Twelve Weeks of Christmas 2010 Wk Eight Christmas Cheer Advent Calendar the Southern Stamper

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Week Eight

Christmas Cheer Advent Calendar

By Carla Brasher

Supplies

(all supplies and product numbers are from Stampin’ Up!)

Paper:

Christmas Cheer Simply Scrappin Kit 117401

Jolly Holiday DSP (optional) 117159

*the sample uses a leftover piece of Jolly Holiday DSP but could use the Cherry

Cobbler DSP from the Simply Scrappin Kit

Punches and Dies:

Pennant Die 113483

(use with Big Shot and appropriate cutting pads)

Tasteful Trims Bigz XL Die 120893

Ornament XL Punch 119847

Top Note Die 113463

Designer Label Large Punch 119862

Ribbon and Embellishments:

Deck the Halls Big Designer Buttons 121002

Twill Tape (shown is retired but there is a 3/8” Twill Tape

available or substitute for another piece of ribbon to simulate tree trunk

Chantilly ½” Crochet Trim 118480

Very Vanilla 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon 119960

Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware 111325

Other Supplies:

8x10 piece of cardboard or chipboard (non-Stampin Up –

samples uses a piece of cardboard leftover from the packaging of some paper.

Snail Adhesive 104332

Stampin Dimensionals 104430

TomBow Multipurpose Liquid Glue 110755

Mini Glue Dots 103683

Magnet Dots (Non Stampin Up)

Bottle Caps (Non Stampin Up)

1” Clear Epoxy Circles (Non Stampin Up)

Frame (Non Stampin Up) with 8x10 opening – does not need glass

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler

DSP to 8x10.

2. Adhere this piece to the 8x10

piece of heavy cardboard or

chipboard using Tombow

Multipurpose Glue. This is the

“base” for the rest of the

picture. Sand the edges

lightly.

3. Cut a piece of Marina Mist Card

Stock using the Top Note Die using

the Big Shot.

4. Cut a piece of Designer Paper (Very

Vanilla with the Marina Mist

snowflakes). Trim the outer edge

following the dotted line using

scissors. Layer this piece onto the

Marina Mist Card Stock Top Note

piece using glue or snail adhesive.

5. Cut a piece of Marina Mist Card

Stock to 5 x 6-3/4.

6. Cut a piece of Designer Paper

(Striped pattern) to 4-3/4 x 6-1/2.

Layer this piece onto the Marina

Mist Card Stock piece from Step 5

using glue or snail adhesive.

7. Adhere the Top Note piece behind

the Rectangle piece. Turn the Top

Note piece vertically and the

Rectangle piece horizontally. Align

the Top Note piece so that one half

of it is showing.

8. Adhere the die cut sticker that spells

“hope” on top of the Top Note

overlapping on to the Rectangle

piece.

9. Adhere this entire piece to the

covered cardboard piece about

one-half inch from the top and left

side.

10. Cut a 2 x 3 piece of Cherry Cobbler

Card Stock and layer a die cut

sticker frame on top of it.

11. Adhere this piece onto the striped

designer paper. Align it ½” from

the top of the Marina Mist card

stock frame and 7/8” from the left

side of the Marina Mist card stock.

12. Punch an ornament from Marina

Mist card stock using the

Ornament punch. Adhere a strip of

a die cut border sticker across the

center of the punched ornament.

13. Glue a magnet on to the back of

the punched ornament and adhere

to the framed rectangle.

14. Tie a bow with the Crochet lace and adhere to the piece above the ornament

with a glue dot.

15. Cut a piece of Designer Paper

(Always Artichoke with Very Vanilla

polka dots) 4-1/2” x 4-1/2”. Fold this

piece in half and lay onto the small

triangle on the Pennant Die. Place

the open ends along the scalloped

edge. Place the top of the folded

side even with the top of the scallop

edge and run through the Big Shot.

16. Using Mini Glue Dots, adhere various

buttons on to the tree.

17. Adhere the Tree to the piece. Do not

adhere the bottom of the tree and

allow the tree to “bow out” so that it is

one half inch above the surface.

18. Fold a piece of Twill Tape in half and

adhere to the base piece under the

space open under the tree. Leave the

folded section loose.

19. Cut a large scalloped trim using

the Tasteful Trim die and the Big

Shot from Always Artichoke card

stock.

20. Run a stitch down the middle of

the trim piece if desired and

adhere it to the base piece

under the rectangle piece.

21. Punch a piece of the die cut

sticker that reads “countdown”

using the Designer Label punch

and adhere to the page behind a

piece of Hodgepodge Hardware

with brads attached.

22. Attach a bow made from the

1/8” Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

using a Mini Glue Dot to the top

of the Hardware.

23. Insert the entire piece into the

frame.

24. Attach a 1” Clear Epoxy Circle

to each of the 25 circle stickers

from the die cut sticker sheet.

Attach these to the inside of the

bottle caps.

25. Attach 25 magnets to the outside

of the frame to hold the bottle

caps. The magnet behind the

ornament will hold the “Days Left”

bottle cap.

I hope you enjoyed this free tutorial. It is Week 8 of a Twelve Week Series of Projects.

If you have any questions or need any additional information, including how to order

any of the products used, please does not hesitate to contact me!

Carla Brasher

[email protected]

www.TheSouthernStamper.com