Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello and welcome!!

Today's post is a special one because it's a huge blog hop during all December with around 100 participants (yes, that huge!) so if you didn't know about it you can start on day one and enjoy a lot of Christmas projects from amazing crafters :)

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!

I know Christmas is around the corner and everyone is super busy so I made a very simple project to encourage you to take a breath, sit down and enjoy crafting for a bit :)

I made this little ornaments that hide little surprises inside. You can hang them from your Christmas tree or give them as a gift and you can fill them with chocolates, sweet messages, little toys or even a jewel.

To make them you just need some red and green cardstock or patterned paper, red and gold cardstock, some twine and a pair of Lawn Fawn dies sets. I used the Tiny Gift Box die to make the little boxes and Santa's Belly dies to decorate them.

If you prefer, you can add numbers to create an advent calendar or other cute decorations to your ornaments.

I hope you like my project, and now let's talk about giveaways!

Because 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 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!
Comments will be allowed until 31st December and then Tahherah will announce winners from 1st January onwards on her blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by and Merry Christmas!

Supply list:

Lawn Cuts Dies, Tiny Gift Box

Lawn Fawn Collection Pack, Knit Picky

American Crafts Specialty Paper, Christmas Glitter

Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray

Merry Christmas {+ video!!}

Hi there!!

I want to share another (and my last one this year) Christmas project. I really love the Beary Merry stamp set that my friend Elena Rousskis designed and I wanted to make something using it. I love that the bear stamp is really big, and that gave me the idea of making big tags for those big presents that we have sometimes and normal size tags look really small on them.

I came up with two different designs to share, a more rustic design and a more fresh and colorful one.

And because I couldn't decide between them, I decided to share how to make both on a video. I hope you like it!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, big hugs!

Supply list:

25 days of Christmas tags

Hi again!!

Today I'm joining Tracey (from In My Creative Opinion) in her annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags and this is being a tradition for me too, hehe!!

I love this kind of Christmas celebrations and countdowns and this one is celebrating 5 years!! Just WOW!! Congrats Tracey, let's keep this cute tradition!! :D

I made a tag using Lawn Fawn products, this racoon from Holiday Party animal is super cute and I wanted him to be the star of the show, I created a "window" and now he is super comfortable enjoying a hot cocoa cup while it's snowing outside hahaha



I made some ornaments for the tag, a big snowflake die cut and a thin tag with the sentiment, I think it looks nice :)



Don't forget to visit Tracey's blog for tons of inspiration on Christmas tags, it's being amazing!!

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Holiday Party Animal, Toboggan Together
- Lawn Fawn dies: Stitched Circle Tags, Holiday Party Animal, Stitched Circles
- Lawn Fawn papers: Snow Day
- Lawn Trimmings: Peppermint
- Memento ink: Tuxedo Black
- Versamark ink
- White embossing powder
- Mini clothespin

Stockings!

Hi there!!

How have you all been? My life has been crazy lately and I missed lots of creations from my g¡crafty friends. After all the busy Summer, now we moved to another city and I still have boxes here and there. We are waiting for the internet connection to be installed and i'm being used to my new routine :)
But I'm happy, we moved to a city by the sea and I love our little cute flat :)

And now I have some stockings to share with you haha
I made this card to feature Avery Elle Stocking stamp set on the Avery Elle blog and I wanted a bright, colorful and fun card.



I hung all the stockings across the card and so I did with the sentiments, I hope you like it!
I used an embossing folder with my white background for more diension and black cardstock and black twine for a bigger contrast with the colorful stockings.



Thank you so much for stopping by, have a great day!! Big hugs!!

Supply list:

   

Guest on Diario de Navidad

Hi there!
I hope you're having a great week so far!

Just popping in to share some happy news! Today I'm a guest designer on Diario de Navidad, a blog event where different amazing designers share their Christmas creations with the main event of the process of some Christmas daily albums. Today is my turn and I have a special mate, the amazing Lorena Cantó, she always makes the most awesome cards!!
I'd love if you visit it, I'm sharing today 4 Christmas cards! I hope you like them!

Hola!
Hoy escribo también esta entrada en español ya que estoy de invitada en Diario de Navidad, un blog precioso donde distintas diseñadoras comparten sus creaciones navideñas, y que tiene como tema principal el proceso de creación de un Diario de Navidad por distintas artistas. Os recomiendo 100% que le echéis un vistazo a todas las entradas, está lleno de cosas increíbles. Es el segundo año que participo y me ha hecho mucha ilusión que Ana volviese a contar conmigo, así que le he puesto mucho cariño y hoy, que es mi turno, comparto 4 tarjetas navideñas. Además, tengo una compañera muy especial, la increíble Lorena Cantó, que siempre hace unas tarjetas que me dejan con la boca abierta.
Espero que os gusten!

Here are some sneak peaks / Aquí os dejo unas pequeñas muestras, por si os entra el gusanillo ;)

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Hugs!
Muchas gracias por pararte a visitarme, un abrazo!!

Fawny Holiday Week - Rudolph

Hi friends!!

Today starts this year's Fawny Holiday Week! Yay!! It's a week full of Holiday projects where we will be featuring all Lawn Fawn Christmas stamp sets so get ready for a lot inspiration, Christmas is just around the corner and it's time to start crafting! :)

Also, this week all the Lawnscaping DT girls are going to join us with her amazing projects so this one will be a very big Fawny Holiday week. I hope you enjoy it!

