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Friday, 30 July 2010

ANNOUNCING our second term DT!!!!

If you are looking for this week's challenge....CLICK HERE!!!

Originally the DT obligation called for creating lovely works of art to inspire you through the end of July, but many of the fabulous inaugural DT agreed to stay on an extra month to help me make the transition smoother. I truly appreciate it ladies. It has been such a joy working with you the past few months and I hope we'll get to see you around each week participating and giving the songs a go still!! Keep an eye out in a few months for the next DT call as I'd love to see any or all of you reapply to jump back aboard.

Our very own Ana, from the first DT term will be staying on to wow you for another several months. Thanks so much for applying for a second term...you rock!

Ana

My name is Ana White, and I am a stay at home mom to two little girls living in Northern VA. I have been married to my wonderful husband, Jonathan, for 4.5 years. Prior to staying at home, I was a high school teacher. I started scrapbooking while on bed rest with my first daughter about four years ago and I was warned that it was a very addictive. Well those who warned me were right; I am totally addicted to the entire process. And scrapbooking has taught me so many things- that perfection isn’t necessary and mistakes are alright.

Liz

Hello, my name is Liz Chidester and I am so excited to design for Scrap It With a Song. I am a wife and mother of 4 kiddos (2 girls and 2 boys). We are currently living in sunny Arizona. I have been scrapping for about 11 yrs now, since my first child was born. I love to scrap for the creative outlet that it gives me and of course to document my children's lives in a cute way. ;)

Lisa

My name is Lisa Smith and I live in Little Elm, TX (in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex). I am married to Jeff, for almost eight years and have two children. I work full time during the school year as a middle school math teacher. I have always been a creative person growing up. However, I seriously started to scrapbook after Jakob was born in 2005. Throughout my layouts, you will see my family is the main focus of my layouts. Scrapbooking has become my escape and my passion! I am so happy to have been chosen as a Design Team member of Scrap It With a Song!

Kelly

I am Kelly, from Liverpool, England. I am a SAHM to 2 beautiful children aged 5 and 2, who are my main source of inspiration on my pages. I have been scrapping for around 5 years and I am completely addicted to pretty paper!! I like to think my scrapbooking style is eclectic and I'm not afraid to try new techniques... I just love to be challenged! I am soooo excited and absolutely honoured to be on the Scrap it with a song DT. I am really looking forward to working with some very talented artists!

Yay!! Another familiar face, back from our inagural DT is Tina:

Tina

Hi there, my name is Tina and I am a SAHM of 5 boys in Knoxville, Tn. I scrap to stay sane....and sometimes it even works....lol. I have been scrapping for almost 5 years....most of that time has been spent digital scrapping, I recently renewed my love affair with paper tho and you wil see lots of those kinds of LO's from me as well. My style leans towards grungy,funky, and just plain fun. Usually I talk and blab a mile a minute but I have been put on the spot here and can't think of one single interesting thing to say......LOL.

Faye

Hello, Hello!!!! I am Faye from California. I will be 31 in just a few days but I still feel young at heart!!!!! I will always love reality tv, my adorable cat Rory, and using !!!!!!!!! to make you feel my love. I’ve been taking one step at a time with my new Etsy business and I jump at the chance to create things. Music is the right stuff to me. I can change my mood with the perfect song!!! I am your traditional paper and scissors kinda material girl. My dirty little secret is that am addicted to buying pattern paper. I probably have a thousand miles of paper when you lay it all out. I have been scrapbooking since I was a P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) when I would use construction paper and my mom’s pinking shears. I’ve come a long way since then!!!! I am super excited to be a part of your world and the design team!!!

