Connie Can Crop's Monthly Challenge

Welcome to Connie Can Crop's Monthly Challenge!

This month's theme is "Reuse Reduce Recycle"

Create a project using something you recycled or reused

The sky's the limit!

For my project I made a birthday for my boss

using nothing but scraps from my bin.

(a little Cricut action too)

His birthday, you may have noticed was in March, 

but I saved it for my challenge post.

My boss and I are huge fans of the Walking Dead

I found this fabulous zombie arm using Cricut Access

They have a couple cute zombies if you like that sort of thing

Which I certainly do!!

Thanks for stopping by today

If you would like to enter this months challenge

Just click here!!

Momenta 2 Pack!

Momenta has got a great deal on their website and I am lovin' it! 

For $1.49 you get two awesomely different cards with envelopes

to decorate as you choose! 

Here are a couple of cards I decorated using Momenta stickers and paper.

I love this card with the scalloped edges. The black and silver are very elegant.  The chipboard flower is gorgeous. I wish the picture did it justice! The color is truly beautiful.

This card if my favorite! I love the paisley background.  The flourish is amazing which again the picture does not do it justice. I also love the hot pink metallic Momenta paper I used for the accents.  It gives it just the right amount of kick!

If you haven't yet, you should check out Momenta's Website!

Lot's of fun stuff, great prices!

Have an awesome day!!

Happy Valentines Day My Love!

For my 200 follower giveaway click here!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

My husband always whines about the "Hallmark" holidays

but I always love a good excuse to get creative!

(not that I need one)

I had an idea for my husband's card this but when I sat down to make it something entirely different came out.

I have no idea what I was thinking.

 I was all over the place with this one! Here it is!!

Hang in there, I know there is a lot going on.

So the heart and my lovely Kenny K. stamp stand out.

The too hot 2 handle not so much, 

but I assure you it is there.

I used my Rock Princess Cart

to make this awesome heart and my sentiment.

Instead of using green for the vines I wanted to use my background paper which is Momenta and I love it!!

I am kind of obsessed with that look.

To me it looks like I cut everything around the background paper.

That is why I did my sentiment the way I did.

I am thinking now I should have maybe changed it.

It is however for my husband and I don't think he will notice.

Here is a better picture of the sentiment.

Not so bad up close.

You can also see some of the details in the stamp.

I used my glaze pen for the piping in her outfit and her lips.

Stickles for the buttons down the front.

Not that she needed it but I just wanted to give her a little kick:)

Hope everyone has an awesome Valentines Day!

Wild Card!

Happy 2012!

My first post of the year,

my first card using my Wild Card Cart!

I kinda like it, I don't know why I haven't used it before!

My Recipe:

Wild Card

Tim Holtz cardstock

Martha Stewart score board and punch

Twine

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by today!

Soccer Thank You Cards

I have decided to abandon my "Tips For Tuesday"
 in hopes to find something new for the new year.
I will let you know when I find it!

So soccer is not even close to being one of my favorite things.  

(Huge understatement by the way!)
My husband asked me to make 12 thank you cards for the soccer league he chairs on.
(I think that is how you put it)
Not liking soccer, this is always a challenge for me.
So here goes nothing!

I used a Me & My Big Idea's Stack that I found at Michael's

The soccer balls are Recollections brads

I used my Cricut to make my grass tag then I doodled it.

My sentiment is CTMH. 

So that is it.  

Hope I some what scored with it.

Have a crafty day!

Happy Birthday Card!

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

This is the first card I have made welding with my Gypsy!  

Thank you Cricut You Tube channel

for "really" teaching me how to use my Gypsy! 

My Recipe;

Rock Princess Cricut Cart 

and

Lots of twine!

This card was super easy, and I think it turned out very cute!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Have a crafty day!!

JME Creations Design Team Post! Christmas Time! A Winner too!

Christmas time is coming! Are you ready?

If not, you have 6 more days! You can do it!!

Christmas time, a time for family, friends, and holiday parties.

What better to wear to a Christmas party then a little red dress?

What better place to stand then under the mistletoe?

My recipe:

DCWV-All Dressed Up

Greeting Farm's Flirty Anya

CTMH sentiment

Sophisticated Cricut Cart

Copic's

Twine

Glossy accents

This was "take 2" with my Copic's, man I can't wait to take some classes!!

I love this Greeting Farm stamp, in fact I love all their stamps!

They are super cute and great for Copic's.

