Counting down to when Santa comes can be a fun for little ones with a chest of numbered drawers full of surprises.

This non-traditional color schemed chest has 25 drawers that can be filled with treats, notes on an activity to do that day, etc. It is made with Karen Burniston’s newly released Slider Box die set and decorated with her Christmas themed dies.

I used 16 sheets of 12×12 inch sheets of 85lb. cardstock to construct the chest with brass brads as drawer pulls. Using a large box as a jig to glue the slider sleeves together I found worked best when also adding a 5×4 3/8 inch siding strip to each tower.(Gluing up the slider sleeves around a drawer also helps to make them more uniform in size and shape.)

Once the five towers of five drawers each are made they can be glued together. To hide the unevenness of the towers, I covered the The base is 4 5/8×12 1/4 inches. The top is 4 1/2×12 1/4 inches. I covered the sides and top with a Snowflake patterned vellum which was only 12 inches wide, so I used 1/2 inch strips of silver glitter paper on the edges of the top to hide the gaps. I used the same silver glitter paper to cover the drawers. Karen Burniston’s Mini Alphabet’s numbers are the perfect size to fit on the drawer fronts.

To create the snowy scene on top, I used four of Karen Burniston’s previously released die sets – Sleigh Pop-Up, Christmas Animals, Christmas Trees Pop Stand, and Gnome and Santa. I had to reverse the direction of the sleigh to make it work with the reindeer dies. The trees are assembled as usually, but with narrow strips of cardstock forming “U” shaped bases for the tree trunks to be glued onto. The reindeer are each made up of two die cuts that are glued together at their antlers and have the face colored on the front side only. the use the same “U” shaped bases as the trees.

I apologize for the wonkiness of the chest as it was my first attempt at constructing the towers of drawers. My suggestions to use a large box as a jig to shape the towers and a strong cardstock that does not absorb the glue as mine did may help you construct a chest that is more uniform.

Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Slider Box – 1227
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Alphabet and number – 1197
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Gnome and Santa – 1129
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Christmas Tree Pop Stand – 1064
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Christmas Animals – 1061
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Sleigh Pop-Up – 1021

Papers

• Recollections – Signature Especial 12×12 Foil Paper – Silver Glitter -220520
• Spellbinders -8.5×11″ sheets of 100lb. Cardstock – Waterfall – CS-017
• Stampin ‘Up – 12×12″ Specialty Vellum – Snowflakes
• Brazzill – 12×12 Cardstock -Coconut Swirl
• Pink, Black and Gold Cardstock Scraps

Pens, Crayons, Inks & Coatings

• Farber Castell – Pitt Artist Pen – Black India Ink – 199
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Silver -XPG#744
• American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver – 82212
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Salty Ocean

Miscellaneous

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Baker’s Twine
• Die Cutting machine
• Pokey tool
• Sponge Dauber