My Ezy Press Advent Calendar

Hi there bloggers! It's been awhile since I've posted mostly because I've been busy doing demonstrations, therefore I've been busy creating for those plus my 2 girls have kept me on my toes a fair bit lately. My 14 month old daughter has totally left her crawling days behind her and is into everything!! Very cute but VERY mischievious :o) 

Hayfever has well and truly got hold of me this season and I've been trying oodles of natural and pharmaceutical remedies to try to ease it, some are working a little better than others but none have helped completely. If you have any hayfever remedies that work for you, I'd love to read about them so please leave a comment!

I have achieved one major craft goal this year (which I have been wanting to do for the last 2 years)! Hooray, I finally made my girls an Advent Calendar inpired by a couple of designs in Better Homes and Gardens magazine from the last 2 years' Christmas issues. It only took me three days to make on a base of MDF I had waiting for me to make a memo board with.  I have seen this in pinks, aqua blues and white which looks just beautiful.

I pretty much stick to traditional red, green, white, silver and gold at christmas at my house. I have been tempted to go aqua blue, white and purple but I never have any extra cash to splash about on a Christmas theme change, so traditional colours it stays! Anyway, I used Kaszazz Christmas and Merry Christmas (and a little Enchanted) range SB papers as well SB Essentials and Bazzill Basics card along with my Ezy Press and some cute bag and box dies. I also used the Frame #19 circle die, the Lace Border 2 in 1 Cut and Emboss Die and Numbers & Punctuation die. Punches used were the Super Circle, Jumbo Circle, Super Scalloped Circle, Jumbo Scalloped Circle, Small Snowflake and Super Reindeer.  Ribbons used were 1/8" silver edge, white grosgrain, white dots organdy and brown mini gingham. I used a few Rhinestone brads for the centres of the rosettes (on top of the little boxes) and on the bags to secure the ribbon handles. I put lollies, balloons and a little treasure like Christmas stickers, hairbands, hairclips or bracelets this year. Next year I will probably put something different in each bag or box.
If you have any questions about any of the products I have used on this project, just drop me an email or leave a comment on here. 


Off to finish stamping and embossing some candles I'm doing for my eldest daughters' daycarers.
Will take some pics and post on here when I finish them...

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