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Do you journal, art journal or keep a calendar? I enjoy all three and have done each at different times. I really liked the idea of starting with Mosaic Moments Calendar Pages and taking it to the pinked out, blinged up max.
Each day I added something that would symbolize that day. Sometimes it was a photo resized in Photoshop to 1.25" square or stamped a word, added a sticker, or an embellishment just for fun (as on the 3rd which was a Spa day for me at Creative Escape - the bling crown seemed appropriate!). I added the date numbers on the squares after I decided what to put in the square - I stamped the ones where there was room and left the others numberless. Stamping the numbers first would work as well.
I wanted my calendar pink and girly so I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Worn Lipstick and a Heidi Swapp butterfly mask.
I used a very old paintbrush as a stipple brush. You just tap into the ink and pounce it on your paper (like stenciling).
When you are happy with the color and coverage, peel off the mask and move it to the other side of the calendar page. (You could also use large punches for a mask, cut out a pattern from a patterned paper - like a large flourish, flower or bird or whatever creative idea you come up with!)
Repeat process on the other side.
Tami's Clearly Numbers Clear Stamps are the perfect size for the calendar. I used Heidi Swapp's new alphabet clear stamps for "september" because I love the font! Oh, and that black frame around the photo of my daughter on the 22nd is a Cornerstone - Art Deco. This is my all time favorite cornerstone that I use as a mini frame. I like to always have a few on hand.
So, what do you think? Questions? Join us in the comment section - please, don't just lurk! I want to hear what you are thinking!
Next week -
Mini Album Monday! Multiple sizes of grid paper, acrylic and overlays - oh, my!
There might even be ribbon and TULLE.
