Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia
Welcome to the blog everyone! Today we are part of Taheerah Atchias Advent Calendar Extravaganza! This is 25 days of inspiration with fabulous prizes along the way.
I have created two holiday cards for today, both using non traditional colors and non holiday stamps as part of my greeting. I’ve gold embossed the Simon Says Stamp Kaleidoscope background onto watercolor cardstock and painted with Daniel Smith watercolors. My first card features pinks and a hint of orange.
The painting technique I’ve used is wet on wet which allows the paints to flow into the recessed areas of the embossing.
I’ve used blues and teals for my second card and painted with the same wet on wet technique. I love how the colors flow together and create new mixtures.
I die cut the new Felicity Snowflake from white cardstock and glued it in place onto the painted panels. I’ve stamped “Happy” onto Desert Storm cardstock and gold embossed, the stamped a strip of white cardstock with Christmas to sit over top.
I have filmed a video of how these two cards came together. You can view it below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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 Simon Days Stamp so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post – then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as this post 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.
Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy and good luck!!!
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OMGosh, so beautiful. Absolutely love the colors.
I love the background kaleidoscope stamp here for the Christmas card. The gold embossing definitely is beautiful.
Ooohh both cards are just awesome, my favorite is the blue one. Have to try this out someday ;o)
Thank you for showing how you made your cards in the video.
Such a gorgeous card, I love the great background and then the beautiful Snowflake on top. Great work, thank you very much.
Stunning! The color combinations make these cards standout. Thank you for this gorgeous inspiration.
Gorgeous work. I adore the colors you chose and the way they blended together. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win. :)
Simply stunning cards!
Those cards are simply stunning! What a beautiful job you did. Cheers.
I love the untraditional color combinations for Christmas!And how non Christmas stamps make one great card.
Thanks for sharing.
Love, love SSS background stamps and the new Felicity snow flake! Beautiful cards!
Love the rich colour behind the embossing – makes me think of stained glass. Just lovely!
Gorgeous cards! LOVE them SO much! ♥♥♥
Love how you made the background and die cut on top.
Love your beautiful card!
Both cards are beautiful but, the blue and teal is my favorite. Gorgeous colors!
Beautiful cards! That snowflake is gorgeous!
Such lovely cards.
Super cards! Love how they look grungy and elegant at the same time!
Truely, truely beautiful!!!
Both cards are stunning, though I’m partial to the blue one!
Gorgeous cards! I really like how the watercolors pooled on the backgrounds.
These card look so grungy and elegant at the same time; just gorgeos!
It’s a welcome break from the red/green
combination. Both color schemes
are beautiful. One is dark and
mysterious and the other is light
and happy.
thanks for sharing.
These cards are just stunning. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! SO much gorgeousness here. Love them both. Stunning.
Both watercolor cards are lovely!
Oh my, I love those backgrounds! Beautiful color and texture for the cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
love the backgrounds and how they make the snowflake pop
Love the different looks you get by using different colours. Also love the new snowflake die.
I reall love the non traditional colors. I don’t think I would have ever used pinks and oranges. But I will now. Beautiful cards. I also love the Snowflake Die.
Tess
STUNNING !! I love these cards, the embossing is just beautiful and I am in love with the snowflake die I have seen it used several times over the past few days and it has become my FAVORITE of the release, it is just beautiful.
I have all the cards and love playing with them.These are just gorgeous Shari.I always enjoy your process.
that background stamp is gorgeous – wish I had it right now :)
Just absolutely gorgeous!
These are just gorgeous!
Oh my GOODNESS! WOWZERS! Thanks for the video!
These are both gorgeous!
Beautiful! I love the non traditional color schemes
Beautiful cards. Like the idea they could be adapted for many different occasions.
These are beautiful…love your color choices!
Wow! These are stunning! I love the background stamp and see many possibilities…weddings, anniversaries, milestone birthdays! So versatile. It is now on my wishlist with the snowflake and word dies!
Love these beautiful cards, Shari! Such a great way to use the background using the DS watercolors. Thanks for the video.
Two wonderful cards full of color and helps the snowflake shine!
Lovely holiday cards! I love the color combos and that gorgeous, detailed snowflake!
I love the elegant feel of these cards. Emboss resist is such a fun technique too. Really beautiful.
Wow fantastic cards, such a stunning effect with the gold on the backgrounds, thank you for sharing these x
Beautiful cards! Can’t wait to try this technique! The
Wowza, those are just stunning!!
I love these gorgeous medallion cards! SO pretty! They give me a wonderful global feeling, reminding me that Christmas is celebrated all around the world!
Absolutely gorgeous,