OLW Blog Hop ~ July

I've been out of the OLW blog hopping game for awhile.  Mostly because I got behind on my OLW projects.  But July's assignment inspired me and I jumped back in with my OLW.  It even inspired me enough to complete June's project (still need to do May's though).

If you've been hopping along you came here from Jill's blog "Life...As I See It." If this is your first stop you can go back to the beginning or just hop along from here.  There will be links at the end of the post to all the blogs in case you get lost along the way.

Here is my OLW project for July.

The task was to create a playlist for our word.  So I needed 9 songs to represent my word "present."  And then we were to take a line from the song and make a canvas with those words.

I did not trust my handwriting enough to do all of these by hand.  So I made them in PSE.  I used Ali's official font for most of it.  To replicate the stamped look on Ali's page I used thick fonts and clipped digi papers to them.  I love the depth it gives each of those words.

I had to elicit help from my friends on facebook and my blog readers to figure out my 9 songs.  Lots of listening to Mickey songs around here and I needed some new tunes!  I even promised my readers some happy scrappy mail (aka blog candy) if they made a suggestion that I ended up using.  (pssst- you'll see who's songs I chose if you read along).

"Technicolor" by Tim Myers.  Stacy Julian used this one for a slideshow of her layouts in the Finding Photo Freedom classroom.  I was hooked and had to download it right away.

Stacy also has some playlists on her blog.  I discovered this song there.  (pssst-in the next post you can see my very own playlist of OLW songs)

I knew this song from Wicked had to make my list.  If you saw my video tour of our NYC trip mini album you know why I love this song so much!

I've loved this song for awhile, but when I posted my plea for help on facebook my brother-in-law reminded me that it would fit for the word "present."

One of my loyal blog readers told me about this song.  I heard it on the radio literally a few minutes after reading her comment.  As I listend to the lyrics I knew I had to include it in my list.

(And yes Jen that means you won one of my happy scrappy mail packages.  Email me your address and I'll get it in the mail to you! smbradford@kc.rr.com)

I just love Point of Grace.  So I did a search of their songs and discovered this beauty.  Love it!

Rent is one of my all time favorite musicals.  So I knew the song "Seasons of Love" would be a perfect fit.

My friend Katie recommended several songs.  But this one struck a cord with me.  Since Katie is not a scrapper I won't send her any scrappy mail but I do have a little something special in the works to say thanks for her suggestion!

I was stuck on what song to choose for the final spot.  Then Sharon came through by commenting with this suggestion.  She's using it for her word "perseverance" but it is perfect for "present" as well.

(Sharon email me your address and I'll get something in the mail to you as well!  Thanks for your help!  smbradford@kc.rr.com)

I used a Hambly transparency for the 5x5 pocket.  Anyone surprised that it's in orange?  :)

I added a little shipping tag with the words "Music transforms the soul."  To give the tag some color I added a small metal tag with some green paper and a butterfly brad.  Love how it turned out!

On the back of the transparency I put some bling and another butterfly.  So fun!

And here is the songs altogether once again.  I had a lot of fun with this month's challenge.  If you'd like to hear some of my songs check out the next post for my playlist!

Next stop on the blog hop is Lynn.  So hop over and leave her a little comment love!  :)







Do you have a personal theme song?  Or just a favorite song right now?  I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Here is the full list of OLW blog hop friends.


Margie     http://xnomads.typepad.com/blog  
Nikki       http://www.inkyart.com.au/
Monica B http://questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com/
Cheri        http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com
Jamie        http://jmpgirl.blogspot.com
Jill             http://jillconyers.typepad.com/
ME
Lynn         www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com
Melissa      http://blog.mshanhun.com
Sam           http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com/
Jenn           www.studiojenn.blogspot.com
Maureen     http://cookingmylife.blogspot.com
Chrissy       http://getcraftywithchrissy.blogspot.com/
Jan              http://mysimplelittlelife.typepad.com
Kimberly    http://foreverdaisies.blogspot.com/
Kathryn      http://www.katlodesigns.com
Lisa             http://backtoallen.com/writers_blog
Amanda      http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com
Cassie          http://craftycassiescorner.blogspot.com/