Calendar for 2013

I stopped by the Prima blog and saw the tutorial of Drew making a calendar out of a Mixed Media Journal Covers.  It's absolutely gorgeous!  I have no Journal covers so I made my calendar out of chipboard covered with card stock, a couple of jumbo eyelets and here is my version.    I made my version so that I can hang them up instead of setting on the desk. 

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Recipe:
Paper: Card stock: DCWV- The Linen Closet Stack, AC Pattern Paper - Amplified; Chipboard.
Ribbon: Stampin' Up - 1/2" Seam binding Crumb Cake; Simplicity Beaded Fringe
Flowers: Various silk and Prima Flowers; Wilton's Rose Petals
Misc.: adhesive, score tape, Stampin' Up - Jumbo eyelets, crop-a-dile.

Calendar Mini Album - Part Two

Here is part two of the Calendar Mini Album. I did not use my Cricut for this project. It was a challenge for me to use product I don't normally use in my scrapbooking - rub ons, journaling spots, stickers and chipboard pieces.

I just love the pom pom trim under the calendar. I used three different punches and added a rub on to each one.

I added the "Family" rub on and used the ticket corner punch, then cut around the top of "Family, and add a few red rhinestones to finish the page. I used pop up dots on this so that picture can slide behind this.

A couple of tags with rub ons, prima flowers and rhinestones in the middle for the June page.

This prima flower was already colored and I thought it went well with this page. I have it on top of the Decorative Label punch. Happiness is a rub on and I just cut around it then used pop up dots to layer it onto the Curly Label punch. Both of the punches are glued to the top of the Garden Trellis punch so that pictures can slide behind.

For July I used the decorative tape on the bottom of the tag punch, and rub ons on the other punches. The glittered square paper clip was part of one of the kits. I layered a striped ribbon on top of the velvet ribbons.

Page two for July I kind of went tag crazy and they are on layered on top of a border with the arch lattice punch behind. The sheer ribbon is from my stash.

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Recipe: (This is just a few of the supplies I used on this project. Most of the supplies came from the Scrapbook Heaven Monthly Kits - includes rub ons, buttons, ribbon, labels)

Paper: Scrapbook Heaven Kits, Cardstock - DCWV
Punches: Stampin' Up - Extra Large Decorative Punch, Curly Label, Large Tag punch, ticket corner punch, Extra Large Scallop punch; Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice punch, Garden Trellis punch,

Misc: adhesive, pop up dots, buttons, ribbon

Calendar Mini Album Part One

I had picked up a desk photo album and decided to turn it into a mini calendar album that will go onto my desk. The photo sleeves will hold a 4x6 photo with a little room at the top so that I do not have to punch holes in the pictures.


The paper is from Scrapbook Heaven Kits that was left over from other projects. I also used my punches to add interest to the pages along with various rub ons. I tried to keep the embellishments flat so that the pages would fit into the sleeves.


I have a hard time using rub ons and stickers on what I make. For this project I forced my self to use them on most if not all the pages. The flowers on this paper reminded me of snowflakes and here in Minnesota we get a lot of snow in January.

I used the curly label punch with a rub on and a chipboard piece to accent the back of the page. Both pieces are only glued at the bottom of the page so that the photo can slide behind them. I added a few red button to bring the red over from the prior page.

For February I had to used these little birds. They were part of a border strip that I cut apart. I added a journaling spot, the "love" rub on and was punched it with a circle punch.

I had some of these left over rhinestone flowers and they worked perfectly on the punched circle. The lace trim is glued on a piece of white cardstock and the edges are only attached to the pattern paper.

The journaling spot has a rub on it and don't you just love the mini prima flowers. I don't use enough of the flowers that come with the Scrapbook Heaven kits so I have a large stash of them . I find it hard to use them with the amount of guy pages I do.

"The sweetest things in life..." was a rub on I just added to a strip of cardstock. I added a small rub on to the blue punched paper.