Christina

Hey...That's ME! I started this challenge blog because I'm a big fan of all kinds of music and I almost always have my iPod blaring when I'm feeling creative. Often the tunes I'm jammin to spill out onto the project I'm working on. My hope is that you can find a way to let the words and meanings found in the amazing songs we all love inspire you too. I am a 30yr old stay at home mom to 3 sweet peas in Kansas. My hubby and I have a 10yr old, a 6yr old and a newborn to keep us very busy. When I'm not chasing them around, you will find me at my craft table. My first love is good old fashioned paper and scissors scrappin', but I also enjoy digi scrapping and card making.

The new DT won't make it's official debut until September 6th, but if we're lucky maybe some of them will jump in to guest DT in the coming month as a running head start. Most of our current DT will stay on through August to help with the transition. :)

Monday, 26 July 2010

...Blogger difficulties...

Hi all...just wanted to drop a short note to you all letting you know the winners from last week's challenge will be announced asap and the new challenge will hopefully be live sometime Monday day. It's allowing me to post text, but for some reason blogger is eating my photos. Stay tuned.... :) :) :)

Friday, 16 July 2010

DT update

The DT call has officially ended. It did a few days ago, but I wanted to just let everyone know that I received quite a number of DT apps. I am still working my way through the blogs and such to narrow it down. I will reply to everyone soon. You all have made this a very tough choice and if anyone is not selected, please don't hesitate to reapply in the future. There weren't any apps that wouldn't have made an awesome addition to the DT team!!! Thanks for your patience. I will have the new DT chosen by this Monday. :)

Monday, 21 June 2010

....technical difficulties....

I set up this week's challenge to autopost and went on vacation. Not only did it not post (obviously...right??? LOL) it seems to have disappeared right off of blogger. When I get home in the AM I will fix it. Sorry everyone...it's coming though. Along with last week's winners which was going to be late anyway with me being gone, but thought I'd throw that in there.

Thanks so much for understanding.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

DT share #2

Our DT members were late coming in this week as they were mostly selected after this challenge had gone live. So if they were able to create a project based on this week's song, they have been given the choice of sharing it with you here or entering it in the challenge.

Here is the creation shared with us by our new DT member, Jess. I think you'll all agree that it's just an absolutely DARLING!! Thank you so much for the inspiration :)

If you have been working on a layout inspired by week #1's song, Your Song by Elton John and are ready to share...please click HERE to go directly to the post where you can do that!!

Introducing your inaugural design team!!!!!

Our design team call yielded absolutely astonishing results. I think about 75% of those of you that signed up as followers the first week applied. It means so much to me that you would want to be a part of this journey with me. It was so difficult narrowing the field down to the 4 crafters I planned to have join me...so hard that I ended up only being able to narrow it down to 5! In the end, I tried to pull people who all had very different styles to give us a big variety of examples.

There was not one submission that I wouldn't have been proud to have displayed on this blog for the world to see and and at some points I was literally having to eenie meenie minie moe it. So if you were not selected, please believe me when I tell you I would LOVE to have you resubmit your app when we select a new DT in a few months!! I also hope I will get to continue seeing your work week after week entering the challenges :)

Without further ado, your inaugural design team for Scrap It With a Song (click on their names or pics to check out their individual blogs):

Christina

Hey...That's ME! I am a 30yr old stay at home mom to 3 sweet peas in Kansas. My hubby and I have a 10yr old, a 6yr old and a newborn to keep us very busy. When I'm not chasing them around, you will find me at my craft table. My first love is good old fashioned paper and scissors scrappin', but I also enjoy digi scrapping and card making. I'm a big fan of all kinds of music and I almost always have my iPod blaring when I'm feeling creative.

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Tina

I’m a 22 year old college student studying to become an elementary school teacher. I began scrapbooking after a trip to Italy when I was sixteen. As time went on I got more interested in techniques and all the wonderful products that are available out there. I love to make layouts, cards and altered projects. I try to concentrate on journaling and recording events beyond the pictures when I scrapbook. For the most part I think my style is clean and simple. I love bright strong colors and original patterns. While I love embellies I can never seem to add enough to ever make a dent in the stash I’ve collected. I find challenge blogs to be my main source of inspiration so I am so excited to be part of Scrap It With a Song and hope that all our participants will be inspired by the great challenges and DT creations!

