Sugar Kissed Advent Calendar

Hello friends!

I created an advent calendar this year with our signature pink and red colors!

I started with a paper mache advent calendar that I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

I then took a silver paint pen to color the thin edges.

I tried paper, but the edges were too thin, but the paint pen was super quick and easy.

For the numbers I used this sheet of scrapbook paper. It's from Pink Paislee's Daily Junque line.

I cut them apart and colored in the numbers with pink and red copic markers.

Then it was time to cover my advent drawers.

So I cut and adhered paper to fit the front and used an emery board to file down and smooth out the edges of the paper.

I then took Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges to give it a vintage look.

Before inserting my drawers back into my calendar, I decided it needed more sparkle! So I took silver glitter glue and covered all the thin edges.

When I finished, I took a wide pink ribbon and tied a bow at the top of the calendar.

The hardest part of this project was finding enough small Christmas images!

It was a lot of fun! I added favorite holiday candy

 or chocolate to fill my calendar.

I cut small scraps of paper and used lots of stickers to fit the drawer size.



Make sure to come back tomorrow for number 4

 in our 12 days of Christmas tags!

It's also day 2 of Tim Holtz's Christmas tags and once again I decided to follow along and make one!
You can visit his blog here to see his tag and tutorial.

Wishing you a wonderful day, Lindsey