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Keep track of birthdays, anniversaries and other special days with a calendar you can use and enjoy year after year. Make one to keep and another to give as a gift, while you’re at it - it’s sure to be a hit.
Movable Parts “Just Cats” die cut cat packs have a baker’s dozen, the perfect number for one cat per month with a pair of cats on any month you choose.
Don’t panic at the length of the supply list! You can use whatever stickers and embellishments you have on hand. Plus, with any sheets of stickers that you do buy especially for this project there will be plenty of leftovers for other projects. You’ll notice that many of the alphabet fonts repeat throughout the calendar.
Options:
Create a spiral bound year-long calendar with all or several of the cats on one main layout and a separate page below for each month.
Create a spiral bound year-long calendar with one cat per month or start with a purchased calendar blank that is ready to decorate.
Create single month “save the date” or “celebrate birthday month” calendars.
Supplies:
Movable Parts “Just Cats” die cut cats
Stanislaus Imports 5mm Cat’s Eye stickers - colors of choice
...(shown: Yellow, Green, Pale Blue, Gray)
Karen Foster Design Special Occasion Calendar Base
Karen Foster Design 4x4 Micro Bundle Calendar Kit
Cookbookin’ Appetizing Accents 3D stickers -
...Home Cooking
...Backyard Grilling
...Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen
Cookbookin’ Kitchen Classics shaped brads - Kettles and Rolling Pins
Sulyn Industries’ Style Beads Fashion Charms - “Princess Crown”
Karen Foster Design stickers -
...American Phrases
...Painted ABCs
...Baby ABC
...Alphabet 10476
...Baptism
...Love My Cat
...Halloween
...At The Circus
...Love 2 Cheer (green)
...Safari Font
...Birthday 10458
...Birthday Font
Karen Foster Design Biggie Brads - Citrus
Karen Foster Design Scrapper’s Floss - Yellow
...Frances Meyer, Inc. stickers - Daisies RFST 922
Making Memories Game Board Pieces - Star
Beacon PaperTac and Kids Choice glues
Assorted fibers (for March and December)
Instructions:
- Glue a square of patterned paper, centered, in the block at the top of each calendar page.
- Add a cat (or two) and embellish as shown or as desired. Spell out the name of the month using alphabet stickers, computer generated or hand lettered text.
- Design details:
Note that some of the stickers are placed at the sides or bottom of a calendar page and will need to be trimmed flush with the edge. Turn the page face down on a craft mat; use a craft knife to trim.
January - Overlap the pair of cats so they appear to be looking out at a snowfall. Use kitty footprint stickers as snowflakes.
February - If you don’t want the cat’s ears to stick out above the Princess Crown charm, trim them off before you glue it in place. Hide the hanging ring of the charm under a gem-studded brad or a bead.
March - March Madness is big around our house (basketball and more basketball). If you’re not sports-minded switch to a different theme like St. Patrick’s Day that goes with the green swirling “March” pattern background paper.
April - Add dimension to the button stickers and make them appear to be sewn on by using Scrapper’s Floss, doubled, in a chenille needle that has a big eye. Place the page on a mouse pad or craft foam to protect the rest of the pages and poke all holes before stitching.
May - The silk flower, held in place by a Biggie Brad, is the lumpiest element in the entire calendar. Attach the flower during the month of May, tuck it aside the rest of the time and the calendar will remain smooth and flat.
June - The yellow gold color in the patterned background paper matches the color in the small word stickers. The 3D milk carton pops forward to anchor the busy layout.
July - The 3D chef’s hat was cut from a sticker that has other elements. To camouflage the bottom section of the hat, it is necessary to add a small band of letter stickers to spell out a name. Conveniently, a three-letter word like “DAD” or “MOM” is the perfect fit. Mix up the lettering to spell out the word “JULY” and include at least one letter that matches the lettering used on the hatband.
August - Cut the cat’s paw as shown so it can hold the card stock star.
September - Cut away the top half of the paint box sticker and add a phrase sticker (Shown: “A Work of Art”). Cut the first letter sticker (the “S”) so the left side is curved to appear as if the cat is holding it in her paw.
October - Sprinkle candy corn stickers around the cat and at the bottom of the page. Because the word “October” is so strong in the patterned paper it is not necessary to spell out the month. The fence and pumpkins sticker occupies the space where the name of the month would have been. If you want the cat to be looking forward instead of a back view, use a white gel pen to draw whiskers on the other side of the face and add Cat’s Eye stickers so he is looking at you.
November - The bumper sticker and stars are from a sheet of stickers called “American Phrases” but the tag that says “A day to treasure with family and friends” came from one titled “Baptism” - there’s no rule that stickers have to come from the same sheet. The colors are a good match. Everything in the background is muted, but the foreground elements are bright and bold (the cat, the 3D turkey, and the name of the month).
December - A starburst of rolling pin brads surrounds and accents the cat. “DECEMBER” is spelled out around the cat’s bowl. Use glittery silver cord to match the rolling pins. Anchor the bottom of the page with a 3D sticker that shows cooking ingredients, but use 3D stickers of the already baked cookies and pie at the top nest to the cat. The base of the pie stand is even with the bottom edge of the background paper, but the cat’s paw and tail extend just a bit.
Resources:
www.Scorit.com
www.Cookbookin.com
www.Sulyn.com
www.Beaconadhesives.com
www.KarenFosterDesign.com
www.MakingMemories.com
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