Tea Time Blog Hop

The Tea Time BLOG HOP

This is a blog hop featuring projects based on a hot cup of tea.
So grab a nice cup of tea and sip along while you hop!

Connie Can Crop , is the beginning of this hop! But you should have arrived from Sarah's Blog

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday at 10pm to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have three awesome sponsors for this hop!!

Sue Kracker from Sue's Paper Craft

 has graciously donated this beautiful Tea cup and saucer

AND

Cathie's Evil Queen Crafting

is giving away this gorgeous Set of 8 Ribbons!! WOW!

AND

Rebecca Ann Designs

is giving away 2 wonderful Stamp Sets from CTMH

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. Free Shipping to our USA friends but Worldwide will be asked to pay shipping if they win.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments on every blog to be eligible to win. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 5/15/19 at Connie Can Crop.

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

I made an invitation to Afternoon Tea. I LOVE Afternoon Tea and find it to be one of the most relaxing things in the world. 

I went with one of my old favorites and made a card in a box. I put the tea pot on an Action Wobble to make it easier to pour the tea.

The tea pot and matching tea cups are from Fun Stamper's Journey. The stacked tea cups are from Cricut's Disney Classics cartridge.

The papers are from Craft Smith.

I used my Foil Quill (BEST toy I have ever bought) to print out the where and when.

I collect tea ware, I have a rather nice collection which has grown out of it's china cabinet so one lucky commenter will win this beautiful tea cup. What do you have to do to win it? Become a follower of all the blogs in the hop and leave a comment on each blog. I will use the random number generator to choose the winner, that will give everyone a chance to win.

Be sure to hop over to my friend Miranda

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

Connie

Kim

Shannon 

Cindy

Liz

Cathie

Holli

Sandy

Charlotte

 Alicia

Sue N.

Veronica

Sarah 

Sue K.

Miranda

Julia

Rebecca Ann

Nikki

EK

Amanda 

Be sure to join us next month for our
Love Sports Blog hop!

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!  

Card in a Box Using FSJ Stamps



Time for another birthday card in a box. I used mostly Fun Stamper's Journey Stamps and dies on this card.

 



 

 I had to add some Tea Time embellishments because my friend's daughter was taking her out for High Tea on her birthday and that is my most favorite thing to do. I put the tea pot on an Action Wobble.

 

 

Connie Can Crop - All American Blog Hop

Welcome to the All American Blog Hop

Welcome to the ...
All American
Blog Hop

This hop is all about America and the things that make us great. Our projects hope to inspire you with our stars and stripes. I love the USA!

You should have arrived from Marji's Blog
If you need to start at the beginning please start at Connie Can Crop.

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have an awesome sponsor for this month!
 

One lucky winner will win a $21 gift certificate to Bugaboo Stamps.
Be sure to check out her shop online HERE
Visit her 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.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday 7/19/17
at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Now let's salute this great country!

 

 

 

I really enjoy making these cards in a box, they are so easy and cute.

The papers are from an old DCWV stack that I have had the stack for so long that I have forgotten how long I've had it. Since at least 2011 would be my best guess.

The white felt flowers and pearls are from Queen and Co. I have had them since 2012.

The brads I used for the flower centers have also been around a very long time.

The butterflies are a die and embossing folders from Cuttlebug, they have been in my stash since about 2010, maybe a little longer. The stamp and die for the smaller butterflies is a newer item, it's from Hero Arts that I picked up on one of our trips to Las Vegas to do some shopping sometime last year.

Now kindly hop over to Lisa

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

 

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/
Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com
Shannon H- http://shannonhdesigns.blogspot.com/
Kim- http://katydidcards.com
Amanda- http://salnclts76.blogspot.com/
Ashley- http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
Sandy- http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com
Angela- mermaidsnmonograms.blogspot.com
Holli- http://sunflowerholli.blogspot.com
Rebecca- http://rebeccaanndesigns.com/
Marji- http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
Sue- http://suek86401.blogspot.com/ (You are here)
Lisa- http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/

 

Don't forget to join our current challenge

Connie Can Crop Challenge #60
Use Your Stash

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

I am entering this card into this challenge:
a2z-july-2017-challenge (small butterflies are from Hero Arts Butterfly and Flower Stamp and Cut
 

Herbie's 1st Thanksgiving

The other day I saw the funniest little Thanksgiving bib and we picked it up for my guy's grandson's 1st Thanksgiving. You can't just send the bib, you have to send along a card so I made him a box card on a smaller scale.

 Here's a side view:

The other side view:

I put an action wobble on the turkey:

For anyone who has made a card in a box before, this one is a little smaller here are the measurements:

Cut cardstock to 7 1/2"x9 1/4". Score at 2 1/8", 4 1/4", 6 3/8" and 8 1/2". Rotate the cardstock to the left.Cutoff 2". Cut the 2" strip at 3 5/8" and cut in half lengthwise as above for the inside tabs. On the card base, score at 2 1/2" and cut down to the score lines. Assemble as usual.

DSP sizes are as follows:
5. 1/4" x 2" - one patterned and one white/neutral for the back.
1 7/8" x 2 1/4" - six of these.
2 3/4" x 1 7/8" - 3 of these.

