Desktop Calendars

As 2012 is slowly coming to an end, I am currently working on some desktop calendars for 2013. Main ingredients are heavyweight A4 card (I am opting for at least 300gsm), calendar tabs, patterned paper, stamped and coloured in images and embellishments.

The cardstock is getting folded in half and scored horizontally half-way down the back of the calendar base. The top halves of the front and the back are then glued together, which gives the finished calendar stability and makes it possible to fold back the bottom section which is the mechanism that makes the calendar stand upright.

The desktop calendar  at the top features a mermaid image by Lili of the Valley and die-cuts created with a die by Joy! Crafts.

A few more examples:

 

These two desktop calendars are created using dog stamps by Art Impressions and Trimcraft papers from a Laura Ashley collection and a First Edition paper pad. The paper flowers are by Wild Orchid Crafts.

All images are coloured in using Spectrum Noir pens.

And One for the Boys ...

Not long ago I was so lucky to win the double CD-ROM 'Vintage Motors' by Kraftyhands in a Making Cards prize draw. And the images are just so useful for male cards.

Here is now a birthday card that I made by using the following elements:

* 15cm square card blank in ivory by Southfield
* Textured cardstock in black, brown and ochre
* White glass-smooth cardstock by Southfield for the printouts from the CD-ROM
* Tim Holtz washer border decorative strip die
* Tim Holtz Texture Fades diamond plate and riveted metal set
* Adhesive including large 3D foam squares by Dovecraft

I hope you like this vintage style card.

Celtic Delight in Mandarin and Peach

No, I am not starting to talk about deserts. But on this freezing cold and grey day I could not resist to use some really yummy colours for a Celtic card.

The card is designed around the Celtic Knot Set (CT190M) by Crafty Stamps.

I stamped the large Celtic Circle in black Memento ink, cut it out and coloured it in using ProMarkers in Soft Peach, Peach and Mandarin. For the stamped border I used the triangular stamp and always turned it by 180 degrees to create the border. This was an experiment, but the stamps are so well cut and so great to work with that the first attempt to create the border was already successful. I then coloured in the border using the same three ProMarker pens.

And here are the other elements, which I used for the card:

* 15cm square white card blank with linen texture from Southfield
* Black textured cardstock
* Core'dinations cardstock
* Glass-smooth white cardstock from Southfield
* Square and round Celtic dies by Tonic Studios
* Round nesting dies
* Adhesive pearls in 'charcoal' by Mark Richards (these are distributed by Woodware)
* Die-cutting machine
* Crop-a-dile corner rounder
* Adhesive
* Toolbox essentials