Week #7 - I Hope You Dance

Your layouts last week ladies, were SWEET!! Loved every one of them. This week's song is Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance. There are lot's of scrappy themes here. From living, loving, dancing, faith and opportunity....even the ocean!! Among many other ideas. I am willing to bet we see a BIG variety of layouts this week!

Our generous sponsor for week #7 is The Craft Garden. They have donated a £10 gift certificate to their site to the big winner this week!!!


The craft garden is the supplier of smaller more realistic amounts of craft flowers ideal for trying before you buy a larger pack or just when you want a small amount. They also have a range of other crafty products to help you with all of your creative needs. They also have a product of the week posted each Monday that is listed at half price while supplies last! What's better than great scrappy supplies? Half price great scrappy supplies!!!

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I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance. I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance

(Time is a real and constant motion always)
(Rolling us along)
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

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The song this week stumped some of our DT. Myself more than
anyone, I think! We all came through with inspiration for you all,butI think we really struggled to find our way at first!

Angela


Hannah


Ana


Tina


Jess


Christina


You have until Sunday high noon (cdt), June 6th to submit your creation. We are a multicraft challenge blog, so feel free to use the lyrics to inspire a layout, card or any altered project!

What a Sweet Top 5

Boy was this a hard week. Each week we love eyeballing all of the wonderful creativity you share with us based on our chosen song. When trying to find a top 5, we take into account many things. Not just who's layout is the fanciest. Though we of course LOVE seeing all the beautiful works. We also look at who used the lyrics creatively and who wowed us with their interpretation. So keep up the awesome work!! This week we were singing along to some Guns N Roses in the way of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and boy did you guys bring the sweet!!

Our sponsor this week was the fabulous CropStop.com

This week's winner will get a $10 gift certificate to their site to help them shop till they drop!! Or at least till they run out of money! hahaha. This week's big winner needs to contact me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com no later than next Monday. And that winner is:

Julie R
YAY!!!!! Congrats! I absolutely loved everything about this
layout. The mixed fonts and the 'framing' of the face...perfect!


And rounding out the rest of the top 5 is:

Colleen

We love seeing cards for our challenges
and yours made us smile for sure!!!

Jean

I really love the line you chose to journal. Using it
around the outside of your page was a fabulous idea!

Amelia

Week after week you have submitted not only the most
beautifully chic layouts, but they all manage to incorporate
our chosen song lyrics so creatively. You of course wowed
us again! LOVE it all especially the journaling style.
Sharm

I just love the shaped layout! What a sweet photo complimented
by an awesome set of lyrics. I really like the way you highlighted
one of the words in the lyrics to be your title in a larger font...wonderful!


Each of you can now display the Top 5 logo with pride on your blogs if you'd like:

Also, last week our wonderful sponsor PaperMom offered up one digital image to the entire top 5. I have yet to hear from 2 of you, and you have until tomorrow to contact me to claim your free image. Don't miss out!!! Click HERE to see if YOU were a winner!


Stay tuned tomorrow where I hope you dance through another week!!!

Week #6 - Sweet Child O' Mine

This week's song is Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns n Roses. There are tons of scrapable ideas in this song. Creations for and about children in your life is just a jumping off point! You can use the lyrics in your journaling or as a title, base your creation on the overall theme, or even take a line and let it inspire the photos or embellies you choose. I'd also like to remind you all that we are a multi-craft blog. So pass us along to your scrappy and cardmaking friends alike!!

Our sponsor this week is the awesome CropStop.com. They are offering the winner a $10 gift certificate!!

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She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long I'd probably break down and cry

Oh, sweet child o' mine
Oh, sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder and the rain
To quietly pass me by

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child
Where do we go now

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Here are this week's DT creations.....hope they inspire you:

Christina


Angela


Tina


Hannah


Ana

Jess

You will have until May 30th at noon (CDT) to upload your creations.

We LOVED these top 5!!!

You all did wonderful with your creations this week! I look forward every day to logging in and checking out what new wonders you all have to share with us, and you never disappoint!!! Without further ado, your winner this week is:

Amelia

I loved how you journaled the lyrics highlighting certain words.
The entire layout is beautiful from top to bottom!!!
Please email me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com and I will arrange for your goodies!!! This week's sponsor is providing you with 3 digi images from her online store. Thank you so much Cassandra!!!


As an added bonus she is also providing one of her awesome digi images to the rest of the top 5!!! So if you could email me as well...that would be great!

Holly

What an awesomely creative take on the song challenge!


Emily

It never occured to me what a perfect song this could be
for a Disney layout! Great thinking.

Ane Lene

I am thrilled to see this layout representing the ways you can
take lyrics from a love song and create a layout that isn't romatic at all!

Jessica

Your lettering is awesome and I adore the lyrics you chose!

Congrats ladies....you wowed us for sure!! You can each display the top5 logo on your blog if you'd like. You rocked...why not shout it from the blogtops!

Stay tuned for week 6 where I imagine we'll be seeing lots of sweet creations about the children in our lives.

Week #5 - Love Story

Who doesn't love a love story? This week's song is Love Story by Taylor Swift. It would be a perfect chance to scrapbook a wedding photo, a photo of your sweetie, or any couple in loooove. There are also several scrapabale ideas you can take from this song that have nothing to do with romance as well. You can journal the lyrics, pick a line to use as your title, base the layout on the overall theme, or just take a line in the song and run with it and make it your own. However it inspires you. I'd also like to remind you all that we are a multi-craft blog. So pass us along to your scrappy and cardmaking friends alike!!

Challenge #5 is being sponsored by the very fabulous Cassandra from PaperMom. Click the banner below to go to her website. She has adorable digi images and handmade items to swoon over.

