I’ve been looking at all the Advent Calendars that you see during the holiday season. I’ve been contemplating purchasing one for myself for a couple years and I finally did it! I purchased the Stampin’ Up! 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar.
I actually purchased it in October (or whenever they first came out with it)!
It felt like such an extravagance. It cost $99 which seems like a medium price tag for an adult Advent Calendar. I was looking at the Woobles Crochet Advent Calendar which was $175 and the Spellbinders one, which was $130. This seemed more reasonable.
Here is what I received back in October:
The Advent Calendar came with a double stamp set! I was really excited when I saw the stamp set. I love this imperfect, watercolor effect style of stamp sets. I love being able to randomly stamp these images and come up with beautiful cards so effortlessly. The sentiment stamp set included has sentiments that you will use all year long! I love this!
It took every ounce of self-control to wait until today (December 1) to open door one on the Advent Calendar itself!
This is what the calendar looked like when I opened it up. All different sizes of doors for the 12 days of goodies!
Spoiler: I reveal Day 1 below!!
The first day door revealed a set of dies to coordinate with the stamp set images! I LOVE this. Dies have become so expensive that it feels like a luxury when I purchase them. There were 7 dies included in the set. Some can be used with the stamp set, and some can be used without the stamp set. I love when Stampin’ Up! does this in a die set. It gives you so much more value for your money!
I’m estimating that the two stamp sets in the set would be valued around $18 each if they were sold separately. The dies might sell for around $20. So I’m estimating that I’ve already gotten $56 in value already!
Of course, I had to sit down and make something with the stamp set today. I’ve been waiting for weeks to play with it and today was the day!
I made a single layer card using a little masking to stamp a colorful strip of the florals and I added a journaling pen border and one of the sentiments. For sure I will need thank you cards after the holiday, so I used that fabulous sentiment!
I randomly stamped florals, leaves and so forth until I filled up the unmasked space. Once you remove the masking tape, it feels like a work of art! It’s one of my favorite ways to create a card.
I pulled out some scrap papers and went to work with a few of the dies in the kit.
I used some of the florals with the dies and several dies were used without any stamping. I layered everything together to create a birthday card. All from my scrap paper folder!
Video to make the Clean and Simple Card:
I made two of the clean and simple cards and one with the dies. It was quite a fun morning!
You can still purchase the Advent Calendar from Stampin’ Up! If you need other stamping supplies, you can go to my online shop at ShopWithKim.net!
Make sure you stop in tomorrow to see what is behind door #2!
Happy Crafting!
