Twelve Weeks of Christmas 2010

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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
cjbrasher@aol.com
www.TheSouthernStamper.com