On Sunday I made another Matchbox Advent Calendar.  They take a while to make – a lot of cuts on the Big Shot and then all the assembling but they sure are fun and I really like how they are turning out.  Here is the second one I made:

This one uses some retired paper – Frosty Day Designer Series paper (item# 113057) – but the good news is that you can order this paper on the Clearance Rack which you can order on my website through the online store.  The stamp set is Mr. Twigster which is retired but another snowman set like the Snow Buddies hostess set would work just as well. 

And the Felt Flurries (item # 13697) – the felt snowflakes are also available in the Clearance Rack on my website too.

The main colors that I used for this one are Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Kiwi Kiss, and Tangerine Tango.  But you could use Old Olive in place of Kiwi Kiss and Pumpkin Pie for the Tangerine Tango.  In fact the ribbon I used was a retired Old Olive and retired Chocolate Chip twill ribbon but they match just fine even though the aren’t exactly the same colors.  The third ribbon is the Bashful Blue 1/4″ Grosgrain ribbon – which also comes in Old Olive and Chocolate Chip.

I used Rhinestone Brads in the center of the Felt Flurries.

The numbers are from Calendar Alphabet & Numbers set.  The numbers are stamped in Close to Cocoa ink and punched out with 1/2″ Circle punch.  Then backed with Close to Cocoa card stock with the 3/4″ Circle punch.

The snowman is stamped with Black StazOn ink and then colored with a Bashful Blue Stampin’ Write marker and then the blender pens and Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango ink.  Then I carefully cut out the snowmen and the trees and attached them with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This project works the best using the green bottle of Tombow multipurpose adhesive.  I used just a little to hold the boxes together.  You don’t necessarily need any on the drawers but I had a few flaps that kept coming back up so I’d just put a small dab where I needed it.

This box I worked more on lining up the stacks and used a little bit of glue to hold the backs and sides together so they wouldn’t sag in the middle – my first one had a little bit of that going on.

I have the DSP paper cut for my third one.  Then each of the boys will have one.  The nice part was that the drawers from the matchbox are big enough to hold most of the candy that is out there for the holidays.  I have another wooden advent calendar that I bought a couple of years ago but the drawers on it are so small I can’t find candy to fit inside.  These are a really nice size!

Thanks for stopping by today and for the nice comments about my Guest Designer opportunity with Create with Connie & Julie.  I have placed my pre-order for the Occasions Mini Catalog and for the Sale-A-Bration brochure – I can’t wait to get some of my new stuff to start creating.