Guest Designer ~ Sandy Suarez

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Hi, I'm Sandy Suarez and I am so excited to be this month's Guest Designer for Connie Can Crop.  I have 4 sons and have been married for 27 years.  I work full time, and enjoy scrapbooking, making cards, homemade decorations and other various crafts on my spare time.  When you get a chance, please stop by my blog at Simply Crafty Creations by Sandy S.

The sponsor for this month's challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Using the below challenge/color palette

I made a welcome sign for the holidays with Bugaboo's "Bygfallfence Fall Fence" digi stamp.  I printed the digi stamp large enough for my frame, used alcohol ink markers to color it and added the word "Welcome" cut with my Cricut Explore and also framed the digi stamp with the same turquoise cardstock.

 

Added a little shine with a Gelly Roll shimmer pen.

 

 

 

Well, I must say, I think it turned out pretty cute.  Something I can take out every year for the fall season.

 

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Sandy of  Simply Crafty Creations by Sandy S.

Guest DT- Christi Steinbeck

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Hello!  Christi here from Scrapping For Tranquility, this months Guest DT.  I am VERY honored Connie is having me back again.  I want to thank you for joining me here at Connie Can Crop this month for this months Challenge of:

Our sponsor this month for To Die For is :

What a great sponsor huh???

I want to share with you what I made from dreaming tree with my die cuts:

The Chilling Chandelier by Dreaming Tree.

This was sooo fun to make!

It has bats around the top with vellum windows around it which I put battery operated lights inside to light it up.

It then has a large spider and bats that hang from it.

I used glittered paper for the bats and spider .

You can make them any colors you want but I made mine Purple , Black and Green.  My daughter was married on Halloween and these were her wedding colors.

Halloween is her favorite holiday .

 I wanted to make her something special to hang in her house for the holiday.

She loved it!

Thank you for joining me and hope you enjoyed my project.

Blessings,

Guest DT Nana Connie

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

NANA CONNIE

from Grammy's Attic

So excited to have the very talented Connie joining us this month!

Here's some info from our wonderful guest dt

Hi!  I'm NanaConnie and I have the honor of being a Guest Designer for Connie Can Crop this month.  My own blog is "Grammy's Attic" and I'd love to have you visit.  I'm a Nana to 6, a Great-Nana to 2, and have been a crafter for most of my long life.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is Treasure Box and they have some really marvelous digital stamps, papers, and cutting files.  I chose to use this darling little kitten from the "Digi Pound Pals One" set of images.  From the look on his face, I just knew that he was feeling alone and left behind when his human kids went back to school and didn't take him along.

This card took off in an unplanned direction while I was working on it.  Ever have that happen to you?  I got it all colored, cut it with a simple rectangle die, and then looked at bits and pieces which were on my desk, left over from a previous project.  Because the golden yellow seemed to fit right in with his calico colors, I added the die cuts, framed out the printed sentiment, and added the corner triangle.  Voila'!  The card layout was done and all it needed was a bit of ribbon for a bow.

Enjoy, and come play with us this month, won't you?  NanaConnie

And here is her gorgeous card 

 

BE sure to stop by NANA CONNIE'S BLOG and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

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Don't forget to join our current challenge

 

 

Guest DT Art Jypsy

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

AJ (Art Jypsy)
from
AJ's Creative Energy

So excited to have the very talented AJ joining us this month!

Here's a little bit about AJ....
I am a mom of two fur babies - tuxedo cats. I love creating artistically and have been do so all my life... I have been card making/ stamping for what seems like decades now, just about 4 years ago I started playing in the online challenges. I use Crayola and Prismacolor markers. Love making water colored backgrounds - gives a scene more personality.

And here is her gorgeous card featuring an image from our sponsor this month Paper Nest Dolls.

BE sure to stop by AJ's BLOG and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to join our current challenge

Connie Can Crop Challenge #61

Watercolors

due 11:59 P.M., Thursday, August 31st, 2017

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Guest DT Georgiana

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Georgiana Carson
from
Carsons Creations

So excited to have my talented friend Georgiana back again and joining us this month!

Hello Crafty Friends, Happy Monday! This is Georgiana from Carson's Creations and I am super thrilled to be Guest Designer this month at Connie Can Crop. What a fabulous opportunity to share with others. The challenge...Use Your Stash. Perfect! I have plenty of crafty supplies that need to be used. Here is My Guest Designer project... I created a matching tag and card for my one of my very good teacher friends that has been my walking buddy all summer. We meet almost every day at 6:15am and walk for one hour (which is about 3.6 miles). We talk about anything and everything. Lately we have been on a healthy food kick, so I bought her a salad cookbook, which will go with this set.

