Monday 29 November 2010

Week 33 - Lucky

We have a fun, happy-go-lucky, lovey-dovey song for you this week.  There are so many ways you can take this beyond that theme though if you aren't feeling it.  The song is Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.  This is our last week having access to the Inlinkz thumbnail link app.  If anyone has any suggestions for a reliable and free link app, please pass it along.  We can continue using it as a text link app, but boy do the thumnails make it nice.  :) :)  

Our sponsor this week is Toucan Scraps. She designs digital scrapbooking and craft printable kits. Her products include digi-paper packs, pdf printable scrap kits, digital scrapbooking kits, quickpages and ready to print gift boxes. Angela sells in 3 stores, and today she is offering the winner of this challenge a pack of 6 digi papers (8 x 8 inches) from her store at Stitchy Bear & I Did It Creations Crafting Boutique.


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Do you hear me?
I'm talking to you
Across the water
Across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky
Oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ohhhohhhohhhohhohhohhhohh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you, I promise you I will

Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty, you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

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This week we are saying farewell to two of our amazing designers.  Liz and Ana are super busy with other commitments and are going to retire from the DT here.  Let's all send them out with a great challenge and I hope they'll find time to play along in the future. 














The challenge will run from now until Sunday Dec 5th at 11:59pm CST.  That's 12 whole extra hours.  If for some reason Mr. Linky goes missing early feel free to leave your link in the comments.  :)



This top 5 was WONDERFUL!!!

Congrats to all of you for a wonderful week.  I absolutely loved every entry.  There was such a wide variety of awesomeness.  Our sponsor was the uber adorable The Stamping Boutique.

The winner of a selection of digi images is Peggy!!!  Please email me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com and I'll arrange for your digi images to play with. 

The stitching is such a great finishing touch for this wonderful winter scene.


Our big winner and the rest of the top 5 can use the top5 logo on their blogs anywhere they'd like:

The title work is wonderful and all the blues are wintery gorgeous!!


The journaling is just perfect and all the embellies are wonderful and whimsical!


I love your snowman image and all the sparkles!


I love that you used a portion of the lyrics to title a non Christmas layout!!  GREAT LO!!!


Stay tuned in the morning for the next challenge.  It's sure to be Lucky!!  It will post closer to noon because I'm out of town at the moment.  See you then :)

Monday 22 November 2010

Week 32 - Winter Wonderland

**Our Mr. Linky expired for some reason 12 hours early.  If you complete a project for this challenge I will give you until 11:59 CST to add your project in the comments to be included**

This song has been covered by many, many singers.  It's a standard on most Christmas albums of the last several decades.  Winter Wonderland!!!  Remember you can use the lyrics directly as a part of your title, sentiment or journaling.  You can also allow them to just inspire your creation without using them directly.  Think of creating a wintery scene or using snowy weather photos maybe.  Your imagination is your limit, but make sure if you stretch it a bit far, leave us a breadcrumb trail in your post. 

Our sponsor this week is once again the AMAZING The Stamping Boutique.  Several members of our design team even got in on the fun and used their images, myself included.  I just love their winter line.
I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor Scrap it Witha Song this week. My store has been open since September 2009. I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Store: http://thestampingboutique.com/
Challenge Blog http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/

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Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight,
Walking in a winter wonderland.


Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song,
As we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.


In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.


Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.


In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.


When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.

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Here are our DT's wintery wonders:

Christina
featuring 'sledding snowman' image




featuring 'snowflake tree' image




featuring 'Candy Land Winter Tag' image


featuring 'Natalie' image


ABC..top 5

Our sponsor this week is the super cute Sew Many Cards!!

This week's winner will receive FIVE digi images from their shop.  Just email me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com and I'll arrange for your goodies.  That winner chosen at random is SAM!!

The colors are so fun and the title is perfect!

Sam, and the rest of the top 5 may display this nifty logo on their blogs with pride:


This is so whimsical and pretty!


Great line to showcase, love the flowers!



So soft and pretty and a great photo.


Great embellies and love all the circles.

Congrats everyone!  Stay tuned to join in our coming challenge that will leave you in a wonderland of wintery fun!


Tuesday 16 November 2010

Design Team Call!!!!!!!!!!!

Scrap It With a Song is looking for a few talented crafters to join our team. Do you think you have what it takes? Find out more below.

Design Team responsibilities:
  • Create a layout or card (or any other crafty project) based on a chosen song. You can see rules for the challenges HERE.
  • Commit to at least 3 exclusive projects a month (based on a four week month). Of course you can always complete a project for every week!!
  • Submit a picture of your project 7 days prior to the weekly challenge. You will be given songs a month in advance so that you can work on them ahead of time. You can turn them in all at one time or up to one week prior to that week challenge.
  • Share in the task of showing blog love to any and all entries. Everyone always loves getting comments so it would be great if you can visit participant’s blogs and comment on their entries.
  • Promoting Scrap It With a Song on your own blog. You should post your weekly creation and link up to the main site.
  • Commit to a 3 month term – December through February.

What's in it for you?

  • Your work will be featured each and every week you participate, along with a link back to your blog.
  • Your name, blog link and photo will be posted for your entire term on the sidebar
  • You will have your name and link listed on the side bar as an alumni even after your term ends.
  • First look at the new challenges each month.
  • Experience as a design team member.

