2013 Calendar - Part 2

I have the second installment of the little Penny Black 'birthdays' calendar I made to show you today...the first three months and the info about the 'frame' are on this post if you want to look.

April:

Image - 'Gifts for You!'

Papers - 'Hopscotch' (BasicGrey)

 

May:

Image - 'Cat on the Moon'

Papers - 'Papa' (Fancy Pants Designs)

Dies - Nesties Circles & Stars

June:

Image - 'Dream a Dream'

Paper - Unknown (Heidi Grace)

Dies - 'Puffy Clouds' (Memory Box)

2012 Calendar

*Sorry...this post is rather picture heavy!*

It's become a kind of tradition, that every year I decorate some of the Papermill Shop's blank calendars to give as Christmas presents...this year, I made three...this is the one I gave to my Mum.

I kept each page very simple, mounting each one on to kraft card (cut to 6x4 so they can be recycled into cards once the calendar is finished), distressing the edges and adding faux stitching to unite all the different makes of papers, and brands of stamps used. I'll try to list the 'ingredients' under each month.

Image: 'Cat on the Moon' (Penny Black)

Papers: 'Papa' (Fancy Pants)

Tools: 'Lacey Scalloped Circles'; 'Stars' Nestabilities

Image: 'Bunnies - In Love' (Lili of the Valley)

Papers: 'Adore' (My Mind's Eye)

Tools: 'Concentric Hearts' die (Cuttlebug)

Image: 'Pinky Joy' (Penny Black)

Papers: 'Hello Luscious' (BasicGrey)

Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilites 

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brads: BasicGrey

Image: 'Spring Bunnies' (Hambo Digi Staamps)

Papers & Die Cut: 'Hippity Hoppity' (We R Memory Keepers)

Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilities; 'Wild Honey' Distress Ink

Image: from the 'Hugs' set (Penny Black)

Papers: 'Penny Lane' (My Mind's Eye)

Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brad: BasicGrey

Image: 'In the Shed' (Lili of the Valley)

Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)

Image: 'Good Game' (Penny Black)

Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)

Ribbon: Hobbycraft

Image: 'Toot the Flute' (Penny Black)

Background Stamp: 'Music' (Hero Arts)

Paper: 'Wild Asparagus' (My Mind's Eye)

Tools: 'Old Paper' & 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Inks

Image: 'Clive Cockran' (Toodles & Binks)

Papers & Die Cuts: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)

Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities

Image: from the 'Be Very Scared' set (Penny Black)

Tools: Spider's Web folder (Tim Holtz); Sweets folder (Cuttlebug); 'Lacey Circles' Nestabilities

Image: 'Circus Act' (Whipper Snapper)

Papers: 'True' (Fancy Pants)

Tools: 'Stars' Nestabilities

Image: 'Welcome Party' (Penny Black)

Papers: 'Countdown to Christmas' (My Mind's Eye)

Tools: Tree Die (Marianne Designs)

See...I warned you there was a lot of photos! Don't worry...I'm not going to show you the other two...they're not the smae as this one...different images, and papers...but very similar.

Challenges for this calendar:

• Die Cut Dreams - Calendar
• Dutch Dare - My Favourite Things (Penny Black stamps, My Mind's Eye, BasicGrey & We R Memory Keepers papers, Nesties, distressing, faux stitching, embossing...just about everything! lol)

Superstar Pringle

This the first card I've uploaded this week using patterned paper...I know...that's not like me at all! lol
I've used the sketch from the Sugarbowl Challenge...and included lots of the requested 'Stars'. There are stars on the papers ('Papa' by Fancy Pants Designs), and some stars cut using Nesties too. The image is 'Pringle', and the sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. It's a boy's card, so no extra embellishments...just a bit of inking around the edges.

2010 Calendar

I managed to sneak some photos of one of the Papermill Shop Calendars that I decorated as a Christmas gift...and as there are a lot of photos...I've turned them into a slideshow:

The images are mainly Penny Black stamps, but I did sneak in a couple of Whipper Snappers, a Whiff of Joy and a Forever Friends. The papers are a mixture of BasicGrey, My Mind's Eye, Fancy Pants Designs, K&Co and Daisy D's. The embellishments are a mixture of Poppicrafts flowers & ribbons, Woodware and Papermania buttons, Craftwork Cards card candy, and raffia lace in assorted colours from Hobbycraft. I used a few Cuttlebug folders: 'Swiss Dots', 'Tiny Bubbles', 'Moroccan Screen' and 'Victoria', the Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die, and a few different shaped Nesties.

