great layouts…love that your kiddo slept through his own party…too funny!!
I would like to win the girls set because I have a beautiful granddaughter.
Such a difficult choice but I would love to win the boys set.
I would love to win a boy’s birthday set. Love your blog and all of your wonderful ideas!
I would love to win the Birthday Girl collection! I have a 5 year old niece and this would be perfect to scrap several years to come. Thank you for the chance!
In my family, alone girls. Of course, Birthday Girl!
I would love the Birthday Boy pack!
I would love to win the awesome birthday girl collection ! Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity.
I would love to win the boy version! Thank you! 🙂
Would love to have the Girl Birthday Wishes so I can create beautiful cards got my Granddaughter.
I would lobe to win this collection
Both are adorable!
I love making scrapbooks for my family. I would like the Birthday Boy one since I have a lot of girl paper. I cant seem to find as much paper for scrapbooks for my grandson. Good luck to all of those who entered.
Birthday girl
I would love to win either one.
I would absolutely LOVE to win!! I am June 5th birthday girl! I would use it to make a birthday mini album.
I would love the Birthday Boy collection. With 3 great grandsons, I will have lots of opportunity to use those delightful papers!
I would love to win either !!
I would love to win this. I have tons o f birthdays that i make cards for a year long.
I would love the boy one:)
Would love to win the boy set
Those colors are sweet!