Sunday, January 30, 2011

"Stand By Me" Slideshow

Hi Everyone... we are loving all your creations for our challenge, Stand By Me!  While the design team is busy voting enjoy the slideshow!  We will be back with a winner and the new challenge on Feb 1st!



If you do not see your layout posted in the slideshow, please send me an email at happy2scrap4life@hotmail.com.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

#165 Stand By Me

Hey there everyone! The design team has voted and we have a winner....

Congratulations goes to......Stephanie B!





Congratulations Stephanie B, your beautiful layout will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame! We also want to thank everyone who participated in our "Things Have Changed" challenge. We appreciate each and every one of you!!!








and now.....
ON TO THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE!!!


Today (January 15th) is Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday. We bring you a special song in honor of this advocate of peace and unity! The song is "Stand By Me," and it's a special version done by a group called "Playing For Change." Take a look at the video and we hope you will agree that it's an inspiring version of a classic song. We had a great time scrapping with it and hope you will too! You can click on the widget in the sidebar to read the lyrics.

Our sponsor this month is our very own Jeanet Kuiper with this awesome prize:

Everyone who participates in either of January's challenges gets their name put in the hat, and at the end of the month we will randomly draw a winner of this fabulous prize! Remember, if you participate in both challenges your name will get put in the hat twice!!!

And now, on to the design team inspiration layouts for "Stand By Me..."


Guest Designer Kelli...



Patricia...
We recently went on our first trip together as a family. It's nice to enjoy this time when our daughter still reaches for our hands to walk together...


Michelle...
The chorus of this song reminds me so much of our kids, and how much I love it that they continue to hang out together as they get older. The journaling tells the story.



Jeanet...
























Frauke...

My inspiration were the lyrics. I know the song from the movie "Stand by me" which I love, so it´s a little bit different to this version. But I had to think of the stary night at the beach immediately when reading the lyrics.


Sharon...

















We just got home from our vacation in San Francisco, CA. I felt a little sad after we got home, because Katie is going to college next year, and we may never have the chance to take a vacation like this again. This song inspired me to use some of the photos from our trip with the hope that Katie and Anne will always stand by each other!



Julie



Yvonne...



Linda...


Bina


Jennifer...
"When I thought about the song it made me think about my son's 1st day of kindergarten this year. Even though he was excited and ready... he still needed us to stand by him and hold his hand until it was time to go down the hallway with his teacher. He did so well, no tears, wanted to go back and still loves it!"

I think we all need someone to stand by us throughout our lives!

Now it's YOUR TURN! What inspires you about this song? Show us in a scrapbook layout, art journal page, or any other creative project!!!

To be eligible to win this challenge and have your layout hang in the STM Hall of Fame, remember to link us up to your layout by leaving a comment below (we are having technical issues with Mr. Linky at this time). If you don't have a gallery or blog to link to, you may also email your layout to happy2scrap4life@hotmail.com, by midnight central time Friday, January 28th. The clock in the right sidebar shows central time to help you if you need to convert time zones.

We can't wait to see what you create!

Friday, January 14, 2011

"Things Have Changed" Slideshow...

Hi everyone! We are having so much fun looking at all of your beautiful layouts for this challenge! They are so creative! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the awesome slideshow for "Things Have Changed..."



As always, if you don't see your layout in the slideshow, and it was submitted by the deadline of midnite on Thursday, January 13th - please email us at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose!

We will be back on Saturday, January 15th with the winner and our new challenge! See you then!!!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Our First Challenge of 2011...

Happy New Year everyone!!! We are so excited to be with you again in 2011 and are looking forward to a lot of fun and exciting changes this year!

We've got our first challenge of 2011 to share with you, but first I want to introduce you to our guest designer for January and February...

Kelli has been a dedicated participant in the STM challenges (you might know her as "Rhayne"), and is a member of our STM hall of fame! Here's what she has to say...

Hi! My name is Kelli. I am a crafter and gamer and if I had to choose one over the other, I just might die!

I have loved getting crafty for as long as I can remember and completed my first scrapbook in 1993 when I lived in Germany for a 6-month exchange program. Things have changed a lot since then, always fluctuating and flowing. I started scrapping for me, to capture my life story and for awhile forgot that's what it's all about. I am now again to the point where I scrap what I like and I don't worry about what others think. This is my story and I'll tell it how I like!

I've also been a gamer for as long as I can remember. My family plays a lot of cards (among others, I was playing euchre and spitzer as soon as I could add), a fair few board games (the type called "euro-games" which require the use of a brain and aren't based purely on luck), console games (from Atari to PS3) and computer games (currently WoW and LoL). I love that they both stimulate my mind in different ways.

I love the constant inspiration STM gives me and am entirely delighted I was invited to be a guest designer. Can't wait to see what 2011 brings for us all :o)

You can visit Kelli's blog and see more of her work at her blog: Life According To Me.

Thanks Kelli and Welcome! We are so excited to have you with us for January and February!!!

and now...
ON TO OUR CHALLENGE!!!!!

We are continuing our movie theme weeks, but for 2011 they will be every other month. We start out 2011 with the theme from the movie "Wonder Boys," which is a funky number called "Things Have Changed" by none other than Bob Dylan! We think it's a groovy song with tons of inspiring possibilities and we hope you do too!

We want to remind you that you are welcome to do any kind of artwork that you the music inspires you to do. A scrapbook layout is great, and so is an art journal page, a mixed media project, or anything else you like!

Another new change for this year is that the design team will sometimes be adding a few words about the inspiration behind their projects, so be on the lookout for that too!

We are excited to be sponsored this month by our own design team member Jeanet Kuiper! Take a look at the beautiful prize she is offering!

If you participate in either of our January challenges, your name will go into a drawing to win this prize. If you participate in both, then your name goes in the hat twice! Yeayyy!!! Thank you so much Jeanet!!!

and now, on to the design team inspiration projects for "Things Have Changed..."


GDT Kelli...


Bina...


Michelle...
"This song made me think of all of the changes in my life in the last few years, so I decided to list the biggest ones in a layout. For me alot of Things Have Really Changed!"


Sharon...


Yvonne...


Frauke...


Jeanet...
"I'm totally inspired by the lyrics things have changed, for me it's my quitting smoking that has changed, so that was my input in this journal page. Loved this!"



Julie...


from Patricia...
"It made me think of life's changes and struggles and how your faith keeps you going, so decided to do it more of an art journaling page than a scrapbook page."

Now it's YOUR TURN! What inspires you about this song? Show us in a scrapbook layout, art journal page, or any other creative project!!!

To be eligible to win this challenge and have your layout hang in the STM Hall of Fame, remember to link us up to your layout using Mr. Linky below. If you don't have a gallery or blog to link to, you may also email your layout to michellelapoint@yahoo.com, by midnight central time Thursday, January 13. The clock in the right sidebar shows central time to help you if you need to convert time zones.

We can't wait to see what you create!