4th Friendship Swap

So, we did our swap last Friday, and here are my calendar pages. I used Basic Grey's Curio papers, embellished with Prima vines and flowers, some muslin cloth, and a little bird die-cut using Tim Holtz's Caged Bird Die. The alphas for the month are from Jenni Bowlin Studio.

Here's a look at an individual page.

I tore out and distressed a "window" for the calendar which is printed and mounted on cardstock and inserted within this "window".

I then decorated the calendar page with the flowers and vines, and placed the die-cut bird at the bottom right of the "window" using pop-up dots. I stuck the month onto the bird's body.

And here's a look at the "buffet spread" of calendar pages (thanks Esther for the photo) - 24 designs in total, 24 pieces of each design, each lovingly crafted by 24 of us scrappers! So thank you ladies for your works of heART! The pages are lovely! :)

Materials I used:
Patterned Papers - Basic Grey Curio Collection - Camelia, Rose Water
Cardstocks - Bazzill Textured Cardstocks
Vines - Prima Marketing - Summer Carnation - Thistle, Melon, Lemon, Wisteria
Flowers - Prima Marketing - Mini Rose (in shades of blue and pink), Innoscence Collection (Wedding Gown), Athena Flowers (Powder Puff)
Alphas - Jenni Bowlin Studio - Reverse Tiny Alpha Cardstock Sticker - Black, Brown
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
Die - Tim Holtz Alterations Die - Caged Bird
Adhesives - Beacon's 3-In-1 Advanced Craft Glue, Kokuyo Dotliner, EK Success 3D-Dots
Others - Muslin Cloth, Cardboard

Happy New Year!

"Another year over, and a new one's just begun", to quote the late John Lennon. How time flies!

I just got back from a short vacation in Sydney, Australia, where we played with the kangaroos and koalas, and rode alongside dolphins and sharks! It was an amazing holiday, and we had a wonderful time - the weather was perfect, the food was great, and everyone had loads of fun all around!

Now I'm ready to get back to some serious scrapping! But first, here are some calendars I made as Christmas gifts for some wonderful people in my office. The concept for each is the same but I used a different set of papers for each calendar.

Using DCWV's La Creme Collection:

Using My Mind's Eye's Pretty Please Collection:

Using Collage Press' Camden Collection:

Using Basic Grey's Green At Heart Collection:

And for the guy in our department, using K & Company's Life's Journey Collection:

I used 7 Gypsies' metal gears for the cover here instead of flowers, for a more "man" look - haha.

So there you have it.

Thanks so much for dropping by, and a very Happy and Blessed 2011 to all of you!

Other materials used:
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Flowers - Prima Marketing
Gears - 7 Gypsies Steampunk Gears - Industrial, Gems
Alphas - American Crafts Thickers, Jenni Bowlin Studios
Adhesives - Beacon's 3-In-1 Advanced Craft Glue, Kokuyo Dotliner, EK Success 3D-Dots