It's October and Time for a New Calendar Spread!

   I've been participating in Kate Crane's monthly calendar challenge on her blog since discovering it in time to start January of this year. Anyone can start or participate at any time and if you only try it for one month, well, that counts! It's so much fun to look back and remember a bit of each day. Of course I'm planning on joining for next year too (hopefully Kate will host it again, but if not, I love the concept so much I'll do it on my own regardless). My first few months calendars can be seen on my photostream in Flickr.  You can see the finished March calendar and the rest of my pages on previous posts here on my blog.

  This is Sept. finished:

              
                        You can read about how I created the background on this post.


  And here is what I started for October:

 

  I used a cocktail napkin. Remove the layers of backing (there are usually two and they're white) and save them to use for added texture on a journal page. I glued the papers down with PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) and gently brayered over it to remove any air bubbles.

 

 

 

 



  The pages were finished with a foam stamp set by Magenta for the month and days of the week. I used a circle punch for the dates and sponged the edges with black ink. Jack-o-Lantern stickers were added on the lower left and a girl image from ARTchix Studio along with a raven image from a free download collage sheet from Retro Café Art  which you can still download for free by clicking on the link.

 Now I'm off to visit the other calendar entries and get some ideas and inspiration for future calendar spreads. Thank you for visiting and for your comments. I so apppreciate it!

       "The 3 C's in life: Choice, Chance, Change. You must make the choice, to take the chance, if you want anything in life to change."