Countdown To Christmas with Spellbinders and Creative Embellishments
Christmas Countdowns are a a spin off of the age-old Advent Calendar tradition. They are a great way to build excitement and anticipation for Christmas day while taking a moment to celebrate everyday.
My particular take on the Christmas Countdown was created using Spellbinders Contour Pillow Box Steel Rule Die and chipboard countdown tags from Creative Embellishments.
My particular take on the Christmas Countdown was created using Spellbinders Contour Pillow Box Steel Rule Die and chipboard countdown tags from Creative Embellishments.
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My pillow box Christmas Countdown "Calendars" are being sent to my adult children who live out of state. They will be filled with cash, candy, scratch off lottery tickets, and "whatnots". This is my way of sending them a piece of of my heart in a fun way.
I have two children, so I needed to cut 50 pillow boxes in total.
The wonderful thing about the Pillow Box Die is that they are super quick to make, and because they are steel rule, they can cut multiple layers at one time which really helped in this large project.
Countdown to Christmas Chipboard Tags
The "Countdown to Christmas" chipboard tag sets are designed by Creative Embellishments. The sets are adorable numbered chipboard pieces to help countdown the days in December leading to Christmas, a different version of the Advent calendar.
I combined the Mitten Countdown Tags and Stocking Countdown Tags in my project. There are four different sets available and I am showing three of the designs below.
I combined the Mitten Countdown Tags and Stocking Countdown Tags in my project. There are four different sets available and I am showing three of the designs below.
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Chipboard Treatments
The chipboard tags were painted with a vanilla white acrylic paint (soft white but not quite cream). From there, I either left "as is", painted red or pink, added embossing, or inked with distress ink in Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain.
The chipboard tags were painted with a vanilla white acrylic paint (soft white but not quite cream). From there, I either left "as is", painted red or pink, added embossing, or inked with distress ink in Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain.
Wrapping the Boxes - Papers and Bows
I chose to have each pillow box be unique. While that may have involved a bit more work, I had much more fun planning, organizing and decorating each box.
The patterned papers are from Maja Design's Holiday in the Alps 12x12 collection. The collection is rich and full of fabulous holiday/winter images and patterned paper. Absolutely perfect for Christmas, winter and well into the year.
Some boxes are wrapped with paper strips and some have ripped muslin. I started off only using ripped muslin, liking the carefree frayed edges then I moved right into Christmas holiday fabrics. I just kept right on going...haaaa.
A quick way to gussy up the pillow boxes is by adding some more gorgeous Spellbinders products. I added snowflakes from Spellbinders -Small Die Club-November 19 and
Spellbinders Starry Forrest Dies designed by Sharyn Sowell.
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The boxes are topped with Spellbinders dies, baubles, floral berries, pine cones, ribbon, some traditional buttons and 3D buttons from Buttons Galore and More .
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Here are some other pillow boxes I created using Spellbinders Contour Pillow Box Steel Rule Die . You can see more details here.
Here's one last look at all the Christmas Countdown Pillow Boxes:
Happy Holiday and Merry Crafting. Thanks for stopping here.
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