Christmas - Advent Calendar

For years I've been looking for a nice Advent Calendar for my kids.  I've always bought the ones I've seen in the craft stores that have a small piece of chocolate behind each little cardboard flap.  When I saw the new CTMH Advent Calendar Workshop I knew that was exactly what I needed!  These kits are easy to make.  The boxes are cut using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.

The Advent Calendar Workshop includes:
     1 – My Creations® Cubby
     1 – My Acrylix® Advent Calendar Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)
     15 – Cardstock Sheets (3 ea. of 5 kit-exclusive colors)
     1 – Bitty Sparkles
     2 – 12" × 6" Dimensional Elements In Color—Frames Sheets
     1 – Instructional Brochure
You supply black ink, stamp blocks, and adhesive.

The best part is, once I had the stamp set I was able to make another calendar with my own design. The My Creations® Cubby can be purchased separately.  For the second calendar I used Cranberry, Desert Sand, Olive and Smoothie cardstock as the draw bases.  Pear & Partridge paper was used for the drawer faces (2 1/4 inch squares, cut out notch).  The frames are a combination of round and square shapes.  The round frames are made using the 2 inch scallop punch.  The square frames use a shape (page 33) from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge (cut at 2 in).  The numbers are stamped on round (1 1/2 inch) or square (1 1/2 inch) Cashmere cardstock (from Pear & Partridge).

My drawers each contain a few Hershey kisses or a mini candy bar (think left-over Halloween candy) but you probably have many other creative ideas. (drawers are 2 1/2" x 2 1/2")