Wednesday, January 9, 2013

December 2013 already


December 2013 already
Featuring My Minds Eye - All is Bright Christmas collection

Today is my first post as a design team member for The Hens Den and I couldn't be more excited.  I am going to have a lot of fun working with these talented ladies.

This is my first project for The Hens Den and it is somewhat different from what I typically make; however, I thoroughly enjoyed working on a new and interesting project.  I have always wanted to create individual calendar pages to place on my desk and after seeing the kit I received from Charlie, knew it would be perfect for a December calendar page.  So, I took this opportunity to create just that for December 2013.  
I approached this project by starting with an off-white 8x8 square and inked the edges with Garden Green ink.  After cutting two 5x5 squares, one in red and one in green, I decided to embellish the red square as a gift box - to do this, I cut a 2.5 inch piece of red dotted paper and set it across the red square.  I then took the beautiful May Arts green ribbon and tied it around my box.  To finish it off, I placed a Tim Holtz's Christmas adornment on top.  
I found the mini calendar online and distressed it using the same ink and added three rhinestones under December 25th to give it a little more pizzazz.
After assembling the calendar, I felt something was missing and decided to use a doily that I found in my vintage scrapbooking stash and placed the "Joy" ribbon sticker on top.  I also added two separate designer papers from the 6x6 paper pack in the corners to give it a little more color.  After placing the three green rhinestones from the collection in the upper right corner, felt that my individual calendar page was complete.
I am really excited to finish up the rest of my 2013 calendars and will be sure to post them as I go along.  I'm trying to determine whether to do them on a monthly basis or go ahead and get them all done at one time.  I love this My Mind's Eye collection and can't wait to use it again.

Thanks for stopping by The Hens Den and I am excited to see you again soon.


Supplies:
Bazzill Green, Red and Off-White cardstock
Tim Holtz idea-ology Christmas Adornments
Garden Green ink



8 comments :

  1. Hey sis. I LOVE this calendar and I'm just so proud of you for being a member of The Hen Den. I personally can't wait to see the rest of your calendars. Love you

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  2. Wow this is an awesome idea!! Fantastic project! Love that bow..:)

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  3. Janet I LOVE this! I'm gonna totally lift this idea and make one of these for myself. :)

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  4. Cute calendar and great first project Janet. I love the bow too.

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  5. I love that bow too and the cute calendar. Great job.

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  6. Very nice first impressions.. Great job Janet!!! Welcome aboard!

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  7. Love this calendar page! And talk about getting off to an early start for next Christmas, WOW!

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