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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 🙂
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