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Monday, December 4, 2017

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello, hello!  Today, I have a super fun project to share with you!  I am so honored to part of the Advent Extravaganza again this year!  Read on to find out more!




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!

Onto my project!  To create my fun holiday card, I started off with a Premier Polar White A2 card base, and I added some candy can stripes using the Striped Frame Cover Panel Confetti Cuts, cut from Salsa cardstock.  I ink blended a sky on the center cut out panel making sure to create an ombre effect so that the bottom of the panel would look snowy.  I stamped and colored images with my copic markers from the Bearing Gifts stamp set, and diecut them with the coordinating Bearing Gifts Confetti Cuts.  Then I stamped a sentiment from the Sentimental Christmas stamp set in Midnight ink, and popped the card and trees up with foam tape.

Merry Christmas

I added some white gel pen accents, and used Pure White Nuvo Drops for some whimsical snow falling in the background.

Merry Christmas

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 Reverse Confetti 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 31st December 2017 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!

Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

179 comments:

  1. Cute stamp set and card. Love those trees!

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  2. Wonderful card. The bear is so cute.

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  3. This is reallllly cute! Love the darling scene.
    Love Reverse Confetti, too.

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  4. Oh my goodness another great background die.
    A wonderful card with the bear in his car bringing gifts.

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  5. what a cute card...love the colors and that bear driving!

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  6. Very cute, I love the festive red and white stripes too

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  7. This little bear is so cute! I love the gifts on top of the car!

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  8. Oh this card is so colorful and adorable! I love the bright red background!

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  9. Love the bright colors, graphic design, and adorable bear!

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  10. What an adorable little card; love the bear with all the gifts and the red and white stripes. Well, I guess I love everything about this cute scene.

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  11. Just too cute! Love the sweet little scene.

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  12. such a fun card, Amy - so merry and bright!

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  13. Your card is 'un-bear-lievably' adorable! Cuteness galore alllll over this sweet gift-delivering scene! Thank you for being part of Taheerah's Advent Extravaganza!
    ~carol

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  14. Love this stamp set and your adorable card!

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  15. That bear in a car is so stinking' cute!!

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  16. What a fun and cute card! Very festive!

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  17. How cute and colorful. I like the striped background.

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  18. That driving bear is a cute one!

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  19. Just adorable! LOVE that background die!

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  20. Such a great image and I love the die for the stripes!

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  21. Who doesn't love a bear driving a car full of Christmas packages!! Love your coloring and design of your beautiful card!

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  22. What a sweet little shopping bear!

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  23. What a fun and adorable card!! Superb! :)

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  24. What a bright and happy card. Love the background die.

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  25. Ha ha! That little guy has purpose!

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  26. Very cute card. I love the striped frame.

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  27. Hi Audrey,

    This is such a cute take on the red truck/Christmas tree theme!! I just love it. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas!

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  28. What a cute card! I love the frame die! Thanks for sharing!

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  29. Very cute! I love the background!!

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  30. Cute card! I love the bold red stripes.

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  31. Great scene. Love the bold background.

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  32. Super cute card - love the bear and I am putting that die on my wish list.

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  33. Great card! Love these colors and the bear is so cute.

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  34. Very cute and love the pun!

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  35. Super cute! Love your colors, patterns, design, and cute little characters. Love it!

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  36. Cute card. Love the little bear
    bent on getting his Christmas tree
    home.
    thanks for sharing.

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  37. Adorable. Love the techniques you've combined. The background die is awesome and how you used it too.

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  38. Cute card! I love the bear driving and that background in red is awesome. Thanks for participating in this fun event!!

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  39. Such a fun, vibrant Christmas card! Yay!

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  40. So adorable, love your card. I love your coloring of the little guy and speaking of him, he is such a little cutie. Thanks for sharing. Tracey Magner

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  41. Cute and happy card in great colours ! Thank you for sharing !

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  42. Adorable Christmas card. Love that cut out die on the front.

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  43. LOVE this adorable and fun card, that Bearing Gifts set is awesome!

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  44. I always like the look of a layered card, and this one is no exception!

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  45. I love your card!!! I think I need tha set.

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  46. Such a very sweet and very fun card!!

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  47. Oh so cute. Great colours and colouring.

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  48. Oh so very cute, Audrey! Great card!

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  49. So fun and cute. Thanks for sharing.

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  50. Cute,cute,cute card and perfectly colored! Love it!

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  51. I love that bear. What a great card. The background die cut really emphasizes the centre.

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  52. Adorable card! Love that car and bear for your cute scene! Awesome coloring!

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  53. Oh I love this
    bear driving the
    car! Darling card.
    Carla from Utah

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  54. Love your whimsical card, from the bright colors to the bear driving the car with the presents on top!

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  55. clever way to blend the background to create a snow scape fun fun. Thanks

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  56. Adorable card!! Love how you did the snow in the background!!

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  57. The striped die cut panel is awesome in red and a perfect frame for your adorable little bear!

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  58. Such a cute little card, love the striped cover plate!

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  59. This is a really happy Christmas card!

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  60. What a sweet and happy card! I love red paired with blue and this is a perfect example of why.

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  61. Such a cute card. Love the red die cut background.

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  62. The striped cover plate with the rectangle center is wonderful. I love how the bear is driving right on through! It's a really cute card.

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  63. Such a cute design! Great colouring too.

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  64. Absolutely adorable....Love the stripes and always smile when I see any cute little animal driving a car.

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  65. The striped coverplate makes an excellent frame for that adorable bear. The snow is amazing!

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  66. Super cute card. Thank you for sharing.