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Angela

My name is Angela. I am English and I have been married to the most wonderful man for 13 years now. He not only supports my crafting and scrapbooking hobby - he buys me goodies for it too. We have 3 wonderful children and I stay at home to look afterthem. I get pocket money from designing scrapbooking and crafting kits. I love digital scrapbooking, it's so addictive. My husband is addicted to taking photos, so it's a great partnership. I also love paper crafting and sometimes mix and match the 2 and create what we call a hybrid project.

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Hannah

My name is Hannah, I'm 23 years old. When I was about 8 or 9 years old, my mom let me start my own scrapbook and over the years that hobby has morphed into this addiction to card making. I've been doing it "officially" for several years, but I've been making all kinds of crafts ever since I was little! I love using bold colors and interesting textures on my projects. My second love (or maybe they're tied!) is music--listening, playing or singing-- which is why I'm so excited about being a part of this blog!

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Ana

I want to thank everyone again for showing such support to this new challenge blog. I can't wait to see everyone's amazing work. I want each challenge to inspire you to create wonderful layouts, but if the flow takes your towards a card or altered project....let it!!! I tried to select a DT with varying styles and that work in different mediums. I hope you enjoy seeing their work as much as I have the past week.

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Our first DT post!!!

I will be formally introducing the new DT members tomorrow....as soon as I manage to narrow it down. I am blown away by the number of apps I received. Each and every one of them showed just how much talent we will be seeing each week from DT members AND participants!!!! I hope you all stick around to play even if you aren't chosen this time.

Our very first DT member , Tina, was able to create this fabulous layout based on the song this week, Your Song, by Elton John to share with you all!! Isn't it so fun????? I love it. If it helps inspire you to create a layout of your own, then even better. Just click HERE to post your entry :)

Stay tuned tomorrow to meet Tina and all of the rest of your new DT!!!!

Saturday, 17 April 2010

24 hours and counting!!

Can you tell I'm excited??? In a little over 24 hours we will have the first ever challenge for Scrap It With a Song posted. I've just finished an example to start the challenge off and can't wait to see how our first song inspires all of you too!!! I have only set up the first month and a half of challenges, but I think so far I have chosen all contemporary songs that we have all heard a million times. If not, then you would probably recognize it once you heard it. For that reason, I will also link up a video of the song. And for those of you that are more inspired by written word, like a poem, I will also post the full lyrics.

Here is a hint for week #1's song.....it was made famous by Elton John!!!

We are also still taking apps for our inaugural design team. You can find the details by clicking the link in the left side bar. If you are interested in supporting this blog in the future by sponsoring a challenge, I'd love to hear from you!! You can find details for that in the left sidebar too :)

For anyone that feels froggy and would like to share this blog with others, here is a clickable link you can add to your blog sidebar and/or in a post. Just copy and paste the code below. :)

Thursday, 15 April 2010

Are you ready to boogie?

I want to welcome you all to a new challenge blog that's all about the music that inspires us! Get ready to start the party every Monday!! I find that I use song lyrics in my layouts quite often. Music has always been something that moved me. It helps you remember moments passed and inspires you to make the moments you have mean more. I have 7 songs complete with lyrics all ready to post and just need a few crafty folks who want to let the music inspire them.

The first challenge will go live Monday morning, April 19th. I will provide a song along with the lyrics and all you have to do is scrap along with the music!! Take any part of the song and use it as your title, incorporate it into the journaling or even let the photos and embellies sing the words for you! You can view the full rules HERE, but it's pretty simple. Create a layout, card or project based on the chosen song of the week. Each week there will be 5 creations chosen to be showcased and one top winner will win a prize.

