Ultra Unique Calendar

By: Margie Higuchi for Spellbinders

Love super fun paper craft ideas? Make an Ultra Unique Calendar from Spellbinders! Show your creativity and have fun.

Materials:

Spellbinders Grand Calibur
LF-190 Grand Labels Four
S4-092 Stars Five
S5-025 Labels Seventeen
S4-209 Tulips Pendants
S4-227 Pumpkin Nestabilities
S4-232 Blossom Two
S4-270 Fair Isle Pendants
S4-271 Nested Owl
S4-274 Nested Fish
S4-277 Nested Bats
S4-285 Nested Mittens
S4-286 2010 Snowflake Pendants
S4-296 Nested Hearts
S4-297 Nested Crowns and F-013 Jewel Tones Premium Craft Foils Assortment Dark Red, Dark Green, Silver
3M Post-it Black, Pastels and Brights Craft Paper
WorldWin Papers Mirror-Cast Cardstock
My Mind’s Eye Quite Contrary Collection and Lost & Found Ric Rac Trim
Fancy Pants My Family Collection
KasierCraft Peachy Keen Collection
The Robin’s Nest Fireworks Paper and Under The Sea Tear Drops
Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly and Snorkle Collection
Graphic45 On The Boardwalk Collection
Donna Salazar Weathered Winter Collection
Nikki Silvis Scrapbooker LLC Henry’s Brillance Collection and Burlap Buttons
Pink Paislee Twilight Collection
Creative Impressions Bits of Bling and Cork
SCRAPBOOK BY 3L EZ Runner and White 3D Foam Squares
Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry
Clearsnap Queue Inks
Orange and yellow cardstock
Pearls
Black rhinestone
Felt

Instructions:

I cut and embossed six chipboard shapes from the LF-190 Grand Labels Four #2 (the smallest size being #1) and then used it to cut/emboss 12 shapes in various patterned papers. This made it easy to line up and adhere to each chipboard back and front.
I used these various Spellbinders™ die templates to accent and embellish each month. There was a lot to use but with the Grand Calibur and its large plates, it was easy and FAST! This year, I used 14 die templates. Some of you might remember last year’s calendar/planner I made – that was 22 die templates and it took me TRIPLE the time (pre-Grand Calibur days) to create.
The calendar was found online after I did a search – there were many and in different sizes. I chose the 8.5 x 11” sheet of the full year. I cut and matted some with S5-025 Labels Seventeen #3 . Others I left as is and some, I cut a simple mat.
I sanded a couple of the die cuts to highlight the embossing. In addition, I took advantage of the stenciling capability (April calendar) that the die templates are known for. They are such a great value - there are multiple die templates in a set with each having a triple function (cut, emboss and stencil).