WILD WEST BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Wild West Blog Hop

WANTED...

YOU

to join us for a day of Tall Tales about the

Wild West

where Cowboys were legendary

and guns were cool.

Grab you hat and your horse 

and meet us down at the Alamo

Connie Can Crop is the Sheriff in this town Blog Hop. You should have arrived from

Jessica  at http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

but if not mosey on over to see the Sheriff before it's too late!

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these cowgirls who are here showcasing their talents.

I have a fantastic sponsor this month, Latina Crafter

One lucky winner will get a super cute Cowgirl Stamp Set from Latina Crafter.

 Sellos en español y mas

Please visit Latina Crafter HERE

Follow their blog HERE

you can find 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 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday 11/18/15 here at Connie Can Crop.

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

Saddle up those horses!! And join us right now for an hour of  Wild West FUN!

HeeHaw!

I used my Cricut and the Yeehaw cartridge to cut the adorable little horse and the title.

I hope you enjoy the hop this weekend and something you see inspires you to get out there and get crafty!!

 Up next is Ronnel at http://www.inkyantics.blogspot.com

Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

Angela - http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/

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

Debbie Wilson - http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com

Holli - http://Sunflowerholli.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Daphne - http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Ronnel - http://www.inkyantics.blogspot.com

Miranda  -http://www.nanasscrapspot.com 

Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com

Sarah - http://www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://www.piece-ofheart.blogspot.com

Theresa- http://www.scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com

Michelle- http://www.michellekinder.blogspot.com

Haidee- http://www.created2bunique.blogspot.com

For more fun be sure to check out Connie's Monthly Challenge!

Connie Can Crop Challenge #40

Cornycopia

due 11:59 P.M. Monday November 30th

It's My Birthday Blog Hop- Alice in Wonderland Halloween Wall Decor

Welcome to Day Two of the It's My Birthday Blog Hop!!

You should have come here from Jen's Craft Corner. If you are coming in the middle of the blog hop, head over to

I hope you enjoyed yesterday. There were so many great projects. If you missed it go back and check them out.

I decided to combine today's Blog Hop post and my project over at The Collector's Cut. I know it's not b'day, but since my b'day is in October, I just LOVE Halloween. It is my FAV holiday! So I thought it would be fun to share this today.

HERE IS THE LIST OF BLOGS FOR THE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP:

Alina Coronado

http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com

Anita Cannon

http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Haidee http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Jen- www.jenscraftcorner.com

Daphne- http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com -YOU ARE HERE!!!

Jess B - http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com -GO HERE NEXT!!

Gloria - http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Erin - http://deeplyrootedlife.blogspot.com

Jennifer R - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com

I created a Halloween Decor item.

This is a cute little wooden shadow box I picked up at The Dollar Tree.

I used the Accent Essentials cartridge to cut the scalloped edges. I used the Gypsy to weld together several pieces to make the long edges pieces.

I used the Classic Disney cartridge to cut the Alice. I made her to match the Alice that appears on the Graphic 45 paper I used. All the paper and little paper embellishments are all from Graphic 45,

SUPPLIES:

Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland paper and embellishments

Bazzill Bling

Buttons- vintage I inherited these from my Grandmother

Key- Dollar Spot at Michaels

Paper Flower is handmade. I bought it at a craft show. I sprayed it with Smooch Mist. Pearl

Stick pin- Recollections

Paper Clip- Making Memories

Tiny Paper Rose- Recollections

Gears- Blue Moon

Bling- Recollections Bling on the roll

Brads- Recollections

Viva Decor Pearl Pens

Beacon 3-in-1 Liquid Adhesive, Foam Pop Dots, Helmar Craft Glue

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!! I hope you are enjoying the Blog Hop!

Leave a comment and become a follower (before midnight EST Sunday Oct 16th) here and get an opportunity to win this great Blog Candy!!

I will choose a winner at random from all the comments and followers for the weekend.

~~Enjoy~~
Daphne

Monster Mash Lighted Canvas

I was so excited when Maggie said she wanted to post my Monster Mash canvas on her blog- Passionately Artistic.

