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Shaker Christmas Advent Calendar Matchboxes | Tim Holtz Matchbox Bigz Dies Week 5


Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining me for week 5 of the advent matchbox calendar!! This week I really wanted to make something fun so I created these snow globe like shaker Match boxes, Let's jump right in!!


I ended up using the same White Heavy Stock as I did from the second week because I thought these would look really good with a white base. I won't go into the box building itself in this post as I talk about it and show it in week 1's post and video which you can find here. I am only going to focus on how I decorated this set of boxes. I pulled out some beautiful patter papers by Moda Scrap that I had in my stash and used some gesso and a flat brush to add some texture and tone down the colour of the pattern papers. I then trimmed down the pattern papers to fit all the sides of the boxes and adhered them down. I used a mixture of the craft pick and drill bits to create a whole large enough to put in my handle.


I used my Sidekick to cut out 3 of each number one out of white litter cardstock and twice out of regular white cardstock and layered them up to give the numbers a bit more dimension, I also die cut the scalloped frame to go around the dimensional dome. I used a piece of white thread to hand my snowflake adornment in the centre of the dome and added Mica Flakes, Rock Candy Glitter and Mini Star Confetti to the centre with my snowflake and adhered down the dome, I added the scalloped frame over top of the dome for a more finished look. I added on the numbers to the top right and brought in a few sparkling gems to finish the boxes off.


I hope I explained that well enough.. if not or you want a more in-depth look at how I created these boxes please check out the video below where I have a step by step tutorial, I also have a full supplies list below the video in case you would like to know exaclty what I used. Thank you so much for stopping by and I cannot wait to see you again soon!!

Supplies


Tim Holtz Matchbox Bigz Dies

https://shrsl.com/39ztp


Distress White Heavystock

https://shrsl.com/3aajj


Big shot die-cutting machine

https://shrsl.com/27qri


Small Binder clips

https://shrsl.com/39zub


Tim Holtz Glass media mat

https://shrsl.com/2crp9


Tim Holtz paper trimmer

https://shrsl.com/27qra


Tim Holtz Remnant Rub Tool

https://shrsl.com/3avwm


Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Pick

https://shrsl.com/31e9e


White Thread

https://shrsl.com/3avx7


Moda Scrap Pattern paper

https://shrsl.com/3bh34


Liquitex Gesso

https://shrsl.com/3bhqy


1/8 inch Scor-Tape

https://shrsl.com/39cv8


Bearly Art Glue

https://shrsl.com/31e98


Reverse Tweezers

https://shrsl.com/2m0sq


Tim Holtz mini snips

https://shrsl.com/38bca


Nuvo spoon

https://shrsl.com/2y1md


Studio Katia Embellishment Wand

https://shrsl.com/2ic42


Studio Katia Triangle Tray

https://shrsl.com/2ic44


Studio Katia Silver Sparkle Crystals

https://shrsl.com/3bh3i


Sizzix Sidekick

https://shrsl.com/3bh3c


White Glitter Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/3aakd


HammerMill Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/347h2


Distress Rock Candy

https://shrsl.com/37fur


Distress Mica Flakes

https://shrsl.com/32hgv


Prima Chantilly Metal Knobs

https://shrsl.com/39zu6


Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners

https://shrsl.com/39zu4


Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Mini Star Confetti

https://shrsl.com/36qnt


Tim Holtz SnowFlake Adornments

https://shrsl.com/3bh3d


Sizzix Dimensional Domes

https://shrsl.com/3bh3f


3/4 inch flat brush

https://shrsl.com/3bh3h


Faber- Castell collapsable watercolour bowl

https://shrsl.com/3bh3g


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