This project was a challenge for me in many ways. I didn't use my Cricut on any of the pages and I used product I normaly don't use in my scrapbooking such as the rub one, journaling spots and stickers. Thanks for stopping by.

Recipe: (This is just a few of the supplies I used on this project. I will add more as I post each week).
Paper: Scrapbook Heaven Kits - includes rubons, buttons, ribbon, labels; Cardstock - DCWV
Punches: Stampin; Up - Extra Large Decorative Punch, Curley Label
Misc: adhesive, pop up dots, buttons.

March CD Calendar

Once again I used scrap paper for this project. I stopped by Michael's and picked up the mini bird punch for a $1. I used my 1" circle punch and punched the bird first then punched the circle to create the scallops.

The bird is cut with my Cricut and I have pop up dots behind the wings.

The bird is layered on top of a pop up dot, a button and another pop up dot to give it extra depth. The March circle only has a pop up dot behind it.

Recipe: Stamps: Elegant Flourishes by Autmn Leaves, Gelatins - Mar Ink: Black and Spanish Olive Punches: 1" Round, Mini Bird Punch Misc: pop up dots, glue

February's 8x8 Calendar Page

I was unable to post last night so here it is. The background paper is once again the Deluxe Luxury Stack. The stamp set is from Making Memories and was on sale at Archivers in their clearance section - I only paid $2 for it and there was 24 stamps in it.

Recipe: Paper: Black, Delux Luxury Stack Stamps: Love Foam Stamps from Making Memories Paint: Apricot Other: transparancy, corkboard letters.

Jewel Case Calendar

I forgot to post this earlier and just now realized I haven't posted the 8x8 calendar page either. I will have to do this one after work tonight. Hopefully I will be home at a reasonable time.

Once again the only thing used in this project that is not a left over from another project is the Black background. The black paper is cut 4 3/4" square, the pink paper is 4" square.

Recipe: Paper: Black, Luxuary Stack - pink, scraps of pink, tan and white cardstock Stamp: Close to My Heart - Doodle Alphabet Ink: pink Cricut: Fabulouts Finds Other: scrap of ribbon

CD Jewel Case Case Calendar

Here is January's CD Calendar. I enjoy doing these as they go quick. I make my calendars in Publisher depending on the size of the page I am doing that way I can have a custom size. I cut the black paper to 4 3/4" square, the blue paper to 4 1/2 square and the snowflake paper to 4" square. The book plate is cut from scraps of red, and the punched flower is from the same scrap. I stamped in blue in the month. The only paper on the CD Jewel Case Calendar's that is not scrap paper is the black paper, and I have used black for all twelve months.

Recipe: Paper: black, blue, red and snowflake paper scrap Ink: blue Cricut: Fabulous Finds Other: flower punch, brads, flower center, glue, pop up dots.

Brrr - January

I have changed the size of the monthly calendar for my DH. He wanted a smaller size so I am now going to do an 8x8 each month. I had purchased the 8x8 scrapbook page protectors just for this reason. My oldest son had given me The Rockstar Stack paper and I just had to use it for this layout. There is some really nice paper in that pack. The scroll work on this paper is only in one corner so I cut the paper to accommodate the scroll work. I wanted to cut around it and open it up so the picture would show through and to help hold the picture in place. The picture is one I had taken in December when we had a really heavy frost and is 4"x6".


Recipe: Paper: The Rockstar Stack, scraps of green and blue Stamps: Close to my Heart - Doodle Alphabet Cricut: Fabulous Finds Ink: blue, moonlight white Other: brads, glue 8x8 page protector, glue, calendar from Publisher

September Calender Page

I make a new calendar page every month for my husband to take to work. He hasn't decided on the picture yet, so for the time being it's blank.

September is the start of the Football season and he is a Colts Fan.

I just love my "Cricut". I have done several of the pages using the fonts.This one was the George and the Basic Shapes. The blue was the shadow font and the white is the regular letters. The page size depends on his space available. This one is 12" x 12" gray card stock and a 6" x 12" white card stock for the calendar. The Colt's horseshoe and football helmet are from Archivers.