Winner of our April Prize Package!

Everyone who participated in any of our April challenges was put into our random drawing for our April prize, which was generously donated by Sharon Fritchey...

April's prize includes: K & Company "Engraved Garden" specialty paper stack including 26 sheets of paper: 1 fabric, 1 acetate, 2 shimmer, 2 vellum, 2 silhouette, and 18 flat papers; 2 sets of dimensional stickers, 1 set of epoxy stickers, and 1 set of chipboard alphabet stickers.







It's the last day of April, so we've done our drawing and have a winner!

The winner is Tina! 

Congratulations Tina!  Please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com, and I will connect you with Sharon, so she can get your prize out to you!

Thanks so much to everyone for playing along with us in April!  Come on back tomorrow (May 1st) when we announce our next set of challenges!

Hall of Fame Winner for Challenge #197...

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in one or both of our challenges this time around! We really enjoyed each and every piece submitted! The design team has voted and we have a winner for our Challenge #197...

Congratulations goes to Sandra, who created this gorgeous layout inspired by Adele's "Rolling In The Deep...

Congratulations Sandra!!! Your layout will hang permanently in the Scrapping The Music Hall of Fame!

Don't forget - everyone who submits a project for our April Challenges, will be entered into the random drawing for our April prize (pictured in the right sidebar). You get one entry for each project you submit, so keep 'em coming!

Come on back tomorrow (Monday, April 30th) when we announce the winner of our April prize!

See you then!

Slideshow for Challenges 197A and B...

What fun we've had watching all of your beautiful pages come rolling in! Thank you so much to everyone who played along! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, please enjoy the slideshow! Rolling In The Deep and First Music Purchased...

As always, if you don't see your layout in the slideshow, and it was linked to Mr. Linky by the deadline of midnite on April 27th - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose! We will be back on April 29th (Sunday) to announce the winner! See you then!

Challenge #197

Hey there everyone! We are excited to bring you another set of challenges today! We hope you like them as much as we do!

CHALLENGE #197A: "ROLLING IN THE DEEP" by Adele

Thanks to Patricia for suggesting this awesome song by Adele. Check out the video below - what a voice!...


Lots of fodder for journaling or scrapping here! You can read the lyrics by clicking on the tab at the top of the screen.

Here are the design team layouts for "Rolling in the Deep..."

Bina

Frauke

As always I picked some words out of the lyrics. I really like layouts with lots of journaling but sometimes there is no story to be told...

Patricia

Love Adele and had to scrap this song. I was looking through photos as I had the song in mind, and these crazy ones that my daughter and I took in front of my Mac cracked me up. I think I scare myself...Ha! I used the lyrics "Don't Underestimate What I Will Do" to journal about being Emma's Mom.

Sharon

I just had to scrap Adele, too! I love her voice and her music. I scrapped the lyric "there's a fire burning in my heart" . . . and there is, every time I see my family. This photo was taken while we were on vacation at Disney World!

CHALLENGE #197B:

Prompt: What was the first album or song you purchased? Was it on vinyl, tape, CD, or downloaded?

Here are the design team inspiration layouts for "First Music Purchased..."

Michelle

The Monkees' debut album was the first one I ever bought. It came out in 1966, and I think I bought it in 1967 or so? Anyways, I played that album until I wore it out, singing along with all the songs. Here's a link to one of the hits off the album "Daydream Believer." Davy Jones was my first teen idol. Rest in peace Davy...

Frauke

Journaling reads: I still remember buying my first single record ever. It was in 1964 and my sister and I pooled together our pocket money and bought for 4,75 DM ( ca 1,80$ ) the single record "I want a Beatle for my birthday" by the German girl band "The Sweetles". In fact we wanted a real Beatles record but we weren't allowed to buy it. By the way the record was #38 at the German singles chart and you can watch it on YouTube.
PS. I really don't like it anymore, but it was fun to step back in time.

Sharon

I remember getting my first album like it was just yesterday! My twin sister and I LOVED the 5th Dimension! We begged my mom and dad to let us buy this album! I played "Up, Up, and Away" over and over again!!!! You can view it here.

Linda

Ironically, I can't remember the first record album I ever bought,

but I do remember the first album my Mom bought for herself.

She loved Queen's

We Are the Champions

&

We Will Rock You.

So, of course I have great memories associated with these songs.

We Will Rock You

has become my running anthem...

I have to listen to it for motivation and inspiration

before every.single.race : .)

Now it's Your Turn!
What inspires you about "Rolling in the Deep"? Show us in a scrapbook layout, art journal page, or anything else you are inspired to create!

How about the prompt? What was the first music you purchased? We want to know!

To be eligible to win this challenge and have your creation hang in the STM Hall of Fame, remember to link us up to your layout(s) using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time on Friday, April 27th. 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!!!

Hall of Fame Winner for Challenge #196...

Thank you so much to all who participated in one or both of our challenges this time around. You all truly inspire us!!! The design team is done with the difficult task of voting and we have a winner!

Congratulations goes to LENA, who blew us away with her creative journal spread, inspired by Matt Urmy's "The Time Song..."
Congratulations Lena!!! Your journal page will hang permanently in the Scrapping The Music Hall of Fame!

