Sunday 1 January 2023

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

What better way to start the new year than by blogging the January page of my 2023 desk calendar? I made one of these last year (it's a blank calendar from Paper Mill Direct), and this year decided to make life even easier by stamping directly on to the black calendar. For January, I picked a cute Penny Black image of two critters celebrating with glasses of bubbly (from the 'Cheering Critters' set), colouring the images with watercolour pencils.


Challenges for this calendar:

10 comments:

  1. easy but also daring :D stamping directly on the calender. You did a great job coloring the image also. Happy and creative 2023 to you.

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous start for your calendar Helen! the image is adorable and I love how you kept it very simple with the stamping only! Love this!! :-)

    Congratulations you have won the $25 voucher on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Please email us
    simonsayschallenge@hotmail.com

    Happy New Year!!
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  3. What a nifty idea? And you were so brave stamping directly onto the calendar. Thanks so much for joining us at Krafty Chicks Challenge this week.
    Diane - DT

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  4. This is awesome, so cute! Thank you for playing our challenge love this calendar, happy crafting!

    Leanne DT Member Krafty Chicks Challenge

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  5. This is so clever Helen! Congrats on your win at Simon Says Wednesday~

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  6. Absolutely adorable Helen, and so beautifully coloured. Congratulations on winning at Simon Says Wednesday!
    Pauline xx

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  7. I just ran across this cute calendar and thought how perfect it would be in The Paper à la Mode Challenge where the theme is "Let's Get Started" ~ AG following the theme but no cards! If you'd like to play along, you can find us here: https://theoutlawzchallenges-saturday.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-outlawz-saturday-paper-la-mode.html

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  8. What a cute image! Nice work...

    Thanks for playing along with our Challenge at Critter Crazy and good luck!

    Hugs and please come back soon!
    Doris
    Kleido’s BastelStüble
    *Owner* Do-Al(l) Kreatives
    *Owner*Critter Crazy Challenges
    *DT* Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

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  9. Hello Helen. This is adorable and a great idea! I came across your blog on SSS winner's page and this calendar caught my eye! Congratulations for the win. I am glad you love to play at challenges, but looks like you haven't shared your creativity at https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/ or my be you have. Just thought of sharing our little challenge with you if you'd like to play along.

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x