Don't forget that there's still time to join in with the ABC Christmas Challenge blog hop...you can find the first stop here.

Nearly there!

Phew...after a weekend of furious crafting...I've nearly finished making my Christmas presents....just a couple more to do...then everything to wrap...eeek! I've made a couple of easel card calendars...which I'm going to enter into the Stampin' for the Weekend 'Calendar' challenge. For the first one I followed the Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge sketch. This one's for my Dad to keep on his desk...so I've gone for masculine colours with these Fancy Pants Designs papers ('Papa'), and a Whipper Snapper image called 'Balancing Act'. I embossed the circle with my Cuttlebug 'Spots & Dots' folder, the buttons & ribbon are from Poppicrafts, and the calendar tab is by Anita's.


The second calendar is for my Aunt...who has a bit of a thing for teddy bears...so I used three of the Penny Black 'Bear Blanks'. The papers on this one are by My Mind's Eye ('29th Street Market'), and all of the edges have been distressed. Once again the buttons & ribbon is from Poppicrafts, and I used the same Cuttlebug folder on the panel behind the bears. I'm entering this one into the Charisma Cardz 'Anything but Christmas!' challenge.


Must dash...so much more to do...but before I go...make sure you check out the brand new ABC Christmas Challenge blog...if you haven't already.

A Boy's Best Friend...

I've used another of the stamps I won in the Sugar Nellie Birthday goodie bag for this fortnight's Sugar Bowl Challenge...this one's called 'A Boy's Best Friend'. I've watercoloured him to match the 'Papa' papers by Fancy Pants Designs. I distressed all of the edges using my distressing tool and inks, and added some Papermania brads and some garden string. For the 'extra' challenge element of 'Zig-zags', I used a CutterBee Bug to make the holes for some zig-zag faux stitching around the edges of all the papers...which also have zig-zag patterns on them.

Thank you!

I made this card ages ago...well over a week ago...using one of the Sugar Nellie stamps I won ('Big bunch of love')...so of course I had to follow the Sugar Bowl Challenge sketch and make a 'Thank you' card. I watercoloured him to match the boyish colours of these 'True' papers (by Fancy Pants Designs). I embossed the green card (just seen) using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder, added a sentiment by Hero Arts (from the 'Anytime Messages' set), and a few buttons (from Poppicrafts).


I've been a bit of a bad blogger this past week or so...so I'm sorry if I haven't visited you recently...been a very busy bee with work, and it was my Nan's 90th birthday on Sunday, so I was away all weekend...and now I have a stinking cold...but I'm hoping to get some serious blog-hopping in this evening...so I'm looking forward to catching up with all of your fabulous creations...

Cluck Cluck Cluck!

This is my card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge...I had a bit of trouble finding a suitable image to use...I think I was being put off by the tall thin panel on the sketch...so I rotated the sketch to fit this fab chicken stamp ('Cluck Cluck Cluck!'). The papers are by Fancy Pants Designs ('True'), the sentiment stamp is from a little Studio G set, and the buttons are from Poppicrafts.

Birthday Hugs

I love the sketch for this fortnight's Sugar Bowl Challenge...really great for using up scraps of paper. I decided to make a boy's card...and used 'Dexter Bear' for the image. The papers are all Fancy Pants Design ('Papa')...and I doodled some faux-stithing around all of the edges...for the 'extra' element to the challenge. The sentiment is made up of two stamps - the 'Birthday' part is from the Woodware 'Circular Greetings' set, and the 'hugs' part is from the 'Hugs' set by Penny Black. As this is a boy's card, and there's already quite a lot going on with the patterned papers, I added only a simple star (cut using Nesties) for embellishment.

Celebration Chicken!

After a couple of days of no crafting...I just had to get my fingers inky...and have made a quick card. I followed Carol's Sketch Fun sketch for the layout, flipping it, as it suited my image better this way around. I used 'Celebration Chicken' (by Whipper Snapper) as my image...colouring him to match the Fancy Pants Designs papers ('True'). I added some buttons in place of the scalloped border, and the sentiment is from the 'Cupcakes' set by Hero Arts. I'm also entering this card for a few other challenges: Stamp Something's 'Winged Things' challenge; Everybody Art Challenge's 'Spots & Stripes' challenge; and the Pink Elephant's 'Animals' challenge.