PBSC January - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something New')!

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Something New'
(New Year, New Baby, New Home, New Job, New Stash...)

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went with 'New Year', and my project for this challenge is a 2019 Penny Black calendar. I buy a few of the blank 'Create a Calendars' from Paper Mill Direct to decorate and give as Christmas presents each year, and this is the one I made for my Mum. They still have some available here if you fancy making yourself one. I used a variety of Penny Black stamps and papers from lots of different manufacturers...far too many to list, but I did manage to use up lots of snippets! Here's a look at each of the months:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge - S is for Stitching (my stitching is faux)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - New (New Year)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Year)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

2012 Calendar

*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)