Soak Up The Sun Winner and Challenge 145 "Shiny Happy People..."

We had a fabulous response for our "Soak Up The Sun" challenge and want to thank EVERYONE who played along with us! You all do beautiful work!

The design team has voted and the winner of our "Soak Up The Sun" challenge is.......

JANA!!!!!! Check out the beautiful layout she created...

Congratulations Jana!!! Your layout will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame, AND you win the beautiful package of scrappy goodness from Patricia!!! Please send your mailing address to michellelapoint@yahoo.com and we will get your prize right out to you!

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

This week we are featuring the super-fun song "Shiny Happy People" by REM! It's one of those songs that just can't help but get you bopping around in front of your computer when you hear it!!! There is so much opportunity for inspiration with this song it's just CRAZY!!! We had a lot of fun scrapping with this song and hope you do too! Check out the lyrics by clicking on the sidebar.

Our prize this week is donated by our guest designer Marit! As you may already know, Marit is the owner of her own online workshop community called "Marit's Paper World," where she teaches wonderful classes on art journaling/scrapbooking. For this week's prize, is donating a free spot in her upcoming Art Journaling class called "Let it Loose!"


Let it Loose is a 12-week class on art journaling that is super fun and great for people of all experience levels. I can personally vouch for this class - I took it the first time she offered it and I had an awesome time and learned a ton of fun, new techniques!!!

Thank you so much Marit for being our guest designer for July AND being our sponsor this week!!! We appreciate you!

And now, on to this week's design team layouts for "Shiny Happy People..."


Guest Designer Marit...


Frauke...



Julie...


Patricia...



Michelle...



Jeanet...



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

To be eligible for this week's prize, remember to link us up to your layout in the comments section of this post, or email your layout to michellelapoint@yahoo.com by the midnight central time Tuesday. 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!

Soak Up The Sun Slideshow...

Thanks so much to EVERYONE who played along with us this week! We've got so much sunshiney goodness going on here it's amazing!!! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime take a look at the awesome slideshow for "Soak Up The Sun..."

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

We will be back tonight with the winner and our new challenge! See you then!!!

Santa Cruz Winner and Challenge #144 "Soak Up The Sun"

The Santa Cruz layouts were all truly amazing, but we had to pick a winner, and that person is...

PHINNER with this fantastic layout...
Congratulations Phinner!!!!! Your layout will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame, AND you win the three-month subscription to Q-Tea kits!!! Please send an email to michellelapoint@yahoo.com and we will make sure your prize gets to you right away!

and now on to
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE!!!

This week we are featuring "Soak Up The Sun" by Sheryl Crowe! It's a great summery song with uplifting lyrics and a bright, singable melody. You can check out the lyrics by clicking on the link in the sidebar. We hope you like it as much as we did!!!

We'd like to thank our design team member Patricia for donating the beautiful prize package this week!!! It's a beautiful assortment of scrappy goodies - check it out...

Looks like a TON of fun stuff!!! Thanks so much for being our sponsor this week Patricia!!!



Take a look at what our design team came up with to inspire you! Here are their layouts for "Soak Up The Sun..."

Guest Designer Marit...


Jeanet...


Yvonne...


Patricia...


Michelle...


Julie...


Jennifer...


Frauke...


Donna...


Jess...


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

To be eligible for this week's prize, remember to link us up to your layout in the comments section of this post, or email your layout to michellelapoint@yahoo.com by the midnight central time Tuesday. 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!

Santa Cruz Slideshow...

Edited to add: Somehow Jessi W's layout got deleted from the comments so it was missed the first time around. I've edited our slideshow to include her - so sorry Jessi!

Being a huge Pearl Jam fan, it warmed my heart to see how many people played along with us this week! While the design team is voting, check out the AWESOME slideshow...

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

We will be back tonight with the winner and our new challenge! See you then!!!

Tiny Dancer Winner and Challenge #143 "Santa Cruz..."

The layouts this week were just beautiful everyone - thank you so much for playing along with us!!! The design team has voted and congratulations goes to....

SHERRY GROVE with this beautiful layout...

Sherry your layout will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame, and you also win the gift certificate to scrapbook.com! Please send an email to michellelapoint@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

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

Our featured song this week is "Santa Cruz" by one of my all-time favorite bands - Pearl Jam. Thank you SO MUCH to Donna for suggesting it! It's an awesome summer freedom song!!! We loved scrapping with it and hope you do too!

We have a FANTASTIC sponsor with us this week - it's Q-Tea kits! If you are not familiar with Q-Tea, they are a funky, eclectic kit club that specializes in kits that are mostly made up of non-commercial scrapbooking products! This week's winner will receive a THREE-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION to Q-Tea kits! How fabulous is that???!!!!! Thank you so much to Q-Tea owner Jodi Mann, for offering such a wonderful prize!

And now on to our design team inspiration layouts for "Santa Cruz..."

Marit, Guest Designer...


Donna...


Patricia...


Julie...


Jeanet...


Frauke...


Yvonne...


Michelle...


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

To be eligible for this week's prize, remember to link us up to your layout in the comments section of this post, or email your layout to michellelapoint@yahoo.com by the midnight central time Tuesday. 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!

Tiny Dancer Slideshow...

Oh wow do we have a slideshow for you! Wonderful entries this week!!! Thanks to everyone who played along with us! While the design team is voting, please enjoy the slideshow for "Tiny Dancer..."

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

We will be back tonight with the winner and our new challenge! See you then!!!

"Home" Winner and Challenge #142 "Tiny Dancer"

This week was so exciting for us because we got to choose TWO prize winners!!!! And here they are...

Congratulations goes to Heather S who created this beautiful layout...


and Sharon who created this beautiful layout!!!
Heather and Sharon, your layouts will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame! AND you each win one free registration to the Big Picture Scrapbooking Class "Permission to Live A Creative Life!" Please send your email info to us at michellelapoint@yahoo.com and we will get your free admission to you right away!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who played along this week, and also to our wonderful sponsor Big Picture Scrapbooking!!!

and now...
on to this week's challenge!!!

It's the first Wednesday of the month which means it's movie song week again!!! This time we are paying tribute to the Oscar-winning movie "Almost Famous," by featuring the song "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John. Check out the video for a trip into the past! How can you not want to sing along?!!! We loved working with this song and really hope you do too!

This week's prize is a $15 Studio Calico gift certificate being donated by Michelle (me)! Studio Calico is a fantastic kit club that also offers a great selection of mists, stamps and other scrappy supplies!

I hope you enjoy the design team's inspiration layouts for "Tiny Dancer..."

Guest Designer Marit...



Frauke...



Patricia...



Julie...



Jeanet...


Yvonne...


Michelle...


Kristii...


Jennifer...


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

To be eligible for this week's prize, remember to link us up to your layout in the comments section of this post, or email your layout to michellelapoint@yahoo.com by the midnight central time Tuesday. 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!