I am kind of excited to show you what I came up with for this challenge. First of all, I fell in love with the idea of making beautiful desk calendars as gifts for friends last Christmas, then something happened and I never did. I bought the mini calendars from Papertrey Ink, along with the die for the calendar page and the Calendar Basics stamp set, of course. So this year I am ready to start again with new 2012 mini calendars and...today's post on Nichole's blog is a revisit to Calendar Basics! Yeah!! So between today's post and the MIM challenge from yesterday, I have the first page of my calendar project to show you. I guess I will work my way back from December to January.
All of these stamps are from PTI Bells and Boughs. I started with the larger poinsettia using my new Pure Poppy Ink. (Such rich, saturated color...I love it!) The next step for me was to use the smallest pine bough image around the edges of the card stock only. I used Ranger Shabby Shutters Ink. The next step was to apply the smaller poinsettia using Ranger Lady Bug Ink for variety of color. After working these in, I was ready to finish filling in with more of the pine bough image. The final step, was taking the cue from Nichole's video to use a little black accent to give some punch to the flowers. For this, I used the smaller berry cluster in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. As you can see, I embellished the calendar page with the smaller poinsettia and a few more pine boughs, stamped the month in black ink, distressed the edges of the calendar as well as the edges of the background page with PTI Chai Tea Dye Ink. After matting the mini-calendar with True Black Card Stock, I added a little liquid glue to the under sides of the tiny tabs that hold the calendar in place. The extra bulk of adding the mat caused them to stick out. The final detail should have been left off. I really like a little sparkle on everything I make, but in this case, using the Sakura Clear Star Pen actually dulled the black centers on the flowers instead of enhancing them. Live and Learn. At any rate, I am delighted to have the first page of my first calendar project completed. I will be interested to see how many other multi-stamp backgrounds I come up with before the calendar is finished!
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Thanks for stopping by!
Suzanne
Love your December calendar page. You did a great job on the background. Perfectly stamped.
ReplyDeleteLove your background creation AND the calendar page! What a cool idea to carry the stamping on to the calendar page too. I'd love to see the rest of your calendar when you get it done.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!!!! I hope we get to see the rest of the calender months. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteawesome job...love your calendar page
ReplyDeleteReally pretty, Suzanne. ;-) You're making me wish I had bought that stamp set! I really like the colors you used here, and the background stamping looks wonderful. Beautiful! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Lovely background and an even better idea! :) Super stuff!
ReplyDeleteWonderful page! I love the vibrant flowers. ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Suzanne! Love your calendar page, the poinsettias look absolutely wonderful!! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteI bought the mini calendars and the die too, so I better get down to it soon, mustn't I? Thanks for visiting me, I really appreciate it. {hugs}
This is gorgeous, a wonderful calendar page, so bright and jolly!
ReplyDeleteLove your calendar page! What a beautiful background. whoever gets it will be a lucky friend indeed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous December calendar page. I love the background you've created. :) Ann
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I love how you added little touches of the background to the actual calendar so it really feels a part.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful calendar page. The colors are so striking. Good luck on making the 2012 calendar pages this year.
ReplyDeleteReally fun gift idea, Suzanne! Love your pretty stamped background for December.
ReplyDeleteFirst time I've visited your blog and I will return! You were born to be a PTI gal. Your designs are just fabulous. Simple is the most difficult style to pull off, and you do it with aplomb.
ReplyDeleteOh, Suzanne, how gorgeous! I love how you mixed up the reds with subtle shade differences, and how you framed the month. It looks great matted in black. You are off to a great start--be sure to show us the rest of the months!
ReplyDeletelove your colors and chai edges. looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous, Suzanne! Love the layering and the sparkle! Now I'm kinda coveting this stamp set :) Thank you so much for the congrats on my blog. I truly appreciate it! Hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! It looks like a professional piece of patterned paper made into a calendar.
ReplyDeletePretty! Love the idea of making a calendar like this and those flowers from that set are so pretty! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHugs & happy day to you!
Wendy