I am however keeping up with the 2012 366 Calendar Challenge hosted by Kate Crane on The Kathryn Wheel. The idea is to create a monthly calendar spread with a small space to record something each day. I fell in love with her colorful spreads I'd seen in a Somerset Studio issue ( I think the Nov./Dec. 2011 one) and thought it was such a great idea! I've chosen to add my months for this year in an ongoing art journal. I already love looking back on Jan. and Feb. to read what I had written. Once in awhile a day may get away from me and that's ok-I just add a bit of art in that space. Kate encourages us to share our spreads, first at the start of a month and then as the completed spread at the end of the month. It is so much fun seeing how other particpants are creating theirs-lots of inspiration!
Oh, you can see my Jan., Feb. and beginning of March calendar spreads here.
Here is my completed March calendar. I don't have much room for art as my book is a bit small, but I already have a 9x12" book to begin next year :)
The doodle border at the top and the leaf border along the left are from a set of stamps "Around The Edge" Dylusions, manufactured by Ranger. These stamp sets are awesome!! I also have a backgrounds set. Of course, I'll be adding more eventually. You can find Dylusion stamps and stencils and sprays where I purchased them thru Collage Stuff. Lisa has a wonderful online shop filled with all sorts of new and vintage goodies and her prices are great too!
and here's the beginning of my April spread:
I cut out each raindrop shape after much experimentation trying to get the right size to fit them all in. The background is a laser copy of an original background I had painted awhile ago. Note the post it tags at the top right-I have earmarked pages for every month the rest of this year-yup, I am committed to following it thru!
I've done some other fun things I can't wait to share next time. Thank you for stopping by.
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Ooh, wonderful, zingy colours - perfect for this time of year. GReat design and I LOVE that background x
ReplyDeleteLovely pages - your March is so colourful and pretty with the butterflies. Look forward to seeing how April turns out...and the rest of the year :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat pages, it is so lovely to see how the pages are transformed by the journaling.
ReplyDeleteHow much fun your raindrops are.Love the bright background.
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful pages... gorgeous colours and I particularly like the April background! I admire your dedication and patience - experimenting with those rain drops to get them to fit :D
ReplyDeleteYour pages are so colorful and creative, Linda! Love that you are committed to doing these calendars!! Your April background is fab!!
ReplyDeleteSo vibrant are your colours, and such a lovely design
ReplyDeletelove your 2 months pages ! Love the colors of march with the butterflies
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pages, lovely colours!
ReplyDeleteThese pages are really fun just love the bright colours and the shape of your journal blocks make such a change from square, gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYou have created such pretty pages! I love the way you have used scalloped ovals instead of squares. The teardrops for April are so creative! I'm so happy to meet another blogger from Pennsylvania-we seem to be few and far between!
ReplyDeleteWOW your calender pages are wonderful dear Linda!
ReplyDeleteI admire all the participants of this challenge...I used to be a big challenge participant...I now wonder how I did it!
you Go Girl OXO
March & April look wonderful! Neat idea on using a copy of your prior art - we can still see part of it but you haven't 'lost' a whole original behind the days for April. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThe colours of your pages are just fabulous! Your daily journaling block are such interesting shapes too - we have certainly had plenty of rain in April! Well done for keeping up so far!
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