May Winner

The votes are in and the winner for May is Amanda Taylor!

Well done Amanda - your paper pack will be coming out to you soon!

:)

Hope everyone has managed to get a start on June's lyrics - the second lot will be up next week!

Happy Scrapping people!

xxoo

Final May Entry

I am behind.

I know, and I am sorry!

I have had kidney infections and the dreaded flu to contend with, as well as uni and well, just life in general - I'm sure you all know how it is! So everything is currently a day behind!

Our final entries come from Ellen Di Cortello, who used the 'Friend Like You' lyrics for this gorgeous LO of her mum...

And Emily Lewis who created this super pretty layout titled 'Sweet Indiana', with a photo of the daughter of one of our very own DT ladies!

Thanks Elle and Emily!

Thanks to all of you lovely ladies who sent entries our way in May - there has been some beautiful work! We will get to doing some voting and I'll be back on Friday with the winner!

Our next challenge will be posted tonight - and there are some gorgeous lyrics this month - so be sure to check back!

xxoo

Surprise, Surprise!

Three new entries graced my inbox this morning - three beautiful layouts in three very different styles!

I've got an Angel - Amanda Taylor

There Goes the Gal - Ellen Di Cortello

Beautiful - Lisa Kamphuis

Thanks for your beautiful work girls!
And remember - you still have 10 days to get any entries in, even though these girls will give you a run for your money, you never know, this might just be your month!

Happy scrapping!
xxoo

We Have Ourselves and Entry!

Finally, our first May entry!

I was beginning to think you had all deserted us!

This beautiful layout is from Treesa Young and uses our Angus and Julia Stone lyrics from the first half of the month...

Just stunning work Treesa - thanks for your support and for your gorgeous entry!

Come on ladies - still 11 days until the end of the month and plenty of inspiration to get your creativity flowing!

I received some of the beautiful prize pack papers all the way from the US today, and they're not going to win themselves, so get scrapping!

As always, I look forward to seeing your work!

xxoo

Skye

April Winner

After much discussion with the DT girls - we have awarded Aprils prize to...

Drumroll Please...

Renee Ludlow - Love

WE just adored Renees interpretation of the Hunters and Collectors 'Throw your Arms Around Me' lyrics.

Renee wins a Mumma Bushka Album and paper set thanks to Kaisercraft!

Just email me your address and I'll pop that in the mail for you chickie!

Hope you are all finding some inspiration in the first set of lyrics - can't wait to see some entries start to roll in!

Take care and Happy Scrapping!

xxoo

Last April Entries

Hi Girls!

I have been so impressed with the entries for Aprils challenges!

There is some beautiful and diverse work soming our way!

I just wanted to post the last two entries for the month and I'll be back later this afternoon with the first challenge for May!

Around Me - Kathryn Galloway

Beach Getaway - Lynette Jackson

I just love all of the different styles we're seeing!

Such gorgeous stuff!

As I said, I'll be back later today with the new lyrics and will be announcing April's winner on Monday!

In the meantime, take care and have a great weekend!

xxoo

Skye

Another gorgeous Entry!

A beautiful vintage layout from last months winner Lisa Kamphuis, inspired by the Hunters and Collectors 'Throw your Arms Around Me' lyrics!

Come on ladies, the two entries we have had this month have been from our two previous winners!

How about giving them a run for their money??!

New challenge is also going up today, so be sure to check back!

:)

xxoo

Drumroll Please...

The votes have been tallied and the winner for our march challenge is...

Lisa Kamphuis!

Lisa's 'Thank You' layout was inspired by our Whitlams lyrics and we all loved her colours and her use of texture!

Congrats Lisa, your Fiskars knife set prize will be coming out to you shortly!

xxoo

Last March Entry

It would help if I checked the email at the end of the month for any last entries before posting the new challenge!

This little beautiful comes from Vicki Bailey, using the Little Victories lyrics.

I have asked the girls for their March votes and will be back on Monday to tally them up and announce the winner!

Until then, have a fab weekend!

xxoo
Skye

A Brand New Month!

Well ladies, entries are closed and we have started a brand new month!

And in honour of ANZAC Day, we here at Songbirds are dedicating April to Australian Music!

All of this months songs have been written by homegrown talent, and judging by how excited the DT girls were about them, they are sure to inspire!

And for those international players - Dont worry! We chose lyrics that can be used to inspire anyone and anything!

To help us celebrate Australia month, please make welcome our first guest designer, Alyssa Vollman...

Alyssa has provided a gorgeous example for the first April challenge and will be back again with to help inspire you for the second challenge as well!

She applied for our CT back when we were running application and only just missed out, so we asked her back to help us out this month!

I can hear you saying "Enough of the jibber jabber Skye, give us the lyrics!", so I better get on with it!

