Challenge #33 New Year

New Year

by: Katharine Lee Bates

Are you ready for the New Year?  Did you take some fabulous photos that are just calling to be scrapbooked... well this is the poem for you!  Do you have some fun snow pics just calling out to be used?  Read our poem by clicking on the Poem link on the right side bar!

Here is what the design team has for you...

Kelly

This year we actually had a white christmas!! My kids loved having the 10 inches of snow that we had. Normally we just get black sludge so to see white snow was awesome!!

Mel F

 From this poem I started by using the words 'New Year' for my inspiration. I decided to record my scrapbooking resolutions for 2011. Rather than put them onto a layout and into an album never to look at them again I decided to create something that can sit in my scrapbooking room to remind me of my resolutions for the year! I decided to create a 'Tree of Time.'

Liz

This year in the Southern Hemisphere, we were blessed with a great deal of rain and the trees and parks were the greenest they have been in years. So I worked with the words 'Green Year' from the poem to reflect the images that 'say it all'.

 Mel J

I was itching to do a layout with our new years pics and have been wanting to use bunting on a layout for a while too! The part of this layout that took me the longest was deciding which type of lettering and colours to use, I felt that yellow went well with the explosive theme but didn't show up on the heart cardstock and so I used the photo to make them pop and I was pleased with that.

Tiffany

Tiffany used pictures from a winter hike she took a couple years back worked out perfectly for this poem. Did a white on white layout, layering a ton of punched snowflakes and a few gems for a bit of bling!

Jenn



2011 is turning out to be an extremely white year... we have had a snowstorm every week.

My kids are loving the snow! Happy New Year all!

Tessa

I decided to focus on "new year" and the color white.  Since now I don't live where it snows, I thought about what other things are white this time of year.  I remembered my notebook that I hope to fill with journaling over the course of 2011.  I snapped a photo of the open pages and one of my favorite pens and created this layout, comparing the new year to a blank notebook, full of possiblity.

We are saying farewell to Tessa as she moves on to some other new possibilities this year!  I have loved having you on our team and it is always sad when it is time to move on!  I am not saying goodbye in hopes that she returns in the future!  We love you and all wish you well!

We hope you join us with our 1st challenge of the New Year!  Please link your layout to Mr. Linky below, in the comment section or email a picture to scrapthatpoetry@hotmail.com

You have until January 30th at 10 am to link.  The winner's layout will hang in our Poetry corner as well as you can be a guest designer for the Feb 15th challenge!  Come play along and tell us about your new year!



Winner

Suzanne

Congrats!  Your layout is now hanging in our Poetry Corner!

We would love for you to be our guest designer for our Feb 1st challenge!

Email me at scrapthatpoetry@hotmail.com so that I can send you the poem!

Congrats!!!

Newest Challenges

Well, I am very glad that we were lengthening this challenge until January 14th especially since I am posting it really late.  Do you need to scrap all those holiday photos?  Well, we have 2 poems to inspire you.  Again you have until January 14th to post them in either the comment section or on Mr. Linky. 
We are so thrilled to have Karen Williams guest designing with us again this time...

Here is the design teams inspiration...

Liz

Mel

Kelly

Kelly

Tiffany

Heidi

close up of Heidi's

Mel

Tessa

Liz

Mel

Jenn

So chose either poem, use some holiday inspiration to show us what you created or what you will scrapbook to remember those memories!  Anything made after Dec 15th can be used for this challenge since it was supposed to be posted then!

Can't wait to check out your blogs...

Happy New year!

Check out the poems by clicking on Poetry Corner on the right sidebar!

Delay in posting pics of new challenge

Sorry everyone... I need to apolygize for not posting the newest challenges.  My husband has been hospitalized and I have not had much access to internet.  Hopefully I will be able to post soon!  The poems are in the Poem Corner... Yes, you heard right... we have 2 poems that you can choose to do 1 or both and you have until January 14th to post them... so have a blast with them!  I will post the design teams' layouts hopefully soon!!!

Winner

Wow we had fabulous entries... however the winner of this challenge is...
Shazza

Congrats, Shazza!

Your layout is hanging in our Poetry Corner...

it is so fabulous!

We have 2 poems for you... you will have until January 15th for both of them!!!

They will be posted tomorrow night!!!

New challenge

The Tables Turned

a poem by William Wordsworth

We are so excited to have Karen Williams as our guest designer for this challenge!

Check out more of her work on her blog here...

Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books;

Or surely you'll grow double:
Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun, above the mountain's head,
A freshening lustre mellow
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife:
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music! on my life,
There's more of wisdom in it.
And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your Teacher.
She has a world of ready wealth,
Our minds and hearts to bless
Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health,
Truth breathed by cheerfulness.
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:
We murder to dissect.
Enough of Science and of Art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.



Hope you find some inspiration in this poem and come play along with us...

Here is some inspo from the Design team... check out more info at their blogs by clicking on their headshot on the right sidebar.

Heidi

Kelly

Mel J

Tessa

Jenn

Mel

Angie

Liz

We hope to visit you this challenge to see what you create.  Post a link to Mr. Linky or in the comment section if the Mr. Linky doesn't work... we thought we would give it a try this challenge to see if everyone likes it better.  You have until Dec 14th at 10 am EST to link you challenge!

Winner of the challenge will get to guest design with us for our January 1st challenge.

We have a blog hop coming soon... check back for more details!

Winner

Wow, congrats Karen... the design team chose your layout again to be featured in our Poetry Corner!

Karen

We'd love to have you guest design on the January 1st challenge as well!!!

Congrats!