I happened to be working on some calendar pages for a cool new desk calendar hanger I got (I'll share that a bit later today) and Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge came to the rescue for this layout!
This calendar page is 6" x 6" and fits into a scrapbook page protector. I stamped PaperTrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms in rose red, pomegranate, regal rose & artichoke on a strip of shimmer ivory cardstock, to resemble poinsettias. Then I scalloped the edges using a corner rounder and matted it with a strip of scalloped black cardstock.
Three poinsettias were stamped, cut out and stacked together using dimensionals. The centers of all the large poinsettias are glittered, of course! Here's a closeup for you, so you can see all the dimension:
Small flowers are Versamarked onto the artichoke background layer and 'Happy Holidays' from PT's Faux Ribbon set was stamped in metallic silver ink onto the rounded tab punch. Vintage silver brads attach the tab to the calendar and also black tabs to the edges of the poinsettia strip.
I made the calendar page myself in Excel, so I could print it in whatever color, font, size and onto whatever paper/cardstock I want. This one was printed onto the same shimmer vanilla cardstock as the poinsettias. It measures 3.75" x 2.50". I added a row of small Versamarked circles to the bottom of the rose red layer, to resemble dry embossing.
Stamps: PaperTrey Ink Beautiful Blooms & Faux Ribbon.
Paper: Stampin’ Up Black, Artichoke, Rose Red. Cutcardstock.com Poison Ivory Shimmer.
Ink: Stampin’ Up Classic Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pomegranate, Artichoke. Tsukineko Versamark & Encore Silver Metallic.
Accessories: EK Success Sm Corner Rounder. Stampin’ Up Silver Vintage Brads, Word Window & Round Tab Punches, Piercing Tool.
Be sure to check out Beate, Charmaine, Lori & Jenn's samples they created for the sketch, too, and then do some stamping this weekend using Beate's sketch!
Check back in a little later and I'll share that neat calendar (or scrapbook page) hanger I found and two more calendar months!
