12 Day Advent Pocket Calendar Pocket #10

Nov 15, 2009

Instruc­tions:

• Stamp image onto heavy weight white card­stock, ink on top of stamped image using Dis­tress Ink, lightly color image using jewel tone chalks.
• Place glossy accents onto the back of a Frag­ments Charm and attach to stamped image. Using Alco­hol Ink, ink the top of the Frag­ments Charm, accent the Frag­ments Charm with Dis­tress Stick­les, let dry. Once the Dis­tress Stick­les is dry apply a clear dry­ing adhe­sive to the edge of the Frag­ments Charm and apply Gold Ger­man Glass Glit­ter to the edge, let dry. Once dry tie a piece of green seam bind­ing on top.
• Cover the front top half of a Size 5 — 4 3/4″ x 2 3/8″ office tag with pat­terned paper, fold the end up to cre­ate a pocket, cover the folded part of the pocket with pat­terned paper, stitch around the tag to secure the pocket, dis­tress the edges, ink the edges using Col­or­Box Fluid Chalk Ink — Creamy Brown, apply Sil­ver Ger­man Glass Glit­ter ran­domly to the edges of the pocket.
• Attach a vin­tage but­ton to the top cen­ter of the tag, accent the tag using a Dres­den Bor­der, Gold Glit­tered Deer, Vin­tage Santa Sticker and the altered Frag­ments Charm
• Cut a piece of Kraft paper and cre­ate a strip to write one fun hol­i­day thing to do that day, fold in half and place inside the pocket.

The Green Seam Bind­ing and Vin­tage Santa Sticker are included in my “Hol­i­day Sweet Treats” packet.

Sup­plies Used: Tim Holtz idea-ology Frag­ments Charms, Gloss Accents, Heavy Weight White Card­stock, Archival Ink — Jet Black, Tim Holtz Dis­tress Inks - Tea Dye, Adiron­dack Alco­hol Ink — Latte, Tim Holtz Dis­tress Stick­les Peeled Paint — Fired Brick — Antique Linen, Reusable Non Stick Craft Sheet, Ink Blend­ing Tool, Peb­bles I kan’dee Chalks - Jewel Tones, Jenni Bowlin Old School Alpha Minis - Black, daisyd’s pat­terned paper,Vintage But­ton, Green Seam Bind­ing, Gold Deer, Sil­ver and Gold Ger­man Glass Glit­ter, Col­or­Box Fluid Chalk Ink — Creamy Brown, Gold Dres­den Bor­der, Vin­tage Santa Sticker, Foam Square

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