*Sorry...this post is rather picture heavy!*
It's become a kind of tradition, that every year I decorate some of the Papermill Shop's blank calendars to give as Christmas presents...this year, I made three...this is the one I gave to my Mum.
I kept each page very simple, mounting each one on to kraft card (cut to 6x4 so they can be recycled into cards once the calendar is finished), distressing the edges and adding faux stitching to unite all the different makes of papers, and brands of stamps used. I'll try to list the 'ingredients' under each month.
Image: 'Cat on the Moon' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Papa' (Fancy Pants)
Tools: 'Lacey Scalloped Circles'; 'Stars' Nestabilities
Image: 'Bunnies - In Love' (Lili of the Valley)
Papers: 'Adore' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Concentric Hearts' die (Cuttlebug)
Image: 'Pinky Joy' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Hello Luscious' (BasicGrey)
Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilites
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Brads: BasicGrey
Image: 'Spring Bunnies' (Hambo Digi Staamps)
Papers & Die Cut: 'Hippity Hoppity' (We R Memory Keepers)
Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilities; 'Wild Honey' Distress Ink
Image: from the 'Hugs' set (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Penny Lane' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Brad: BasicGrey
Image: 'In the Shed' (Lili of the Valley)
Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)
Image: 'Good Game' (Penny Black)
Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)
Ribbon: Hobbycraft
Image: 'Toot the Flute' (Penny Black)
Background Stamp: 'Music' (Hero Arts)
Paper: 'Wild Asparagus' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Old Paper' & 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Inks
Image: 'Clive Cockran' (Toodles & Binks)
Papers & Die Cuts: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)
Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities
Image: from the 'Be Very Scared' set (Penny Black)
Tools: Spider's Web folder (Tim Holtz); Sweets folder (Cuttlebug); 'Lacey Circles' Nestabilities
Image: 'Circus Act' (Whipper Snapper)
Papers: 'True' (Fancy Pants)
Tools: 'Stars' Nestabilities
Image: 'Welcome Party' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Countdown to Christmas' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: Tree Die (Marianne Designs)
See...I warned you there was a lot of photos! Don't worry...I'm not going to show you the other two...they're not the smae as this one...different images, and papers...but very similar.
Challenges for this calendar:
- Die Cut Dreams - Calendar
- Dutch Dare - My Favourite Things (Penny Black stamps, My Mind's Eye, BasicGrey & We R Memory Keepers papers, Nesties, distressing, faux stitching, embossing...just about everything! lol)
