Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello,

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I am so happy to be part of this 'Advent Calendar Extravaganza event.

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 over 60 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 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 wait behind the door!

Today, I'd like to share with you a Christmas decoration I created.

I started by cutting two circles using Spellbinder's circle die.  Using few Distress Ink colors, I colored one circle with blue colors and the other with green colors.

After scoring the end of one circle, I attached both end of the circles using some Scor-tape.

To create the little houses, I used Papertrey Ink's Tinsel & Tags Make It Market kit and Petite Places: Church set. I then added little Christmas trees created using WPlus9 Iconic Christmas set.

For the sentiment, I stamped a sentiment from Mama Elephant-Studio Calico Cinnamon Spice set with Tsukineko Delicata Gold ink.

The embellishments on top of the element were created using Papertrey Ink's Tinsel & Tags Make It Market kit as well.

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by CP's Stamp of Approval so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! Simply leave a comment on this post to enter - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too to double your chances! 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 7am EST on Thursday 31st December to leave all your comments!

Don’t forget the 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!

GIU Winners

Happy Monday,

The winners from last  week's GIU are:

leanne (http://leeartsncrafts.blogspot.com)
ionabunny (http://craftynomad.blogspot.com)

Congratulations!

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Growing in Unity - Day 5

Happy Friday!

For today, I have a gift tag to share with you.

This tag was created using the Snowglobe Wonderland set. I stamped the elements separately and fussy cut them. I colored the globe by blending some Distress Ink.

To assemble the tag, I used some foam adhesive to adhere the elements.

I hope you enjoy my posts this week.

Don't forget to leave a comment. I'll pick 2 commenters tomorrow. Lucky winners will get 25 stamps from Unity.

Supplies:
- Unity Snowglobe Wonderland set
- Stampin' Up, Distress ink apds
- Papertrey Ink, Bazzil cardstock

Growing in Unity - Day 4

Hi!

Thanks for reading this post.

For today's post, I have another Christmas card I'd like to share.

I started by stamping the snowflake stamps from Snowglobe Wonderland set using Delicata Gold Ink. This ink shows really well on dark cardstock.

I embellished the card with some washi tapes and ephemeras from my stash. I also added a sentiment, also from the Snowglobe Wonderland set.

Please leave a comment. On Saturday, I'll pick two lucky winners who will get 25 stamps from Unity.

Supplies:
- Unity Snowglobe Wonderland set
- Tsukineko Gold Delicata, Stampin' Up ink pads
- Papertrey Ink cardstock
- Washi tapes, embellishments.

Growing in Unity - Day 3

Happy Wednesday!

For this GIU Day 3, I'm sharing the Christmas card I made with the Snowglobe Wonderland set.

I started by stamping the snowglobe onto a white cardstock. I then stamped the building stamp with two different ink pads (PTI Hawaiian Shores and Tropical Teal). For the fireworks stamp, I used Tsukineko Delicata gold ink. I really like this gold ink as it is very shiny.

I used some markers to add some color and shade to the building image and the globe base.  After stamping the sentiment, I adhered the card to a dark brown card base.  I added a green bow to embellish the card.

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win 25 stamps from Unity.

Supplies:
- Unity Snowglobe Wonderland set
- Papertrey Ink ink pads and cardstock
- Versafine Onyx Black and Gold Delicata ink pad.

Growing in Unity - Day 2

Hi there,

Thank you for dropping by. For the second day of the GIU, I have this gift tag I want to share with you.

I used Snowglobe Wonderland set from Unity to create the background and the sentiment. I started by stamping the small trees with Tsukineko Gold Delicata ink. I then die-cut the brown cardstock with a stitched tag die from Mama Elephant.

I stamped the sentiment onto a tag I made using another die from Mama Elephant.

To finish the tag, I added some embellishments from my stash.

Don't forget to leave a comment. On Saturday, I'll pick 2 winners who will receive 25 stamps from Unity.

Supplies:
- Unity Snowglobe Wonderland set
- Mama Elephant dies
- Tsukineko Delicata Gold, Stampin' Up ink pads
- Papertrey Ink cardstock
- Embellishments

Growing in Unity-Day 1

Hello,

I am your GIU girl this week. For the next 5 days, I am going to share projects I made using the Snowglobe Wonderland from Unity. I decided to use this set to make some Christmas cards and gift tags.

For today, I'm sharing the following Christmas card.

I use the tree stamp and one of the sentiment stamps to create this card.  I stamped the images onto a white cardstock using different ink. I removed some of the ink from the top of the tree to give a gradation effect.

Once I finished with stamping the trees, I stamped the sentiment with a black ink and mount the card to a light brown card base.

Don't forget to leave a comment. At the end of this week, I am going to pick 2 winners who will receive 25 random stamps from Unity.

Supplies:
- Unity Snowglobe Wonderland set
- Stampin' Up ink pads, Versafine Onyx Black
- Papertrey Ink cardstock

MFT Sketch Challenge

I have another card that I want to share. This time, I made the card based on a sketch provided by MFT Card Challenges team. The sketch for this week is shown below.

And here is my card.

I made a slider card using PTI dies. The cat image is from a Penny Black set, while the sentiment is from StudioL2E Beautiful Life.


Supplies:
- PTI Cardstock
- PTI Sliders die
- Penny Black stamp set
- Studio L2E Beautiful Life
- Stampin' Up, Versafine ink pads
- Copic markers.