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  67. Such a cute image and resulting card

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  68. Hmm, I clearly did not realize the full reach of RC's inventory before today. I recognized the images, but the die cut covers that include the middle highlight are so great. I love what you did to fill in that whole space and really take advantage of the long rectangle. It reminds of many a Christmas roadtrip. Thanks for sharing your creativity!

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  69. I love, love, love this set!

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  70. Lovely card with a fantastic design! And the Nuvo snow is looking great, too! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!

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  71. Such a cute card and I am loving the die cut layers - including the backgrounds by Reverse Confetti - they give such a lovely textural look.

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  72. Love the scene you created Audrey of this little bear "bear-ing" gifts. (Couldn't pass that one up! LOL) A seriously cute card, good job!

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  73. I love how bright and cheery this card is. Great job

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  74. Awesome card! I need a bear driven car for my life! :) LOL

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  75. love the stripy background and the adorable bear image:)

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  76. You created a very cute card and I have added another die to my Christmas list!!

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  77. Wow ! Everything about your card is amazing, from the background die to the colours chosen to the adorable little bear, wow !

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  78. Totally adorable and fun. Cute image and great dies!

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  79. The striped frame is awesome - it makes this card look so good! Great job!

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  80. Funny card, Thanks for sharing!

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  81. So cute! Love the trees beside the card.

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  82. Super cute card. Thank you for sharing.

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  83. What a cool frame and fab 'snow'! Love how the headlights glow!

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  84. So cute. Love the bear driving the car.

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  85. Love the bear and that great background die!

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  86. Love the adorable Christmas bear!

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  87. Eeeeeek!! Oh my Audrey!! Your card is SO stinkin' cute!! lol I love the bold background....and then that cute element in the middle? Just love it!!! Thanks for sharing!! ☺

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  88. Your card is so cute and the bear is adorable. Thanks for sharing...

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  89. Your card is truly adorable ! Love your color combo. margessw@icloud.com

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  90. Very cute card! That bear makes me smile.

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  91. Such a fantastic scene!! That stamp set has long been a favorite of mine and I adore how you combined it with the die background.

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  92. Oh wow, what a fan happy card, LOVE your little bear!

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  93. So super cute! The bear is totally ready for the holidays! :)

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  94. Adorable! Love that 🐻💕💕💕

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  95. Oh my, how cut is this! Fun card, Audrey!

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  96. Audrey, SO ADORABLE! Thank you for sharing!

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  97. This is adorable! I always LOVE Reverse Confetti and seeing all the wonderful creativity! For sure one of my most favorite crafting companies EVER! Thanks for the inspiration.
    Karen Letchworth

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  98. so cute, driving in his car! A very fun holiday card.

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  99. Adorable card Audrey! Love the striped background and that Bearing Gifts image; soo cute! TFS!

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  100. Adorable card!! Love this awesome scene!

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  101. This card reminds me of the 69's. I don't know why but it reminds me of some cards we had in the 60's. I love it! I love the colors, and the bear driving the car. Can you imagine a bear really doing this? Yeah, right! LOL
    What a great card! I hope whoever gets it enjoys it as much as I have.
    Thanks for showing us your cute, colorful card and for giving us the chance to win something. I'd love to make a card like this when I win.

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  102. What a cute, whimsical card. A nice change of pace.

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  103. Love the cute bear driving the car and bringing in presents. So cute.

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  104. Such an adorable card! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  105. I want that adorable little bear to chauffeur me in my car. How cute is this card!

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  106. Love this bright and bold background for that cute bear!

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  107. Your colorful, creative work of art reminds me of road trip to gramma's house for Christmas...presnets packed in and on the car and juds asking "Are We There Yets!?" Driver Bear's expression is the same as many drivers making the Holiday Road Trips to visit family, relatives, and friends. Pure Happiness and Great Memories! Well Done!

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  108. I love the focal image. Its so cute.

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  109. Such a cute card! Love the bear!

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  110. This is just darling! Started following you on Pinterest and Instagram. Love your style!

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  111. That bear is too cute. Reminds me of the song of going to grandmother's house. :-)

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  112. a-w-w-w, he's really stinkin' cute...and nicely colored too! thank you.

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  113. Stripes and an adorable bear make for a wonderful card. tfs :-)

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  114. Always glad to see a post from you, especially with RC product. Inspired, as usual!

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  115. Your cute colorful card made me smile!

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  116. Love your adorable card...hope he made his trip to grandma's house with no mishaps!!

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  117. I absolutely love that striped frame cover panel - I have got to get that - the card is great and so cute - that cover panel could be used in so many ways

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  118. So cure. Really like the candy cane frame, you great coloring and the bits of snow.

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  119. Adorable card! I just love this bear, and your design is fabulous!

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  120. Darling card Audrey. Love the sweet images and the whole scene. The striped background looks great.

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  121. Wonderful card. The polar bear in the car is so adorable.

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  122. Such a sweet card! I just love the red striped background! Such a sweet bear! Love it.

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  123. This is such a cute card! That stamp set is adorable!

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  124. Love the vibrant colors and cute design.

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  125. Awesome card! Love the striped panel - Really sets the card off.

    Sammibug aka Samantha Houp aka Sammi

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  126. HAHa Audrey that bear cracks me up!!! Love that cover panel

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  127. So cute! I love the background/frame die you used.

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  128. This is very cute! I've never seen this striped covet die, and now I need it!

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  129. Your card is so Christmasy and fun! Love the bright bold colors and die cuts.
    Thanks so much for sharing. Some great ideas.

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  130. OMG! Love it! That bear is stinkin' cute. Thanks for the inspiration. :D

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  131. Oh my goodness that bear is so me! What an adorable card!

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