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