This was a really fun canvas to make. I was walking around the store looking at the Halloween decorations the other day and saw a lighted sign. It was $20+ and I thought...gee I can make that, and it will be cuter and cheaper!

Well once it was done and I plugged it in to look at it, I was very thrilled with the results. One of my fellow crafters commented that the lights look like creepy fingers with orange nails.

But, I think the best compliment was when I showed it to my 14 yo son and he said- "OOoh I like that, can I have it." I am going to make him a lighted canvas, but he can't have this one.

I hope you find some inspiration to create a lighted canvas of your own.

STEPS:

1.) Paint the edges of the canvas with black acrylic paint. Sides and 1" in all the way around.

2.) Cut the paper to 11"x12". Use Beacon 3-in-1 adhesive to attach the paper to the canvas. I then used a brayer to roll it out to make sure it was flat.

3.) Cut and assemble Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein with the Cricut using the Happy Hauntings cartridge at 7"

4.) Cut grass at 1/2", fence at 2", a spider at 2 1/2", a spider at 2" and Monster Mash title at 3 1/2" (ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE THE HEIGHT)

5.) Cut hand at 1 1/2" in green and 2" in black- I attached the black hand flat to the paper and bent the green hand up so it looks like the black is a shadow of the green hand

6.) I used the Distress Inks and Gelly Roll pens to accent the images.

7.) Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are attached using foam dimentional tape.

8.) I used a hot glue gun to attach the lights to the back of the canvas.

Supply list:

11"x13" Stretched Canvas

Black Acrylic paint

Piece of Halloween Paper-Die Cuts With A View- Midnight Spell stack

50 Miniature Indoor/Outdoor Lights

Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue sticks

Cricut with Happy Hauntings Cartidge and

Bazzill Solid Cardstock

Basic Grey- Bling It Rhinestones- Spider Web

Ranger Inc- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads

Sakura Ink- Stardust Gelly Roll pens

Adhesives: Beacon 3-in-1, Foam dimentional tape, hot glue

ENJOY

~~DAPHNE~~

Sketches in Thyme-DT Sketch

I have recently discovered how fun sketches can be. This sketch is from Sketches in Thyme. I did this one in hopes of being chosen for their Design Team.

Here is the sketch they have asked us to use. You too can apply to be a SIT Maven. Click on the link above for details.

There are trials and times in your life where you find out who your true friends really are. I have been going through some things in my life and my friends have been my strength.

Melissa and I have been through some ups and downs in our friendship, but it has proven to stand the trials. In honor of our friendship this is my take on this great sketch. I think it came out pretty.

I used the Girls' Paperie by Margie - Paper Girl line. The shaped patterned paper, vintage buttons, clocks, rose, charm and little word stickers are all from this line. The solid cardstock is from Bazzill. The dotted patterned paper is Serendipity-"Scrumptious"- Coconut Cream. The ribbon is from my stash.

The title is cut with the Cricut using the Billionaire cartridge. The inking is using Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Vintage Photo. The flower and clocks have been sprayed with Smooch Spritz- Vanilla Shimmer.

I used my ATG gun and Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive.

Shaped Card Challenge-The Collectors Cut

I am very excited to share with all of you that I was asked to join in the fun over at The Collectors Cut blog. We will be making two projects a month over there. All the projects are using the Cricut machine. We are hoping to get more use out of the cartridges we have and to inspire some of our crafty friends to get out their Cricuts and use all those wonderful cartridges you own that are collecting dust!!

The challenge this time was to make a SHAPED CARD.

I decided to use a cartridge I had not used yet for my own personal goal of using all my cartridges in 2011, and I chose Wild Card.

I cut out the quote bubble card. Then I flipped it and cut it again, because I didn't use double sided paper! I glued the two together so there was pretty paper on the inside.

I used the EK-Success flower punch on the owl in the center of the card and the Stampin-Up Banner punch on the little guy on the bottom right.

I love to ink and I used Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo.

The words are also cut from the Cricut using the font on Wild Card. I welded it using my Gypsy before cutting at 1".

I used Helmar Acid Free Adhesive to put it all together.

