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Calendar
You can keep the calendar and enjoy it yourself or give as an enduring gift. Either way it will be enjoyed month after month. A calendar is such a useful gift and lasts a long time unlike handmade cards, which often get thrown away.
1. Cut out 2 sets of 13 – 4” square pieces of paper from the Bella Flor paper. 2. Adhere paper to coasters using matching papers for both sides of the calendar pages. 3. Punch holes in sides using a binding machine. 4. Using Letter stickers from set, apply 2008 to the front. 5. Stamp 12 Calendars on the white cardstock, cut out and adhere to the right side of each page.
January
Supplies: Directions: 1. Stamp tree from Camp Out stamp set three times on blue paper and color. 2. Stamp penguin from Mr. Penguin Stamp set on white paper and color. Cut out and adhere to blue paper. 3. Stamp six stars from Camp Out Stamp Set and color. Cut out the stars and adhere three stars around trees and three stars over calendar page.
February
Supplies: 1. Stamp Mouse on white paper, color, and cut out. 2. Tape the string on the back of the balloons with small pieces of tape and adhere to paper. 3. Tape the bottom of the strings to the paper. 4. Adhere mouse over string. 5. Apply Diamond glaze to the balloons. 6. Stamp deco design with purple hydrangea at the top of the calendar. 7. Adhere flower in between design. 8. Apply stickles to the center of the flower.
March
Supplies: 1. Stamp grass three times with Jungle Green and then three times with Bottle Green. 2. Stamp Frog from Me and My Shadow stamp set on scrap of white cardstock. 3. Color with watercolor pencils and blend with Dove pen. 4. Cut out and glue on papered coaster. 5. Stamp Dragonfly from Me and My Shadow stamp set on papered coaster and color with twinkling H2O’s in greens and blues. 6. Stamp fence post on papered coaster and color with brown watercolor pencil. 7. Stamp sunshine from Go Places Stamp Set in Yellow ink. Color with yellow watercolor pencil. 8. Stamp sunshine on scrap of white cardstock, cut out and adhere to papered coaster. 9. Paint with lemon drop and pink grapefruit twinkling H2O’s. 10. Stamp “smile” from go places stamp set with black ink on scrap of white cardstock. 11. Edge with Pearlescent beige and put a dot of black marker for nail on paper. 12. Adhere to fence. 13. Tie bow and attach with glue dot over March.
April
Supplies: 1. Stamp Noah’s Ark, elephants and lions on white card stock and color with pencils. Blend colors with Dove Pen. Cut out. 2. Adhere Noah’s Ark on papered coaster. 3. Stamp waves with Royal Blue Ink. 4. Stamp words above with black ink. 5. Adhere elephants and lions above April. 6. Apply liquid appliqué to lion’s mane. Heat with glue gun.
May
Supplies:
1. Stamp bird on white paper. 2. Color and blend with watercolor pencils and dove blender pen. 3. Cut out using scissors and X-Acto knife for the center. 4. Glue on to papered coaster. 5. Apply stickles to center of flowers. 6. Glue forever flowers over May and apply stickles to the centers.
June
Supplies: Directions: 1. Stamp words on vellum with noir black ink. 2. Tear down the one side of vellum. Set aside to dry. 3. Stamp swirls on top and bottom of papered coaster and on top of June as shown. 4. Color using Scarlet Lake Pencil. 5. Apply vellum with vellum tape over the flower on the right. 6. Adhere the ribbon over the vellum and across the papered coaster as shown. 7. Put the brad through the three flowers and adhere to the top of the calendar as shown.
July
Supplies:
1. Stamp four girls on white cardstock, color, blend and cut out. 2. Cut four green circles (the next to the smallest) with the Coluzzle. 3. Adhere the girls as shown in photo. 4. Stamp the words as shown in photo. 5. Make highlights on the hats with soufflé pens.
August
Supplies: 1. Stamp shell on white scrap. 2. Paint the shell with Twinkling H2O’s. Let Dry. 3. Cut out. 4. Punch corners of pink cardstock with corner punch. 5. Adhere pink paper to papered coaster. 6. Adhere shell to pink cardstock. 7. Apply crystal stickles to flower centers. 8. Adhere flowers over calendar. 9. Apply crystal stickles.
September
Supplies:
1. Stamp butterfly on white cardstock and the papered coaster. 2. Color butterfly on white cardstock and blend and cut out. 3. Color the edges of the butterfly on the papered coaster. 4. Glue the middle of the butterfly on the papered coaster. 5. Apply crystal stickles as accents on the butterfly. 6. Stamp the words over the calendar. 7. Adhere the flowers around the words as shown. 8. Apply the pink stickles in the middle of the flowers.
October
Supplies:
1. Color the smaller pumpkin with some grapes and swirls on the stamp using the black Tombow marker and then stamp on the papered coaster. 2. Using the Noir Black Hybrid Ink, stamp the small pumpkin on the Caravan paper and cut out. 3. Highlight the stamped pumpkin using the Prismacolor pencils. 4. Adhere the pumpkin to the coaster over the stamped pumpkin. 5. Stamp the leaf onto the Dragonfly paper, cut out and highlight with marine green Prismacolor pencil. 6. Adhere leaf over the stamped leaf on pumpkin. 7. Color the grapes using the Prismacolor pencils. 8. Add some extra swirls using the Tombow black marker. 9. Color the felt pumpkin with the 933 orange Tombow marker and then color the stem with 977 brown. 10. Add black details with the Zig marker. 11. Add swirls above the October calendar. 12. Stick the felt pumpkin on the right side of the calendar as shown in photo.
November
Supplies:
1. Stamp House on white cardstock, color and blend. 2. Adhere to Aqua paper and then to paper covered coaster. 3. Adhere the circle ribbon down the left side and the celebrate ribbon across the top of both coasters.
December Supplies: Flourishes Stamp Set (The Angel Company) Angel (Great Impressions) Scrap of White Cardstock Noir Black Hybrid Palette Inkpad Purple Hydrangea VersaMagic Chalk Inkpad
Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils
1. Stamp the flourish image three times on papered coaster with the Purple Hydrangea Chalk Ink. 2. Edge the coasters with the Purple Hydrangea Chalk Ink. 3. Stamp Angel on white cardstock and on papered coaster. 4. Color and blend angel on white cardstock. 5. Cut out angel with scissors and X-Acto knife. 6. Adhere angel on papered coaster. 7. Apply pink stickles to wreath on hair and ribbon on dress. 8. Apply golden rod stickles to horn. 9. Make bow from ribbon and adhere with glue dot over calendar. 1. Thread ribbons from the top hole down. 2. After about 4 ribbons are threaded through tie the first one in a double knot. 3. When all seven slots are threaded, tie the rest of the ribbons in double knots.
4. Trim
the ribbons at an angle. 5. You can stamp your dates in from the Calendar Stamp set, but I find that too tedious so I will write my numbers in. Set up your calendar and enjoy!
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