Good morning! I’m excited to be back for a second year as a guest of the Advent Calendar Extravaganza!
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 everyday at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!
Today’s sponsor is one of my favorite crafting companies: Concord & 9th and I created my card with several of their stamp sets! I stamped the dotted border from Birdie Banners and the strings from Stripe Builder onto a piece of black cardstock and heat-embossed some with silver embossing powder and others with gold embossing powder. Then I stamped the ornaments and sentiment from O Christmas Tree onto the card and embossed them with the same gold and silver embossing powders. Next I added a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle and glossy accents to the ornaments and let it dry overnight. Finally I splattered some gold metallic paint over the panel and adhered it to white card base. I like using non-traditional colors with pretty metallic elements! 😉
It’s not a party without a prize – and with prizes everyday there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by the fabulous Concord and 9th 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 mine 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 December 31st, 2016 to enter.
Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from December 1st-25th so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com everyday for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Have a wonderful holiday season!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!
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I love the drama of your card! so special!
So pretty and festive Jess. Love the black base with the metallic colors.
Jessica I love the way you’ve combined the various stripes, ornaments, and gold to create the background. So festive!
This is SO elegant! Love the black, gold and silver — beautiful!!
Very cool! Love the metallics against the bold black!
Very cleverly done!
would never have tried black ornaments, but I looovee them!
Very cool card!
Very elegant and festive. Lovely.
What a clever concept! Thanks for sharing your creativity!!!
Beautiful card!
Oh this is so elegant!! I LOVE the black background with the gold and silver!!! Fab design!
Are you kidding me that is a spectacularly cool card!
LOVE metallics on black – such a bold statement!
What a unique card design…gorgeous…
STUNNING! Love the colour scheme and all the glitter, sparkle and metallic bling!
I really love your card! It’s so very elegant and I love the non-traditional background with the gold and silver accents! Thanks for sharing!
Black and metallics make such an elegant card.
Totally different way to use some of those images. great idea!
Your card is elegant.
Jessica, your sparkly garland card is sheer elegance and incredible innovative! What a fabulous way to give those ‘little’ images the opportunity to be stars on the stage! Thank you for joining Taheerah’s Extravaganza; you’ve sent my festive spirit soaring!
Hugs~carol
This is so amazing! Very elegant!
This card is gorgeous Jessica!
Lovely and dramatic! I like it!
that’s just gorgeous, very unique~