For Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge today, I decided to do my monthly 6" x 6" calendar page.
<== There is Beate's sketch . . . and here's my calendar:
Our wedding anniversary is in May, so that made me think of this adorable Tart of Hearts stamp by Karen Lockhart. I stamped the hearts onto my computer-generated calendar (more on that below) which was printed on Cryogen White shimmer cardstock and colored them with Copic markers, accented with pink Copic Spica glitter pen:
*Note: The greens here are softer and lighter in person -- my camera and lighting were giving me fits this morning! Copic colors used: R81, R85, YG01, YG25, Y21.
The calendar measures 3.75" x 2.5", is matted with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Rectangle cut from Prism Frosted Yellow cardstock, and is popped up on dimensionals. Pink ribbon is Stampin' Up's taffeta. The "May" alpha dot stickers were included in the 8x8 pack of Making Memories Garden Party paper I finally found at Target . . . I adored it when I first saw Michelle use it and was happy to finally find it!
I machine stitched the dotted paper to a 6-inch base of Prism Baby Pink, using a combination of straight and zig-zag stitches. Stampin' Up saffron brads finish off this page.
Since I finally figured out how to attach files in my posts, I'll share my Microsoft Excel file (below) of the rest of this year's calendars. I just changed the font color to pink when printing this month's.
For more inspiration on this week's sketch, check out the samples by these awesome bloggers: Beate, Cambria Turnbow, Charmaine Ikach, Jenn Balcer, Laurie Schmidlin, Lori Craig and MaryJo Albright.
I'll be back with something to share with you on Sunday . . . I hope you enjoy your weekend and play along with this sketch!
Download 2008_Calendars_6x6_SharonHarnist.xls
Oh how adorable, Sharon! I LOVE it! I hope you don't write on your calendars. . .I couldn't bear it! LOL
Posted by: Charmaine | April 25, 2008 at 09:00 AM
Adorable! Love the colors.
Posted by: Wendy | April 25, 2008 at 09:28 AM
what a beauty, Sharon. I love all of your calendars - they're just so. . . perfect!
Posted by: Jenn Balcer | April 25, 2008 at 09:29 AM
How pretty is this!! Love your calendar! And, I'm really impressed that you complete each month BEFORE it starts! Yeah, I downloaded a digi-scrap calendar desk top once. We looked at March until November..LOL! This is beautiful!
Posted by: Lori Craig | April 25, 2008 at 09:39 AM
Wow Sharon. Love the calendar....so bright and fun.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Posted by: mj albright | April 25, 2008 at 09:40 AM
I love this! The colors are so bright and fun---and the coloring---WOW!
Posted by: Kathleen | April 25, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Oh.... these are totally my colors. This is my favorite page you've done... well, okay, it's WITH all the other favs. LOVE it all Sharon! Have a super day!!
Posted by: Cambria Turnbow | April 25, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Sharon, I love this. Your coloring goes perfectly with the gorgeous paper. Love the stitching. Thanks for sharing your calendar pages!
Hugs and smiles
Posted by: beate | April 25, 2008 at 10:17 AM
What a beautiful springtime calendar. Thanks for the calendar to download too.
Posted by: Darlene | April 25, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Amazing! I really like the random stitching....first straight then a little zig-zag...very cool. Thanks for sharing! :)
Posted by: Debbie | April 25, 2008 at 01:24 PM
very cute, neat idea, Love the colors/papers!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | April 25, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Sharon, I love your calendar idea!! These soft colors are perfect for May...and that Tart of Hearts stamp is the sweetest!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Laurie
Posted by: Laurie Schmidlin | April 26, 2008 at 10:29 AM
This is just beautiful! I love your take on the sketch! TFS and have a great day! :)
Posted by: Jennifer Buck | April 26, 2008 at 03:36 PM
Your calendar page is so pretty! That Lockhart image is so sweet, and I love the colors!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | April 26, 2008 at 07:10 PM
This is super cute!!! So pretty. I just found some of that paper last week at the Target near me, it's been hard to find until then.
Posted by: Shari | April 26, 2008 at 09:03 PM
HOw adorable. Great idea. May snag it.
Posted by: Janean C. | April 27, 2008 at 06:17 AM
Oh I love this Sharon! I have this paper, too, and adore it! Love the heart tart! :)
Posted by: trudee | April 27, 2008 at 08:44 PM
I LOVE the softness and spring feel! Beautiful work, Sharon. Thank you for your calendar pages, it is very kind of you to share your work and I am grateful!
Posted by: Juanita | April 28, 2008 at 01:19 PM
I LOVE this calendar page! Sweet!
Posted by: Leslie Miller | May 02, 2008 at 12:51 AM
I'm a lurker coming out to thank you for the inspiration and the calendar download.
Thanks!
Posted by: Kathi R | May 04, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I just adore this Sharon! SUPER cute!
Posted by: Julia Stainton | May 08, 2008 at 12:59 PM