SnC's Christmas Inspiration + Products Part #6

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Advent Calendars!!!

Advent (from the Latin word advenio, meaning “to come”, “the coming of Christ our saviour”) is a holy season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, also known outside the Church as the season of Christmas.

[from wikipedia.com, of course! LOL]

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and ends on December 24.

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Materials Required:

24 small matchboxes
One 12x12 sheet of Christmas themed patterned paper

( although off cuts of coordinating papers would work fine )
24 metal brads
Christmas themed Chipboard pieces
8 inches of coordinating 1 inch wide spotted ribbon
Rick Racks in coordinating colours to match
Two 4x4inch squares of thick chipboard or mountboard
Number rubons

( you can use stamps or any PP with numbers )
Acrylic paint to coordinate
Black doodling pen
Strong double sided tape
Wet Adhesive

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Instructions:

Using a strong double sided tape, adhere 3 match boxes one on top of another until you have 8 stacks in total – this gives 24 drawers – perfect for my advent themed project.

Use acrylic paint to cover all areas, including the inside of the drawers.

Cover 2 pieces piece of chipboard, measuring 4 x 4 inches, with patterned paper.
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Once the matchbox towers are dry, assemble the matchbox cabinet. ( tips: Best to sit the boxes in place and check they are in the right direction before adhereing to the base. Your matchbox towers need to sit as shown in the diagram below: )
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......They should look like this:

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Once you are happy with their position adhere all boxes in place to form the body of your cabinet. Alternating the direction in which the boxes sit on the chipboard base gives space for decorative paper, photographs or embellishments to be added to the project.
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Cover another 4x4 inch piece of chipboard with patterned paper and before finally adhering it into place, cut two lengths of ribbon 4inches long and tied them together to form a decorative knot.
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Adhere the lose ends underneath of the mount board using double sided tape and add additional embellishments added.

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Adhere this decorated chipboard piece to the top of the stacked match boxes to form a lid.

Use brads and ribbon to create "handles" by threading the brads through the Rick Rakcs before attaching to the "drawer" fronts.

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Use off cuts of paper to form drawer liners and doodle for added effect.

Apply rubons numbers to each drawer and use a fine line black pen to add doodled stitching.
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What great fun and practical! ... stay tune as our volunteers share their Christmas ideas and creations as we countdown the days to Christmas...

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Copyrights . 2007 Tracie Hudson

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