The paper is from Target in the Dollar Spot. It is all from the new owl fall pack. It was purchased only a couple of weeks ago! It is SOOOOooo cute!

Get out your long lost cartridges and start crafting!!

Crafty Chicas Halloween Decor

This month the design team was asked to use Orange, Purple and Black in celebration of Halloween. I thought it would be fun to make a really neat free standing tri-fold decoration. I am eager to get this out and display it in my house.

You can get more details over at the Chica's Getting Crafty Blog.

Don't forget to join the blog challenge this month. Share with us your monsters and get a chance to win a gift certificate to the web site.

I wanted to share my decor so I entered it in the following Challenges:

Clear It Out Challenge

Tuesday Throwdown

My Craft Spot

Woodware USA

Hippo Birdies Two Ewes Birthday Card

I am making some birthday cards for my friend Teresa to give to her fellow teachers. Every year she gives out more then 70 cards, so I started last year helping her make them. Here's another of my creations.

I got the inspiration for this card from when I was growing up. I remember this saying from a card I received and it popped into my head, so I thought it would make a cute card.

SUPPLIES:

Hippo- Cricut cut- Animal Kingdom cartridge

Birdies- Cricut cut- Paper Pups cartridge

Ewes- Cricut cut- Winter Frolic cartridge

Sentiment- Cricut cut- Cherry Limeade cartridge

Paper- Kaiser Craft, Best Creation Inc and Bazzill

Ink- Tim Holtz/Ranger Inc.- Distress Ink- Faded Jeans

Glittery Highlights- Sakura Jelly Roll-Stardust pens

Adhesive- Helmar Art & Hobby Adhesive

I have entered this card in the following challenges (check them out!):

Easy Craft Projects -photo inspiration

Creations by GillM -anything that flies

If The Shoe Fits- Scrap It -Jungle Book inspired

Forever Friends -Include an animal

LESSology DT Application Project

I found the request for LESSology DT members on the Scrapbook Call Blog. I checked it out and decided I would give it a try!

I love making all kinds of repurposed projects.

So this is the project I put together. It is a canvas that I found at the Goodwill. I covered it with the Alice In Wonderland Halloween paper. Then I took an old costume and cut it up and made the fabric flowers that are along the edge. The centers of the flowers are old buttons cut off a dress. This project is a total Upcycle!!

The title I got from the Alice in Wonderland story. When Alice is at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, the Dormouse recites...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,
How I wonder what you're at:
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea tray in the sky,
Up above the world you fly
Like at tea tray in the sky.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat,
How I wonder what you're at:
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea tray in the sky.

Use 3-5 pieces, put them together. Use a needle and thread and sew a button in the center. This will also help hold the flower together. These buttons are ones from an old dress!

To get the pieces of thin material to look all wrinkly, you melt it over a candle. Be very careful it doesn't catch on fire. It is very easy to make these flowers!

I cut up a skirt from an old Halloween costume. I cut it into squares and then a circle, then to look like little flowers. You don't have to be perfect because you can make them look like you want when you do the next step, with the melting.

SUPPLIES:

Viva Decor Pearl Pens and Glitter Liners- accents and to attach the vintage buttons

Vintage Buttons

Repurposed 12x12 Canvas

Repurposed black costume

Repurposed buttons from an old dress

Twinkle Twinkle- cut with Cricut using Nursery Rhyme Cart

Little - cut with the Cricut using Graphically Speaking

Bat- cut with the Cricut using Simply Charmed

Helmar 450 Adhesive was used to attach the flowers

Foam PopDots used to to attach the title

This canvas is also entered in the following challenges:

Dutch Dare

Paperminutes

You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

My Only Sunshine

You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Grey

You'll Never Know Dear How Much I Love You!

I thought it would be fun to try something really different...so I used an actual vinyl record album as the base for this project!!

Check out more details over at Chicas Gettin Crafty!!

I love this photo! This was taken in May when Geoffrey graduated from Daytona College. These three are my sunshines!

