Happy Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to the 

30th Anniversary of 

Connie's Sweet 16 Birthday Blog Hop

We are so delighted you are joining us to celebrate Connie's Birthday!! We will be showcasing projects centered around, you guessed it, birthdays! 

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 several awesome sponsors for this hop! 

And a freebie for everyone at the end!

One lucky winner will win 2 free files from Miss Kate Cuttables.

And

One lucky winner will win these awesome goodies from Connie's Crafty Cart.

And

Everyone can win this cute Birthday cut file for free. After you hop and leave a comment on all the blogs, send Connie a message on FB or via email conniecancrop@yahoo.com and she will send you the Free SVG from Paper Crafting World.

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 Wednesday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winner will be announced on Wednesday 3/16/16 at Connie Can Crop.

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

Without further ado...here is the page I created for the hop.  I don't usually do pocket pages, but I had so so many photos of this one that I worked the best.  I took a pocket page I had and used my fuse tool to alter the sizes to fit my photos.  Most of the goodies are from Doodlebug with some Queen & Co washi and Fancy Pants puffy stickers thrown in.  

Up next is Barbara, but I hope you will follow me on whatever platform you are most comfortable with before you hop along.

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

Connie- www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Kim - http://katydidcards.com

Veronica- http://Vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com

Amanda-http://salnclts76.blogspot.com

Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

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

Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com

Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com 

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

Lyne- http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com

Barbara-http://barbarab3.blogspot.com

Michelle- www.michellekinder.blogspot.com

Ashley- marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

Shawnee-http://sunshinythought.com 

Daphne- craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com

Holli- http://sunflowerholli.blogspot.com

FireFighter Layout

I'm so excited to share with you my first layout as part of the design team at Scrapbook Challenges.  The challenge this time was to use chevron paper. 

 

I like chevron paper, and of course have a ton, but as I look at my layouts I realize I don't use it all that often.  This was perfect for me to pull out some of those papers and make myself use them.

The design was actually an older (August 2014) sketch from Scrapbook Challenges.  What is even older is the paper collection...It's from My Mind's Eye and is called Boy Crazy.  It was released in 2013!  

I'm so glad that my last few layouts have been using older products.  I really need to make a dent in what I own!  Have you been using up your older products rather than buying new?

Ornaments and Presents Layout

     Hi everyone and welcome to the February Scrapping our Stash blog hop.  You should have arrived here from Katrina's page.  Didn't she make an awesome project!?

     For my project I pulled out another of my old Scrapbook Generation kits.  I have been working hard on getting these used up to make room in my stash.  I only have about three layouts to print pictures for!  
    This particular project features products from Simple Stories and pictures of our son and my hubby from Christmas two years ago.  This was one year that his Christmas gift still gets played for regularly!
    Next up you want to hop on over to see Allison's wonderful creation.  Before you go though I'd love for you to leave a comment and follow me...all my links can be found on the right.  Have a great day!

Entire Blog Hop Line-Up

Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com

Lyne http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Brenda http://simplybrenhavingfun.blogspot.com/

Juliana http://www.17turtles.com/

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Monica http://scrapinspired.com

Suzanna http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Sandy http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Wendi http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/ 

Lee-Anne  http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com

   

The Best Layout

So I'm back today with a stash busting layout inspired by sketch 472 from Scrapbook Challenges. There is a little bit of everything on this layout. The background paper is from my February my Creative Scrapbook Kit.  The paper under the photo is from Simple Stories.  The washi, wood veneer and stars are from Freckled Fawn.  The fiber and OX symbol are from Studio Calico. 

The grey dot is modeling paste mixed with grey paint and put through a swiss dot stencil.  The wood veneer also was plain when I started.  I smeared some pink Gelato on them and then moved it around with an aqua brush.  I then dried with my heat tool, and added a second layer to intensify the color and have it offer a contrast from the pink in the washi.  

This is a totally different, and girly, layout for me, but I'm very pleased with how it came out.  I'd love your comments!

Love Wedding Layout

Hi All - back today with another layout for a challenge blog.  This sketch came from ScrapMuch!? and I used the colors from their color challenge.  You had to use four and my choices were Lipstick Red, Sweat Pea, Sea Aqua and Grey Plank.

 All the paper came from the February Creative Kit that I received from My Creative Scrapbook.  You can see everything I received in my youtube video.  All the papers are from Doodlebug with a random washi thrown in here and there.  While this isn't my normal style I was pleased with how it came out.  

Thanks for joining me today, and stay tuned for some new news and blog hops in the next few weeks.  

Lil' Stinker Layout

Hi everyone - long time no scrap.  I'm back today with an entry for a new to me challenge site called Scrap The Boys.  They had a fun sketch this month and here is my take...

I used the September kit from My Creative Scrapbook. This was meant to be a travel themed kit, but obviously I didn't use it that way.  The black pieces that frame my picture are chipboard that our son helped me emboss with black powder.

Hope you love my page, and check out the challenge site I found.

It's A Party Layout

Time for another layout - I'm on a roll this week!  I can't believe how quickly this one came together using the sketch from ScrapMuch? Seriously...it was done in under 20 minutes, and I'm usually one that agonizes over where I place everything.

The collection I used was Be Different by Fancy Pants.  It was perfect for the sketch and the subject of my photos.  This was our son, and my nephew, at my aunts surprise wedding last June.  She told us it was a retirement party, but some of us guessed better :-)  The journalling is hidden on the tab that says cousins...pull it up and voila!