Hello everybody! And welcome to Day 25 of Advent Calendar Extravaganza!! Merry Christmas!!
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I’ve always loved the concept of Advent Calendars. There’s something special and magical about those little treats hidden behind those little doors – and the idea of a secret little something to be unwrapped every day really is a wonderful way to build the excitement towards Christmas, not to mention a fun tradition as well!
As the years roll by some of these types of tradition can be lost when we grow up, and it seems a real shame to lose some of that magic and wonder. And really there’s no reason at all why something such as an Advent Calendar can’t be revamped and repackaged for grown-ups, crafty grown-ups… grown-ups like you and me!
So one day in November last year I dreamed up a fun idea for a event. I didn’t know if it would work, or if anyone would be interested. I approached some crafty friends, and others recruited themselves – everyone loved the idea! Behind the scenes I worked hard to put together something rather different and very special. After much organising, coordinating and planning, I’m really thrilled to finally bring to you a very special, very fun, very festive series! It was *hugely* popular, and so, by popular demand, I just had to bring it back again this year!
Eek! How fun does that sound?! 25 full days of surprises, inspiration and prizes!!
In case you’re wondering just how it’s going to work, here’s last year’s video (I’m afraid my filmmaker friend was unavailable to help in time for this year!) to explain it:
I’m so excited to be bringing you this event! I really hope you’re going to enjoy it as much as I am!!
Let’s get on with Day 25, shall we?!
I’ve got some of my very favourite designers lined up today to continue the fun! Just click on the door to reveal today’s surprise destinations and prize! Tip: you will need to do this from the blog itself, not from a feed reader or e-mail!
The door is a bit different this year (curse of moving over to WordPress!). So, now you’ve opened it, please use the image below to find your secret links! As you see, there aren’t any text links, but tap or click on all the decorations/presents in the image below and you will find your secret destinations! *wink*
Exciting right?! Isn’t it fun to not know what’s in store at the other end of those links?! Make sure you click each one to reveal the surprise and leave comments at the destinations to win!
And speaking of winning…
Today’s sponsor is My Sweet Petunia– creators and inventors of the (Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented) – MISTI!! What can I say about this wonderful company, and wonderful invention? It’s not very often that a product comes onto the marketplace that truly is a game changer. The MISTI is such a tool and it will change the way you stamp – forever! Not only will your images be clearer, more even and *perfect*, but you also open the door to a whole host of techniques and make mass production of designs a breeze!! A true innovation, and one that every cardmaker needs!! My Sweet Petunia are headed up by my innovative and inspirational, dear friend Iliana – she is just the most awesome person, and if you haven’t read the story of how she came up with the MISTI then please go and look it up – it’s a wonderful Christmas story!! I’m so thrilled to have them sponsor the event this year!
My Sweet Petunia are generously sponsoring a MISTI (or a Mini MISTI, if you prefer!) as their prize!! This is a prize that EVERYONE wants, believe me!! Both these sizes of MISTI are awesome, but if I were to pick one, I’d go with the original size – more versatile for techniques (and a more expensive prize too! *wink*)! And if you already have a MISTI/Mini MISTI – trust me, you’ll get on very well with a second one, haha!!
Now that you know what you can win, I’m sure you’re eager to head off to all those secret destinations to check them out! But before you go, some inspiration from me:
Seeing as it’s Christmas Day, I thought I’d give you a gift of my own – a video!! My first video in *ages*! As my card(s) for today have a tool as the sponsor’s product today, it made perfect sense to put the MISTI to use in mass producing a simple but stunning Christmas card! Please watch below, or check it out on YouTube to see it in HD!
And now some photos and some more details!
I used my Mini MISTIs (yes, plural!) to make mass production of these cards a breeze! I stamped the confetti border/corner stamp (from the Holiday Confetti stamp set from The Ton) on diagonally opposite corners, and the sentiment is from the Mama Elephant Merry Christmas Wishes set. The first card uses a white shimmer card front. I heat embossed all the images and adhered my panel to my base – and that’s all there was to it!
