Holly Jolly Christmas Blog Hop!!

Welcome to Craftin Desert Diva's Holly Jolly Christmas Blog Hop!!

I'm so happy that you could join us today!! If this is the first time that you have hopped with us, you won't be disappointed. This is the Craftin Desert Divas design team's first hop and I have to say my design team are all amazingly talented.

This is Day 1 and the start of the Holly Jolly Christmas Blog Hop! You will not only get some inspiration, but you could win GREAT prizes, too!! You must FOLLOW and COMMENT on all of the stops both days to have chance to win.

Here's the wonderful sponsors for this hop...

For this two day hop each blog will be offering a prize from one of the sponsors listed above. You must visit each stop both days to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on Dec 18. The entire winning list will be posted on Craftin Desert Diva's website.

My sponsor for today is..

http://blog.tombowusa.com/

You could win Permanent Adhesive as well as a Refill Value Pack that includes 3 refills!! And their adhesive is awesome!!

You should have arrived from Michelle of Michelle's Cricut Fun. If you are just stopping by, you will want to start at the beginning at Craftin Desert Divas. You don't want to miss the chance at some awesome prizes!!

Here is my project....

The letters are heavyweight chipboard from Hobby Lobby. I covered them in My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas paper. I used Tombow Permanent Adhesive to adhere all of the items to the letters.

As you can see, I love the Tim Holtz Victorian Carolers die (and adding bokeh to my pictures ;)!! I have to use them while I can during the season, so you will see them again on a project or two ;) For this one, I stamped the music stamp from Tim's Mini Holidays #2 set in Embossing Ink and then heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I offset the black layer for a shadow effect.

For the O, I used one of the deer from Tim's Reindeer Flight die. He was covered in Glossy Accents and then a jingle bell collar was added.

Tim's Snow Tree die was used for the E. I coated the edges with White Enamel Accents and then filled in the rest with Rock Candy Distress Stickles. The stem was inked with TH Walnut Distress Ink.

For the L, I strung jingle bells on hemp twine and then wrapped them around the end. A Merry Christmas is from Tim's Mini Holiday's #5, and it was heat embossed with Fired Brick Distress Powder.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Craftin Desert Divas - Christmas
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Goes
3. DL.Art - Christmas
4. DL.Art - December Linky
5. Sunday Funday - December Linky
6. Just B Creative Crazy - December Linky
7. 2 Creative Chicks - Christmas/Winter
8. Cut It Up Challenge #34 - Christmas 

I am your last stop on the  hop. Below is the list of all the participants in case you get lost or want to revisit anyone. Thanks for stopping by...I hope you will join us tomorrow for more fabulous projects and prizes!!

Saturday Dec. 14

 1. Tara - http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/
 2. Kathy - http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
 3. Karen - http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/
 4. Tracy - http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com
 5. Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/
 6. Shelly - http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com/
 7. Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com/
 8. Michelle B - http://michellescircutfun.blogspot.com
 9. Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com < YOU ARE HERE

Sunday Dec. 15

 1. Tara - http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/
 2. Lori - http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/
 3. Janis - http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
 4. Michelle P - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com
 5. Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/
 6. Kathy Jo - http://daisysanddaffodils.blogspot.ca/
 7. Donna K - http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com
 8. Robin C - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
 9. Mayra - http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/
10. Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com