12 Day Advent Pocket Calendar #4

Dec 4, 2009

We are get­ting so close to fin­ish­ing up our cal­en­dar. I might share a peak of how mine looks with all the tags together… still try­ing to decide… I might just make you wait. And make sure you check back tomor­row as I am going to have the instruc­tions on how I cre­ated this cute orna­ment. That snow­man makes me so happy. Thanks Debby for ask­ing me to par­tic­i­pate in your 12 Days of Home for the Holidays.

• 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 1 3/8″ x 2 3/4″ 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.
• Using a paint­brush apply Elmer’s No Run School Glue all over the top, gen­er­ously apply my Glis­ten­ing Snow Glit­ter mix­ture over the wet adhe­sive, tap off excess and let dry. Once dry attach a pearl to the cen­ter of the glit­tered flower.
• Accent the tag using the glit­tered Hydrangea 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 White Seam Bind­ing and Hydrangea are included in my “Hol­i­day Sweet Treats” packet. When you pur­chase a “Hol­i­day Sweet Treats” packet and my “Glis­ten­ing Snow Glit­ter” Mix­ture at the same time I include a few extra sur­prise embellishments.

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, Bro­ken China, Scat­tered Straw, 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, White Seam Bind­ing, Hydrangea Flower, Sil­ver and Gold Ger­man Glass Glit­ter, Col­or­Box Fluid Chalk Ink — Creamy Brown, Self Adhe­sive Pearl, Glis­ten­ing Snow Glitter

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