Dia De Los Muertos Blog Hop

Welcome to the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Blog Hop

Dia de los Muertos is a holiday for remembering and honoring those who have passed. It is a festive, joyous time of celebration. Day of the Dead is Mexico's most important holiday.

Our blog hop will be centered around Sugar skulls. Sugar skulls are by far the most popular symbol of  Mexico's most famous holiday, Dia de los Muertos. 

To learn more about this Holiday visit:

  http://www.celebrate-day-of-the-dead.com/sugar-skulls.html#ixzz2jG9JUHgm

Connie Can Crop is the first stop on this Festive Blog Hop.

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of my fabulous crafty friends who are here sharing their ideas and creations.  

We have an awesome sponsor and giveaway for this hop!

Designs on Cloud 9 is giving away a $10 gift certificate to one lucky winner!! 

You can shop their store here.
And even like them on facebook for more fun.

  So 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. 

Then come back to Connie Can Crop and post that you followed the rules.

 You will have until 12:00 am Sunday to finish the  hop and leave your comments. Winner will be announced on Wednesday Winners at Connie Can Crop.

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

I made two projects today.  First I started weeks ago decorating the green skull with light up eyes.  I found it at Tuesday Morning, they came in hot pink, turquoise, green, purple and black but not all the eyes lined up well enough for my taste so green it was!  I used various stickles and glitter glue.  The shrine was a little less time consuming primarily because there was no dry time.

I started with a skull from Recollections Halloween collection from this year.  I backed it with white cardstock before coloring the sections with glitter pens.  I used some Tim Holtz grunge board as the background.  I painted it with Ranger Gold Paint dauber then distressed it with Brilliance Midnight Black.

I am not much on promoting a particular tool, but this investment was worth every penny!  I purchased this Impression Obsession rocking block back in August at Stampaway.  It works so well for large stamps.  

I also purchased this stamp at Stampaway several years back.  I stamped it with embossing ink and embossed with Black Magic embossing powder.

I used some shiny rick rack from Michael's, various flowers including Petaloo glitter flowers, and bling.

 Up next is Christina! http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

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

1. Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

2. Nadja- http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com

3. Madge- http://www.thescrappinlounge.com/

4. Midge- http://www.toxictreasures.com/

5. Holli- http://www.sunflowerholli.blogspot.com/
6. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
7. An'Jenic-  http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
8. Aisha - http://londonskyedesigns.net/
9. Alicia - http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com
10. Christina- http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping by today!