Friday 18 December 2015

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia



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!

With that being said, here's my card for this event! I wanted to go for a more "vintage" look with the browns that I used on the card. I've added some green & red stickles to add some pops of glam and colours.

The gingerbread men are from the Oh Snap and the alphabets are from the Violet's ABCs by Lawn Fawn.


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 Lawn Fawn 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! 
Don’t forget the 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!

158 comments:

  1. I love how you stamped the background with the sweet little man!

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  2. Those gingerbread men are adorable!

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  3. Loving the gingerbread men paper you created!

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  4. LOL. This is precious. Love how you used the gingerbread man to make a background and the Stickles are a great touch. Adorable!

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  5. Your gingerbreads are darling, tumbling all over your card panel! The pops of red and green are such a sweet special touch. Thank you for being part of Taheerah's Advent series!
    ~carol

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  6. Cute gingerbread men ! " Frohes Fest" to you too!

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  7. I just wanna eat them all:-) Cute card.

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  8. So cute. Love the warm vintage brown with the touches of red and green.

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  9. Oh my, what a cute card to send to grandkids!!! Love it!!!

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  10. Fabulously fun card Marina! The gingerbread men are so happy and the pops of color from the stickles make it so festive.

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  11. How cute are those Gingerbread Men!!! Thank you!

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  12. So cute. Great card for a child.

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  13. such cute gingerbread men!

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  14. Cute and I love the background stamping! Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Love the background!! Very beautiful!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  16. Love how you made the background paper.
    Darling card.
    thanks for sharing.

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  17. love how you stamped the gingerman to make the background, so creative!

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  18. such a cute card great card for the little ones .

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  19. such a cute card great card for the little ones .

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  20. Cute background.
    That gingerbread man looks good enough to eat.

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  21. cute card - love the little gingerbread men

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  22. This is one of my favourite stamp set from lawn fawn!:) How adorable are those gingerbread men!:) I love your card!:)

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  23. Like the Gingerbread stamping. My hubby & daughter both like gingerbread.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  24. Darling card with
    the cute gingerbread
    men!
    Carla from Utah

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  25. Cute gingerbread background.

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  26. Adorable little gingerbread men!
    Holiday Hugs,
    Michele

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  27. love these gingerbread boys as a background! great coloring!

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  28. Cute card. I like me the background made with the gingerbread man stamp.

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  29. The glittery buttons are a nice finishing touch.

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  30. Cute as can be! Adorable gingerbread man stamp!

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  31. I like the gingerbread man stamp! I haven't see this one before.

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  32. Such a cute card and the gingerbread men are too cute to eat!

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  33. Great job creating your own patterned paper of gingerbread men!

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  34. These little gingerbread men look just-baked, Marina ... they're just delicious! Anita :)

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  35. Very cute gingerbread men background.

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  36. the coloring on your gingerbread is just perfect....makes me crave gingerbread!

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  37. So yummy! I just love the watered-down watercoloring and the arrangement of cookies. Love the sentiment too. :)

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  38. Fabulous background! Love all the little gingerbread men!

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  39. I love gingerbread men and this is really cute

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  40. Your little gingerbread card is super adorable!!!

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  41. Hehe!! So cute! Love the gingerbread men!!

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  42. I love gingerbread men and I'm glad you stamped only the happy one all over your card!

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  43. So very cute. Love the gingerbread men!

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  44. Supah cute! Love the gingerbread mad image stamped randomly. You should like up your card at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge. :)

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  45. What a great way to use a small image. I just got this stamp set. Guess I know how to use it now! lol

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  46. Cute cute CUTE! Love the gingerbread man and the coloring ♥

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  47. The gingerbread men are so fun, and you got the vintage going!

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  48. What a Fabulous background you created! Adorable card! TFS

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  49. I like the cute pattern you created with this stamp!

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  50. Such a cute gingerbread man background!

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  51. Awww those gingerbread men are so cute!

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  52. The gingerbread men are my favorite things from lawn fawn release!

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  53. Totally yummy card, makes me hungry to look at it! Thank you so much for being a special part of my event! xoxo

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  54. Love your gingerbread man paper you created, super adorable!

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  55. Super cute! I love gingies so this is right up my alley! Yummy! :)

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  56. very sweet (and tasty too! LOL!) Great little background you've made for this card!

