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!

Hi friends! How are your Christmas planning coming? I feel like I’m behind but hoping to get caught up soon! Eeshk! We thought in the spirit of today being National Christmas Card Day, we’d love to see what Christmas cards you’re making this year! Take a picture of one or more and share by uploading the link through the linkup below for a chance to win a $100 Gift Card to our store! The winner will be announced after Christmas!

We can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on!

Hi friends! Happy Thursday! We’re so excited to be sharing our latest exclusive release… Diecember(tm) 2016!  This is a month that we celebrate the love of die-cutting in our crafting projects!  Today we are revealing the new products and tomorrow we are hosting a special blog hop with inspiration for you using these new products.  Die cuts are a fantastic and fun way to add pizzazz to your cards!

Many of you asked for another corbel themed design after our hugely popular Corbel Christmas release for Christmas this year.  We answered your request with a corbel heart AND a corbel border. I hope you like!

Bear hugs and bunny hugs are adorable to the max!  The hearts can pop out or stay in. When our product samples arrived, these were the very first two I created with… I am very excited to use them!

Correct me if I’m wrong…but years ago I believe Memory Box created the first birch design cut outs.  Since their original designs are still wildly popular, they designed another die called “birch column” exclusively for Simon Says Stamp.

Are you busy creating slider cards this season?  Kristina Werner designed this handy set of magic slider dies to help you create your clever slider cards.  It’s just a hunch…but I bet she’s going to have some inspiration on her blog tomorrow using them (Fingers crossed!)

Circle Leaves is a fantastic Shari Carroll design. Man oh man, if this isn’t the best die I’ve seen her create, then I don’t know what is!  To top it off, she created a gorgeous card and will be sharing it with you.

One of our fan favorite stamp sets is called Handwritten Borders.  We released this stamp set over 2 years ago and decided that the time has come for a complementary wafer die set.  …and I LOVE IT!  In classic Kristina Werner handwriting style, this set spans across many occasions.

Elegant roses complements our Diecember 2016 single rose series.  These are great for the upcoming Valentine’s day and Mother’s day.

Other days during the month we are offering special surprises!  Like right now, we are offering a complementary Tim Holtz Bird Crazy or Crazy Things (randomly selected) Wafer thin die set with any $100 or more purchase. (no coupon code needed! Item will automatically be added to your order)

Stay tuned for inspiration, special promotions and FUN throughout the month!  Share below which dies you are loving from this new release and we will select a random commenter to win a $50 shopping spree!

In Stamptember® we began donating a portion of our release proceeds through an affiliate program to the Huntington Disease Society of America, a cause that’s near to our hearts. We are continuing to do the same.

Thanks for joining in with us today as we celebrate one of our favorite crafting tools with a new exclusive release :)