Don't forget - everyone who submits a project for our April Challenges, will be entered into the random drawing for our April prize (pictured in the right sidebar). You get one entry for each project you submit, so keep 'em coming!

Come on back tomorrow (Saturday, April 15th) when we announce our next set of challenges - we can't wait to share them with you!!!

Slideshow for "The Time Song" and Concert Layouts...

We are so excited to present you with a jam-packed slideshow for our first challenges of the new format! Thank you so much for the great response! We love seeing all of your gorgeous creations! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the slideshow for "The Time Song" and Your Concert Layouts...

As always, if you don't see your layout in the slideshow, and it was linked to Mr. Linky by the deadline of midnite on April 12th - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose!

We will be back on April 14th (Saturday) to announce the winner!

See you then!

Our April Prize, and a Reminder...

Everyone who participates in one or more of our April challenges, is entered into a random drawing for this beautiful prize package...

April's Prize from Sharon:

K & Company "Engraved Garden" specialty paper stack including 26 sheets of paper: 1 fabric, 1 acetate, 2 shimmer, 2 vellum, 2 silhouette, and 18 flat papers; 2 sets of dimensional stickers, 1 set of epoxy stickers, and 1 set of chipboard alphabet stickers.

Thank you so much to Sharon Fritchey for being our April sponsor!!!


and just a reminder - you have until tomorrow (April 12th at midnight central time) to submit your creation(s) for the current challenge - click here to go to the challenge post. We can't wait to see what you create!

Welcome To Our New Format!

It may be April 1st, but we're not foolin when we say we've got TWO challenges for you today! We're calling them Challenge #196A and #196B. Here's how it works:

The first challenge is a song - just like always. The second challenge is a prompt. You can choose to create something based on the song or the prompt! Or, if you are feeling ambitious - feel free to do both! Here we go...!

CHALLENGE #196A: THE TIME SONG by Matt Urmy

I'm super excited about this song. I first heard Matt Urmy when I was traveling in Northern Minnesota. It was one of those moments, when you are listening to the radio and going "Who was that - I love it!" When I heard his name, I kept it in my head so I could look him up when I got home. I did a youtube search and I found this song...



We had such a good time scrapping with this song! We hope you like it too! The lyrics are wildly amazing (if you ask me - ha). You can read them by clicking on the tab at the top of the page. So many scrappable lines!

Here are the design team inspiration layouts for "The Time Song..."

Michelle

Okay, I just couldn't resist. This fits my cats' personalities so much.

Patricia

As I was reading the lyrics to this song, I came across these Mac Photo Booth photos. They were taken two years apart. Had to put them side by side to show how time has gone by so fast seeing my daughter growing up.



Sharon

I scrapped the lyric "Time blows your mind" because we just got Katie's graduation pictures back. I am overwhelmed by how fast time has flown by.




Bina

Linda

CHALLENGE #196B:

PROMPT: Scrap (or journal or...?) about a concert you've gone to. It could be recent or a long time ago. It could be one you loved or one you hated. Or it could be one that you've always wanted to go to!

Here are the design team inspiration layouts for "Scrap A Concert..."

Sharon

I think having prompts is such a fun idea and I loved scrapping this one! I have attended lots of concerts, but one that really stands out for me is the Bruce Springsteen concert that I went to during my junior year of college. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia during their "Born to Run" tour. I was 20 at the time, and blown away by Springsteen's music, energy and emotion, and by his stage presence. Afterwards, I ran out and bought every album he had made (there were 3 at the time!) and played them over and over again!

Michelle
This was such a fun prompt to work with! Live music is one of my favorite things in all the world; and the Amos Lee concert at the State Theatre last year was amazing! Click on the image to make it larger, if you'd like to read the journaling. It's all about the magic of hearing music live. Photo of Amos is borrowed from the web here.

Frauke

Journaling reads:
I can't remember since when I like music, as a listener not as a musician although I can play the organ and the recorder but only amateurish. And I only sing when I'm by myself.
I owned a bulky LP collection and had lots of music tapes. When I was young there were no MP3 players or CDs and a cassette tape recorder wasn't very popular either. And by the way I couldn't afford concert tickets with my pocket money.
So my first concert ever was the one of John Denver in April 1979, OMG that's quiet a long time ago. Wolfgang, who likes his music too, and I went to nearby Dusseldorf and we both thought it was amazing. I was thrilled by the music and the spirit ! We enjoyed the evening so much that we decided to visit the next concert in October 79, this time in another city. The tickets were much more expensive, but we wanted better seats this time. What a dissapointment when we arrived there, the seats were far away from the stage with a bad view and this time John didn't always strike the right notes.

Now it's Your Turn!
What inspires you about "The Time Song"? Show us in a scrapbook layout, art journal page, or anything else you are inspired to create!

How about the prompt? Do you have a concert you want to scrap about? Bring it on! We want to see it!

To be eligible to win this challenge and have your creation hang in the STM Hall of Fame, remember to link us up to your layout(s) using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time on Thursday, April 12th. 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!!!