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 love that Lawn Fawn re-released the very popular Merry Christmouse Stamp and Die set for a limited time. I created a tag with this set last year and thought it would be fun with the re-release to create a card with a gift card holder inside for this holiday season. I paired the adorable mice images with the fireplace, log, and Santa letter from the Cozy Christmas Stamp Set.
I stamped the mice and cheese images from the Merry Christmouse Stamp and Die set and the fireplace, log, and Santa letter from the Cozy Christmas Stamp Set on kraft cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink. I colored in the images with Prismacolor Colored Pencils (check out THIS great deal on the 150 set of Prismacolors at Amazon!) and then die cut the the images with the coordinating Merry Christmouse Stamp and Die set and Cozy Christmas Dies. I colored a piece of kraft cardstock with the black Prismacolor pencils to look like the inside of the fireplace.
The background was die cut from kraft cardstock using a Small Dotted Rectangle Die. I stamped a greeting and small heart from the Merry Christmouse Stamp and Die set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white and red embossing powder. I assembled the scene with foam adhesive as shown with the adorable Santa Mouse hanging down from inside the chimney!
I die cut another layer for the front of the card from black cardstock using a Large Dotted Rectangle Die and then adhered both to the front of a top fold card base.
I die cut another layer for the inside of the card from kraft cardstock and then die cut slots for a gift card using a Simon Says Stamp Gift Card Slots Die.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this Christmouse scene gift card holder from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
G I V E A W A Y
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 2016 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!
