The Unique Advent Calendar You’ll Love Unboxing!

Are you looking for a unique art and craft advent calendar this Christmas season? Don’t look any further than the Simply Stated Design advent calendar!

Last year I was looking for a creative advent calendar to count down to Christmas and purchased one of these for the first time. I was amazed at how many goodies came in this advent calendar and how many projects I was able to create!

This year Simply Stated Design is partnering with me and sent me this box in advance to the official release so that I could share all of its secrets with you. So let’s get started and see what amazing treasures are in this year’s box!

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Who is Simply Stated Design?

Simply Stated Design is a Canadian company that designs and prints on demand all its papers and ephemera. I started using their designs in my art journal projects. Many of you have asked me where I get such stunning images.

Simply Stated Design has complete collections of gorgeous papers and ephemera that can be used for scrapbooking, card making, art journaling and junk journaling. I love the quality of these papers. Each month they release several unique collections. Having such a range of beautiful imagery keeps me inspired when working on new projects!

What’s Inside the Simply Stated Advent Calendar

I love the Simply Stated Advent Calendar because it comes in a large box full of so many paper goodies! Each bag is numbered so if you like having a surprise, the secret isn’t spoiled. Many of the items come in glassine bags, which can be reused for another project. These bags are lined with paper so that it doesn’t give away the surprise inside the bag.

There is a combination of projects, papers, and ephemera that come with this kit. The projects are detailed project instructions for cards and scrapbooking pages that can be made with this kit. If you’re new to crafts, scrapbooking or card making, this gives you a great place to start!

If you’re a mixed media lover like me, I tend to change up the projects to add a bit to add mixed media flair. But I do love having some new card ideas and fun scrapbooking layouts to record my Christmas memories.

Do You Like to be Surprised?

I’ve realized that there’s 2 types of people out there. The people who raid the advent calendar before Christmas because they want to see all the amazing goodies. There are also those who love to be surprised every day with a little gift leading up to the holidays.

I’m the latter. I love the anticipation and having new materials and projects to create everyday up to Christmas. It just makes the holiday more special for me. I’ll be sharing some projects with this kit over the next few months. As to not ruin the surprise for those who like to unbox the calendar slowly, I’ll be waiting to post those projects until December. Make sure to come back in December to see creative ideas using the products from this advent calendar!

How Much Do You Get in The Advent Calendar?

If you’re wondering how much value you’re getting from the kit, here’s a breakdown of the goodies inside! In this kit over the 25 days, you’ll be getting 16 sheets of designer paper and 2 sheets of white cardstock. It also comes with 2 frames, 3 borders, 158 ephemera pieces, and 9 extra large ephemera pieces. You will also get 6 project kits with all materials for each project and detailed instructions.

This is amazing value for the cost of the kit! Most advent calendars you are charged a premium for the products that come in the calendar. With Simply Stated Designs they give you a 30% discount off the cost of purchasing these products individually. Each advent calendar is a designed collection, which means that this is the only way to get this set of imagery!  

This is my second year using a Simply Stated Advent Calendar. They are such good quality and value for an advent calendar! It’s also a great way to support a small business who is making unique and beautiful designs.

Discount Code

If you want to purchase an advent kit from Simply Stated Designs, they have generously provided a discount code for you to use! For your first order from Simply Stated Designs, use nadine15 to get 15% off your first order!

Make sure to order before November 10, 2024, to ensure that you get it by December 1st!

Want to See the Full Unboxing?

If you’d still like to see the full unboxing, check out the video above. I unbox and show you every piece that you’ll be getting in this collection!

Looking for More Ideas?

If you’d like to see a few of my projects where I include Simply Stated Designs ephemera, check out the articles below:

• Texture Tips for Holiday Collage: https://hopalongstudio.com/texture-tips-for-your-holiday-collage-reflecting-on-the-season/
• How to Collage with Tissue Paper and Acetate: https://hopalongstudio.com/how-to-collage-with-tissue-paper-and-acetate/
• How to Create Vaseline Resist Techniques in Your Art Journal: https://hopalongstudio.com/how-to-create-vaseline-resist-techniques-in-your-art-journal/

If you’re looking for more Christmas techniques, check out these articles:

• Beautiful Tag Designs for Last Minute Gifts: https://hopalongstudio.com/in-a-rush-3-beautiful-holiday-tag-designs-for-last-minute-gifts/
• Easy Alcohol Ink Christmas Cards: https://hopalongstudio.com/easy-alcohol-ink-christmas-card/
• Gelli Printing Christmas Cards:  https://hopalongstudio.com/struggling-with-contrast-when-gelli-printing-heres-how-to-fix-it/

Make sure to come back in December where I’ll share some ideas of what you can use with these products to make beautiful and simple projects for the holiday season!