H&M blog hop- Festive Favorites

Hi everyone! The H&M stamps DT members have some awesome projects to show you for this month's blog hop. The theme this month is festive favorites. I made 2 candle and card sets to show you.



For the candles I stamped the images onto tissue paper and adhered them to my candle with wax paper and a heat tool. I then added stickles to them for some sparkle




For this card I stamped the holly leaves with my essential glue pad and sprinkled it with green glitter. I stamped the berries and painted royal red shimmerz over them.


I thought I would just show you how I made the snowflake wreath. First, I drew a circle in pencil using my CM circle cutter as a template.



Next, I started stamping my solid snowflakes around the circle lining up the notches on the snowflakes with the circle. I also started toward the bottom of the wreath so if it overlapped on the bottom the ribbon would cover it. I love these stamps for this because they are clear you see through them for perfect placement. I am sorry but this photo is a bit blurry but I hope you get the idea.



I then used my line snowflake stamp and stamped them in between the solid snowflakes using the line on the snowflakes to fit on the circle. This photo shows it a little better.



Continue stamping so the entire circle is filled then erase your pencil line. I also did one using only the line snowflake.


I like the combination of the solid and line snowflake images together though. I accented the snowflakes with stickles and a rhinestone in the center. I added my bow at the bottom and used my Marvy scallop corner punch on the top corners of the card. Here is a closer view of the finished card.





All of my projects use the H&M Stamps Create a bulb stamp set. If you have any questions please just let me know.

Be sure to check out the other DT members projects and see what terrific ideas they have. There is going to be an awesome prize given if you would like to play along with us. Here are the deets:

Here's what you need to do to "hop" along -

There will be one winner chosen for each category from all the DT's blogs combined.

1. Post a comment with the link to your project here on this post using H&M Stamps for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to H&M Stamps

2. Post a comment with the link to your project here on this post using other companies stamps for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to H&M Stamps

3. Leave a comment here explaining your favorite Christmas Treat/Memory/Gift, etc. for a chance to win 10 yards of ribbon from H&M Stamps.

All entries/comments due by Friday 11/7/08

Are you ready to start hoppin' along? Here's the list of participants -

1. Julie
2. Carolina
3. Debbie
4. Kim
5. Emma
6. Nancy
7. Julia
8. Neva
9. Shannon
10. Heather
11. Tracy

One last thing before you hop away...H&M Stamps is offering 40% off of all Fall Sets and FREE SHIPPING until Christmas...not to mention Heather has already slashed prices by 20%! H&M Stamps is here to help you through the holiday hustle and bustle!