Are you a crafter? We have crafting elements and embellishments, kits, tips and tutorials! Maybe you admire the handmade look but haven't a clue how to achieve it? We have tutorials and kits! Or maybe you just don't have the time? We have premade gifts and elements that are just your speed!

She has not only offered the winner 3 digi images, but each of the remaining 4 runner ups will get 1 image as well. So click on over and show some love :)


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We were both young when I first saw you.
I close my eyes, and the flashback starts,
I'm standing there,
On the balcony in summer air.

I see the lights, see the party, the ballgowns.
See you make your way through the crowd,
And say, "Hello",
Little did I know,

That you were Romeo,
You were throwing pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
And I was crying on the staircase,
Begging you, "Please don't go".

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run.
You be the prince, and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

So I sneak out to the garden to see you,
We keep quiet, 'cause we're dead if he knew,
So close your eyes,
Escape this town for a little while.

'Cause you were Romeo,
I was a scarlet letter,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet."
But you were everything to me,
Begging you, "Please don't go".

And I said,
"Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting, all that's left to do is run.
You be the prince, and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

"Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel.
This love is difficult, but it's real.
Don't be afraid, we'll make it of this mess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, 'yes'."

Well, I got tired of waiting,
Wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading,
When I met you on the outskirts of town.

And I said,
"Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
Is this in my head,
I don't know what to think,"

You knelt to the ground,
And pulled out a ring and said,
"Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress,
It's a love story, baby just say yes."

We were both young when I first saw you...

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Here are your examples from the DT this week:

Christina


Angela


Ana


Hannah


Tina


You will have until NOON May 23rd to upload your creation. Please be sure you are linking to your actual blog post (or if you do not have a blog, the direct URL to the image) and not the generic blog URL. If you link properly it will show your blog URL with a usually a date, but always the post's title as well. Thanks so much and have fun!!!

Week #4: Top 5

WOW WOW WOW!!! This was such a hard week for us to narrow down a winner. You ladies brought your A-game!! The winner of the digi images from Sew Many Cards is......

........ drumroll please.........

Jessica

The entire design team loved your layout. We were beyond
impressed by the idea to journal ON the lettering!!

Please contact me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com and I will pass your info on to our fabulous sponsor. Everyone should be sure to visit our sponsor this week by clicking the link below. They have the sweetest digi images. You will NOT be sorry!!!! You can also contact Angela at angela@sewmanycards.com if you need something specific or would like to request something be made.

Rounding out the rest of the top 5 are:

Jennifer H

The line you used to create your LO works so beautifully with the
rainbow and multicolored butterflies. Beautiful.

Ane lene

I LOVE the way you interpreted the song into this layout.
Such a fabulous creation.

Colleen

Great layout, the circles add such interest and those
flowers are beautiful!!

Amelia

This layout has such a fabulous texture to it. You picked a wonderful
line to focus on and we loved the entire thing.

Congrats ladies, you are welcome to display this top 5 logo on your blog to share your awesomeness with the world!!!



Stay tuned tomorrow for the start of week #5 where we can all get lost in a fairy tale!!! I think I'm having as much fun with teasing you all with a hint as I am creating DT layouts. Hee hee

Week #4 - True Colors

This week we have a song from the 80s by Cyndi Lauper (hint hint....this isn't the last time we'll hear from this gal). With such a great song, I really hope it inspires you to create a most fabulous layout this week! Once again, feel free to take any line from the lyrics below to inspire your creation or just base it on the song as a whole.

Challenge #4 is being sponsored by:





My name is Angela and I own Sew Many Cards. I have a husband, an almost 10year old daughter, a two year old son, and a dog/puppy: Hershey. The images of Sew Many Cards came from a dream that my husband had of a group of animals that were "SEWN Together" with patches and stitching, hence the name, which he also came up with. You will find that every image in the Sew Many Cards collection has patches and stitching, even the ones that are not animals. I love to draw and almost every image is either an inspiration from my family or a request from my great customers and design team, so please ask if you need something specific or would like to request something be made. You can contact me at angela@sewmanycards.com


They have offered this week's winner FIVE digital images. Their stamps are so super cute. You HAVE to pop on over to their shop by clicking the banner above and check them out!!!

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You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow
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This week the DT has quite the awesome collection of creations to inspire you!!!:

Angela


Jess


Christina


Hannah


Tina


Ana


You will have until NOON(cdt), May 16th to link up your take on this week's song.

I'd like to take a moment to remind you all to link up your blog post whenever possible. Not just your main blog URL. To do this you click the posts title so that the URL up in the goto bar says your blog addy slash the title of the page (and usually a date in there too). Copy and paste that into the Inlinkz app. That will make it easy peasy for us to come and visit you to leave you a little blog lovin'. :) Of course if you don't have a blog, feel free to post the link of your photo on an online gallery.

Week #3 Top 5

I was so totally blown away by the entries this week. It was so hard for us to narrow it down to just 5. You all shined like stars for sure!!! The winner of the super cute card kit this week is:

Sandy
I love the line you chose to base your layout on. So creative!!! "Garage Glamorous!"

Sandy, please contact me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com this week with your full name and addy and I'll let you know as soon as it goes postal. Rounding out the rest of the top 5 are:

Amelia

The lettering you combine in the title is beautiful and we LOVE the textures you used.

MustangKayla

What a pretty color combo. The title goes so well with the picture you chose.

Barb

This layout is filled with fun colors and funky textures!!

Beatriz

You never cease to wow us with your beautiful creations. The beautiful photo is just complimented so well by the papers you chose.

Congrats ladies, you are welcome to display this top 5 logo on your blog to share your awesomeness with the world!!!


Stay tuned tomorrow for the start of week #4 where your true colors will shine!!! Yes that's a hint hahahaha.