Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

I was thrilled when Taheerah messaged me and asked if I would be a part of her
Advent Calendar Extravaganza for 2017. Um, yes, please! It took me all of 3 seconds
to accept the invitation to be a part of one of the biggest events of the year!

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 each day at Taheerah's blog to see what special surprises

await behind the door!

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My sponsored company is Altenew whose fresh and trendy stamps, dies, and
stencils are so much fun to play with. Here's my project.

Originally, I wanted to use Altenew's full moon from To the Moon, but proportionally,
it was way too large for the scene. So I cut a circle from Post it paper and after adhering
it to the card, I ink distressed the card in several colors of Distress inks and dabbed on
water with a fine tipped waterbrush. I peeled off the Post it paper from the moon and
inked lightly with gray ink for some lunar texture.

The deer was inked with two colors of Distress Oxide inks and the face and
hooves were inked with black ink. A snowbank was cut by hand and adhered to
the background. It's not easy to see in the photo, but I added Stickles along the
edge of the snowy hill.

The deer was adhered to the card with dimensional adhesive and I drew in shadows
with a Copic marker. The sentiment was silver embossed beneath the moon and the
panel was adhered to a light gray card base.

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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 Altenew, so you'll definitely want to win!
Simply leave a comment on my 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.

And don't forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah's blog and
head over to leave them comments there as well to improve your odds even more!
You have until 11:59pm EST on Dec 31, 2017 to enter.

Don't forget that Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from Dec 1st-25th, inclusive,

so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and

amazing prizes every single time! 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!