Holiday Magic Blog Hop

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Welcome to the 

Holiday Magic Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for a weekend full of the magic of the Christmas Holidays! Our talented crafters have created all sorts of projects to inspire you and bring the joy of the season into your hearts!

 If you just happened upon this magical hop, Connie Can Crop (that's me) 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 an awesome sponsor for this month! 

One lucky winner will win a $21.00 gift certificate to shop their awesome products.

Be sure to visit them online here.

On facebook here.

And their blog 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 12/14/16

at Connie Can Crop.

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

Christmas is my favorite time of year! I believe in the beauty of the season and the magic it bring with it! I hope you enjoy this hop I put together for you all!

For my project I am sharing a swap I participated in for the first time ever this Christmas. It was a Christmas Pocket Page Swap and it truly was magical to create and to receive one of these beauties!

If you don't know about pocket letters, they are basically baseball card protector sheets where each pocket is decorated to the theme. Then you add small gifts in the back f the pockets for your person as well as a small letter. They are really special! Then you can use them on layouts, cards, or just keep them in a binder to look at and collect.

Here's a few shots of some of the individual pockets so you can see the details better!!

I used a lot of CTMH Sparkle Tape in various colors! So pretty!! And also used CTMH stamps, ink and thin cuts!

The center features a shaker pocket full of beads and sequins! 

This pocket is one of my favs because this little box plays Christmas Carols!

I hope you enjoyed my project and maybe you might want to try and make a pocket letter in the future for a friend! There re so much fun!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!

 Up next is Santa's very talented helper Shannon!!

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

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Shannon H- http://shannonhdesigns.blogspot.com/
Angela- mermaidsnmonograms.blogspot.com
Christi- https://tranquility1905.blogspot.com/
Sue- http://suek86401.blogspot.com/
Holli- sunflowerholli.blogspot.com
Ashley-  http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
Diana- http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com
Kim- http://katydidcards.com
Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com
Amanda- salnclts76.blogspot.com
Miranda- http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Sandy-  http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com/
Lisa- http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com
Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/
Sharon- http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com
Jearise- http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Sarah-  http://sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com/

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!!

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

Connie Can Crop Challenge #53

Baby It's Cold Outside

due 11:59 P.M. Saturday, December 31st

Pacific Time

Snowman Tag- Cardz TV

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Hello my crafty friends!

It's Connie here today to share my DT project for Cardz TV!

Today is the start of a new Cardz TV's Anything Goes Challenge and I decided to get a jump start on some Holiday tags. Up first this month is this cutie patootie!!

 I used Mary's stamp set called Winter Cheer. The snowman image is one of the stamps on Mary's set. I used my water colors to highlight the snowman. This was a first for me..I love it!

Here's a little trick on layering the different colors on top of each other without having those black lines show through..I use washi tape and place it over the area I do not want ink. Then I ink my stamp, peel the washi off and when I stamp the image that spot is left blank.
Try it! You will be so glad you did!!

You can enter the Cardz TV Challenge HERE!!

I can't thank you enough for checking out my blog today. It means the world to me and I hope you truly enjoyed it. May it inspire you to create something wonderful!   Scrappy Hugs!  

Don't forget to enter my challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #53

Baby It's Cold Outside

due 11:59 P.M. Saturday, December 31st

Pacific Time

Design Team: White Christmas Layout

Pin It This is Veronica from Vicky's Scrapping Passion sharing with you this layout I made for my family's first (and only) white Christmas Day:

Too bad the the picture doesn't make justice to the satin finish of the pages and rhinestones bling.

The left side open up:

The Right side has and insert for more pictures:

I used an sketch my dear Tammi Sanders' Photofull old class.

I used printed paper from K.1, which came in a Paperworks kit of the month, the same with other embellishments. 

