On the FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS …..

December 1, 2013
Posted by daadmin

HELLO EVERYONE and Welcome to the

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

with the Dusty Attic Design Team …..

On the first day of Christmas my true love created for me …. A truly amazing Advent Calender

done by Vicki Alberto

Something old, something new and definitely not blue? I made an advent calendar last year for a class I was teaching, thinking I was going to give it away as a gift. I knew it didn’t match my house style (a bit too rustic and blue), but it was perfect for the class. Well, I selfishly decided to keep it. So, I changed the numbers and took out the middle (since I had never glued it down permanently). I finished a Dusty Attic advent insert so it now matches my house a bit more. My Chrismas colours are burgundy, pink, white and gold.

Here is a closer look at the numbers (stacked new white ones on top of the old brown ones), the advent insert and even the brand new mini fence. The gold trees I found at Michaels. I finished the chipboard with gesso, gold glimmer mist, stickles, diamond dust and snow writer for dimension.

What did I do with the “old” middle of the calendar? I heavily distressed the edges, added some lace and glued it down onto a folded sheet of cardstock. This oversized card is 4×12 inches and features the Santa and reindeer chipboard as well as a mini word title. To see my the rustic version of this calendar, see last year’s post HERE.