Today, I’m excited to show you a fun **diy** project: a festive Christmas Advent countdown from Lori Whitlock (SVG, Silhouette). You can also find Lori’s original assembly tutorial HERE. This Advent countdown forms a Christmas tree when assembled and includes 25 little boxes that you can add a small treat or toy inside. Join me as I demonstrate **how to make** this adorable Christmas Advent, it’s a wonderful addition to your **Christmas crafts** collection.
Happy crafting!
Holly Jo
This time, I had so much fun creating a really special pop-up box card featuring a sweet reindeer. It’s one of those projects that instantly makes you smile while crafting — and it’s absolutely perfect for Christmas.
Let’s be honest: nothing is more fun than receiving real mail during the holidays. A handmade card popping out of the envelope feels extra special and is such a lovely way to surprise your loved ones at Christmas. This pop-up box card stands up beautifully, making it a little gift all on its own.
You can purchase this card file individually, or as a bundle that includes three different card designs, directly from Lori’s shop:
To add a bit of extra magic, I gave my card a mini sparkle effect by cutting snowflakes from glitter cardstock. That subtle shimmer really brings the wintery feel to life and makes the card feel even more festive.
And of course, I used some cute and colorful design paper, and the sentiment is cut out of black vinyl
I hope this project inspires you to send some happy mail this season.
Lori’s shop is full of great Christmas card files.
Wishing everyone a beautiful and creative holiday season throughout December — enjoy the magic of Christmas crafting!
XO Tamara
Hi everybody, it’s Holly! Today, I’m excited to share a special Lori Whitlock file, “Ultimate XL Fold Flat Christmas Nativity Scene”. This DIY project provides a wonderful craft idea for the holiday season. It’s the perfect Christmas craft to make your holiday celebrations special. (SVG, Silhouette)
Hello everyone! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a super fun mini album that I made with one of Lori’s fabulous cutting files called Shaped Shadow Box Card Snowman (SVG, Silhouette). What a great little scrapbook for winter photos and a cute handmade Christmas gift idea!
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I love creating different projects, scrapbooks, and cards with Lori’s files. With the holiday just around the corner, they make amazing presents and home decor. I always set my projects out on my clear acrylic display stand. Lori is an amazing designer and I think these are little works of art!
Her Shaped Shadow Box Card Snowman file is absolutely adorable with its layered 3D winter scene. I will definitely be making this card soon but for today’s project, I used just his head.
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To make the album, I cut the cover out of white acrylic but you could use card stock instead. Then, I used black card stock and patterned papers from Doodlebug Design for the details. I added a few pop dots behind the holly berries and leaves for a little dimension and I think he’s the cutest!
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For the inside, I cut 4 snowman shaped pages out of white card stock, giving me 8 layouts to decorate.
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I covered the pages in pattern papers from Doodlebug’s Snow Much Fun Collection, then added lots of cute embellishments, flippies, and photo mats. On the page above, I used a 4″ and 3.5″ circle punch by Marvy Uchida to create my mat.
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The round snowman’s face allowed me to play with the shape and size of the
photo mats so I varied them for interest. Then, I filled in the extra space around them with die cut pieces.
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Speaking of die cuts … how cute are the little penguins above? I placed one underneath the mat so it looks like he’s peeking out from behind it! I made the mat with a 3″ scalloped circle punch and a 2.5″ circle punch.
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To see more pages of this mini, visit my blog. I hope my snowman shaped mini album and Lori’s adorable cutting file inspires you to create something wonderful this season. Happy wintertime and have a great day!
