Hello crafty friends! It’s Cheryl on the blog today with this fun DIY advent calendar (or mini photo album countdown…)
First of all, how cute is this collection? If you’re like me and do everything last minute and forgot to get an advent calendar this year, then this project might be for you! It’s super easy and fun to put together and would make such a lovely gift for a friend or loved one.
I decided to make a 12-day countdown, but you can just double the number of small boxes (or make two of these) to get 24. For the individual boxes I used 5.5 x 3 Inch patterned paper - I chose a variety of different patterns and all together they look so good inside the bigger box! On the 5.5 Inch side I scored at 0.5, 2.5, 3 and 5 Inches and on the 3 Inch side I scored at 0.5 and 2.5 Inches. This will create tiny 2x2x0.5 Inch boxes.
I used numbers from the Color Vibe alphabet sticker books to number each of the 12 boxes and used a variety of embellishments to decorate the boxes. This is optional, but I just love how it looks! I also kept my embellishments as flat as possible, because I wanted these mini boxes to sit nicely inside a bigger one. The size of the bigger one really depends on how many embellishments you layer on top of the smaller boxes - I’ve assembled it the same way as the smaller ones and all 12 boxes fit nicely inside the box stacked on top of each other. I machine stitched layering paper for the bigger box and added a fun embellishment cluster on it!
What you put inside these boxes it entirely up to you! Fill it with chocolate, candy, trinkets or perhaps even 2x2 photos! This would be a fun advent calendar but could also serve as a 12-day countdown mini album! I hope this inspired you to create something fun with Snow Pine Lodge for the Holiday season.
Cheryl
xoxo
Products used:
Snow Pine Lodge - Collection Kit
Snow Pine Lodge - 6x8 Pad
Snow Pine Lodge - 6x12 Chipboard
Snow Pine Lodge - Floral Bits & Pieces
Snow Pine Lodge - Bits & Pieces
Snow Pine Lodge - Foam Stickers
Snow Pine Lodge - Enamel Dots
Snow Pine Lodge - Decorative Brads
Color Vibe Alphabet Sticker Books
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