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Advent Calendar

I've been off this week, so have managed to make a few things. To start with, I have finished page one of the poppies stitch. Here is the update.



I also got a new sun moon mold, so decided to make a notebook. I started off by gluing a wire fence background, as well as the sun moon paper clay, some Tim Holtz ephemera, and other things from my stash, onto a notebook. Once dry i painted with black gesso, then used various Prima waxes until i was happy with what I had. I added a spoon head in a space I had purposefully left, mixing together art stones and snowflake paste and adding it to the spoon, before dripping a Lindy's spray on it. When that was dry i added a metal clock charm and a paper doll, and finally added some snipart stars that i coloured silver, and a Tim Holtz saying. 




Finally, I made an advent calendar. This was one from the Works. I started off by painting it black, then brown. I added some distress glitter glue along the tops of the drawers, to cover up the imperfections from cutting the excess paper off. I used Tim Holtz Christmas paper on the front of the drawers, then dug through my stash to find some appropriate ephemera. The numbers were coloured with gold wax, and the ephemera with a mix of Lindy's sprays and embossing powders. Once I had finished that, i added a Tim Holtz winter village dwelling that I had made, I used various cardstock for the dwelling, and also used some acetate coated in distress glitter for the icicles. To finish, i added some snowflake snipart that i coated with gold wax, and a bell jar ornament with some holly berries in it. 







If you have got a village dwelling die, don't hesitate to get the rooftops one as well. It makes a hell of a difference to the overall piece. I've got quite a few of the village dwelling dies, so now i know i can put them together i a going to work on a few more. This coming week though i am going to concentrate on jewellery making.

Until next time
Ems

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