WSC58: October Calendar

I think most of you know that I love making my monthly desk calendars . . . I've been sharing them for the past year now (see the 'Calendar photo album' in my blog's right sidebar).  So you can imagine my excitement Monday when I read about a wonderful project A Muse Artstamps put together to benefit  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  You can read all about their fundraiser on the A Muse blog here.  I'm always happy to help out a good cause, so I immediately downloaded a couple of the calendars and hope to share them with you over the next few months.   

I'm going to try and work ahead a little and make a 2009 calendar for a Christmas gift for my Mom, so hopefully I'll be able to share that with you as I complete each month.  In addition to the monthly calendar in the A Muse downloads, there's also a perpetual calendar included and I thought this would also make a great gift for grandparents, to help them remember everyone's birthdays.  I'll let you know how that project goes as well!

For my first 6" x 6" October calendar, I used Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge, turned upside down!  The calendar download I used here is the square format.

I stamped Karen Lockhart's IB Witch's Hat onto an Inchie Arts White Inchie Square and colored it with Copic markers & Spica glitter pens.  The Inchie Square gives great dimension, as it is approximately 1/16" thick -- hopefully you can see that in the photo below.  My final step in coloring the Inchie Square was to color the edges with black Copic marker so it would blend in with the black mat.  Then I stamped the Lockhart Witch's Broom onto Neenah Classic Cream cardstock and also colored with Copics.  I matted the two together onto black cardstock that I cut with ProvoCraft's zig-zag Paper Shaper scissors.

I laughed to myself that this would be the perfect sentiment, so I grabbed my JustRite Small Letter Set and small Harmony Rectangle Stamper and made it . . . "If the broom & hat fit . . ."   and got my chuckle for the day!

The A Muse calendar was printed onto Neenah Classic Cream cardstock and has some orange EK Success gems accenting it.  The printed calendar is about 4" square but I trimmed mine to about 3-3/4" and added the ribbon (from Taylored Expressions) looped to create tabs on the lower right side. 

Papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle's Frightful 8x8 tablet and brads are also from Taylored Expressions.  I hope you'll consider donating to A Muse's fundraiser and trying out these calendars!  Be sure to check out what my other fellow Friday challenge chicks came up with for this sketch:  Beate, Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Lori and Mary Jo will have something to knock your socks off, I'm sure!

A few notes of interest:

• Evidently Ellen Hutson's site decided to take some time off during last weekend's sale without telling anyone.  So if you experienced any problems, she's offering a make up sale date of this coming Monday, Sept. 22.  If you didn't receive the 15% off your total purchase coupon code in your August In Touch newsletter, let me know and I can help you out!  The discount is also good towards the Stamp of the Month packet which includes the Witch's Hat stamp I used above.
• Don't forgot to enter for your chance to win some JustRite product I'm giving away (two posts below this one), to celebrate all of you visiting here over 500,000 times!  You still have until Sunday night at midnight EST to enter.

Until then, have a wonderful weekend . . . I'll be back on Monday to announce the winner of my giveaway and hopefully have another Anna Wight/Whipper Snapper creation for you!

Comments

[Charmaine Ikach]

1.

THis is just adorable, Sharon! I LOVE the panel on top. . .perfect for your calendar! Have a great weekend!

[mj albright]

2.

Ahhhh, Yes! I love seeing your calendars:) They are always amazing....as is this one. Great job.
Enjoy your weekend.

[Lori Craig]

3.

Ah! I did have trouble with EH's site... Thanks for the 411 - Your calendar is adorable! Your mom will love a 2009 version - :) Hugs!

[Chris Mott]

4.

Absolutely adorable..and the saying...bwa ha ha....I know a few people this might fit...Lovin the calendar pages!

[Diane]

5.

Ooh what a wonderful calendar!!!

[Debbie Stelton]

6.

I love this calendar page great job and the sentiment is a crack up. I also think that this calendar download for a donation is an awesome thing. I ordered the A2 format but after seeing your project I will need to go back and make another donation and get the square calendar. TFS,

Debbie/Phx AZ

[Beate]

7.

Gorgeous calendar page, Sharon. Your coloring looks amazing! I love the paper and stamps you used.
Have a great weekend! Hugs and smiles

[Heidi Blankenship]

8.

Sharon, your October calender is Fun & Gorgeous! Love the Lockhart stamps and the sentiment...cracks me up! Beautiful job on your coloring. Hope you have a Fantastic weekend!

[Julia]

9.

Love the calendar!

[Carolina Buchting]

10.

What an adorable calendar and the saying is just too perfect!

[Jamie Wilcox]

11.

Oh, I love the idea of the calendars! I'm not familiar with how you display each month, but I'll have to read up in your blog. How neat!!

[Melissa R.]

12.

How fun is this calendar! I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.

[pegg]

13.

I LOVE seeing your calendars! I am so inspired to make some for gifts now. Yours are incredible works of art I don't know how you give these away! I guess your Mom appreciates them!! ;)

[Lynn]

14.

Thanks for the fun little laugh about the broom & hat!
Your calendar is incredible, I would love to be able to look at that for the month of October and longer!

[VickiF]

15.

Great calendar!!

[DeniseLynn]

16.

Ok I have to comment on this one ... How cute! I love the images and the phrase! Fitting for me after the crabby week I just had. Ha ha Ha! Love it -thanks for sharing your fun style with all of us.

[Jeni]

17.

The saying on this card is hilarious! what a charming card.

[Linda C.]

18.

Brilliant!! What a fabulous gift!

[Vicki]

19.

This is sooo cool!! What a fabulous way to dress up a Halloween calendar!! Love it!! TFS!! :)

[Kim Hupke]

20.

Love the saying on the calendar....LOL...very clever!

[bsktnstamp]

21.

Sharron, I am mostly a lurker but I am a big fan of your work!! Your calanders are awesome!! Thanks for sharing that link to Amuse, I just donated to this cause also!!!

[Conniecrafter]

22.

How fun, you won't want to put this one away at the end of the month!

[Kathy]

23.

I have been wanting to make calendars for gifts and you have inspired me

[Ashley]

24.

Very very pretty! Great take on the sketch!

[Susan (rainy)]

25.

LOVE your calendars, Sharon. This October one is adorable. What a perfect sentiment!

[Rose Ann]

26.

Your calendar is awesome, Sharon!! I love your pretty papers and fun images!! Great job using the sketch for this that special calendar too!!

[Connie Matteo]

27.

Sharon-
Love your calendar page-your posts are always an inspiration! Thanks for sharing-I'm sure you've inspired a lot of us to purchase the calendar for this important cause.

[Cindy Lyles]

28.

Oh this is adorable - and LOVE LOVE LOVE the ...if the hat and broom fit..!!!!!! LOL!!!!

[Shelly Koskinen]

29.

Your calendar is too cute!!!

[Shari]

30.

I love your calendar pages Sharon!

[Linda Duke]

31.

Absolutely adorable Sharon!!