March Prize Winner, and Our New Format!!!

We've got all the details about our new challenges coming up in the post - but first....

Everyone who participated in any of our March challenges was put into our random drawing for our March prize - a Simple Stories Year-o-graphy 12x12 Collection! It includes 6 12x12 double-sided designer cardstock; 30 double-sided cut-apart element pieces in sizes 4x6, 6x8, 4x4, 2x12, 4x12 and 6x12; One 12x12 sheet of fundamentals cardstock stickers; one 12x12 sheet of expressions cardstock stickers; 6 4x6 transparency photo overlays exclusive to collection kit.

Here's a photo...

For each time you submitted a creation, your name was put in the hat. Tonight we held our random drawing, and the lucky winner of the Simple Stories prize package is.....

TRACEY GREGORY!!!

Congratulations Tracey! Email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com with your mailing address, and we will get your prize right out to you! Thank you so much for Patricia Roebuck for being our sponsor this month!

and now - on to our big news!!!
OUR NEW CHALLENGE FORMAT:

We know we share one basic thing with all of you out there, whether you participate regularly, once in awhile, or just come here to see what we are up to. We all have a passion for music! We also know that we are all so very different - when it comes to what kind of music inspires us; and also how much time we have available for creating. With these two things in mind, here's what we're going to do starting on April 1st...

We will be having our challenges twice a month, instead of every week. Each time we post however, we will be giving you TWO choices/challenges.

The first will be a song prompt, just like we've been doing all along. The second prompt will also be music-related, but it might be a question, or a subject, or anything else we decide to come up with! You can choose to do the song, or the question, or both, and you will have two weeks to link us up!

Sound fun? We hope so! We've already been having a blast coming up with our new songs and prompts, and we can't wait to share them with you!

If you have questions, leave them in the comments section and we will do our best to answer them when we come back on April 1st to share our first set of prompts with you!

"Just Breathe" Winner, and some news!!!

The design team has voted and we have a winner for our "Just Breathe" challenge!

Congratulations goes to TRACEY, who created this beautiful layout...
Tracey, your "Just Breathe" layout will now take a permanent place in our Scrapping The Music Hall of Fame! Congratulations to you!

And thank you to everyone who played along with us this week! You will all be entered into the random drawing for the March prize! The winner of the drawing will be announced this Friday, March 30th - so stay tuned for that!

and now - we have an announcement for you!

At Scrapping the Music we are always looking for fun, new ways to challenge you to use music to inspire your creativity. Awhile ago, we invited you to submit feedback about how we could make our challenges even more fun for you. We got some great feedback and it really got our wheels turning! We have come up with some changes that we think are going to be SUPER FUN!!! We hope you think so too!

Our next challenge will be up on April 1st. Look for an announcement this week with the details on how it will all work....

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THE NEWS!!!

See you soon!

"Just Breathe" Slideshow...

Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" inspired amazing entries this week!!! We thank you so much for joining us! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the slideshow...

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 Sunday night - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose!

We will be back tonite (Monday) night at 9:00 pm with the winner and our new challenge!

See you then!

Leather and Lace Winner and New Challenge #195 "Just Breathe..."

The design team has voted and we have a winner for our "Leather and Lace" challenge...

Congratulations Aquarell! You have won a permanent place in the Scrapping The Music Hall of Fame for your beautiful layout...

Thanks so much to everyone who played along with us this week! You are each entered into the drawing for this month's prize!


and now, let's move on to.....

This week's challenge!!!

This week we have a beautiful song by one of my all-time favorite bands. It's "Just Breathe" by Pearl Jam! Check out the video below...


There are so many chances for inspiration with these beautiful, reflective lyrics. Check them out by clicking the tab above. We loved creating with this song, and we hope you will too!

Here are the design team layouts for "Just Breathe..."

Michelle

This song inspires me to think about all of the little things I'm grateful for in my life. My husband Michael took this photo out of a plane window on one of our trips. I'm always mesmerized by our ability to fly over the clouds like that. It's just one example of the amazing beauty all around us.

Sharon

I have always loved this song, and wanted to scrap these photos that were taken during our trip to California last December. Our drive through Big Sur was so beautiful - yep, just breathe!

Frauke

Almost 22 years have gone by since we spent our vacation at the North Sea, but I still remember the salty air that we breathed in.

Patricia

I had to go with the lyrics, "Hold Me" for this song. My daughter is now 3 1/2 and still says this, although, she is also starting to say put me down more often. But she was a clingy little baby and girl, especially first coming home from China. We did everything with one arm.

Bina

Linda

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

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 using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time this Sunday, March 25th. 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!

Leather and Lace Slideshow...

Thank you so much for all of your beautiful entries this week! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, check out the "Leather and Lace" slideshow...

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 Sunday night - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose!

We will be back tonite (Monday) night at 9:00 pm with the winner and our new challenge!

See you then!

What I Am" Winner, and new challenge #194 "Leather and Lace..."

The design team has voted and the winner of our "What I Am" challenge is......

JOYELLE!!! Check out the beautiful layout she made!

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

Thanks so much to everyone who played along with us this week! Your work is all beautiful! and Don't forget, you are each entered into the drawing for the March prize!


and now....

ON TO THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE!!!!!

This week we have the beautiful classic "Leather and Lace," by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. Check out the video below...


