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Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

23 Dec

This is my first post for today!  For the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team December Blog Hop please click here!

Good morning!  I’m really excited to be participating in Taheerah Atchia’s Advent Calendar Extravaganza!

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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!

My card features today’s sponsor, WPlus9!

I love the Woodland Wreaths stamp set!  It’s so easy to make a variety of holiday wreaths…if only I could create actual wreaths like that!  Mine tend to turn out fairly wonky… 😉

Anyway, I stamped the wreath images with a variety of dye inks and then added some berries heat-embossed with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Next I stamped and die-cut the wreath embellishments and added them to the wreath with regular adhesive and foam mounting tape.  I added the sentiment from the Hand-Lettered Holiday and then used a border die from Mama Elephant to add a decorative bottom edge.  I layered it over red cardstock and added little touches of clear wink of stella glitter on my wreath and sentiment.

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 WPlus9 so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! Simply leave a comment on this post to enter – then head back to www.taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there 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!

Thanks so much for visiting and Merry Christmas!!

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  1. Ashley N Newell says

    December 23, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Very pretty! The pears look so cute on this!

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  2. Peggy Joyce says

    December 23, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    Cool use of these stamps which fortunately I have….woohoo.

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  3. Michele K. Henderson says

    December 23, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    Beautiful and colorful!

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  4. Teresa Doyle says

    December 23, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    Oh Jess, this is lovely! Very nice! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.

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  5. Jayell says

    December 23, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Beautiful card. Love your classic colour scheme too

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  6. Sweet April says

    December 23, 2015 at 6:03 pm

    Absolutely beautiful card,it’s so special,elegant and simple!!!

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  7. Sweet April says

    December 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous card,it’s so special,elegant and simple!!!

    Reply
  8. Dawn E says

    December 23, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    love that wreath!

    Reply
  9. Kathy Schweinfurth says

    December 23, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    Oh, this is sooo pretty! Simple and elegant!

    Reply
  10. Lynda J says

    December 23, 2015 at 7:23 pm

    Very nice card!

    Reply
  11. StampinLouie says

    December 23, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    The wreath is beautiful. Love that set.

    Reply
  12. Daria Z. says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    Wonderful design and colors. Love the added pears.

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  13. Amy Cooley says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:13 pm

    What a beautifully elegant Christmas card!

    Reply
  14. Megan says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Love the touch of gold on the wreath

    Reply
  15. Lizzie T says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:27 pm

    Stunning card! Love all that layering with the wreath!

    Reply
  16. Angeline Choo says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous! Love that wreath!

    Reply
  17. Lindarub says

    December 23, 2015 at 8:46 pm

    Love your wreath.

    Reply
  18. Memoriesbymanda says

    December 23, 2015 at 9:10 pm

    Cool ‘pear’ wreath.

    Reply
  19. barbara lassiter says

    December 23, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    Perfect and “perfectly” beautiful. Makes me wish I had created more wreath Christmas cards! 🙂

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  20. Maureen Hayes says

    December 23, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    Jess,

    This is a simply gorgeous wreath and I love all the little touches you added. They really make it special and make each detail pop! Thank you for participating in this hop, I am having fun finding new bloggers to follow and learn from. I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas.

    Reply
  21. Irene Grau says

    December 23, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    Great card. I like all the little elements on this card.

    Reply
  22. Miriam Leech says

    December 23, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    This card is stunning!! I love the wreath!! Thank you for the inspiration and Merry Christmas!!

    Reply
  23. heaney says

    December 23, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    love the pop of red colour and the stitched border, fantastic!

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    • heaney says

      December 23, 2015 at 10:25 pm

      sorry, re-enter again as I made an error in my email address.

      Reply
  24. Maureen Chandler says

    December 23, 2015 at 10:29 pm

    Very pretty card – thanks so much!

    Reply
  25. snazzy jj says

    December 23, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    Love your wreath, it has so much punch and it is pretty too.

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