 I use the same file from my first card: Little-Penguin-Winter--winter-bench_p_2383 from our sponsor Bugaboo Stamps, which I colored with Chameleon alcohol markers

BTW, I used the Jingle Bells rhinestone sentiment and rhinestones, which I received yesterday as a surprise from Connie's Crafty Cart:

Big thank you Connie, I loved my surprise goodies :-)

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

Connie Can Crop Challenge #53

Baby It's Cold Outside

due 11:59 P.M. Saturday, December 31st

Pacific Time

Scrappy hugs,

Winner Wednesday

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Challenge #52
Pumpkin Spice

Loved seeing all the amazing Pumpkin Spice entries in November!!
As always you ladies did not disappoint us and we struggled to pick our winners. Thank you so much for being so talented and sharing your creativeness with us here at Connie Can Crop.

Now for our Big Winner....

Chosen by:

True Random Number Generator Min:  Max: Result: 9Powered by RANDOM.ORPowered by RANDOM.ORG

Congrats to #9
Cathie Watt

And here’s her awesome entry…

We had an awesome sponsor for this month! 

you won a Fall themed scrapbook kit.

Cathie be sure to message me with your address to claim your prize!!

Congrats again!!

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....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 November as chosen by the Design team
 (in no particular order):

KT Fit Kitty

Sue

Monique Fox

Congratulations to all our winners!!

Thanks to all the gals who played along!! 

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

Connie Can Crop Challenge #53

Baby It's Cold Outside

due 11:59 P.M. Saturday, December 31st

Pacific Time

YouTube Tuesday-Embossed Tree Christmas Card

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Hello everyone.  It's Kim from Katydid Cards here to share a YouTube because it's...YouTube Tuesday!

I was recently asked by a friend who was looking at my collection of stamps why I had such a love affair with trees.  I was stuck for an answer because I had no idea how many tree stamps I had.  As she pointed them out to me, I had to admit...I am a tree hoarder.  Live trees, evergreen trees, dead trees, tree limbs and twigs.

So, in celebration of my newly discovered addiction, here is a video by Gina K showing how to make an embossed tree Christmas card:

I hope you enjoy this video and are inspired to try something like it.  It doesn't have to be trees, but if you need a tree stamp, I can recommend twenty-five or so ;-)  And if you make a winter/snow themed card, why not enter it in our monthly challenge:

 

As you can see, this month the theme is, "Baby It's Cold Outside.  Click here for all the details.

See you soon with another video.

Guest DT Karen Garber

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

Karen Garber
from
KT Fit Kitty

She has created a gorgeous set of cards using the theme of our fun monthly Challenge, Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Here's some details about Karen's project:

For my project, I made a set of four winter cards! Scene cards are my favorite type of card to make. I included a snowman and snowflakes on each one! A sweet friend recently gave me these cute chipboard snowmen, as well as the patterned paper, and I couldn't wait to use them! I knew they would be perfect for my winter scenes! Each card is different but I followed the same basic design. I die-cut a snowy landscape and added Stickles for some sparkle. I used the snowy patterned paper for the sky, added a chipboard snowman, and stamped a sentiment in a coordinating ink. The little scenes are mounted on cardstock and then adhered to a snowflake-embossed card front. I finished off each card with a different embellishment: snowflake sequins, regular sequins, pearl snowflakes, and a snowman charm with ribbon.

BE sure to stop by KAREN'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 about my challenge going on now too!!

All details can be found HERE!  

Freebie Funday

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It's December everyone!!!! EEK! I love the holidays! The company is always wonderful, and the food is the best! YUM! 

I hope you can find some time to get a little crafting in this month, and maybe use some of these files I found for you! 

Snowflake Card

Holiday Baking Team

TONS of Christmas files! 

Santa's Village

Miss Kate Cuttables

Don't forget to enter Connie's monthly challenge! There is still time! 

Click HERE for all the details and to upload your best image! 

Till next week, 

Sketchy Saturday

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 Hello, this is Veronica from Vicky's Scrapping Passion sharing with you this sketch from Pazzles Craft Room:

This sketch is meant for a digital page, but the it could also be adapted to normal scrapbooking. This blog offers tons of more such sketches, worth to check them out.

I hope you enjoy this sketch 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 #53

Baby It's Cold Outside

due 11:59 P.M. Saturday, December 31st

Pacific Time

Scrappy hugs,