It may be a love song, but we discovered (as you will see below), there are so many different ways this song can be scrapped! Check out the lyrics by clicking on the tab at the top of the page!

Here are the design team projects for "Leather and Lace..."

Michelle

The lyric I chose from the song, inspired me to do some journaling about my spirituality, and the questions I sometimes have. After writing it all out, I covered it with translucent paint and designed my art journal page with the quote on top of it. You can't really read it anymore, but it doesn't matter, because the symbolism is still there for me.

Sharon

This is a photo of my daughter and her friend after one of their rehearsals for this year's high school musical. I was taken by how happy they both look, and just wanted to freeze this moment in time. So I chose to used the lyric "Stay" for my layout this week.

Frauke

Snips of the city where I live, I don't call it my city.

Linda

Patricia

I picked the lyrics, "You in the moonlight" because it was so funny how my daughter wanted to run outside with me to get a picture of the beautiful sunset and the moon. So glad I snapped a picture of her imitating me taking a picture with her pretend Mickey phone.

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

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 using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time this Sunday, March 18th. 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!

Slideshow for "What I Am..."

OMG this was a fun week! Thanks so much to everyone who played along with us - we love all of your fun pages! The design team is busy voting, but in the meantime, enjoy the awesome slideshow for our "What I Am" challenge...

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 Sunday night - please email me at michellelapoint@yahoo.com. We would never leave anyone out on purpose!

We will be back tonite (Monday) night at 9:00 pm with the winner and our new challenge!

See you then!

February Prize Winner is.....

Hi everyone!

Everyone who participated in one or more of our February challenges, was entered into the drawing for this wonderful prize which was donated by Linda Phinney...
This sweet little girl, is a 2.5X3.5 inch ACEO reproduction on a block from the Danita Art etsy shop, plus some other fun scrappy goodness!

The winner is Leintje!

Congratulations Leintje! Please send your mailing address to michellelapoint@yahoo.com and we will get your prize right out to you!

and don't forget, you've got til tomorrow (Sunday) night at midnite to enter our current challenge - click here to check it out!

New Challenge #193 "What I Am..."

Thanks so much to everyone who provided feedback for us! We appreciate your opinions so much, and are always working to make this site the best it can be. There may be changes coming in the near future, so watch for those!

And now--- It's a new month, and we've got a new challenge for you!

It's a fun song that we hope you will agree is great for scrapping with!

The song is "What I Am" and it was created by Will.I.Am for Sesame Street! Check out the video below...


A new month also means a new prize!!! This month's sponsor is our own design team member Patricia Roebuck! Check out what Patricia has to say about this month's awesome prize...

The March prize is a Simple Stories Year-o-graphy 12x12 Collection. It includes 6 12x12 double-sided designer cardstock; 30 double-sided cut-apart element pieces in sizes 4x6, 6x8, 4x4, 2x12, 4x12 and 6x12; One 12x12 sheet of fundamentals cardstock stickers; one 12x12 sheet of expressions cardstock stickers; 6 4x6 transparency photo overlays exclusive to collection kit.

Here's a photo...

How awesome is that??? Thanks so much to Patricia for this beautiful prize!!! To be entered in the drawing for this prize, all you have to do is enter one of our challenges this month. The more you play along, the more chances you have to win!

We will be back soon with the winner of the February prize; but in the meantime, check out the design team layouts for "What I Am..."


Michelle
There are so many good lines in this song, it was hard to choose what I wanted to do! In the end, I decided I wanted to do a playful page that expresses who I am, and my art journal seemed like the best place to capture that! I played around with my favorite colors and patterns, and used gesso to include my own handprints. This was a lot of fun!

Sharon

I love this song . . . when I listened to the lyrics, it was difficult for me to chose the one I liked best! But I thought of the piano recital that Anne was just in - I was asked to play a duet with her and I was absolutely THRILLED to do so! We played "You'll be in my heart," one of my favorite songs. We both felt musical that day!

Frauke

I read the lyrics as I normally do and the words "the best ME that I can be" are the ones I like the best. I took pictures of little me, which I edited with Photoshop and printed for another project I didn't realize yet.

Patricia

My daughter and I were watching Sesame Street when this song first came out. I had found it on YouTube, and we watched and listened over and over again. One of our favorite songs.

Bina

That is what I really wish for my son.



Amy

The lyrics to this song are so amazing. I'm sure I'll use them again for another project. :) I originally started this as a paper & scissors project, and then went digital, because I decided the lyrics were so cool, I wanted to print this on a canvas for my sweetheart's room.

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

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 using Mr. Linky below by midnight central time this Sunday, March 11th. 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!

Participant Layouts for "Every Time We Touch" and We Want Your Feedback...

This week we only had two participants for our "Every Time We Touch" challenge, and their layouts are BOTH GORGEOUS!!! I thought instead of making a slideshow, it would be more appropriate to just post them both here! In no particular order we've got

this beautiful and touching layout submitted by HER...


and this equally beautiful and so romantic layout from Leintje...
Thank you so much to both of you for playing along with us this week! and CONGRATULATIONS to both of you! We can't pick between you, so you are both going into the STM Hall of FAME!!!

Tomorrow night we will be back with the new challenge, but in the meantime, we want to hear from you! What could we do to make it easier and/or more fun to participate in our challenges? We are sooooo EXCITED about encouraging and inspiring you with music! We want to know how we can best do that. Help us brainstorm! What are your thoughts?