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  57. Awesome pattern paper you made with those gingerbread men!

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  58. Lovely card! Thanks for sharing!

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  59. Hehe - those little gingerbread men are TOO sweet!

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  60. Love how they're all tumbling across the page!

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  61. So cute. I just love the wee gingerbread folk. Cheers.

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  62. love how you created your own background paper, cute card.

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  63. Love the gingerbread background!

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  64. Your gingerbread men with cinnamon heart buttons are very cute.

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  65. Your gingerbread men with cinnamon heart buttons are very cute.

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  66. Such an adorable card with the gingerbread men.

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  67. Love the gingerbread card..and i am also your latest follower! :)
    Suchi xx

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  68. Cute background using the gingerbread man.

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  69. OMG.. how super cute is this!! LOVE the gingy!

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  70. This is just adorable with all those sweet little gingerbread kids!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  71. So adorable! LOVE the soft watercoloring!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  72. Cute card! The background makes me think of a plate of gingerbread cookies!

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  73. Lovely gingerbread kids,I used to read the story of The Gingerbread Boy to my students every Christmas,we had so much fun and after the story,we ate gingerbread cookies.Thanks for your wonderful card!!!Love it!!!

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  74. Your card is soooo cute. Thanks for sharing.
    Crafty hugs,
    Dawn
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  75. I love the gingerbread man background on this sweet card. Thank you for taking the time to create and share with us. Merry Christmas!

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  76. Awwwe... such cute gingerbread men!

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  77. Love the gingerbread men background! Such a clever idea!

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  78. Such a cute card - I made gingerbread men this year too! :)

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  79. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS card Marina!!!
    LOVE your SUPER CUTE gingerbread men background, LOVE how you have framed the sentiment too => THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION :)

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  80. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS card Marina!!!
    LOVE your SUPER CUTE gingerbread men background, LOVE how you have framed the sentiment too => THANK YOU for sharing your INKY INSPIRATION :)

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  81. Your card is "yummy". Thanks for sharing.

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  82. So cute - the gingerbread man background is making me hungry!

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  83. Such an amazing project. Love it:)

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  84. Bring on the gingerbread men! Yummy card! :)

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  85. Cute! CUTE~ CUTE! Did I say CUTE?!?! Love this adorable card! TFS! Merry Christmas!

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  86. SQUEAL!! Just AWESOME!! THANKS for sharing and for the chances to WIN too!! =) Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  87. Nothing better than gingerbread men background. Cute card! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  88. Lovely little gingerbread men all over this card. Great colors, too.TFS

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  89. Love the gingerbread men - a favorite around here!! Merry Christmas!

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  90. You made these little guys even cuter.

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  91. So cute!! I'm really loving the idea of making backgrounds with smaller stamps...I've seen it a lot lately and it always looks awesome!

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  92. Love that gingerbread background.

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  93. Love how you stamped the background. TFS

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  94. Cute gingerbread background. So fun

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  95. I like your tumbling gingerbread men. Thanks

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  96. How adorable is this! I love the background you created using the gingerbread men.

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  97. Lawn fawn just makes me smile! Thanks for the gingerbread men!

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  98. What a fun way to use the gingerbread people stamp! Very inventive. Just love it. Thanks so much.

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  99. Very cute... Love how you stamped these guys!!

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  100. These gingerbread men are just too cute. Love the colors!

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  101. This is so sweet! Love the gingies!

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  102. Love those cute gingerbread men, Marina!

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  103. Cute lil gingerbread man! Thanks for playing along in this blog hop, I'd love to win a GC for Lawn Fawn! They have such cute sets, I know exactly which set I'd get! Thanks!

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  104. Adorable bckgrnd Marina! TFS, have a wonderful day!

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  105. You've created a cute background by stamping those gingerbread men every which way. TFS.

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  106. So cute! Love the little touches of red and green.

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  107. Love gingerbread men and women!

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  108. I love the gingerbread background.

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  109. Your gingerbread background is really cute! I love the green dots you added in the background, too!

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  110. Great card! Love the stamped gingerbread man background. :-)

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  111. So cute. Love the gingerbread men.

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  112. Gingerbread men spreading warmth and cheer!

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  113. So cute with the gingerbread background.

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