Ships Ahoy Blog Hop

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Welcome to the 

Ships Ahoy Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us as we set sail for a hop full of nautical fun!

Captain, Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop. This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these amazing crafters.

We have a WONDERFUL sponsor this month!!

 

One lucky winner will win their choice of 3 files from their shop! 

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE

Visit them on facebook HERE

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday 6/22/16 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Raise those anchors and batten down the hatches as we embark on this great adventure! All aboard!


I created a fun two page layout featuring a cut file from our sponsor Miss Kate Cuttables. This layout is going to look awesome with some of my cruise photos on it!! Now I just need to dig those photos out!

Hope you enjoyed my layout and please enjoy the rest of this hop!

 Up next is my awesome ship mate ANGELA

Here's our line up in case you get lost.

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

Angela- http://Crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

Kim- http://katydidcards.com/

Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/...

Christi-http://tranquility1905.blogspot.com/...

Holli- SunflowerHolli.blogspot.com 

Janet- http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/...

Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

Vicky - Vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com 

Lisa - http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/...

Sarah -www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

And don't forget to check out the this month's challenge!!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

Let Freedom Ring

due 11:59 P.M. Thursday June 30th

Pacific Time

Freebie Friday

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Ahh, Friday! 

Kimber Dawn

Hot Air Balloons

Apex Designs

Silhouette School

Miss Kate Cuttables

Paper Crafting World

Celebrate with Miss Kate Cuttables

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It's Kim from Katydid Cards and it's my day to post a project...a day a look forward to each month! 

I decided to "celebrate" with our sponsor's, Miss Kate Cuttables, files to make a 4th of July card.  They have a LOT of awesome files for the 4th and it was hard to pick one...so I picked three!

I tried to think outside the box with the way I used these cut files in the hopes of getting your creative juices flowing to make a project to enter in our monthly challenge, Let Freedom Ring, where your project should be red, white and blue or include rings/circles. 

Let me show you my card first and then I'll talk a bit about how it came together.

 

The July 4th Set has so many components, it's really a great buy.  My inspiration for this card actually came from this file.  There are three concentric stars and as soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to make a shaker card with them.  I had never seen a multi-layered shaker card previously (though I sure there must be some), so I decided to give it a go.  I kept the same format, but increased the size to fit my card front.  I used the small stars (reducing them to 1/4" and smaller in size) in the same red, white and blue colors as my shaker contents...but switched the order so the shaker contents differed from the layers.  Here's a picture from the side, so you can see the layers.

The first version of the front panel was cut with just the star and I thought it was too plain.  I found the perfect solution in the Birthday section of the store.  Yup, I did say Birthday!  I used the Birthday Word file for a 4th of July card.  I used the word "Celebrate", sized it to fit inside the largest star and welded it.  Here's a closer look at that:

For the inside of the card, I used the Independence Day Title and converted it to print only and I think it goes perfectly with the front!

I had a lot of fun making this card.  If you look at the Miss Kate Cuttables file, you'll see the stars I used also had "tails".  If I was making this card again, I think I would change it to landscape orientation and include them on the front of the card as well.

Well, that's it for today.  Don't forget to enter our monthly challenge.  This month the theme is:

 

As a reminder, your project should include Red White and Blue and/or Rings(circles).  You have until June 30th, 11:59 PM, PST.

Winner Wednesday

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Challenge #46
Dads & Grads

May is over! Boy it went fast! Summer is officially here! Wohoo!
We had so many awesome entries!

It was difficult choosing a top 3 this month!!

Now for our Big Winner....

Chosen by:

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:11Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Congrats to #11

Aunty Sue UK

And here’s her adorable entry…

 

You won a $15.00 gift certificate for their shop! 

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE

Visit them on facebook HERE

Don't forget to send me your info (Full name and  email address) ASAP so I can forward it on to our awesome sponsor! Message me on FB or email me at conniecancrop@yahoo.com - See more at: http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-04-13T01:16:00-07:00&max-results=10&start=10&by-date=false#sthash.V2ACJuYI.dpuf

Don't forget to send me your info (Full name and  email address) ASAP so I can forward it on to our awesome sponsor! Message me on FB or email me at conniecancrop@yahoo.

Don't forget to send me your info (Full name and  email address) ASAP so I can forward it on to our awesome sponsor! Message me on FB or email me at conniecancrop@yahoo.com - See more at: http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-04-13T01:16:00-07:00&max-results=10&start=10&by-date=false#sthash.V2ACJuYI.dpuf

And don’t forget your button:

Next up is something NEW for 2016

Our DT  Top 3 Picks!!

