12 Days of Crafting: Sneak Peeks!

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It Today’s Blog Post!—I’ve been finishing up my awesome 12 Days of Crafting Calendar 12-Project Tutorial and I want to give you a sneak peek! Have you seen this cool & unique crafting calendar? It’s an advent-style countdown with doors exposing different parts and pieces of a lovely collection of all-occasion products! When you purchase the Calendar, I’ll send you a FREE 12-Project Tutorial to kick-start your creativity with these awesome coordinated supplies!

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I’m finding that many have a misconception that this cool kit is filled with holiday-themed items, but that is not the case. Although it’s wrapped in a lovely “holiday” gift package, the contents are actually beautiful floral imagery and sentiments for all occasions! Get a glimpse of just a few of the projects I created for my 12 Days of Crafting 12 Projects Tutorial.

The beautiful holiday box opens up to give 12 days worth of “advent-style” surprise doors filled with coordinating products. Each day you get a little moment of inspiration and you’ll have tools and supplies to help you craft all year long. It also comes with a versatile coordinating stamp set.


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Here’s a little sneak peek from the 12 Days of Crafting 12 Projects Tutorial that I’m offering exclusively to customers who purchase the 12 Days of Crafting Calendar from me. Spoiler Alert: I’ll be talking about several products that come in the countdown Calendar!

I started by cutting down one of the Memories & More striped pattern cards down to 2″ wide strips, butting them next to each other across a Misty Moonlight card front, then trimming the end flush.

Next, I adhered a 3″ x 4-1/2″ piece of the 12 Days of Crafting DSP onto a 3-1/4″ x 4-3/4″ piece of Basic White cardstock, mounting it onto the card front with SEAL Adhesive.

I stored each side of a 2-1/4″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Basic White at the 1/8″ mark from the edge, creating a subtle frame look. I adhered the layer to the card front with SEAL after adding the floral collage detailed below.

I stamped the 12 Days flowers in stamped-off Misty Moonlight ink onto Basic White, then die-cut them with the included dies. I stamped the flower centers in Daffodil Delight onto Basic White cardstock, hand-cut them and attached them to the blooms with Glue Dots. I also stamped leaves with stamped-off Garden Green ink onto Basic White, hand-cutting those out.

I popped the flowers with Dimensionals, then tucked the leaves under them with Glue Dots. I finished by stamping some small flowers in Misty Moonlight around the blooms. Once it was all put together, that’s when I mounted the layer onto the card front.

I stamped a 12 Days sentiment in Misty Moonlight onto a 3-1/4″ x 1/2″ strip of Lemon Lolly cardstock, banner cutting the ends before popping it up with Dimensionals.

I finished by tying a bow with the included Misty Moonlight striped Baker’s Twine and attaching with a pinched Glue Dot.


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