Christmas Advent Calendar

This project will be in the 2012 Create:Holidays Idea Book by Northridge Publishing
to be released around October 2012.

I'm so excited to finally be able to show you this project!  Of all the projects I did for the "Be Splendid" release- for some reason this one came out exactly as I had it in my head, wasn't stressful at all, and came together in a day!  My layouts are another story- sometimes they'll sit on my desk for days un-glued before I decide they're the way I want them and finally get the courage to pull out the adhesive :)

This is a Christmas advent calendar that uses almost every die in the new release.  It was so much fun to put together each pocket, I love embellishments, and with these dies you can make your own.

(don't ask me what happened to #15- that's the beauty of sending projects

elsewhere to be used by the company you're designing for-

when you make your own, feel free to add a "15" to yours :)

I used a mecca of dies- the complete list can be found on the Lifestyle Crafts website today.

Here's a link to the post.

I used the Coin Envelope die for the pockets.

I recommend using a hot glue gun to glue the pockets to the beadboard.  This is just a piece of beadboard cut from a sheet from Lowe's or Home Depot.  I didn't even take the time to paint it-  it was already white.

The nice thing about the beadboard was it made it a breeze to evenly space the pockets.

Mr and Mrs Claus- so in love :)

The Lifestyle Crafts blog also has a list of what each pocket contains.

Each day is an activity to do with your family.

Patterned paper and solid cardstock: Stampin' Up!

Glittered cardstock: Doodlebug Sugar Coated Cardstock in Lily White

Ribbon, metal clips, and buttons- Stampin' Up!

-Tiffany