Hello Teacher Calendar Page

It's that time of year again as most everyone prepares to send their children or themselves back to school.  For our family there is none of that this year.  Our youngest son graduated last year and he's taking some time off before he begins college in the Spring.

 

Nevertheless I thought it would be fun to create a back to school project and play along in some challenges.  Remember a few years back when the CD case calendars were all the rage?  Well I decided to make an August page for one only to discover that I didn't quite have the correct CD case to display it in.  And now I'm on the hunt.  LOL

 

For my calendar page I used a scrap piece of paper and thought it would be fun to use the chibi pencil in such way that it looked like it was actually writing the letters.  The pencil is from the Chibi Kids as School Icons file from SVG Cutting Files.

 

The calendar I created in Excel.  The stamped sentiment is from the Hello Hello stamp set from Jaded Blossom.

 

And now I'm off to enter my calendar page in the following challenges:

 

Jaded Blossom - Back to School - Ends September 5th

 

SVG Cutting Files - Anything Goes - Ends August 14th

 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes - Ends August 14th

 

DL Art - August Linky Challenge - Ends August 31st

Hiding in My Craft Room - Super Scraps Saturday - Ends August 15th

2011 CD Calendar - November & December

Yeah!  I finally completed this project and must say that I love the way that it all turned out.  With all the wonderful cartridges that have come out over the last year or so there's no end to the possibilities of what can be created.  And yet for these last two months of November and December I chose to use the following cartridges and cuts:

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months

Designer's Calendar for turkey and leaves
A Child's Year for the silhouette of the girl creeping down the stairs
Christmas Noel for the window

Speaking of window, when I created the window I used acetate to place between the frame and the silhouette so as to give the illusion of a real window.

And since this completes the entire 2011 calendar year I thought I'd give you a shot of all the pages in one picture.

2011 CD Calendar - September & October

Yeah!  I am almost done with my current calendar project.  I just wish that our home remodeling was going as well.  It rained on us all weekend and because of that it left us in a holding pattern because we are at the point where we need to get the front door replaced but in order to do that we need to get the new deck built and even though we got the deck up we only managed to get four of the boards nailed down before the heaven's broke open.  Oh well, such is life and we'll get it done this evening I'm sure.  :o)

In the meantime though I was able to complete two more months of my calendar pages.  For these two I used:

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months
Graphically Speaking for the 'couple' reading the book
SYI for the tree
Punch for the leaves
A Child's Year for the trick or treaters
Mini Monsters for the fence which I also embossed with the script folder from cuttlebug and inked
Paper Dolls for the moon and stars

And I love the background papers I used for both of these but I am so sad because I'm almost out of them and can't find them anymore......

CD Calendar - July & August

Here are the next two months in my calendar "installment".

For these months I used:

Graphically Speaking for the flag & independence day

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months

Locker Talk for the school bus and bus stop

2011 CD Calendar - March through June

I was so elated that I was able to complete four months of my calendar project yesterday.  Especially since I wasn't sure I'd even be able to get two of them done.  We were finally at a point in our remodel where I could buy the sealant for our walls (we're leaving the wood au'natural) so that I could get them done.  So off to Home Depot I went and then returned home to spend a few hours "painting".  But I did it!

For these pages I used:

A Child's Year (March)

Pooh & Friends for clouds (March)

Sizzix dies (April)

Accent Essentials (May)

Sweethearts for flowers (May)

Christmas for the bear (June)

Life's a Beach for the chair (June)

Designer's Calendar for the tie (June)

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months

2011 CD Calendar Pages

I decided yesterday that it was time to begin working on some 2011 CD calendars because if I waited too long they just wouldn't get done.  (Kinda like what happened for 2010)  So I pulled up my old templates from 2009 and started to rework some of them to include the cartridges I've purchased since then.

By the time all was said and done I was only able to finish January and February for two calendars.

I used:

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months
Stand & Salute for the fireworks on Jan.
SYI for the wine glasses
Sweethearts for the girl on her scooter

Today I'm working on March and April and will be incorporating some of my Sizzix dies as well.  Not sure how far I'll get since I also have to get some "painting" done in our living room that we are in process of remodeling.

September through December

Whew - my 2009 calendar is now complete. And what fun I had designing and putting this together. Needless to say, I saved all my files for future re-makes. And I had an epiphany this morning too. When a month is over - don't throw the calendar page away - use it for a month themed layout. Viola! the calendar will now serve a dual purpose. How great is that?!?

For these pages I used the following carts:

Paper Pups

Stretch Your Imagination

Pooh and Friends

Graphically Speaking

Making the Grade

Zooballoo

I also used a leaf punch that came with one of my many kits last year.

Oh, after completing this project I came to another conclusion. While the 5 1/4" tall pages work great and fit in the case individually - they do not allow for the page holder to recline enough when all pages are lying in the tray with only one month displayed. So for my next calendar I think I'll scale back to a 5" tall page and see how that works. But then again I might decide what the heck and leave well enough alone.......

May through August

Last night I was able to complete the next four months of my calendar. I didn't like the way June was turning out and scrapped what I had to start all over again. Then I realized that I was trying too hard to make the month look "pretty" when what it needed was to look masculine. And thus I was able to get over my little slump and get through these months.

For these four months I used the following carts:

Happily Ever After

Making the Grade

Graphically Speaking

Paper Doll Dress Up

Zooballoo

Locker Talk

CD Calendar for 2009

This is a project inspired by one I saw on the Cricut message boards a couple weeks ago. And since Thursday was the last day of my vacation I decided to sit down and give it a try.

With everything else going on - family in town, all the kids out of school, etc., etc. - I was only able to get the first four months completed......

For this project I used a regular CD case (not the slimline). All pages are cut to 4 5/8" by 5 1/4". So far I have used the following cartridges:

Graphically Speaking

Pooh & Friends

Paper Pups

Making the Grade

Stretch Your Imagination

Mickey & Friends

Doodlecharms