Hi blog readers! Marci here! So, today I’m talking about using music lyrics in your pages. This is something that I love to do! I love music and have loved it all my life! My mom and dad are both amazing singers and my mom is an amazing pianist. I learned my love of music from them. So when I started digital scrapbooking I wanted to be able to put something that I love so much into my new hobby! I feel like putting in a catchy song lyric can really brighten up your page and give you the perfect title! It can also capture the type of emotion you’re trying to get across in your layout.
The first time I tried to use lyrics in a layout was for a wedding picture. I put the lyrics to our wedding song over one of our wedding pictures. This song meant and still means so much to me, so I wanted it to be the focus of the page. I also used the first line of the song for another page I did with a wedding picture.
The next LO I tried was with some pictures that I did of our trip to Canada, where I’m from. We got to spend a lot of time with my best and oldest friend and so I wanted a statement that really captured our friendship! And who better describes friendship than Dionne Warwick!
The next one I did was a really special page that I did for my mother-in-law. She LOVES Disneyland! So for Christmas I made her a page with 2 of her favorite things, Minnie Mouse and My daughter Eden. Well of course I needed the perfect title, and for anyone who’s been to Disneyland, you know that there is a magical feeling that is in those walls! So I wanted to have a little ‘magic’ in my title!
The next page is one that just came to me when I was in my car listening to the best song! It’s called, I’m in Love With You by Joy Williams. I was listening to the lyrics and I got a little teary eyed because I just loved the lyrics so much. It made me think of my sweet husband. So I immediately went home and started to think of how I could use that song in a LO. So I put the lyrics on top of a paper in text form, and then changed the opacity so that it looked like it was just part of the paper. Then I used the last line of the song as the title of the page!
So as you can see, music is something that you can use to really make a page mean more to you! SO - the next time you’re stuck with no ideas for a title or theme for a LO, think about your favorite song, or think about those classics songs that are so clever, you just have to put them on a LO! To get you started using music and lyrics in your pages, Brittney (Britt-ish Designs) created a fun freebie for everyone!
It is now available for sale in the ScrapMatters’ Shop–while you’re in the shop make sure to grab our other freebies too) or link expired (4shared). Leave us some love or say hi when you download!
Here’s one I just did with one of the freebie wordarts! Isn’t this freebie awesome?! So many cute lyrics! Great job Britt…I don’t know who wouldn’t want one of these!
Happy scrapping everyone!
22 responses so far ↓
1 Laura // Jan 23, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Thank you. Can’t wait to try the challenge.
2 dodo // Jan 23, 2008 at 1:07 pm
These are great! Thanks for Sharing
dodo
3 Scrapmatters // Jan 23, 2008 at 1:14 pm
What a terrific blog post! Thanks so much you’ve inspired me. I wish I could sing–but I think people really prefer me to be quiet! So except for when I’m in the car, I sing in my head!!! And love reading lyrics and such. Thanks to Britt for her awesome freebie too.
4 Nikki // Jan 23, 2008 at 2:27 pm
this is lovely
5 Leilauni aka "Rags" // Jan 23, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Love the idea of having them premade…we have been just doing lines from songs on tags…but we’ve been doing it for about a year now, it is a weekly challenge…tag the Lyric!!! Thanks for the freebies.
6 Janet // Jan 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Thank you for the Lyrical freebie!
7 Teresa P // Jan 23, 2008 at 6:17 pm
What a great journal entry and freebie! Thanks Marci and Britt!!!
8 Brooke - in Oregon // Jan 23, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Love Love Love this!! Thanks you soooo much
9 shelly // Jan 23, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Such wonderful wordarts, I’ll be sure to use them, thanks for this lovely gift!
10 megapixie // Jan 24, 2008 at 3:55 am
Thanks for sharing. I shall listen to songs with a scrapper’s ear now!
11 nadlm // Jan 24, 2008 at 4:19 am
thank you
12 ckmom12673 // Jan 24, 2008 at 5:07 am
Thanks for the wonderful freebie, Brit! Marcie, your pages are an inspiration, thanks for sharing them with us!
13 sheryl // Jan 24, 2008 at 6:30 am
how lovely….great idea! thanks a ton.
14 Megan // Jan 24, 2008 at 8:28 am
I’d love to know the credits for the Disney page, I have the disney font and I made my own Mickey shape but I’d love to know if you made your own elements and papers or where I could find them. Thanks!
15 Aiza // Jan 25, 2008 at 3:43 am
this really is a great idea, i can already imagine all the love songs that i could do for coming valentine….thank you for being such an inspiration
16 Mary // Jan 26, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Thank so much for sharing your stuff there fantastic!!!!!
17 amy // Jan 28, 2008 at 11:52 am
thank you!
18 Esk // Jan 29, 2008 at 12:53 am
Wow, these are great! Thanks!!
19 gigsy // Jan 29, 2008 at 5:46 am
love it! thanks!
20 Sitha Pinet // Jan 29, 2008 at 6:25 am
Again, merci beaucoup for sharing this. Keep creating!
21 Teresa // Jan 29, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Thank you so much!!!
22 1st-oliveoyl // Mar 30, 2008 at 5:18 am
Bummer. Link expired
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