The first lyrics for April are:

Pete Murray – Opportunity…

Don't be scared of what you cannot see

Your only fear is possibility

Never wonder what the hell went wrong

Your second chance may never come along

Hold on now your exits here

It's waiting just for you

Don't pause too long

It's fading nowIt's ending all too soon you'll see

Hunters and Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me...

I dreamed of you at night time

And I watched you in your sleep

I met you in high places

I touched your head and touched your feet

So if you disappear out of view

You know I will never say goodbye

And though I try to forget it

You will make me call your name

And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

And the AMAZING DT Examples:

Don't be Scared - By Alyssa Vollman

Possibility - By Peggy

Possibility - By Skye

And I Watched You In Your Sleep - By Jane

Throw Your Arms Around Me - By Kirsti

Opportunity - By Chic

As you can see, we were all pretty fond of the 'Possibility' theme this month!

This months prize is a set of the newly released Mumma Bushka papers and Babushka doll mini album from Kaisercraft!

So get to it ladies!
We always love seeing what you create and can't wait to see what this month brings!

Take care and Happy Scrapping!
xxoo
Skye

Another Gorgeous Entry

This little beauty came in for us today from the lovely Treesa Young, who used lyrics from the Whitlams song 'Thank You' to inspire this layout...

Beautiful, beautiful work Treesa!
Thanks for your entry!

Keep them coming girls!
We love seeing what you can do!

xxoo

A New Entry

The lovely Lisa Kamphuis has sent in her entry for March using the Whitlams 'Thank You' lyrics from the first challenge!

Lisa Kamphuis - Thank You

Looks great Lisa, I just love your use of texture!

Thanks for your gorgeous entry!

Remember ladies, you can still create layouts using our first March lyrics, or the lyrics for the new challenge put up yesterday.

You have until Tuesday 31st March to get your entries in to be eligible for the prize!

Take Care!

xxoo

Told You!

I promised it'd be up tonight and I delivered!

I have wasted enough time trying to figure blogger out, so I won't waste any more!
Without further ado, the second lyrics for the March challenge are:

Little Victories - Matt Nathanson

This time, I'll have no fear
I'll be standing strong and tall
Turn my back towards them all
And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
And I'll learn to get by
On the little victories
And if the world decides to catch up with me
It's a little victory.

The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel

The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb But I I love it when you sing to me And you You can sing me anything.

And as always, our ladies have given you some beautiful examples to draw from!

Sing To Me - By Peggy

Est 1999 - By Jane

Indiana's Little Victory - Chic

Book of Love Mini Album - Skye

Little Victory - Kirsti

Believe - Shelley

Remember ladies - this month there is a Fiskars Knife set up for grabs, so get your creative thinking caps on and show us what you're made of!
We love seeing your entries and can't wait to see what you come up with!

Happy scrapping!
xxoo

Our First March Entry

Well girls, our first two entries for this month have arrived and they are looking gorgeous!

The first is by Michelle Turner and is inspired by the Eva Cassidy 'Songbird' lyrics.

Michelle Turner - With You

And the Second is by Vicki Bailey and inspired by the Whitlams 'Thank You' lyrics.
Vicki Bailey - If This Isn't Love

See I knew that the reason you hadn't started sending in entries yet was because you were putting together something great!

Keep them coming ladies, as we always love seeing what you have been inspired to create and sharing your gorgeous work with others!

A whole fresh batch of lyrics will be up on Sunday, along with some delicious new examples from our DT girls, so if the first half of the month did nothing for you, there might be something that jumps out in the next lot!

As of this month, we are also sponsoring a monthly challenge over at Debs Creations.
This month's song is 'Your Song' by Elton John!
You have to be an active forum member to join, but there are some super nice ladies over there, so if you think that might be your cup of tea, go on over and give it a shot!
You have to be in it to win it!

Happy Scrapping everyone!
Will be back soon with more excitement!
xxoo

Introducing Shelly Williams and Skye Johnson

We were impressed with Shellys interpretation of the lyrics and her clean layouts!
In her own words... My name is Shelly Williams, and I have been scrapping for approx 7 years. I am completely addicted to this craft!
I am 33 years old with two gorgeous girls, and a swag of nieces and nephews who feature regularly in my layouts.
My other interests include dogs, reading, camping, and I am delving into the world of photography too.
I love trying new techniques in my scrapping, but love 3D work/fiddly stuff, with some stamping and stitching thrown in too.
I can't wait to meet even more fellow scrappers through this experience! Skye Johnson has been a Songbird from the beginning! She will be joining us in March after returning from an overseas holiday!
In her own words:
Hi! I'm Skye! Soon to be 25, from Melbourne, Australia.
I am a Fashion and Textile design student and I love photography!
I have a collection of cameras, including several Polaroids - my absolute favourites to play with!
I have only been scrapping for a year, but much like the other ladies, it has become an obsession!
The only thing that is growing as fast as my addiction, is my stash!
As for my style - it changes with every layout, everything from very very basic, right through to complicated, 3d, collage type layouts - whatever my mood gives me that day really!
I'm really excited to be joining the Songbirds team!

