Advent Calendar (Echo Park)

Hi Everyone - I have my first Christmas Post to share today! I know it is early, but November is only days away and if you wanted to make an Advent Calendar - now would be a good time to start.  I created this project as part of my month as Fresh Face Designer on the Echo Park blog. 

This fun project was a lot of work – but really worth it! The fabulous mix of colors in the collection make for a nostalgic feel and I am really excited about using this as a home for little treats during the Christmas countdown! 

Each drawer front is decorated with paper squares, stickers from the Element Stickers Sheet and a Brad. 

To create the centerpiece I have layered more stickers and made the little 3-d trees using symmetrical die-cuts I cut from the papers using Spellbinders. A chipboard “Merry Christmas” painted red completes the scene. I really wish you could see and touch this project in person - it was very hard to photograph and get a sense of dimension and I don’t feel the pictures do it justice!

There are heaps of this type of project available now and a little internet searching will give you plenty of guides to making your own too. 

This particular calendar was from Dusty Attic - an Australian company. To be perfectly candid - most of it came together beautifully, but the final assembly was very difficult - and I am not a novice at this type of project! 

I have another Advent Calendar to showcase next week - this week using the Silly Season Collection from Kaisercraft. 

Please post a comment if you have any questions. 

Lowri :-) 

I am linking up this project to these websites here.