I am also interested in adding a few talented crafters to the design team to help get the party hoppin. If you think this will be great fun like I do, then subscribe and tell a friend. Heck, tell everyone you know!! Then check back here Monday morning to start the fun. :) I'd love it if you left a little love in the comments letting me know what you think :)

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Looking to sponsor a fabulous challenge blog?

We are always looking for individuals, blogs, demonstrators, sites or stores to sponsor us!!

Sponsoring a challenge at Scrap It With a Song will not only earn you our undying gratitude, oh no. In return for a prize you can offer to our weekly winner, you will receive:

A feature in the current challenge post you are sponsoring....free advertising YAY!!!
An additional short feature in the post announcing a winner.
A small logo link displayed prominantly for 30 days.
A link for 1 year on our sidebar.
Sponsor 2 challenges with us and your link will stay there permanantly.

If you are interested please email me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

First Design Team Call

Here at Scrap It With a Song, we are looking for a few talented crafters to join in the fun.

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Being a part of the DT will involve:

Designing layouts or cards (or any other crafty project you feel froggy to create) based on a given song's lyrics. You can see rules for the challenges HERE. I would like each member to be able to commit to at least 3 out of the 4 weeks each month.

Creating exclusive projects for the following month in advance. You will be given several song lyrics on the 1st and be expected to return your examples by the 20th of the month to be displayed throughout the following month. Once the challenge has gone live on our blog you will be free to share your creation on your own blog/forum.

Sharing in the task of showing blog love to any and all entries.

Promoting Scrap It With a Song on your own blog.

Participation lasting 3 months.

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And what's in it for you, you ask:

Your work will be featured each and every week you participate along with a link back to your blog.

Your name, bloglink 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.

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What we need from you:

Please send an email to scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com with your name, location, and email addy.

Include a link to your active blog or gallery.

You may also attach or directly link to (though you are also welcome to let your blog do the talkin') 1-2 of your favorite crafty creations that you think best shows your style.

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. :)

Saturday, 10 April 2010

Come sing along with us....

Each week a new song will be posted. You are free to take your creativity anywhere the lyrics move you. We welcome entries that are layouts, cards, projects, etc as long as you incorporate the lyrics somehow. Journal a portion of the chorus, pick a line and make it your title or sentiment, or even let the photos and embellies sing the words for you. You can base the layout on the song as a whole or even pull out a favorite lyric and use that as a starting point....the possibilities are endless. Just make sure if you stretched the challenge a bit thin to spell out how you interpreted it so that we can all be wowed by your skills :)

To clarify a bit....an example:

Say the song was Mary Had a Little Lamb...We probably WON'T be using nursery rhymes, but for example. :) You could obviously take it literally and make a layout about someone and a sheep (think: a kid at the farm). Or you could make it a baby layout and use little sheep embellies. You could scrap about something that is white and title it or journal the phrase 'white as snow.' Or even a layout about someone waiting patiently. Whatever photos/layout/idea come to you when you hear the lyrics let it flow. Anyway the song inspires you to create!!

You are free to combine it with any and all additional challenges you would like. The only stipulation is the project must be new and created after the post date of the challenge. We would, of course, love a link back to this blog if you join in the fun. Don't have a blog? That's okay too! Just upload your creation to an online gallery of your choice and leave the link to that. Make sure you are linking directly to the post not to the entire blog so we can find it. You are also free to enter up to TWO times per week. If you create two completely different projects (yes they can both be the same medium, but must be completely different designs) feel free to enter them both to increase your chances of being chosen.

Challenges will be posted each Monday and will close the following Sunday at noon(CST). You are welcome to play along any time and share your link, but entries after the deadline will not be eligble for the contest aspect. Prior to posting the new challenge, a winner and 4 honorable mentions will be chosen. Their creations will be showcased and they will be able to display the TOP 5 award. The top winner will have 10 days to claim their prize or it will be passed to one of the others after a random draw.

Thanks for playing along with us and feel free to email me at scrapitwithasong(at)yahoo(dot)com with any questions.