Calendar project

My 8 x 8 calendar was a fun project, and maybe one I'm most proud of.  I was thrilled with the finished project.  This is picture heavy because I'm including a picture for each month.  I love that when creating a calendar you get a whole month to display and look at each page of the project!

The spiral calendar I started with (8x8) is from Archiver's, and all of the paper I used is from an Archiver's calendar kit.  It is an exceptionally cute stack of paper -- not what you expect when buying something in a kit or stack.  There are three sheets of paper for each month:  one cardstock and 2 DSP's.  One of the DSPs is glitter paper also.  If you ever want to make a calendar, check out the DCWV stack from Archiver's.  Every page I created with the exception of September was made with the paper from the kit.  I used other paper for September because I wanted create a custom page exclusive for our high school colors and mascot, since September is a football month which consumes our household that time of year! 

Just FYI, in case your interested, I have an extra calendar and paper kit, so I'm planning to post them on an Ebay auction tonight.  If you're interested in making your own calendar, search for "Archiver's calendar and paper kit".  My seller ID is "mkbh94il".  I'll start the auction at a very reasonable price, and will include a BIN price also. 

I used a few different Cricut carts.  For January the snowman from "Snow Friends".  But my real love for this page is the paper, as for many of the pages.  In addition to decorating the top half of the 8x8 calendar, I stamped and "dressed" the bottom half also.  I used  markers to write in the dates.

Love is always in the air during February, right?  I couldn't help but go traditional, especially since the paper in the kit was embossed and sparkly!
Umbrellas for March, and tulips for April.  I felt a little limited on what I could do as far as design, because I've only done two 8x8 albums, and all other layouts are 12x12.  As you can see, I wasn't extremely creative with my pages :)



 Spring is  full of dance competitions for us, so May gets a dance costume picture.  Again, the papers used are part of the calendar kit. I did add the flowers, buttons & ribbon .

Oops, now that I'm posting the June page, I remember I used SU DSP for June. The kit comes with wedding-ish paper.  We are "pool" people, so I wanted to make a layout where I could use a pic from family in the back yard. 
 July is most-likely my favorite page because I think the paper is fantastic.  Then again, I love paper.  I think most paper is fantasic.  I'm very eclectic when it comes to paper styles . . . I just love it all!

Another summer/pool page for August.  I can't get enough of summer! I often question why we still live in the Midwest!

As mentioned earlier, I used my own paper for September so I could make a football layout.  I like it so much, I need to make a 12x12 layout just like it! 

A simple October layout, but again, super cute paper in the kit. November, also great paper in the Archiver's DCWV kit, so I added some Cricut cuts and Stampin' Up ribbon. 

Finally, we're at December.  I guess there are 3 months that I used my own paper!  I wanted to use a front from the Christmas cards I made, but paper from the kit didn't match my stamped trees :)

So I hope my calendar gives you an idea for a project or inspires you to play with some paper soon!

Thanks for stopping in,
Kim

Sweetest daisy in the bunch

For this week’s Scrappy Saturday’s with the Bug Challenge, it’s “Spring with a twist of green”.  This photo has been displayed in our house since DD was only 3 1/2 years old, and she’s 13 now.  It’s always been one of my favorites, so I can’t believe I’ve waited this long to scrap it!  I love how dirty her chubby little hands are, wrapped around the sand bucket, and I remember how much fun she was having picking the daisies, just like it was yesterday!

Sweetest in the bunch is cut from Alphalicious, using SU’s Whisper White and Pixie Pink.  “Daisy” is cut from Walk in my Garden, using SU Summer Sun and Whisper White.  The daisies are from Don Juan, welded and flipped using Design Studio.  The stems are SU Gable Green.  The scallop layers behind each photo are from Hannah Montana, and the picket fence (4 welded sections) is from Songbird.  The silouette is from A Child's Year.  The DSPs are from Doodlebug, the background is “Flutterby” on the left,  “All a Flutter" on the right.  The ribbon and brads are Dear Lizzy “Lively”.

Love Is In The Air layout - right side added

Finally got the other side of this layout completed, and I'm really happy with how it came together.  Normally I have ideas in my head for both pages of a layout, but when I did the left side for the Scrappy Saturday challenge a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea what I was going to do with the other side.  So I procrastinated, but finally finished it off!

All cardstock is SU (Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, and Real Red). 

Cricut carts used:  Mickey and Friends, Summer Vacation, Mickey Font

This layout is my entry for this week's Scrappy Saturday's with the Bug Challenge.  It's Melissa and Amanda's second challenge, "Something Lovey". 

I'm currently working on Disney layouts from our January trip, and this picture of Minnie Mouse kissing our 15 year old DS seemed so fitting.  We were at the Beach Club Resort, at the Cape May Character Breakfast, which is one of our favorites. I used Design Studio and Hello Kitty Font cartridge to create the (Old Olive cardstock) page with the "xoxo" border on 2 sides.  The file I created has the "xoxo" around all of the edges, but when I went to use it for this layout, I decided to trim 2 sides off so more of the cute frogs would show from the background paper.

Frog DSP is K & Company.  Ribbon is SU also, then I added some rhinestones, a few pearls (for the dots on the I's), white gel pen, Stardust Gelly Roll pen, and lots of dazzling diamond stickles. How can you not love Dazzling Diamonds???  I'm a firm believer in dimensionals too, so the heart and matted photo are raised. 

Cricut carts used:  New Arrival, Alphalicious, Sweethearts, Hello Kitty Font, Don Juan