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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

My Xmas Advent Calendar.....

So this is the post that many of you have been waiting for....it all started with one little mini muffin tin, some paper, some magnets, some punches, some markers...and of course...some chocolate!!!! I had seen this done before a couple of times and wanted to try it out for myself. So this is how I made it...I cut large circles out of cardboard (using heavy material so it would stand up to lots of touching!!) I used the Big Shot to cut these out. Then I cut the same sized circle out of DSP that was Christmas themed and adhered it to the cardboard circles. I then used little magnets (2 per circle) and stuck them to the back with glue dots.
Then I placed each circle over the muffin tin hole. Now comes the fun part...time to embellish!
Using Christmas Themed Stamp Sets (all from Stampin Up) and Die Cuts for the Big Shot, and punches too...I got busy!!! I also used glitter, brads, paperclips & ribbon, as well as dimentionals to pop each embellished circle. Then I used the Big Shot once again to cut out letters to spell..."Days Till Christmas" and used my 2 Way Glue Pen to adhere them onto the top piece of cardstock and bottom piece of cardstock.

I punched tiny little snowflakes out and freehanded the numbers on them because I didn't want them too big, taking away from all the other goodies on the advent calendar.
So this is the finished product!!! Let me know what you think! All that is really left to do is tie a ribbon to the top to hang it (my neighbor is going to do that tonight for me) and fill with Choc-o-late!! YUM YUM!!! Hope you enjoyed!!!! I am offering this as a class in a couple of weeks if anyone is interested. Cost for the class will be $50.00. What a great way to celebrate the holiday season!!!
MWAH~

12 comments:

Helen said...

This is absolutely stunning, fabulous, awesome!!!!!! I like it a lot, can you tell?

Karen Howard said...

Wow, this is absolutely stunning!!! You did a fantastic job with all that detail. Love the patterned paper and embellishments. Thank you for sharing!

kathleenh said...

This is gorgeous! Great job!

Unknown said...

This is really. really stunning! I'm totally lovin' it. Great job and thanks so much for sharing it!

Wendy said...

Absolutely Amazing. Great Job

Dori Shelton said...

Holy Moly...how wonderful is this!! So fabulous and what a unique and fun idea. You, my dear, definitely deserve an "A" for ingenuity. Well done

Mel Hopes said...

What a great project. This is one of those times when I wished that I didn't have to work because then I would have time to do this kind of thing. I will be adding you to my favorites because this reall does inspire me!!!!

M

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

Wow!!!! Awesome job! It came out so great!!!
Maria

Cheryl Walker said...

I love this calendar you made!! Beautiful job hun!!!
hugs,
cheryl

Andrea Murdock said...

this is stunning...it should likely be sent to me toute suite!! oh and include the yummy copics I saw in the background too, just saying lolz!!!!! Love all your blogs!

Natalie said...

Super great idea!

Becky said...

This is just stunning..