I didn't have time to do framing etc for my own photo guys, so I do apologise for that!
The first challenge will be posted on the first of Feb and the team are already working hard at it, so be sure to check back for any updates or teasers!

Thanks to everyone who has been leaving comments and making the team welcome!
It is much appreciated by all of us!

xxoo
Skye

Introducing Jane Smith and Kirsti Brandis

Jane was our very first applicant! She had us in awe of her beautiful brights and individuality!

In her own words...

This is so exciting for me as this is my very first Creative Team!

My name is Jane Smith (and yes that is my real name!)

I live in Mount Gambier South Australia which a beautiful country town in the south east of South Australia.

I am a wife and a mum. I work in quite a demanding job, albeit in a part time capacity.

I was looking to balance my life out a little bit and finally found some 'me time' in scrapbooking.

I love playing with photos and all the fab products that are forever coming onto the market.

As far as my style goes - anything goes!!

There are so many styles and artists I love I can't seem to settle into a style.

I love blogging and find myself spending hours checking out other scrapbooking blogs. I am so happy to apart of the Songbird Scraps CT and I'm looking forward to the challenges that are coming my way!!

Kirsti's unique and beautiful vintage, shabby chic style caught our eye as soon as we opened her application!

In Her Own Words...

My name is Kirsti and between my wonderful partner Wayne and I we have four children - CJ (17), Luke (15), Rachelle (7) and Ashlea (3).

I've been scrapbooking for about 4 years now and my style would have to be a mix of whatever is inspiring me at the time!

I love the soft vintage look at the moment and am always passionate about flowers.

When it comes to hobbies the only one I seem to have time for is scrapbooking!

:o)

Please make the girls feel welcome!

Be back tomorrow with the last two team members!

xxoo

Skye

Introducing Peggy Schenkels and Chiquita James!

Peggy blew us away with her amazing style and original interpretation of the lyrics, especially since English is not her first language!

In Her Own Words:

My name is Peggy.

I'm 37 years old.

I'm a SAHM to 3 beautiful little angels (most of the time!) a boy, Yannis (9) and two girls, Chloë (8) and Christina (almost 7).

I've been together with my husband Kurt for 18 years now, and I'm happy to say I love him just as much if not more than ever!

We live in Antwerp, Belgium, a wonderful place to live.

I first started scrapping last year, around March 2008, but my addiction (yes, all you scrappin' ladies know what I am talking about!!) really took off when I joined a scrapbooking community where I met some lovely ladies sharing my passion.

At first I was only looking for a way to combine the thousands of pictures I take a year, with some kind of journal to leave my children, but it soon became more than that!

I try to put something of myself in every page I make, I aim to make it as personal as I can.

As far as style is concerned, I can honestly say I don't have one. I go where the picture or my mood at the time take me, and I like it that way.

I like the fact that every page looks different, and even I don't know beforehand what a page is going to look like. Once I'm working on a LO, it tends to start leading a life of it's own, and rarely ends up as I had envisioned.

I'm gradually learning more techniques, and my favorite one, besides doodling, has to be stitching, I do so like the look and extra value it gives to a LO.

I prefer to make my embellies, titles and such myself, and I always try to make embellies that one way or another are related to the topic.

Chiquita - or Chic created her beautiful application pieces while hooked to a heart monitor and impressed us by using the experience in one of her layouts!

In Her Own Words...

Hi fellow scrappers, my name is Chiquita James and Im a bubby at only 28 years.

:-)

I have been married for 4 years and my husband Adam and I have 2 gorgeous children, a little cheeky boy Javaan (nearly 3), and a baby girl growing up way to quick at 9 months, Indiana.

My scrapping addiction began 2 yrs ago when I was invited to a Creative Memories class.

The bug hit me right there and then.

Its a tough call deciding which is my bigger addiction... Scrapbooking or buying scrapbooking supplies!

I love discovering new techniques, and trying to incorporate them in my layouts, which means that my style is constantly changing.

I find it hard though to drag myself away from using flowers, just one of my many addictions.

I even someotimes dream about how to place my next layout! It has been known to keep me awake for hours. Sometimes even if its 3 am its just better to get up and do it will my mojo is fresh!

I'm not a pretty photo scrapper, I am a sentiment scrapper.

I chose moments, then the photo of the moment beautiful, or not, and record in journalling so I and my children can look back and reflect. My babies are a constant source of inspiration to me and I hope in turn I can be an inspiration to all of you.

Susie is away at the moment due to a family emergency, so please bear with us while we try to make the blog run as smoothly as possible!

I thank you all on behalf of both Susie and the team for your lovely comments and support while we have been launching the site!

It is much appreciated from us all!

Thanks!

x

Skye