Hello, and welcome to the December Stampin’ Up! Trip Achiever Blog Hop. We’re so glad you joined us. As a group, we’ve worked our Stampin’ Up! businesses enough to earn the Annual Incentive Trip. This is no small accomplishment; less than 1% of demonstrators worldwide achieve this. The stampers in this group come from different countries around the world. Be sure to visit all of the participating stampers to gain a host of crafting inspiration. Look for a list of hoppers at the end of this post.
The year 2024 is just around the corner! So that means it’s time to create some fun, handmade desktop calendars. I love to make these every year and give them as gifts. Today, I show you a version that includes a notepad. The layout follows the same principles as an easel card.
Petal Park 2024 Desktop Calendar
I love this project because you can use a variety of stamps, inks, and papers to create individualized calendars for your friends and family. Check back this week to see other themes I’ve created.
Here are a few basic directions:
Boho Blue card stock base measures 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2
Layer for the base of the calendar: Night of Navy card stock measuring 5 1/4 x 4, Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper measuring 5 x 3 3/4, Boho Blue measuring 3 1/2 x 3 1/2. Add notepad.
Calendar layer measurements: Night of Navy card stock measuring 5 1/4 x 4, Countryside Inn Designer Series Paper measuring 5 x 3 3/4, Boho Blue card stock measuring 3 1/2 x 2 3/4. Add calendar.
Created the flowers using Stampin’ Up!’s Petal Park stamp set and coordinating Petal Park Builder Punch with Night of Navy and Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads. The sentiment comes from the Easter Bunny stamp set. And, the label is die cut with Basic White card stock from the Countryside Corners Dies. Stamped with Night of Navy ink. Added pearls to the flowers.
Here’s another version using the Ink Botanicals Designer Series Paper, Petal Park stamp set, Petal Park Builder Punch, and the sentiment from Playing the Rain (heat embossed with white embossing powder).
Petal Park 2024 Desktop Calendar How To Video
Be sure to watch the video below to see and hear step-by-step directions for creating this fun calendar. Watch until the end to see other fun samples.
Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Kim
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Stampin’ Up!’s January-April 2023 Mini Catalog offers a great variety of brand-new bundles. Purchase a stamp set in conjunction with the coordinating dies or punch and receive a 10 percent discount. This is a great way to maximize your value.
Today, I feature a card using several brand-new products from this min catalog including the Something Fancy Bundle, the Regency Park 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper, and the coordinating Petal Park Builder Punch.
Please enjoy this free tutorial offering step-by-step instructions to make this thank you card.
PAPER – Night of Navy Cardstock (100867), Basic White Cardstock (159276), Regency Park 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (DSP) (160559)
INK – Night of Navy (147110)
OTHER – Petal Park Builder Punch (160576), Night of Navy 3/8” Bordered Ribbon (160581), Adhesive-Backed Milky Dots (160582), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Take Your Pick Tool (144107), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653)
Cutting & Scoring:
Night of Navy Cardstock — 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored at 4 ¼” and folded in half; scrap
Basic White Cardstock – 5 ¼” x 4”, scrap
DSP – 5 ¼” x 4” (Petal Pink dotted design), 4 ¾” x 3 ½” (Balmy Blue dotted design), punched Petal Pink and Balmy Blue flowers from DSP
Ribbon – 20”
Instructions:
Stamp the thank you sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set in Night of Navy ink on the scrap piece of Basic White. Die cut with image shown above. At the same time, die cut the larger nesting image from the Night of Navy scrap. Adhere the two pieces together.
Glue the 4 ¾” x 3 ½” DSP to the 5 ¼” x 4” DSP.
Wrap the Night of Navy 3/8” Bordered Ribbon around this piece and tie a bow, fashioning it toward the left-hand side of the card.
Adhere all to the Night of Navy base.
With Stamin’ Dimensionals, add the sentiment to the card front, straddling the ribbon, snuggling the left side near the bow.
Add the punched flowers to the top left and bottom right of the sentiment with Glue Dots as shown above.
Using the Take Your Pick Tool, add the Night of Navy and Petal Pink Adhesive-Backed Milky Dot gems to the flower centers.
Glue the white cardstock to the inside of the card.
Here are a couple of other versions of this same greeting card. I just love how changing the Designer Series Paper designs gives the card just a little different look.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I hope you’re inspired to create this handmade card. Click here to see a fun fold (z fold) card that uses the Regency Park Designer Series Paper and the coordinating Petal Park Builder Punch.
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