I entered this fun layout in the following challenges:

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Nothing Square

Amber's Crafts & Stuff - Glittery

Crafts & Me Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Belli Blog- Non-paper

Ruby's Rainbow- Gems

Club CK 1-Hour Layout Challenge

This was fun. I have never participated in a one-hour challenge. Over at the CKClub they have them regularly, but I have never done one. Today I thought it would be fun to give it a try. Here is my take.

It was a challenge to use horizontal stripped paper.

This photo is of my mother and I taken in 1969 at sunset on Padre Island. I love this photo.

SUPPLIES:

Paper- Chatterbox- Scrapbook Walls- Beach Stripe, Beach Dot and Large Frisbee Stripe

Shells- Jesse James Buttons

Flower- Prima Floral Embellishments

Tim Holtz- Distress Ink- Vintage Photo

Circle is cut using the Cricut Expressions and the Christmas Cheer Cartridge

Studio G Wooden Alphabet Stamps

Helmar Adhesives- Tape Runner, 450 and Acid Free Glue

Paper Patch Sketch Challenge

***HAD TO COME BACK AND LET EVERYONE KNOW I WON FOR THIS CONTEST!! SO COOL!!***

This is a layout I did for the Paper Patch Crafts Facebook July Sketch contest.

The photo is of Wesley. We had walked past this statue of Goofy probably 100 times and he never wants to sit and have his photo taken. One day he just decided...Hey mom--let's get my picture here. He and I used to go several times a month to Disney World because we had yearly passes. This is something I hope he will remember when he grows up, because this was some very special times with just him and me.

SUPPLIES:

PAPER- CTMH, Bazzill

Black Bling Stars- from Recollections

Red stars and blue star strip- cut with the Cricut Expressions using the Stand Salute Cartridge

Two grey stars- Grungeboard from Tim Holtz

Embellished with Viva Decor Pearl Pens- Gold

I used Helmar Craft Glue to attach the Red Stars and the Grungeboard.

I used Xyron 150 to attach the strip of blue stars.

I used Helmar Tape Runner to attach the paper and the photo.

B-Eautiful Wall Hanging

Hey everyone,

I thought my Cricut Imagine should get some use. Well, ok, actually I decided I should use my friend Carole's machine more! LOL! Hey..but that kind of counts as using mine doesn't it??

I created this really pretty wall hanging for my bedroom for the Lets Get Peachy blog today. Go over and check it out in more detail.

Let's Get Peachy Blog Hop

Welcome to LGP's First Ever Blog Hop!

If you did not arrive here from "Let's Get Peachy", head on over there and start at the beginning! 

I hope you enjoy my layout and continue on to Kimmy's blog once you are done here!!

This layout was a lot of fun to make! This is a photo of my good friend Melissa when we were at a weekend crop. She was asleep and Lisa just HAD to take a photo of her. When I got the photo printed and saw it I KNEW she was Sleeping Beauty!!

SUPPLIES:

Graphic 45 paper, tag and photo frame

Viva Decor-Inca Gold- edges of the photo and swirl

Viva Decor-Pearl Pens - dots

Ribbon from my stash

Maya Road chipboard- swirl- sprayed with Maya Road- Party Pink

Roses- Recollections

Small Gold Butterfly and Crown-Making Memories Vintage Findings

Letters-Fabric Thickers


Large S is cut with the Cricut using Winter Wonderland
I used Helmar 450 adhesive for adhering all the chipboard and roses. I used the Viva Decor Inca Gold around the edges of the photo to give it a dreamy look.

FOR A CHANCE TO WIN MY PRIZE PACKAGE: 

#1- Follow my blog 

#2- Leave a comment

#3- For another chance to win, do a LO or Card centering around a Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale character. You should e-mail your entries to: daph66@shreiber.com by 8:00PM (EST) May 9th.

I HAVE A SMALL CHALLENGE FOR ALL MY 13 AND UNDER FOLLOWERS: Make a layout or card using your favorite fairy tale character. E-mail it to me at daph66@shreiber.com. All entries need to be to me by 8:00PM (EST) May 9th. I will post all the entries along with the winner in a blog post on May 10th!! The winner will receive a prize package including:  

Here's YOUR next chance to win!

