Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello everyone, Effie here! We are so excited to be a part of our dear friend Taheerah’s fabulous Advent Calendar Extravaganza!

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Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests – each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

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For my project today, I combined several of our stamps to create a bright and fun Christmas card!

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I started off by heat embossing our Folk Art Florals in a festive silver glitter embossing powder onto some regular white cardstock.  After I heat embossed the panel, I colored in the florals and foliage using zig markers (Carmine Red, Emerald Green and Beige).

Next I stamped the adorable Nutcracker image from our Holiday Ballet set in our Noir Dye Ink on a separate piece of cardstock and then colored him in (Carmine Red, Persian Blue, Flesh, Sugar Almond Pink and Wink of Stella Gold and Clear Glitter). After coloring him in, I used the coordinating die to cut him out. I set him aside to stamp two Holly Branch clusters. For these clusters, I used the following inks: Soft Garden Dye, Bright Fern Dye, Valentine Red Dye, Spiced Chai Dye and Warm Hazelnut Dye. Once I finished stamping, I used the coordinating die to cut out both branches.

Next I stamped our classic Holiday Bows. I used the second smallest bow and used a combination of Valentine Red and Spiced Chai Dye Inks. After I finished stamping the bow, I die cut the image. Then I white heat embossed my sentiment onto black cardstock and cut out the sentiment panel.

Once everything was stamped and die cut, I started assembling my card. I trimmed my floral panel and adhered it onto a red panel which was mounted onto a side folding A2 card base.  Next I popped up my holly branches using foam dots. Then I adhered the nutcracker within the holly clusters. Next I popped up the bow and adhered the sentiment.

Once I assembled the card, I added my finishing touches by embellishing my project using our Glass Slippers Sequins in various sizes.

Giveaway

It’s not a party without a prize – and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! For today’s prize, we are sponsoring a gift that you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post – then head back totaheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as ours in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2017 to enter.

Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

Thank you all for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed today’s project and video!

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184 thoughts on “Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia”

  3. melissaf123 says:
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    Stunning card! LOVE the Folk Art Floral background with the silver glitter EP look, and the nutcracker is so cute with the holly and the bow details.

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  8. ambecoming says:
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    Love the nutcracker! Altogether wonderful. Choosing ONE stamp set would be really hard, as I saw several today on one card that would be amazing to own. Thank you for this example and for sponsoring.

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  14. Andrea Hastilow says:
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    This is a fantastic, amazing card, love the colours of the Zigs, I adore the Nutcracker soldiers, & have just fallen the bows, both on my list of wants x

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  27. Laura Harding Peddicord says:
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    I like the Nutcracker. It is wonderful and is fun to see it used on your card. It s going right onto my wishlist. Something that I haven’t seen very often for making Christmas cards. Thank you for sharing and for being a sponsor,

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  32. Teresa Doyle says:
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    Effie, your card is just wonderful. It’s awesome to see such a beautiful stamp used for a Christmas card that normally wouldn’t be. A very nice job on it.

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  38. Annalisa says:
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    This looks just like a snapshot of the opening part of The Nutcracker with all the greenery decorations in the background and the specially presented nutcracker in the foreground. I think some ballet companies could take some design inspiration from you! Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas, and also for being so generous in sponsoring Taheerah’s advent calendar. I really appreciate it!

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  49. Mary Holshouser says:
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    Love the little soldier boy.
    I try to avoid busy backgrounds
    because I’m afraid the main
    element will get lost but you’ve
    proved me wrong. Looks
    great against the busy background.
    thanks for sharing.

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