After I colored little Flirty Anya I used some glossy accents to spice up her flower, dress and shoes.

I think she looks pretty spiffy!

My mistletoe was created using my Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut Cart.

I didn't have a cart that actually cut mistletoe and to be honest I wasn't even sure what it looked like.

I ended up Googling mistletoe and my TC Cart was the perfect solution.

I really hope you enjoyed my card!  I sure do!

Now for a winner!

The winner of the JME Creations Tree-licious blog hop is........

18 

Dawn said...

I sooo love your Christmas trees. So different from anything I've seen before. 

I would love to know how you did them. 

Their awesome. I am your newest follower. Have a great day...

Congratulations!! Please email me your address and I will get your goodies out ASAP!

Thanks for hopping along!

Friends Always!

Some friends that you make, you make for a life time.

I have been friends with two of the girls in this layout for almost my whole life.

Our parents were friends and our grandparents were friends.

It has been a bond that has stretched through out the years. 

These pictures were taken this summer at a family BBQ/mini reunion.

I love my friends so much, and I love that our friendship has stood the test of time. 

To make my layout, 

I used some lovely Kaisercraft paper from the Chapter One collection.  

This is probably my most favorite collection of their's.  

 All my embellishments are Color Bok, including the flowers.

I used two different Cricut carts in this layout.

Gypsy Wondering for my tags, 

Lyrical Letters for my Friends Always.

This is the first project I made using my new Gypsy and I love it!

I don't know how I ever lived without it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

JME Creations Design Team Post! Snowman Anyone!

Welcome my bloggy friends to my JME Creations snowman post. 

Winter is coming, are you ready?

This is how I like my winter, on paper!

I hope you enjoy my latest DT post!

This card consists of the new Bo Bunny!  I saw it and fell in love!

I used my Gypsy Wondering Cart to make the outline of my snowmen. 

I bought my buttons and snowflakes from Joann's.

I used Lyrical Letters Cart for my tag.

The sentiment is CTMH.

Of course I had to throw in some Twine for my accent.

It took me a few days for playing before I came up with finished product.

I hope you all like it!

Happy December and Happy winter!

Check out JME Creations for all the other fun snowy projects!

JME Creations Design Team Post! The Orange Circle!

For this DT post we were to make a project with an ORANGE circle.

It could be anywhere anyhow as long as there is an ORANGE circle.

I won a gift card to Pink By Design.

I bought the "Just Breath" set. 

When I saw this sentiment I knew right away what I wanted to do.

Here is my hot air balloon card.  

I didn't have a Cricut cart with a hot air balloon, 

so I used my Tis the Season cart and turned an ornament into my balloon.

I through in some clouds with a silver lining because who doesn't want a silver lining!

As you can see my balloon has two and half ORANGE circles.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. 

Don't forget to stop by JME Creations

to check out all the other fun projects!

Tips for Tuesday! Guest Tipper!!

Cricut Tricks and Tips

Brought you by Alisha @ My Crafty Ways!

Make sure you check out her blog and show her some love!

Do you like the look of a shadow, 

but the font you have chosen on your Cricut cartridge doesn't have a shadow?  

Just cut out 2 of the same letter or word, 

the same size in different colors and layer them together.  

Pull the top one to one side or the other just a little so it looks like a shadow.  

  Easy fix for a big problem.  Hope you enjoy my tip. 

Thanks Alisha for tipping on my blog!

Have a crafty day!

Summer Fun Revistied!

Here is a little bit of summer fun to warm up the crisp fall air!

These pictures were taken out our local fair.

I only work on my 12x12 layouts 2 to 3 times a year so my timing is a little off for the seasons.

(I save them all for my weekend retreats)

I had to do a cow  layout because I couldn't pass up these cute pictures I took.

The baby cow was actually born at the Fair.  

Isn't she super sweet!!

I used my Create a Critter Cart to make my little cow and little red barn.

I took my Tim Holtz embossing folder to give my little red barn some texture.

I lined my heart with some awesome twine!

I love me some twine right now!

One of my favorite techniques is using buttons for grass. 

I love the way it looks!

I hope you enjoyed my trip down memory lane at the Fair!

Have a crafty day!

Hello My Foxy Friend!

Just a quick little card I made for the Lawnscaping Challenge. 

This challenge was all about paper piecing. 

I had an awesome time making this card. 