Ombre Stamping

I made a card based on PTI Make It Monday challenge. Here is my card.

I used PTI In the Meadow set as well as WPlus9 Iconic Christmas to create the scene. The sentiment from Peaceful Pinecones set is stamped on a piece of banner that I created using a die from Bountiful Banner set.


Supplies:
- PTI In the Meadow, Peaceful Pinecones and Bountiful Banner sets
- WPlus9 Iconic Christmas set
- Avery Elle, Stampin' Up ink pads
- PTI cardstock
- Stickles, Distress Ink

Pop-up Card

I have another card I want to share today.

To make the pop-up part, I used PTI snow globe die set to create a partial die-cut on a piece of white cardstock. I also use the same die set to create the orange snowglobe. I stamped images from PTI City Scene die inside the globe.

I keep the front of the card simple by stamping some images from PTI City Scene and MFT's You Move Me set.


Supplies:

- PTI cardstock
- PTI Snow Globe die set
- PTI City Scene stamp set
- MFT You Move Me set
- CTMH, Versafine, Amuse, Stampin' Up ink pads.

Double Partial Die-cutting

Hi there,

I made a card as an entry to Make It Monday challenge.


Here is my card.

To make the sentiment, I used a die from Wet Paint die collection and a die from Tipped Tops die collection. I die cut the sentiment from the blue cardstock using the double partial die-cutting. I also die cut the orange frame using the same Tipped Tops die.

For the main image, I used stamps from Sweet Life set.

Supplies:
- PTI cardstock
- Amuse, Stampin' Up ink pads
- PTI Wet Paint, Tipped Tops dies
- PTI Sweet Life stamp set

Birthday Card

Hello everyone,

Today I have a card that I made as an entry to Cure For The Monday Blues #46 challenge as well as PTI's Make It Monday Challenge.

The inspiration photo for this challenge is shown below.

The requirements for Make It Monday challenge is to stamp and mix pattern.

Here is my card.

I took the raindrops, clouds, black and white stripes and the bird form the inspiration photo and used them in my card.

To make the background piece, I used Studio L2E's Crazy Awesome Life and Rate It stamp sets. For the cloud embellishment, I used PTI cloud die and the "Cage Oiseaux" stamp set from Artemio.

For the sentiment, I die cut a banner using PTI Bountiful Banner die and stamped the herringbone pattern using another PTI set (Herringbone stamp set). I then stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the same Bountiful Banner set to a piece of yellow cardstock.

Supplies:

- PTI Cardstock
- Stampin' Up ink pads
- PTI Bountiful Banner, Herringbone Background sets
- PTI Cloud die
- Studio L2E Crazy Awesome Life and Rate It sets
- Artemio Cage Oiseaux stamp set
- Clothes pin from Studio Calico and bakers twine.

Happy Town!

This is another card that I made this week. I made this based on PTI Make It Monday challenge. For this challenge, we have to add some doodling with stamping.

Here is my card.

I used PTI's City Scene stamp set to create this card. I drew around the shapes to create the sketched look. I also added some die-cut clouds that I made using PTI dies.

Celebrate Today!

Hello,

I am back. I've been away from this blog due to moving. Today, I want to share a card I entered to Cure For The Monday Blues challenge. The inspiration photo for this challenge this time is the one below.

Here is my card.

I got my inspiration from the polka dot paper bag and the pom-pom ball in the picture. I started by cutting two large tags using Mama Elephant's Basic Set Creative Cuts. I scored the top part of one of the tags and glued the top part to the other tag to create a card.

I made the polka dot background using a small stamp from PTI's Places Please Mini stamp set. The sentiment (from PTI's Bountiful Banner) is stamped on a piece of die cut I created using a die from Mama Elephant's Basic Set Creative Cuts.

I use Lawn Fawn's Puffy Stars die to create the star embellishment. To make the pom-pom, I just used some yarn that I have in my stash.

Supplies:
- Mama Elephant's Basic Set Creative Cuts
- PTI Places Please, Bontiful Banner stamp sets
- CTMH white ink pad, Versafine Black Onyx
- Neenah Dessert Storm cardstock

Cure For the Monday Blues #41

It's been quite sometime since I last participated in Taheerah's challenge. I have a card that I made based on the following inspiration photo from Cure For the Monday Blues challenge.

I picked up the bright colors to make this farewell card for a colleague.

I used Mama Elephant's Fair Feathers stamp and die set for this card. I simply used a label maker to create the sentiments. I also embellished the cards with some chevron wood drop stickers from Pinkfresh Studio.

Supplies:
- Mama Elephant Fair Feathers stamp and die set
- Ink pads from Mama Elephant, Amuse Studio, Versafine and Memento Luxe
- PTI cardstock
- Wood drop stickers from Pinkfresh Studio.

Butterfly Reflection Ink's Mood Board

Hello!

I made a card based on Butterfly Reflection Ink's January mood board below.

And here is my card.

I used "With All My Heart" stamp set as well as the clock die from Papertrey Ink to create this card. The pattern paper comes from a Studio Calico kit.

Supplies:
- PTI With All My Heart stamp set
- PTI Clock die
- Versafine ink pad, Stampin' Up ink pads, Tsukineko Delicata Gold ink pad
- PTI cardstock
- Chickaniddy Goldilock paper