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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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!
The Season 
Very creative way to use different stamps for the holidays, thank you!
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Beautiful background!Thanks for the inspiration and the giveaway!
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Love your coloring on the nutcracker!
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I love the nutcracker card and the design you used.
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Beautiful background and I love the nutcracker.
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Fabulous set of cards!! Love the layout!!
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Wow! Amazing card Effie. Love the pretty background. That nutcracker looks great and so handsome! 🙂
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Interesting, unique, colorful concept, work of art
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Fun card!
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How beautiful and unique! You’ve showcased so many pretty products.
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Oh, these are beautiful!
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These are gorgeous! Love the mix of stamps you used.
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Beautiful cards! Love the backgrounds. Thanks for sharing your video. 🙂
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Perfect coloring!
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My niece is a dancer with The Orlando Ballet. Right now she is doing the Nutcracker. She’s playing The Snow Queen among other things this year but one year when she was much younger she was The Nutcracker! In fact, I bought her a Nutcracker stamp for Christmas.
I love how colorful your card is and how nice you’re coloring is too. My niece would love this card! I’ll have to make her one just like it using her stamp! Thanks for showing us your Nutcracker card and for giving us the chance to win something. I love Christmas and your card!
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Very festive card design!
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Such beautiful cards.
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Just beautiful
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AWESOME card, I love how you used a regular background stamp with your otherwise Christmas stamps!
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That nutcracker is to die for!
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I am amazed at how you can mix as much pattern and techniques as you do and have it look so pulled together and great.
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I just discovered you from the advent blogs….and I have to say I LOVE your stuff!! It’s so different!!!! I need to check you out further!!!
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Great card Effie! I have never heard of your company before! It’s so nice to get to see something new. Thanks for being part of this blog.
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Great video showing how all the pieces/parts came together. I like the holly branch – stamping twice and matching die set!
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I just LOVE your cards, Effie. I remember my Mom having these wooden nut crackers on the shelf when I was little. SUPER cute! Thanks for the support of this special event with Taheera. How fun!
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
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Fun card! My mom would have loved this! She collected Nutcrackers
Sammibug aka Samantha Houp aka Sammi
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I love how bright and cheerful these cards are. Such a fun set and great use of colors
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Clearly you did a lot of work on this card, especially the backgrounds and they are beautiful!
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Wow! What a gorgeous card!
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Gorgeous! I love the nutcracker and the beautiful floral background. Such a cool contrast between an unexpected combination that works out beautifully!
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Always happy to see how “non-holiday” stamps can be used in making Christmas cards. Very pretty background
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I love that flowery background! This is a fabulous festive card.
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What a fab festive card, love your nutcracker!
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OMG – love the little dog/puppy – so cute that he/she wants to watch what mum is doing – cute – and the card is very pretty – great job
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Beautiful card, I love the use of the holly.
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Effie, these are WONDERFUL!
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I like the boldness of these cards. Great job
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Love your backgrounds! Amazing cards!
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So fun! Fabulous nutcracker and I love it paired with the non-traditional floral background.
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This is such a darling nutcracker card. So colorful.
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What a great pairing!
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The red roses and silver embossing provides a gorgeous background for the nutcracker, holly and realistic-looking bow! Just lovely!! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!!
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Awesome combination of stamp sets!! The nutcracker is my absolute favorite!
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So festive! Love the colors and elements used in it. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
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Love the nutcracker and the background is beautiful
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Fantastic cards…Love the background…
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Wonderful card. I love the idea of using a non-holiday stamp for the background.
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Such a fantastic card! Gorgeous background!
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I am going to look at my background stamps with new eyes from now on! Georgeous card!
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Love the background!!
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