If you are chosen you get bragging rights and this adorable button to proudly display on your blog!!

Our Top 3 for May as chosen by the Design team
 (in no particular order):

#5 MAWMAW CINDY

#6 CHRISTI

#14 URSULA UPHOF

Congratulations to all our winners!!

Thanks to all the gals who played along!! 

And don't forget to check out the this month's challenge!!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

Let Freedom Ring

due 11:59 P.M. Thursday June 30th

Pacific Time

YouTube Tuesday-Shaped Cards

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Hi folks, it's Kim from Katydid Cards here with you today to share a great video showing you how to make shaped cards in Design Space.

Back in April, Connie shared this adorable card with you in our Bee Happy Blog Hop. 

It wasn't born a card; but with a little magic, Connie turned it into one and now you can learn how to do it, too!

 

I hope you enjoyed learning how to turn just about any image into a card in Design Space.  And, as Connie said in the video, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.  If you're inspired to make a shaped card yourself, be sure to let us know.  We would love to see it and showcase it here!

See you soon with another video.  Until then...craft on!

Guest Dt Alicia

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I am so excited to announce my June Guest Designer here at Connie Can Crop...

Alicia O'Bryant

from Goldengoddessdesigns

She has created an awesome Layout for us today to go along with the "Let Freedom Ring" monthly Challenge.

From Alicia: "I used Piggy Tales Yankee Doodle Dandy papers with my trusty Creative Memories circle cutter to create various size rings. I layered the rings on a patterned paper with ring/circle design. The letters match perfectly because they came with the collection."

BE sure to stop by Alicia'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!

And don't forget to enter this month's challenge:

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

Let Freedom Ring

due 11:59 P.M. Thursday, June 30th

Pacific Time

Question of the Week

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Remember.. I want you to answer the question in the comment section too!

AND

if you have a question to ask for an upcoming week add that in the comments too, if you ask a question and I use it you will win a prize!!

Here's a non-crafty question for you this week...

 I'm sick with a really bad summer cold. Please tell me what are some of your remedies to help beat the summer sickies.

Connie- I'm the one who's sick...and have no answers!

Angela- I always put Vicks Vapo-rub on my feet at night with socks. Helps kill my cough in the morning. And NyQuil. Lots and lots of NyQuil.

Veronica – My go to remedy is honey with lemon, but eucalyptus tea might be better for you.

Kim- For many years I suffered from summer colds and just put up with it without doing anything. One such cold coincided with a routine doctor's appointment and he told me I didn't have a cold at all...what I really had was allergies and it was causing post nasal drip and the resulting cough. I was hard pressed to believe him because my symptoms were classic "cold", but I tried the Astelin Pro Nasal Spray he gave me and, darned if it didn't work like a charm! I swear by that stuff now!

Okay, it's your turn to answer!!

And don't forget to check out the this month's challenge!!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

Let Freedom Ring

due 11:59 P.M. Thursday June 30th

Pacific Time

Sketchy Saturday

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 Hello, this is Veronica from Vicky's Scrapping Passion, and I found this interesting multiple pages sketch online. I found it very interesting because it is perfect to make a quick one theme album:

I found it in a blog post titled: 

Get it Scrapped

by artist Debbie Hodge

I hope you enjoy these sketches and decide to use it, please comment with a link to your page for us to compliment your work.

And don't forget to enter this month's challenge:

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

due 11:59 P.M. Tuesday, June 30th

Pacific Time

Have wonderful weekend,

Freebie Friday

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Today I am going to post some freebies for the 4th of July! Connies newest challenge this month is all about red, white and blue so hopefully this will get your creative juices flowing! 

Fireworks

Patriotic Printables

Independence Day

Happy July Days

Miss Kate Cuttables

Paper Crafting World

Don't forget to enter this months challenge! 

Click HERE for all the details! 

Design Team: Freedom Card

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Hi Scrappers, 

This is Veronica from Vicky's Scrapping Passion show my latest creation for Connie's Let Freedom Ring challenge:

 I used Miss Kate Cuttables' Patriotic Hot Air Balloon SVG File, which I also used in my previous project, but this time I made a card and changed the colors a bit. Those SVG files are so easy to work and simple to assemble. No fuss.

 I also used the Artbooking CTMH cart (which you can get from Connie here) negative shapes left over from my Liberty Layout for the inside of the card too. 

many blessings,

I hope you enjoy my simple card and decide to join this month's challenge:

Connie Can Crop Challenge #47

due 11:59 P.M. Tuesday, June 30th

Pacific Time