 Please visit all 13 blogs on our Celebrate National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop itinerary, and be sure to leave a comment on each one. After you have visited all 13 Peachy Kats, go back to Let's Get Peachy and leave a 2nd post to let us know you have completed the hop. One lucky winner's name will be drawn at random to receive a fun blog hop prize. 

CHECK BACK HERE TO SEE WHO WON MY BLOG CANDY!!

This is your Blog Hop itinerary. 

Please proceed to Peachy Kat Kimmy's  blog: 

The links below will direct you along the way to each of the other stops on the blog hop.  If you get lost, you may refer to the links here.

1. Let's Get Peachy: Peachy Laura   

2. Peachy Kat- Daphne- YOU ARE HERE!!    

3. Create Something Everyday: Peachy Kat- Kimmy -GO HERE NEXT!!   

4. From Me 2 U Papercrafting: Peachy Kat-Tammy G.

5.Greets N Treats: Peachy Kat- Becky 

6. If's It's Groovy: Peachy Kat- Groovy Deb

7. Kristin's Craft Corner: Peachy Kat- Kristin    

8. Polkadotrentz: Peachy Kat- Sarah   

9. Queen of the Crop: Peachy Kat- Liese      

10. Rather B Scrappin: Peachy Kat- Lisa

11. Scrappy Doodads: Peachy Kat- Tammy K.   

12. The Crafty Fruglaista: Peachy Kat- Cindy   

13. The Scrappy Cottage: Peachy Kat- Cherrie   

14. Back to LGP 

Cinco De Mayo

In honor of today being Cinco De Mayo I thought it would be fun to share these photos were taken in Mexico at Epcot at Disney World. 

I created this layout for Let's Get Peachy.

So get out there and have a Margarita and join the festivities!!   

SUPPLIES:  Bazzill paper

Bakers Twine

Gelly Roll Pens by Sakura in green, red and pink (highlighting on the die cuts)

Brown and Pink chalk for highlights on the monkey

Floral Embellishments- Boutique Fleur by Recollections

Metallic letters are something I have had in my stash for a long time. 

Confetti are Pearl Pens for Viva Decor in assorted colors

Helmar 450 Glue to attach the flowers

Scotch ATG to attach the paper and photos

Monkey (5") and Pinata (3") are both cut using the Cricut with the Birthday Bash cartridge

Thanksgiving 2006

This is a simple Thanksgiving layout.

The adorable little pilgrims are from Walmart. The green strip on the left is adhesive paper ribbon by K & Company. The paper is from my stash.

On Thanksgiving afternoon Meema and Wesley made a reusable Advent Calendar from a cookie sheet. They used the Cricut and to cut all the little date pieces.

St. Augustine Lighthouse Layouts

These layouts are nice. I love the way black and white layouts look. They are very simple. Just mat some photos on white and put them on a black background. The year and the title were cut with the Cricut using Ashlyn's Alphabet and the Gypsy.

Nuts About Sketches Week 155 Challenge- Daffodils

This is the first Nuts About Sketches challenge I have participated in. This is week 155 challenge. You can check it out here.

This is my take on the sketch I rotated it around so it would work with the photos I wanted to use for this layout.

These photos are from my garden in Maryland. I absolutely LOVE daffodils. They are so pretty and smell so nice. It was the best thing that let you know that spring was coming!

Journaling: Since moving to Florida the thing I have missed most are the daffodils in the spring. This was my garden at Barwick Dr.

Supplies:

Paper: We R Memory Keepers- Over the Rainbow collection

Chipboard: Maya Road. I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Party Pink and Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer on them.

Buttons: Basic Grey

Glitter Flowers: Recollections (Michael's Brand)- Boutique Fleur

Joy and little orange tag are from my stash.

Letters: Cut at 1 1/2" using the Cricut and Once Upon A Princess cartridge

Swirl: Cut at 9" in length using the Cricut from Ashlyn's Alphabet

The inking around the journal box is with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads- Vintage Photo.

Adhesives:

Helmar 450- for glittery flowers, Joy and buttons; Helmar Acid Free for chipboard and swirls

Xyron 150- for the letters

Atg to attach photos and paper strips