Calendar

By Spotlight

Make this as a gift or use it on your own desk at home.

Final Result

Materials

• Kaisercraft calendar
• 12” x 12” scrapbook paper (at least 4 designs)
• Bazzill cardstock to match papers
• paint to match papers
• epoxy sayings
• jenni B 3D embellishments
• vellum flowers
• paper flowers
• fabric flowers
• Kaisercraft fozz felt
• droplets & rain dots
• diamante buckle
• Kaisercraft rhinestones & pearls
• Kaisercraft rhinestone flowers
• Heidi Grace punchboard alphas
• alphabet stickers in various styles
• co-ordinating ribbons
• Francheville brads
• eyelets & eyelet setting tool
• Kaisercaft epoxy brads
• Kaisercraft coloured metal rings
• PVA glue
• double-sided tape
• paint brushes
• palette
• paper trimmer
• circle punch
• foam dots & squares
• scissors
• wire cutters
• sandpaper
• computer & printer

Step 1

For all pages
Lightly sand the edges of each page of the calendar. Paint the outer edges and each side of every page 3cm in from each edge. Let paint dry thoroughly.

Cut a piece of scrapbook paper 15cm x 17.5cm to fit each page.

To attach paper to pages, mix water with PVA, brush onto the back of paper and glue paper to calendar page 2cm down from top edge (edge with holes), centered on the page. Smooth out any bubbles and allow pages to dry.

January - pictured

Step 2

When dry stick a strip of double-sided tape across the bottom edge of each page slightly overlapping the bottom edge of the paper. Select a co-ordinating ribbon for each page, cut an 18cm length then working on one page at a time remove the paper backing from the double-sided tape and attach the length ribbon.

December, pictured (back side of January)

Step 3

Print out a calendar (there are many sites where a calendar can be downloaded for free) so that each month can be cut out separately. Cut out a tag shape slightly larger than the printed calendar month from the bazzill cardstock or the reverse side of the scrapbook papers for each page. Attach each month’s calendar using double-sided tape. Punch a hole in each and add an eyelet or a brad. Thread a short length of ribbon through the eyelets and tie in a knot.

February, pictured

Step 4

To create each page select the stickers for the name of the month (January will also need the year) and the embellishments to be included. Lay out the page including the calendar before sticking anything onto the page. When happy with the layout stick on the name of the month and attach the calendar using foam squares. Add 3D stickers and attach flowers using foam dots. Remove the backs of the epoxy brads using the wire cutters and attach using the large and/or small foam dots. Embellish pages using droplets, rhinestones and pearls.

November, pictured (back side of February)

Step 5

March

Step 6

October, pictured (back side of March)

Step 7

April

Step 8

September, pictured (back side of April)

Step 9

May

Step 10

August, pictured (back side of May)

Step 11

June

Step 12

July, pictured (back side of June)

Note

The calendar consists of six pages. As pictured above - July will be on the reverse side of June, August on May, September on April, October on March, November on February and December on January.

Handy Hint

If using double-sided scrapbook papers the other side is designed to co-ordinate with the print and can be used for the tag bases instead of the plain bazzill.