I used a little bit more of my Echo Park scraps,

my Lawn Fawn stamps,

twine, and my Cricut.

The sentiment is CTMH.

The end result makes me smile.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a  super crafty weekend!

Road Trip Scrapped! A Winner Too!

Here is the layout from the Scrapbook Expo Portland Road Trip!

Please don't judge the picture on the left! 

After all, it was 3:30 in the morning!

Thanks to my bloggy buddy Kacee McVic, I love Imaginisce.

I used paper from their Road Trip collection to create this page.

My "To Do List" journaling is Basic Grey paper.

I used my EK Success punch to make the paper look like it came from a notebook.

Pretty cute if you ask me!

Our trip was awesome and a huge success.

Now for my blog candy winner from Monday's Digital blog hop!

Today's lucky winner is,

9 

Dena said...

Great job on these! Just gorgeous!

Aloha,
Dena Jones
http://missdjones.blogspot.com/

The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop!

Welcome to The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop brought to you today by JME Creations Design Team. If you just came from  Holly's blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened to come across my blog and you want to hop along, please start at the beginning at jmecreations.blogspot.com

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost!

The Great Pumpkin Hop List:

Jamie - http://jmecreations.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com

Adrian - http://byadrian4u.blogspot.com

Courtney- http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/

Holly - http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com

Shannon - http://my-o-scrappin.blogspot.com/

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

Linda - http://www.fancyframework.com

Alannah- http://alannahsspace.blogspot.com

Tina - http://myhoppyplace.blogspot.com/

Sharon- http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Here is my project!

This is my attempt at an esle card. 

I love this whole design team thing.

I have been creating a lot of firsts lately!

I used a lot of different elements to make this card.

 To make my haunted house I used the Happy Hauntings Cricut Cart

To make my pumpkins I used the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cart

Finally to make my moon I used the Graphically Speaking Cricut Cart!

That's right, three different carts to make this card come together!

I gave my pumpkins some cute little Peachy Keen faces!

I love their stamp sets!!

I used some twine along with my IRock bling for accent.

My sentiment is yet again from the Michael's dollar bin!

I am really starting to love that bin!

My for the fun part!

Blog candy!!

Sorry guys, I don't have a picture today but I will be giving away a

The Close To My Heart stamp double stamp set

Pair-a-Phrase!

This is a super cute stamp set, great for any season!

All you have to do to win is;

 Become a follower of my blog (if you already are! Yah!!)

Leave a comment on this post 

Live in the Continental US!

I will pick my winner using Random.org

and will announce my winner on Monday the 17th!

Super easy!

Now on to your next stop!

Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday Card!

Happy Birthday to my lovely assistant Sierra!

Her favorite color is blue. 

Not my most favorite color to work with.

Here is what a came up with!

Hope you all enjoy it!

I really hope she enjoys it. 

I myself am not sure about this one.

Have a crafty day!!

For The Love Of Ryan! My Craft Spot DT Call!

Hello my bloggy friends!! This layout is a first for me. 

 I saw something similar on a fellow friends blog and thought I would give it a shot. 

My main focus for this layout was layering. 

I am all for dimension in my layouts but never really layering.

For those of you that don't me personally, I love the paranormal!

I find it extremely fascinating!

My favorite paranormal TV show is

Paranormal State!

(the old one, not the new class)

In saying that, the host Ryan Buell is my favorite!!

I have been blessed with meeting him on more then one occasion.

This last time I was a part of the bloggy world so this layout got a touch of something new.

I also decided my something new would work great for the

My Craft Spot DT Call.

Only having two pictures for this layout,

I decided to blow up the Space Needle and cut around it.

I thought I would add to the randomness of my layering.

In order to create my layers I laid down a strip of orange paper which you can see in the background.

I wanted to have an area marked to create on.

I found some paper scraps from the scrap bin that matched my background.

I used my Sizzix machine to cut out three different sized flowers and hearts.

I had some extra Halloween embellishments to add.

Rub-ons that came with my paper.

My rock to attach my bling.

Last I used my Cricut Cart, Rock Princess to make my little "lucky" skull.

My layer started from the left and worked it's way over.

I tried to show as much layout and dimension without over powering the page.

I think I found the right balance.

Where there was negative space with on my orange strip

I added some IROCK bling.

I used my rub-ons on my picture and for the with bottom layer.

I love the effect it had on my layout.

I hope you all enjoyed my "Ryan" layout!

Have a crafty day!!