Welcome Back
I don’t know about you but I am hooked on Christmas stamps. Over the years I have collected LOADS, I seem unable to pass a snowflake stamp without buying it. As my recent tutorials have shown I’ve just got the hang of easel style of cards, and I thought I’d have a go at creating my own design of advent calendar. I’ve re-inforced the base and back of the easel with mat board to help it keep its strength for longer life and over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing the daily images I create for it.
Advent Calendar 2010; Day 1
After making a few pages I decided that I needed a box, to store the pages in, so I created a box to store them in. Having stamped the top of the box with holly stamps, my advent calendar looks kinda good resting on top of the box. Don’t you just love the timeless elegance of Anna Griffin stamps.
Advent Calendar 2010; Box to store additional pages/treats
You could make an extra box, if you wanted this to be the kind of advent calendar with a daily treat for someone. But I wanted to get back to a simpler time when the changing image was enough of a gift. Call me old-fashioned and all that. I admit I don’t have classical religious stamps on my advent calendar, but they are seasonal images and I much prefer this sort of design than the awful chocolate filled calendars themed to TV shows and movie characters! {Sorry bit of a soap box moment, I do try not to get ranty on here! I’d rather share inspiration than a winge fest. OOPS!}
Advent Calendar; Day 1
- Stamps Used; Rubber Stamp Tapestry; SH020024 Partridge in a Pear Tree
- Inks Used; Ranger Adirondack; Bottle, Cranberry, Pesto. Versafine; Onyx Black
- Paint; Adorondack Acrylic Dabber; Gold
- Cuttlebug Alphabet; Olivia
Download a tutorial to create an Advent Calendar
Would you like to make your own calendar like this? Here is a downloadable tutorial for how the base easel was constructed.
Billie’s Advent Calendar Project
Join me each day for the next page in the series. If you make one of these, I’d love to see your results.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 
Looks great Billie and you’re right, the box does make a lovely looking base for it!
Hi
Thanks
If you need any help with the box, tune in on Friday as there will be a gift box tutorial for the Desktop Easel Project. The same idea, scalled down is what I used on the advent calendar box.
Best wishes
Billie
Love the snow effect! I always do mine for the month of December and it will be coming along later today. We have enough of the real stuff outside to share with everyone in blog land! LOL
The calendar project is lovely and yes, I have to agree – Anna Griffin’s stamps never date. Must dig mine out…
Hi Lynn
Thanks for your visit
Just seen your snow pictures on your blog, see what you mean! Here in the south east there isn’t so much snow yet. Its around 5 cm at the moment but drifting to much deeper in places. Due more in the next couple of days. I’ll be staying in and crafting!
Would love to see your results if you have a go at the calendar. Bet yours will be amazing. I’ve used Glenda’s stamps later in the project too
The snow effect on the blog turned out to be a bit ironic, as there hadn’t been that much snow till overnight last night. I woke up to 5cm of snow and snow on the blog as well! hehehe
Best wishes, stay safe in the white stuff
Billie
Lovely Advent calendar Billie and many thanks for the download. I love Christmas stamps but haven’t yet managed to accumulate many, I will, I will
I think this is going to have to be a future project, yours looks so classy and the box makes a great base.
Here in Gloucestershire we haven’t had a huge amount of snow, touch wood, but it makes life difficult for us. To access our home we have to drive up a fairly steep farm track so driving the old transit van down wouldn’t be a problem but we wouldn’t be able to drive the half mile back home so we have had to do a lot of walking. I hate snow!!!!!!!! The best place for it is on the Christmas cards
Keep warm
Best wishes
Lynn x
Hi Lynn
How about recylcing images from the Christmas cards you recieve. I’m a terrible horder and hate to throw out nice cards. I’m hope to do a different version next year with recyled cards
luv n gloves
Billie
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] and will join me tomorrow for the next page. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]
[...] daily pages for a similar advent calendar. If you missed the tutorial at the start, here’s Part 1, which contained a download for how to create your calendar. Hope you like this project and will [...]