I had fun with different colour combos – this one features a shimmery black card front, with platinum confetti and gold sentiment!
Another favourite here – this time with a red shimmery front, and a cream embossing powder for the confetti!
And a green version – this time the confetti is in an off-white!
And one final one, with a cream shimmer base. 🙂
And here they all are together – swoon!!
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!
Before we close, I just want to take a few moments and thank you all for visiting here each day. I hope you’ve loved Advent Calendar Extravaganza (certainly from your comments it seems that way!). To say this event is a huge undertaking is actually an understatement – there’s so much behind the scenes work you don’t see, and so so *so* many hours that I pour into making this a celebration to remember. I hope you’ve been able to enjoy the festivities and that it’s made your holiday season a little brighter.
I also want to take the time to thank each one of the awesome sponsors and amazing guests that have helped make this event what it is. It simply wouldn’t be the same without them, and they have been so inspirational and generous with their time and their contributions. I hope you’ll take the time to show them as much love as you have me – they all deserve it.
Don’t forget you still have until the 31st of December to get all your comments in, so be sure to visit all the secret links and play along. Fit it all in during your holiday season, and I’ll be ready to draw winners in the New Year to get 2017 off to a good start!!
And finally, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! Thank you all so much for stopping by!! I hope you’ll still visit here between now and next year’s event too!!
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Merry Christmas! Thanks so much for organising it – it’s been really great fun! And it would be fun even without the prizes – massive thanks to all the designers! 🙂 The prizes just made it even more exciting! 😉
Love these cards, in all of the colour combos – so simple and classy!
Oh wow–I absolutely love theme all , Taheerah! Gotta try them for next year! Merry Christmas!
Awesome cards. Easy to create a lot with this style.
your set of cards are BEAUTIFUL!! i loooooove them!!! can’t wait to watch the video!! thank you for this AWESOME event and arranging all of the inspiration! wow!! you’re a machine!! happy Christmas, Taheerah!! 🙂
Yay! These are so pretty, and I have to say I LOVE my MISTI’s so so much! Thank you for all of your work and this amazing count down! It was so fun!
Thanks so much for hosting this great Advent blog hop. So much fun and so much great inspriration! I look forward to it next year too!
Such beautiful cards. I love how you were able to make so many this way. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Really stunning cards today – they look so different in different colour options. Thank you for organising such a wonderful advent event! Great fun and there must have been an absolute ton of work to put it all together.
Beautiful cards! Love the MISTI. I stamp confidently now & wouldn’t mind another .
Beautiful cards! Thanks for this great giveaway!
Love these cards. They are very elegant. I just received my Misti about three weeks ago and really like using it. Thank you for doing the Advent Calendar Extravaganza. I enjoyed looking at different companies that were new to me. Merry Christmas!!!
Love the font on the image!!! Wonderful cards!!
So beautiful!
LOve your festive cards, the confetti is awesome.
Thankyou for the wonderful advent calendar inspiration, will certainly be creating after such fabulous ideas. Merry Christmas to you X
Great Blog Hop. Thank you.
Thank you for creating this advent event for us! The cards are gorgeous — the confetti brings to mind a kind of cross between Christmas and New Year’s!
These are simply GORGEOUS, Taheerah!
Another FABULOUS Advent Calendar…Loved it! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year! Hugs
Swoon! Yes! Beautiful, classic Christmas cards! Thank you for another year of amazing inspiration!!
Lovely and elegant card and thanks for sharing!
Merry Christmas Taheerah
Awesome awesome awesome cards great way to use the misti what a wonderful prize
This whole advent calendar has been fun and so many ideas from so many talented folks thanks for hosting it
What an easy, great looking, versatile card!
Thank you for hosting and planning and providing this great advent hop–I didn’t get here every day, but the few days I had time, it’s been awesome! I do understand how much work you have put into this site and this lovely advent hop–I think you deserve a special place in all the hearts of the crafting community–home made is best! I also love the Misti-I purchased it last year and am kicking myself for not getting one sooner! I make a ton of cards, especially at Christmas, and used to “mess up” so many times not getting a perfect stamped image every time. When you make 70 cards at a time, it saves a ton of time and paper! Wishing you a most lovely Christmas and a huge Thanks for sponsoring such an awesome event!