How to Apply?
Send an email to fayeperata(at)gmail(dot)com with the following:
  • Your name, location, and email address
  • Link to your active blog and/or gallery
  • Attach or directly link to 1-2 of your favorite crafty creations that you think best shows your style. We are definitely interested in card creations!!!!!!
  • Tell us a little about yourself and why you’d like to be a part of the team!
  • No DT experience is necessary but if you have it, flaunt it. :)

This is a DT Call has a quick turnaround. If chosen you will be expected to start in December with your first project due by Dec. 3.
DEADLINE: November 23, 2010 @ 5pm (PST)
Those chosen will by notified by November 26 with the December songs.

Monday 15 November 2010

Week 31 - A B C

Welcome back to another exciting challenge.  This week's song is A B C....easy as 1 2 3!!  That's right, Jackson 5!  This week is being sponsored again by the adorable Sew Many Cards!!!


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 up to the winner of this week's challenge FIVE digi images from their shop.

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You went to school to learn, girl
Things you never, never knew before...
Like I before E except after C...
And why 2 plus 2 makes four
Now now now, I'm gonna teach you...
Teach you, teach you
All about love, dear...
All about love
Sit yourself down, take a seat
All you gotta do is repeat after me.


ABC...Easy as...123
Or simple as... Do re mi
ABC, 123, baby, you and me girl

Come on, let me love you just a little bit
Come on, let me love you just a little bit
I'm a going to teach how to sing it out
Come on, come one, come on
Let me show you what it's all about!
Reading, writing and arithmetic
Are the branches of the learning tree
But without the roots of love every day, girl
Your education ain't complete
T-T-T-Teacher's gonna show you
Show you, show you
How to get an A, how to get an A
Spell "me" "you"
Listen to me baby, that's all you gotta do

ABC is easy like counting up 3
That's how easy love can be
that's how easy love can be
sing a simple melody
123, you and me
Sit down, girl!
I think I love you!
No! Get up, girl!
Show me what you can do!
Shake it, shake it, baby, come on now!
Shake it, shake it, baby, ooo oooh!
Shake it shake it, baby, huh!
ABC, baby, nah nah!
123, Do re mi, baby, huh!
That's how easy love can be.
123, BABY, ABC, BABY,
DO RE MI, BABY
THAT'S HOW EASY LOVE CAN BE
IT'S EASY, IT'S EASY LIKE COUNTING UP TO 3
SING A SIMPLE MELODY
THAT'S HOW EASY LOVE CAN BE
I'M A GONNA TEACH YOU HOW TO SING IT LOUD

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Here are our fabulous design team's layouts to start you off:







You will have until Sunday, November 21st at noon to upload and share your creation. 

You've Got a Friend in Me top 5!!!

Before I get to this week's winners, an announcement:

I have yet to hear from either the winner or the random bonus prize winner from last week.  I need you to contact me by Monday night or the prizes will be past to another randomly drawn name.

This week we were sponsored by CropChocolate.com.  The winner will earn $20 in crop credits to shop their heart out!!! 

Our random picker was hard at work and picked numero cinco of the top 5 as the big winner and that is Jess!  Please email me at Scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com to arrange for your prize.

How fun are the colors you picked and the card is awesome!

Rounding out the rest of the top 5:


A fabulous card with such a cute friend image.



I love the little arrow detail and the pics are uber cute!



Such fun colors for a snazzy layout!



Love the colors and the patterns are so fun!

All of our top 5 can display this fun icon on their blog sidebar and/or in a post if they'd like to whoo hoo that they were our favorites!!  And really who doesn't like a good 'WHOO HOO!!!'  :) :) :)


Stay tuned for a challenge that's easy as 1..2..3


Monday 8 November 2010

Week 30 - You've Got a Friend in Me

Toy Story 3 came out last week on DVD and BlueRay and to say my kids have already watched it a dozen times is likely an underestimate.  So it was very fitting although completely coincidental that the theme song from the first series is our song this week.  That's right, You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman.  Our sponsor this week, Crop Chocolate, has donated to one lucky winner $20 in crop credits to be spent on their amazing site!! 
CropChocolate.com – Sweet Deals for the Scrapbooking Addict! At CropChocolate.com™, we sell all-things scrapbook. But here's the catch, we only sell one item at a time – at a delicious price. Every day several items will be posted – so act fast – a limited quantity will be sold at deeply discounted prices. No time to let it temper. Several times a day, items will be sold on CropChocolate.com at delicious prices. It may be an embellishment shelf with all the works, a scrapbook kit, scrapbook tools or an organizer with some added goodies. What ever it is you can count on this – you'll get great products at outstanding prices.

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You've got a friend in me, You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me, Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me, You've got a friend in me
If you got troubles I got them too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together, we can see it through

Cause you've got a friend in me, Yeah, you've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you, boy
And as the years go by, our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me.

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Need a jumpstart on the challenge?  Check out what my friends on the DT came up with!!








You will have until noon (CST) on Sunday November 14th to enter.  Please remember your challenge must be based on our song.  You can use the lyrics in your title or journaling or simply let the words inspire your photo and/or embellishment choices.  If you go a little outside the box, that's okay...just make sure you throw us a rope so we don't get lost...HAHA!