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My daughter Merley collects and loves anything to do with fairies hence the fairy themed Advent Calendar I made previously. Soon after I made that I also decided to make her an album to capture some of her favourite fairy ornaments and some lovely little fairy poems.

I loved making this album – it is decorated with one of my favourite Kaisercraft collections – Airy Fairy. The layered butterflies and fairies were cut out from the Sparkle paper so you will need at least three sheets of this paper, but I think they add that extra dimension to the album. I used one of each of the other three Airy Fairy papers.

The Lilac Ink Pad was used to ink around the edges of the MDF album. The castle door was drawn with a black drawing pen onto a spare piece of matching card and mounted behind the doorway.

Here is a list of the products used for this project:

• SB186 Fairy Castle Album
• Airy Fairy Paper Collection
• SB1167 Airy Fairy Brad set
• SB705 Lilac Rhinestone Embellishments
• SB708 Dark Green Rhinestone Embellishments
• M012 Blue Book Rings
• SB730 Wood Flourish Corners
• CS721 Flourishes Clear Stamp Set
• F607 Baby Pink Paper Flowers
• IP715 Lilac Ink Pad
• KG-021828 Kindyglitz Crystallina
• CL-01802 Crystal Lacquer Set
• A few odds and ends of ribbons

I’ve seen a couple of examples of the Kaisercraft Advent Calendar finished in a non-Christmas design. So, with a daughter who loves to collect anything to do with fairies, I decided to use the Advent Calendar to make a fairy themed trinket box with a difference especially for her.

I painted all the MDF parts in Blossom Kaisercolour Acrylic paint before sticking them together with wood glue.  I then gave the whole thing another two coats of paint to cover up any errant glue. I’ve used a single sheet of the Sparkle paper (P364) from the Airy Fairy collection layered over a piece of Wisteria coloured Bazzill cardstock in the centre of the calendar. I’ve then layered the largest three fairies to give a 3D effect and applied loads of rhinestones and a coat of Crystal Lacquer for some sparkle.

The drawers on the Kaisercraft Advent Calendar are made of chipboard (that is, extra thick cardboard). I used double sided tape to hold them together after folding them into shape. I could then simply remove the backing from the tape, rub a glue stick over any exposed bits of the chipboard and then stick the paper on the outside of the individual drawers. Each of the drawers is covered in strips of the Sparkle, Fantasy and Whimsey papers from the Airy Fairy collection and I’ve finished them with a few rhinestones and Airy Fairy Brads. I’ve also drawn on some “stitching” on the front of each of the drawers for extra effect.

My daughter uses the drawers to store her jewellery and “lucky stones” – it’s the perfect trinket box for her pink and lilac bedroom.