Merry Christmas and thank you
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Beautiful cards, the confetti dots really finishes the pieces.
Those colors you chose are glorious and so fun! Happy holidays!
Gorgeous cards! The MISTI sure makes it easy to mass produce cards. Thank you so much for having this hop. I enjoyed it very much. Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year.
Thank you so much for a fantastic advent calendar extravaganza event. It’s been so much fun. And yes, the MISTI is fantastic! I made a set of 25 thank you cards for my cousin in what felt like 5 minutes because I was able to lay out the entire card in the MISTI. If I hadn’t decided to heat emboss, it would have only been 2 minutes! I love this set of cards you made.
Very elegant cards.
Beautiful cards. I love all the different color combinations.
Fabulous simple and elegant cards! Would love to win a MISTI! Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration this month and thanks to all the sponsors for their generosity!
So very pretty!, thank you for the inspiration!
Love, love , love your inspirations and cards
Simply beautiful cards! Thanks for another wonderful Advent event!!
Merry Christmas Taheerah.Love these two paired stamp sets.I need you to know this was so super fun and thank you for your hard work.Rest…
Love the cards!! Great idea mixing the colors and powders to get unique cards quickly!! Merry Christmas!!
Swoon-worthy!! They are all just beautiful! Merry Christmas! Thank you for putting this extravaganza together…it was so much fun and inspirational! I discovered new products and companies!!
Love this CAS card and Mass producible YAY! Love my MISTI!
God bless!
LOVE all of these! Shimmer cardstock is such a perfect way to dress up a simple design. Thank you so much for all your work putting together this awesome holiday adventure. Loved every day!! All the inspiration has been a priceless gift!!
I am late to the party, just learning of this hop from My Sweet Petunia. I am hoping to get all the way through by the time period. This is such a cool idea and I am just love it! Love your beautiful card too and always love watching mass production of cards using the Misti. Merry Christmas!!! Hugs, Brenda
Taheerah, Thank you for all your work creating the advent calendar! It’s been very inspiring and lots of fun to check out the different blogs. You’ve made a lot of great cards too, but I’ll admit that this is my favourite because of the simplicity and the lovely embossing!! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
PS I might have to CASE this next year!
Merry Christmas, Taheerah! Thanks for the video – I love these elegant cards. And, thank you for this fabulous advent extravaganza – SO awesome to see what all of the guest designers have created throughout this month.
What a fun project. Merry Christmas ??
I am so grateful you brought back such an amazing childhood memory with the advent calendar series. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!
Your cards are, indeed, swoon-inducing; your video fabulous! Taheerah, once again, this Advent Extravaganza has been one of the highlights of the season, infused with an abundance of cheer and joy! I’m sad the series is coming to a close, BUT I’ve saved a number of the posts, so revisiting them throughout the year for inspiration means the festive spirit will carry on. Thank you for investing incredible amounts of time and energy to orchestrate this for us; your gift of sharing YOU is the most precious of all! Wishing you a most Merry Christmas, touched with wonder and filled with peace, joy and awe!
Hugs~c
The cards are lovely! I love the dots too. How do you find out about so many different stamp companies? The first stamp set with the dots was new to me. Merry Christmas to you.
LOVE your CAS design! Gorgeous cards, Taheerah!!!
Usually I don’t like multi-day hops but I had fun with this and looked forward to opening the presents everyday. All the variations of the card look great. I love the stamps you used. The video was well done also.
I enjoyed seeing the wonderful projects on this hop, some of which I would like to try myself, and also picked up some crafting tips along the way. Merry Christmas and thanks for the great hop.
Oh my gosh, Taheerah! I LOVE these beautiful and elegant cards!
I am starting my Christmas cards for next year NOW using your awesome design here!
THANK you for your hard work putting this Advent event together again this year! It was truly an inspiring and FUN 25 days!
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Simply elegant