Clearly iStamp: How about a little desk calendar?

January 19, 2010

How about a little desk calendar?

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Hey friends, its Katie here to welcome you to another tutorial Tuesday. I hope you are having a great week so far. I can't believe we are on the other side of January already, but don't worry. Even if you are running a bit behind, there is still time to get things organized for yourself.

Today, I'm sharing a cute little desk calender for you to make either to give away or to keep. Once you have the basics, it will be super easy for you to adjust this to whatever dimensions you want for more decorating space or whatever. I kept it to on the smaller side.

I'm featuring these two stamp sets:

Coaster Calendar (I also used this for last week's tutorial)

Beautiful Butterflies

You will need 12 sheets of printer paper measuring 4" x 4 1/2". Stamp all sheets with the calendar stamp. You can choose to stamp all sheets with the 31 days and just use the extra numbers as places for extra notes or you can mask off the last numbers so they coordinate with each month.

I used a piece of scotch tape and this sort of masking is super easy and simple. If you are interested in a bit more detail in regards to the masking technique click --->HERE<---

Ink and then peel tape off and stamp.

Here are my calendar pages.

I wanted a way to remove each month without leaving a big ugly mess so I turned to my Scor Pal and my tracing tool. I measured in 1/2" and created my perforations - do this for all 12 pages.

On January's sheet, line up at the top of the Scor Pal and make marks every 1/2". These marks are where you'll punch your holes.

Next, you will need a piece of cardstock measuring 4" x 12" and score at 4 1/2", 6", 7 1/2"

Then fold so it looks like a " W " from the side.

Apply adhesive to what is the front of your calendar. This part isn't too terribly important since you can re-adjust your folds to create the calendar.

Apply each month going backwards.

Once your calendar pages are all put together, its time to punch holes.

Gather the top pieces of your " W" and punch through all layers...

Grab a piece of colored cardstock to create the top layer. Mine measured 4" x 1 /4". I used a SU! scallop border punch.

Just lay this piece over the piece that has already been punched and add your ribbon. I added a bit of interest with a stamped and cut out butterfly and added another image on the corner of each page.