First, I started with the tag. The base and sentiment is by Jaded Blossom and then I stamped all fab flowers by Lawn Fawn. The 3 Girl JAM ribbon was in a plastic container in the closet and I was glad to be able to use it with these purple flowers.

I created the card next. I decided to use the scallop rectangle mat and then I used my Cuttlebug to die cut the embroidered thanks into the cream card stock. Instead of embroidery floss, I used purple craft thread since I have a bunch in my stash. I did watch a video to make sure I was sewing in the correct direction.

The stamped sentiment is by Jaded Blossom ~ Encouragement stamp set.

Thanks Connie for allowing me to be your Guest Designer. Looking forward to next time. Stay Creative, Georgiana

BE sure to stop by Georgiana's Blog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget the newest challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #60

Use Your Stash

due 11:59 P.M., Friday, July 31st, 2017

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Guest DT Christi

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Christi Steinbeck
from
Scrapping for Tranquility

So excited to have Christi back again and joining us this month!

Hello! Christi from Scrapping for Tranquility. I am very honored Connie asked me to Guest design this year again. I just love her and her blog. This month is the Masculine Card and here is what I designed:

I used AC Cardstock for all my solids , The polka dots is from hobby Lobby .  The paper piecing is a File called Navy from Cuddly Cute Designs that I pieced together .  The flag banner is a Die from Pink and Main.  The Happy birthday stamp is Just Rite all boy stamp set and last but not least  The twine is  Berry Trendy Twine.  

Thank you for joining me at Connie can crop and I will be guest designing again this fall so I hope you will join me again!  Until then please join me at  my blog here  or my fanpage here.   

 Blessings, Christi

BE sure to stop by Christi's Blog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #59

It's A Guy Thing

due 11:59 P.M., Friday, June 30th, 2017

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Guest DT Miranda

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Miranda Enclade
from
Nanasscrapspot

So excited to have such a talented lady joining us this month!

I pulled the butterfly and the colors pink & yellow from the image! My butterfly is from Everyday Pop-Up Cards Cricut Cartridge. I added some stickles, ribbon and sentiment to my card. You can't really tell in the pic but I folded the wings up just a bit. This was my Mom's Mother's Day Card.

BE sure to stop by Miranda's Blog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #58

Inspiration Challenge

due 11:59 P.M., Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

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Guest DT Lavendar Angel

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Judy Pylant
from
LavendarAngel

So excited to have such a talented lady joining us this month!

Almost everything on this card is recycled!! Lace flower I made from old lace. Other flower I found in the house we just moved into. It was a pin. Of course the card board is from a discarded box.

The paper swirls are from a die cut that messed up. I cut the good parts off and used them. The silver button and leaf was also found here. The butterfly was a trial die cut. I added some ink with sponge to make  it look old. The little glass bottle came from dollar store with nail glitter in it. I put tiny gemstone chips in it.

I hope you enjoy my card! Recyclables are everywhere, you just have to look!! 

BE sure to stop by Judy'sBlog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #57

Reuse Reduce Recycle

due 11:59 P.M., Sunday, April 30th, 2017

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Guest DT Maria Pilar

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Maria Pilar
from
Un Poco Para Compartir

So excited to have our dear friend and follower from Spain as a special guest designer this month!!

I used white and red cardstocks under a mixed media background made with gesso and acrylic paint. On it, I did the sketch with washi tape and printed the others forms of the set "Heart flourished" on vellum paper, creating another background. The main flowery heart is cut into textured red cardboard. The sentiment is stamped with Stazon Black Sherry. And finally I used a ribbon of tassels.

BE sure to stop by Maria's Blog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

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message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #56

Sketch Challenge

due 11:59 P.M., Friday, March 31st, 2017

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Guest DT Sunflower Holli

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I am so excited to announce our next Guest Designer for 2017 here at Connie Can Crop...

Holli Rodriguez
from
Sunflower Holli

SO excited to have my long time friend designing for us today!!

I am Holli from Sunflowerholli.blogspot.com.

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Fun Stampers Journey Event in MN. 

I made the Be Amazing card at the event. The heart stamp is a background stamp and was used on totally teal paper with totally ink. We used a blender tool and ink to create the cool water color effect.

The ink was the FSJ black licorice with black embossing power. The valentines card is made with the FSJ monthly Bloom Box. These are special stamps for only Bloom Box subscribers.  

I used an embossed heart paper and Black Licorice ink. Everything came in a kit. 

BE sure to stop by Holli's Blog and leave her some love! She was an awesome Guest DT!!

Interested in being a guest DT on my blog? Send me an email or

message with a photo of your favorite project and let me know!

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #55

Stamp Your Heart Out

due 11:59 P.M., Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

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