For my card I used a lot of different sets (listed below) to create a cute Winter scene with Rudolph as main character. For the festive background, I took some stars, dots and snowflakes from Trim the Tree and Frosties and stamped them randomly all over the kraft card base.
I painted the sky with paint daubbers (white and blue) and made the snow with white enamel accents and glitter snow (for the trees). If you have any questions just ask in the comment section or send me an email :)

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to visit the Lawn Fawn blog, it's full of inspiration!

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Into the Woods, Yeti Set Go, Frosties, Happy Everything, Trim the Tree
- Lawn Fawn papers: Peace Joy Love
- Lawn Cuts: Stitched journaling card
- Lawn Trimmings: Mistletoe
- Doodlebug sprinkles: Red
- Memento ink: Tuxedo Black, Toffee Crunch
- Versamark ink
- White embossing powder
- Enamel accents: white
- Copics
- Aleene's Glitter Snow

¡Feliz Navidad!

Hi friends!!
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!! I hope you are having a magical day with your loved ones!
Here in Spain, we celebrate Christmas Eve (we call it Nochebuena) having dinner with our families and then, Christmas: presents and more food!

So speaking of food I want to share with you a card featuring favorite's Santa's food: milk and cookies!! :)

We continue with Christmas celebrations until January 6th, when we have our traditional day of presents under the tree. The three Magic Kings from Orient, riding their three camels are who bring the presents!

If you don't celebrate Christmas, I hope you have an amazing day too! Thanks for visiting!

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Cozy Christmas
- October Afternoon papers: Holiday Style
- May Arts ribbon
- Copics
- Sizzix framelits circle and scalloped circle dies
- Fake snow and glitter

A pair of Christmas cards

Hi!
Just a quick post to share with youa pair of Christmas cards I've made with my Simon Says Stamps Holiday kit. It's full of goodies and I'm enjoying playing with it. It also includes a stamp set and guess my favorite image? The little reindeer, he's so cute!! :)

I hope you like them!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great weekend! I'll have a busy weekend for sure! I have still lots of things to do before Christmas and now it's really around the corner!!

I'm entering both cards on the Simon Says Stamp challenge, this time Simon Says... Merry Christmas!

Supply list:
- Simon Says Stamps Holiday kit
- Pearls
- Lawn Fawn lawn trimmings: Peppermint and Retro
- Copics

Lawnscaping challenge #47 - Color

Happy Monday!
You know what happens on second Mondays: a new Lawnscaping challenge! And today we have a fun one about color, you can only use red turquoise and red on your card. Of course, neutrals like black and white are ok :)

So I wanted to use Ornate Ornaments for this challenge, it's a lovely Christmas set that I hadn't used yet this year and here's what I made, a super sparkly Christmas card, I hope you like it!

First I stamped Magical Background on kraft and stamped and colored with copics my little ornaments on white, I added some stickles to my ornaments and more making a frame for the background. Some fussy cutting, glue and some touches with May Arts ribbon, baker's twine and copic colored pearls and it's done! I couldn't capture all the sparkle on the photo, but it's very pretty in person, here's a close look:

I LOVE this color combo and it's perfect for Christmas cards so I hope you join us this time! Our fabulous sponsor this time is my favorite online store, Simon Says Stamp! You can win a $25 coupon to spend on the store :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day :)

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Ornate Ornaments and Happy Everything
- Hero Arts stamps: Magical Background
- May Arts ribbon
- The Twinery twine: Caribbean
- Stickles: Star Dust and Xmas Red
- Copics
- Memento ink: Tuxedo Black and Toffee Crunch
- Neenah cardstock: Solar White and Desert Storm
- Pearls

Lawnscaping challenge #46: Tags

Hi!
It's time for a new Lawnscaping challenge! This time we're challenging you to make a tag. You can include it on your card, gift bag, or share it alone as I did! :)

I've created a pair of vintage Christmas tags:

I made the rosettes using a scalloped circle die and my scoring board, easy and pretty! Then I made some paper piecing and used distress ink on some pieces to give a vintage look. I also included a mini tag on each tag, I think it looks cute and the challenge is about tags, right? ;) Hope you like them!

I'd love that you join us! This challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn so that means that you can win a stamp set of your choice!

Thank you so much for your visit, have an amazing week! :)

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Making Frosty Friends
- Hero Arts stamps: Designer woodgrain
- October Afternoon papers: Holiday Style
- October Afternoon chipboard elements: Holiday Style
- Distress ink: Antique Linen and Iced Spruce
- Hero Arts mid-tone ink: Wet Cement
- Memento ink: Rich Cocoa
- May Arts ribbon
- Sizzix Framelits: Scalloped circle and star
- Papertrey Ink: Mini tags (Thank you so much, Esther! <3)

A very fawny holiday - Fa-La-La element stickers

Hello everyone! :)

Today is the last day of the special inspiration week at the Lawn Fawn blog: A very fawny holiday. There are tons of ideas on the different posts during the whole week, including some videos too! :)

I made this project really fast. I had the idea when I saw a cool whislist for the children that Latisha shared last year and everything went smoothly, ahhh I love when it happens that way!! So I've been playing with the Fa-La-La collection and I thought that this could be fun, a Christmas wishlist to hang on a wall where everybody can see it! ;)

My wall matches wonderfully with this collection lol!

Supply list:
- Lawn Fawn stamps: Belinda's Borders and Claire's ABCs
- Lawn Fawn Fa-La-La collection kit
- Lawn Fawn Fa-La-La element stickers
- Lawn Fawn Elf greenNarrators stickers
- Lawn trimmings: Peppermint
- Memento ink: Bamboo leaves