Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia
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!
I did a bit of a challenge for myself where I pulled out scraps of printed paper, tags and dies to put together for a collage style card. This was totally FUN and unexpected!!
What I love most about a card like this is the mix of textures between the Glimmer White cardstock, the Tim Holtz Woodlands Tree set on Linen to the shiny Mirrored Stars.
I filmed a video of how this card 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 Says 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 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 2016 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!
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Awesome card! You did a great job with the bits and pieces!
Love the nmish-mash of goodies used to create this unique and fun card!! It has a rustic feel to it so it would be a perfect man-card!! TFS!
love this eclectic card. thanks so much for sharing.
That’s so pretty! I have tried doing cards like this and have failed miserably. This one is lovely.
Lovely card!!
Love the creative use of products and the subtle colors!
Love this fun card and all its fabulous embellishments- I envy the lucky person who gets this in their stocking LOL!!!
Modern & beautiful–love this! Sometimes collage looks like a mess, but yours is fabulous!
Such a creative and varied combination of textures, colors and elements!
Beautiful card with
all the layers of
goodies on it!
Carla from Utah
Wow, wow, wow….love this card!!! Thank you for being a part of the Advent Calendar Extravaganza.
I love the combo! The star, the tree, the Believe! Just terrific! Thanks so much.
That is a fun card with all of the layers! Thanks to SSS for being such a generous sponsor of this great extravaganza!!
Great card idea! Thanks for sharing.
Love your collage card! For my money, not an easy thing to pull off. But your video made me feel like I could try attacking my basket of “leftovers”. TFS
Beautiful! Love all of the layers on this card.
Awesome layering! Love that tree!
Love how it came together!
Love all the texture.
wow, what a spectacular Christmas card!
Amazing creations! Love the layers, love the colors and love the mix of Christmas embellies! Off to visit Taheerah’s blog!
Shari you truly are the queen of the layered card. The textures here work perfectly together, and look pretty darn cool – love the tree peeping over the top!
Always love your ideas and colour coordination. Admire your creativity, thank you for inspiring
Beautiful harmonious, yet interesting, layering.
I like how you used the embellishments.
What an awesome video and card. Great textures!
Lovely card. So many layers !
I recently purchased that Believe stamp set from SSS! Thanks for some inspiration on using it!
Love the layering and textures, this would make a great holiday card for a guy!
Lot’s going on at Simon Says Stamps today. :) I love the layers and all the different textures! So pretty!
Thank you, Shari. I love the use of textures and the arranged collage card. So inspiring.
The mix of textures is amazing. Made for a lovely card!!!
Lovely card. I’d love to win a gift card as even though I’ve got two orders in transit to me in New Zealand there are still a lot of items on my Wishlist ( & some ‘must have’ items were out of stock when I placed my orders and they came back in stock a few days later lol!)
I love cards like this and you have such a knack for creating them. I knew it was a “Shari Carroll” before I saw the credits. Any way it is beautiful!
Have never seen the linen that you used on this card. What a wonderful idea using the scraps of paper you like and the linen fabric lovely card, Thanks for sharing.
Wow, such wonderful layering. You are so talented. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I like how it came together with many elements.
I’m always intrigued by collage cards and yours is wonderful, Shari.
So simple and yet…not! Lovely.
So many wonderful layers on this card!
Fantastic card!!!
Great card! So much going on! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
Love the card!! Gets me in the mood for Christmas :) We haven’t started decorating house yet and we may not since we are packing to move in January or early February so it’s hard to get into the mood for Christmas without all of the decorations up :) I really love your card and it’s your style! Great job!
I love how you layered all sorts of scraps of papers and tags to make such an awesome card! I wish I could use up my scraps this nicely!
It’ such a party! I love playing with lots of little elements. Yours came together beautifully. I always enjoy seeing how others pull it together. I know what I like, but I suspect most of my creations still fall under the category of “hot mess”! How do you figure out when enough is enough or do I really need to add one more thing? You are clearly a master. Thank you.
Wow GREAT card!! I will have to try as soon s I am up and about. I had ankle surgery yesterday. I am no mobile at the moment but once I start getting around I will be house bound for a a couple of month. I love having something I can do and look forward to ?
Love how all the elements came together for your card! Very creative. Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Lovely card, I love all the extra special elements.
A very unique and creative card. You are very talented.
Great creativity going on here, like how you have used the tag and other elements in the card. Brilliant stamp set from SSS as always.