July Random Prize Winner, and a Belated Farewell...

The winner of our Random Prize Drawing for July is......

JENNY!

Congratulations Jenny!  Please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com, and I will put you in touch with Sharon, who will make arrangements to send you this prize...

Thank you so much to everyone who played along with our challenges in July!  We appreciate all of you!


Only a couple of days left til our August Blogiversary party!  Before July comes to an end, I'd like to take a moment to say a belated thank you and farewell to two of our design team members.

Jennifer Campbell has been a long-time team member whose talent and friendship was sooo valued by all of us at Scrapping The Music!  Jennifer stepped down to pursue her education, and we miss her but wish her all the best!!!

Amy Lynne Lassiter, while only a design team member for a short while, inspired us with her beautiful layouts while she was here, and we wish her all the best too!

Thank you so much to both Jennifer and Amy Lynne!

Sooooooo, Come on back on August 1st when our 5th anniversary party begins!!!  See you then!!!

Hall of Fame Winner for Challenge #203...

 The design team has voted, and we have a winner for challenge #203.....

Congratulations goes to HER, who created this beautiful layout in response to our prompt: Scrap about a song you remember your mom singing to you as a child, or one that you sing/sang to your own children.

Congratulations Her!  Your layout will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame!!!


The fun for us at Scrapping The Music, lies in seeing the creations our participants submit, and this challenge you all outdid yourselves!  Thank you so much to everyone who played along!  We appreciate each and every one of you!

Come on back tomorrow when we announce the random winner of our July prize!  Everyone who has played along with any of our July challenges is entered into the drawing!

See you then!

Slideshow for Challenge 203...

Thank you so much for all of the beautiful submissions!  It's going to be hard to choose a winner! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the beautiful slideshow for "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Songs Your Mom Sang..."

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 July 27th - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose! We will be back on July 29th (Sunday) to announce the winner! See you then!

The Countdown Begins.....

It's less than a week until August 1st and the start of our Scrapping The Music Blogiversary party!  We are getting super excited for our month-long celebration, and we hope you will be joining us!  We are going to have a special format for the month of August which will include more ways to win and more songs for inspiration, plus a fun guessing game!  Yeayyy!!!

Challenge #203...

Hi Everyone!  It’s Sharon!  I am very excited to host our Scrapping the Music challenges this week!  I hope you like them as much as I do.

Challenge #203A:

One of my favorite songs is “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”  Judy Garland’s version from “The Wizard of Oz” is a classic and beloved song.  But after the adoption of our youngest daughter, I heard Israel Kamakawiwo'ole’s version and fell in love with it!  Here is the video:

You can see all of the lyrics to the song by clicking the tab above.

Please check out and enjoy our design team’s take on the song as follows:

Sharon

The photo is one of me with my twin sister, Karen, and my older sister, Cathy, who we lost to cancer a number of years ago.  I just know that we will see her again . . . somewhere over the rainbow . . .

Michelle

Frauke

I picked the words "way up high" and used them for the subtitle because they match perfectly with the photo I wanted to use.

Bina

Challenge #203B, Prompt:

Scrap about a song you remember your mom singing to you as a child, or one that you sing/sang to your own children.

Here are some beautiful and touching examples from our design team:

Sharon

A favorite song that I sang, and still sing, to my girls is "I Will" by Paul McCartney.

Frauke

Though the prompt is to scrap about a song you remember your mom or granny sang to you or a song you sang to your children I thought I scrap about we're not a family of singers. My journaling says : I can't remember my granny sang a lullaby to me nor did I sing one to my children. Instead of singing I read a lot of books with them before bedtime.

Michelle

 Growing up I remember listening to my mom sing and play the piano alot.  I loved to hear her sing, and was amazed by her ability to look at a piece of sheet music for the first time, and play the song right away, without having to spend time learning it.  Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer was one of her favorites.  I can still hear her singing it.

Patricia

I didn't know many songs when we adopted our daughter.  But one I learned once we got home from China was "Hush Little Baby."  Now my daughter likes to sing it to me ;)

Now it's your turn!  Show us how the song, lyrics, or video for “Somewhere over the Rainbow” inspire you.  You can create a layout, art journal page, a card: whatever you like to make.  Or if the prompt inspires you to create something, show us that!  You can choose either or both.  The deadline for submissions is midnite on July 27th (Friday nite).

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Hall of Fame Winner for Challenge #202...

The design team has voted and we have a winner for our Challenge #202...

Congratulations to JESSICA who created this beautiful art journal page, inspired by the song "Freedom..."

 

Jessica, your journal page will now hang in the STM Hall of Fame!

Thanks to everyone who played along with us this time - we appreciate all of you!!!

Don't forget - there are only a couple of weeks til our BIG ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!!

We will be back tomorrow (Sunday, July 15) with our next set of challenges!  See you then!

Slideshow for Freedom and Playlists...

Hi everyone, and thanks so much for playing along with us!!!  We are loving all of the beautiful entries we received this time around!  The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the awesome slideshow for "Freedom" and Your Playlists...!

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 July 12th - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose! We will be back on July 14th (Saturday) to announce the winner! See you then!

It's a New Month! Challenge 202.....

Hey everyone - welcome to July at Scrapping The Music! We're excited about our new set of challenges, and we hope you will be too!

Our sponsor this month is Sharon Fritchey; and here is the awesome prize!
 
It's an 8x8 Mixed Media Bracket Mini-Album made by Fancy Pants Designs and a bag of 50 tiny spring clothespins!

Everyone who participates in one of our July challenges, will be entered into the random drawing to win this prize!  The more times you play along, the more entries you get into the prize drawing - so play often!   :0)


And now, on to the challenges!

Challenge #201A  "Freedom" by Tyrone Wells

I heard this song on the radio one day and knew right away it was perfect for Scrapping the Music!  The music makes me want to sing and dance, and the lyrics are so inspiring!  Check out the video...

You can read all of the lyrics by clicking on the tab above.

Check out what the design team has done with this song as inspiration!


Sharon

This happy song and it's lyrics are perfect for the photos that I took at Katie's high school graduation party!

Michelle

Michael is such a loving father - it's a joy to see his relationship with his kids.  This song made me think about how his encouraging them and letting them be who they are has led to them being awesome, loving adults.  This pic of him with his youngest Stevie felt like just the right picture to capture that feeling!

Frauke

Freedom is for me the Canadian way of living.

Patricia

Listening to this song and the lyrics made me think of this band we came across while walking downtown and used the lyrics "Play Loud Music" for the title.



Bina

Our little one loves to listen his music!

#202B Prompt:

Scrap a playlist. Do you have a playlist for driving in your car? How about one you listen to while you scrap? How about a playlist of your fave songs right now, or a playlist of what you listened to in high school? Any playlist you want!

Sharon

 My playlist of summer songs always makes me happy and can put me in a good mood when I am not in one!  I was inspired by a layout I saw in my new August issue of Scrapbooks etc - on page 76.

Michelle

I love to make playlists in iTunes to listen to when I travel.  They keep me company on long trips!  This is my favorite playlist right now!

Linda

While I loved the song Freedom, I immediately thought of my iPod playlist, 

"Workin' on My Fitness" (thanks Fergie!)

that I listen to during my jogs.  So this round, I went with the prompt.

I'm inspired more often than not to create art with song lyrics I hear while jogging.

: .)

Now it's your turn.  Show us how the song, lyrics, or video for "Freedom" inspire you.  You can create a layout, art journal page, even a card.  Whatever you like to create.  Or does the prompt inspire you to create something?  Choose either or both.  Link us up to your creations by midnight on July 12th.

Can't wait to see what you create!