This is the latest edition to my 2019 Desktop Calendars. My goal is to work a year in advance, designing one calendar a month. I make eight sets and give them out as Christmas gifts to my friends and family.
The February page uses the Heart Happiness stamp set, centering around my favorite stamp … the striped heart.
To stamp the striped heart, I used Stampin’ Write Markers (Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, and Calypso Coral) to color the stripes directly onto the stamp. Then before I stamped, I used an Aqua Painter to lightly brush clear water over the stamp. When applying the water, I was careful to clean my brush between each color. Then, I stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock.
For the smaller heart, flower and month, I embossed with gold on Blushing Bride and Very Vanilla cardstock. Both hearts have coordinating framelits (Lots to Love Box Framelits and Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies) to cut them out, but I had to cut the flower out by hand. I also used the Lots to Love Box Framelits to cut out the Gold Foil banner.
I really love the Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. It is printed with gold foil and looks stunning with the gold embossing and accents.
For a little artistic touch, I added some Gold Mini Tinsel Trim. To secure it, I rolled Mini Glue Dots into logs and placed three in strategic places.
For the February label, I used a retired stamp set called Project Life Date It. I embossed it in gold on Very Vanilla Cardstock, and then punched it out with a Classic Label Punch.
I created a printable calendar page on My Memories Suite. To download the JPEG, click HERE. Print the JPEG on 8-1/2″ x 11″ Very Vanilla cardstock with the smallest margins possible for your printer. The days and numbers are colored Soft Suede (which looks beautiful with gold accents), so use a color printing setting. Each sheet will make 4 calendar layers. Trim each one down to 3″ x 5″ as follows:
Supplies used on my calendar page:
