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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Shari, your work inspires me. I love the 2 cards you did simply stunning. Thank you for sharing.
These are truly stunning Shari, you were not kidding when you said they are gorgeous, they certainly are. Well done!
Love the non-traditional colours. The gold embossing is so pretty. Adds gorgeous shine.
I don’t think I’ll ever stop being amazed by the capacity of watercolor and how it changes character as it dries. I love watercolor, yet I admit, I was a little worried as I watched you putting on the paint, but these dried out so very gorgeously. Thank you for sharing and participating in Taheerah’s advent calendar. It’s very generous of you (personally and as a company).
Beautiful backgrounds and cards!! Your water coloring is stunning!
Wow! The Kaleidoscope background with the snowflakes makes a stunning card! The watercolouring is just beautiful!
Stunning backgrounds…like delicate stained glass!
Beautiful back grounds. cant wait to try and an advent calendar is so fun
These are beautiful! I really like the white and desert storm cardstock contrast with the beautiful colors! Great inspiration
These are simply beautiful, with all the curvy backgrounds and curvy snowflakes posed with block letter. Perfect!
Stunning cards! The mix of colours in the backgrounds are gorgeous.
Wow, gorgeous backgrounds–love the colors!
I love these cards. Had a chance to buy that background kaleidoscope stamp last August at the Stampaway convention and I opted for something else, instead- regret not buying that now…. It is beautiful!
Your cards are gorgeous !
For once, with your beautiful exemples, I think I will try to reproduce this fantastic background. I’m blue addicted, so of course I will go for that version – LOL !
These are beautiful,truly.
You make those gorgeous backgrounds look so easy.
Love the beautiful watercolored colors you used!!
This is a gorgeous die, beautiful card.
How pretty! Your cards remind me of stained glass windows.
Love these backgrounds — I can seeing using them for a variety of cards
I always live your projects! Beautiful!
Absolutely stunning backgrounds!
Lovely cards.. l love the variations of the back ground.
Beautiful! Such a great event and such a fun release with Diecember!! Thanks for participating.
Oh my goodness…these cards are beautiful!!! I am definitely going to try to create them especially the teal and blue one. Thank you for sharing your talent and providing such awesome creations!
Beautiful cards! Love both color combos!
I can always tell a Shari project from first sight. Very pretty, love the colors.
Love these gold embossed backgrounds.
Each card is stunning!!
Beautiful cards!
So magnificent takes my breath away
LOVE this technique!
Great backgrounds and a great die cut snowflake
LOVE those gorgeous backgrounds!
Beautiful cards
Wow! Amazing combo of my favorite products! The cards look really classy and beautiful.
Wow, Shari! Just beautiful! I love the water color painting.
These days I am so loving blues and greens together. Your cards are exquisite.
These are stunning!
Love your cards. Thank you for making the video and sharing your ideas.
Gorgeous is right! These cards are just perfect!
Just stunning! Love every detail. Just lovely colors and design. Happy Holidays!
Your cards are beautiful! I love the kaleidoscope background stamp and how you used the watercoors to bring them all together. They’re both terrific cards. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous cards! They’re real stunners.
This is such a great card and I love this background stamp…so versatile!
I always love your beautiful color choices
These backgrounds dare just beautiful.
Gorgeous cards and
love how they look
so different, but
made the same way.
Carla from Utah
Love a lot of the new dies, especially after seeing this! Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow!! Both of my fav products in these lovely cards!! That background stamp with gold heat embossing and the gorgeous new snowflake die are a perfect match! Thank you so much for sharing with us :)
Stunning backgrounds of the card.