Stamp Club December Project

Here’s what we did for Stamp Club in December.  I found the project on American Crafts’ website.  I used Stampin’ Up! yummy Designer Series papers, of course, and instead of using black cardstock, I used plain ‘ole posterboard, as I thought it was a little sturdier.  I printed out 12 calendars directly from the project and adhered them to each 6″ x 6″ piece of paper.  I tried to coordinate the papers to sort-of match each month.  Then we embellised each month as well.  It took quite a bit of time, especially since we only had 1 alphabet stamp set to share amongst everyone.  The stamp-a-majig is essential for making this project!

First you see the calendar front (with the vellum overlay with 2008 first).  In the graphic, you see a close up of each of the 12 months.  It would be very pretty with various ribbons tied to the rings, but then you couldn’t flip over each month very easily so I left them off.

The embelishment directions are below.  Each one was cut out or punched and applied with a Stampin’ Dimentional.  You may notice that some of the months were stamped in colors other than black.  But I think this was a mistake and so my club members stamped them all in black.  They look much better that way.

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January: Wintergreen DS paper.  Stamp “All Through the Year” snowflake in versamark ink onto Soft Sky cs.  Apply Heat & Stick powder and heat set, then apply Dazzling Diamonds and heat set briefly again.

February: Ginger Blossom DS paper.  Stamp “All Through the Year” heart in Rose Red ink onto Whisper White cs.

March: Old Olive DS paper.  Stamp “All Through the Year” sprig in Old Olive ink onto Whisper White cs.

April: Darling Doodles DS paper.  Stamp frog from “Unfrogettable” onto Whispser White cs and watercolor.

May: Bali Breeze DS paper.  Punch flowers out with Spring Boquet punch in Old Olive patterned paper, also from Bali Breeze.

June: Ginger Blossom DS paper.  Stamp “All Through the Year” butterly in White Stazon ink onto River Rock polka-dot from Ginger Blossom DS paper.

July: Outlaw DS paper.  Cut stars from Outlaw DS paper with Star Punch.

August: Bali Breeze DS paper.  Using Summer Sun and Close to Cocoa markers, stamp flower from “All Through the Year” onto Whisper White cs.

September: Darling Doodles paper.  Punch out star shape using opposite side of paper as shown.

October: Creepy Crawley DS paper.  Stamp cat from “Autumn Apparitions” with Basic Black craft ink onto Whisper White cs and emboss with clear ep.

November: Apple Cider DS paper.  Apply More Mustard ink to stamp from “Autumn Fest”, rock ‘n roll in Really Rust.  Using Spritzer Tool and Chocolate Chip marker, spritz directly onto stamp.  Stamp onto Very Vanilla cs.  Using Versamarker, emboss w/ clear ep.

December: Dashing DS paper.  Using tree from Merry & Bright set, stamp in black directly onto contrasting Dashing DS paper.