Recipe:

Turkey, "Gobble, Gobble" and pumpkins cut from Cricut's Create a Critter cartridge.
Sentiment from a stamp set I have had for a few years from My Craft Spot's, "Happy Thanksgiving" set.
Scrolled bling is from Zva Creative.
Other bling from Imaginisce.
Little birds from Plum Purdy.
Leaves are a McGill punch.

I am entering this card into these challenges:

Retro Rubber Challenge - 51 - Thankful
Connie Can Crop - 52 - Pumpkin Spice
Robyn's Fetisch Challenge - 342 - Anything For Thanksgiving
DL Art - 192
Bitten By the Bug 2 - Anything Goes - Thanksgiving Project
Pile it On - 121 - Thankful - Thank you




 

Christmas in a Box

A while back I won a giveaway over at Craft Smith and I received a very heavy box filled to the brim with some wonderful Christmas papers. These papers are all very heavy duty and I really like them but I haven't had much of a chance to play with them until today.

 

The sentiment and ornaments are a freebie digi stamp from All Dressed Up Challenge Blog. All of the other embellishments are from my stash.

 

 

I am entering this card into this challenge:

All Dressed Up Challenge #55

Bathing Beauties Card in a Box

Summer is in the air here in Arizona, the mercury is over 90 degrees here today. HOT!! It was a good day to play with these bathing beauties:
 

 

You can find them here: Ewe-N-Me Printables. You get 6 different images in 2 different sizes for a total of 12 images and you can print as many pages as you need. I really love the retro look of these images.

 

Collage sheets are perfect for making a Card in a Box.

 

 
After I printed and cut my images out, the card was very easy to assemble, I just followed the general instructions for cutting and assembling the card then added Deena's darling images,  a sentiment and some flowers.
 

 

 

All of the papers are from my stash as well as all of the flowers.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

 

Card in a Box Using Some Japanese Paper

I have been playing around with my stash for a few days, wanting to try to use some of the paper my son and his beautiful wife brought me from Japan. I was also trying to do something for a few challenges, this is what I came up with:

 

The patterned paper is from my kids in Tokyo. Since that paper is so busy I went with solids for everything else except for that back panel.

One of the challenges I'm entering is for the, "smooshing" technique, that is how I decorated the back panel, after smooshing the colors onto the paper I added my butterfly stamp.

The butterflies are die cuts which I added some stickles and jewels to. The wooden butterflies are from my stash, I just added a jewel.

I am entering this card into these challenges:

Butterfly Challenge -F-is-for-Fancy-Folds

Just Us Girls-338-trend-week-SMOOSHING

Tuesday Throwdown - Use-Your-Die-Cuts

Jo's Scrap Shack #133 - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.




 

Easter Card In A Box

Evidently I have been on a bit of a, "card in a box" binge, this is the 3rd one I've made recently. But when I saw this beautiful collage sheet I decided that it was perfect for a card in a box. Aren't these angels beautiful?
 

 

You can find the file here: Ewe-N-Me Printiables.  You get 2 sizes of 6 different images for a total of 12 images per sheet and you can print as many as you need.

 



After cutting out and choosing my images, I used 3 large images on the bottom of the box and 3 small images on the top of the box,  I went to work on measuring, cutting, scoring and folding my box. I put my images onto the box before I assembled it because it is easier that way.

 

 

 

  

I used my Cricut to cut the, "Happy Easter" and the flowers with the Easter 2010 cartridge. I added some jewels to the flower centers and a couple around the upper portion of my card.

 

If you haven't made a card in a box before, here is a very good tutorial: Card in a box tutorial.

 

Happy Birthday 2016 - Pat

My girlfriend Pat is having a birthday soon, here is the card in a box I made for her.

 

I also made a box for the Card in a Box, you can see the elements I used for the box in the picture above.

 

Closer look at the card itself. I used papers from my stash including some scraps. The tulips are from Cricut's, "Spring Cottage" digital cartridge.

 

Here is the card inside the box, the butterflies are cut and embossed with a Cuttlebug set.

 

All boxed up and ready to send.

 

Card and box side by side, sort of.

 

I am entering this into these challenges:

Blog Quick Quotes-Challenge-61
Just Us Girls Challenge-333-Flower
Jo's Scrap Shack-128 Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - March-anything-goes-challenge


 

Silhouette Challenges Showcase #2

Silhouette Challenges Showcase #2

It is time for another Showcase over at Silhouette Challenges where the challenges are always ANYTHING GOES but you DO have to use your Silhouette for at least part of your project.

My friend Joel is having a birthday soon and he LOVES the Minions. I went shopping looking for Minion fabric and came across this one, it was the only fleece Minion fabric they had so I got enough to make Joel a scarf and my guy is going to be making himself some p.j.'s from most of it. I even got lucky and found the fabric on sale.

 

I also made him a box card, this is where my Silhouette Cameo went to work.

 

Almost all of the elements were cut with my Cameo, the box itself was cut and scored by hand.

 

 

The pinwheels and stars are dies from my stash, everything else was cut with my Cameo, most of the items were print and cut. The box papers are from Quick Quotes.

 

 

 

THEN!!! I cut a box for the card in a box to fit into, I did all of this by hand.

 



Please come and join us over at: Silhouette Challenges.

 

Challenge#2

Starts Feb. 1, 2016

Ends Feb. 28, 2016

Click HERE to link up!