12.12.2015

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

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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!

For my crafty Christmas project I was totally inspired by THIS gorgeous banner made by my AMAZING Avery Elle teamie, Melania Deasy.  All the dies I used are from Avery Elle (links below) – all I added was a few sequins and some Stampin’ Up ribbon to hold the banner together.

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

 

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09.12.2015

Simon Says … Tag It

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the Let It Snow Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

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We are showcasing Tim Holtz Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

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As always, the Tim Holtz featured challenges give me nightmares!  I ALWAYS struggle with the grungy style so I do tend to shy away from it.  My project manages to feature a fun TH stencil AND remains clean and simple (and super glittery of course!  I die cut a couple of tags from the Simon Says Stamp Large Tags dies and covered it with a layer of a gorgeous glitter embossing paste using the Holiday Knit TH stencil.  This is such a great (and quick) effect and I think I’ll be using it LOADS for the last few Christmas cards I need to make (like, 50!!!).  For the centre of the tag I used the Circle Sentiments from Simon Says Stamp and embossed it in silver before die cutting it with the Stitched Circle Dies (also from Simon)!  For a last touch of sparkle I used a little rhinestone on the centre of the snowflake.

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I thought whilst I had all my stuff out I’d create a matching card to go with the gift tag – makes everything look quite classy I think!!!

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So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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If you use instagram add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too!

 

 

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in
No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

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08.12.2015

You Are Crazy Cool!

Oops, popping a day late with this week’s Avery Elle DT post!  My card today features the fab new set Simply Said: Crazy.  The die has a mat layer too – love it.  I paired it with the new Beary Sweet set too.  Gosh, it’s strange to be making a non-Christmas card – feels like all I’ve done for weeks!!

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Thanks for stopping by today xxx

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