Just something I was playing with. I’ve had gradients on my mind. So there is the pretty standard B&W version:
which you can download by clicking this link
And there is a pretty, colourful version:
that you can download by clicking this link.
Because I’ve done them as five blocks per page, you get three blank frames at the end for journaling if you want.
Been a while since I made any calendars so this was a bit of fun for me.
<sigh> so busy. In addition to completely re-painting the kitchen table and chairs, I have:
and about 100 other small jobs. Hence my absence from here for so long.
We are working on a small cyber-crop over on UKScrappers for National Scrapbooking day, which is a much needed creative task to balance out the hard work of getting the house in shape for three different sets of visitors over the next couple of months (including DS and his GF – very excited about that!) and the in-laws (also excited about THAT – MIL and I are going to dye sock yarn with KoolAid!)
BUT while waiting on the phone for something or another, I made this set of printables for Project Life – or regular scrapbooking, if you prefer, but in the 3×4 size. I had a plan to make some calendars but not had the time.
Anyway, here they are for download:
Pretty basic but cute, I think. Hope you find them useful, and I will be back with a calendar or two at some point (2018, for sure!)
As I mentioned, I usually do some sort of card that incorporates an ornament. Most years I do some sort of tree. The simple version is to print them and stick two back-to-back. The more fiddly, but 3D version is to stick three (or even four) in a ring. The flat one obviously works best if you want to mail it.
Here are some new ones for 2016!
These are 3d versions, and I’ve streamlined the process a bit.
After you print and cut three of any set, just crease slightly at the bottom
Just a bit of a pinch is all you need, rather than the full top to bottom centre score
Add a strip of double-sided tape like so, with a fat strip in the middle of one tree
Stick your hanger string/yarn/twine to the fat piece
then stick the sides. If there is a gap at the top, you can stick a button or a pom-pom or a punched star over it.
Of course you can punch a hole at the top and use them for tags, writing the To: and From: on the back.
The back-to-back sticking is super easy, so very quick for kids!
Enjoy.
Traditionally, Black Friday kicks off the Christmas season for many. I made these little sets of tags for those who buy and wrap this weekend. That isn’t me, to be honest, but I tip my hat to those of you who are that organized!
A set of roly poly Santa’s first. Grab them here:
And a set of colourful trees next. Grab them HERE:
I tried to minimize the cutting, but you can round the corners, or cut them to a more tag-like shape.
You can also go back and grab any of the previous tags. I have been sorting out some little gifts myself and used these tags, which I still like a lot:
And if punching is your thing, these circle ones are perfect! They work well as card toppers too.
And these are still a particular favourite:
And for quick cards, these are still cute:
I’m working on some 2016 3D-trees, like these I’ve done for past years. I might have an easier method for assembly, I just need to play with them a bit more…
This post has the Scandi-style ones and links to three different printable versions.
The flat ones make up in minutes and give you a card and a small gift!
The WOYWW crop is tomorrow – and although have not really been able to take part recently, I am still planning on going! Maybe I’ll see some of you there? I should see if I can comment on blogger/blogspot blogs again, maybe it was just glitch that’s been fixed?
I am experimenting with a Year-at-a-glance planner sheet. It is a tricky one to get right for both US letter and A4 paper. Give it a go and see what you think – I haven’t done specific topper pages, but you can always just add a strip of patterned paper, or stamp onto the blank bit at the top. Just fold in half with the print edges lined up then slice up the middle. Depending on the paper you use the sheets will be slightly different sizes – A4 makes two at about 5.75 inches, and US letter is about 5.5 inches.
And you can also print it and punch holes along the top edge, to add to a 4-ring, 3-ring or 2-ring binder. Haven’t tested them all so not sure about the 2017 placement, but again, you can always stick paper over it and add the year with number stickers or stamps.
Enjoy.
One of my followers, Moz, made one of my all-time favourite calendar projects. I’ve shown it many times but if you missed it you can see it here. She always does 18 month calendars so often asks for at least a part of the next year much sooner than I expect – you’d think I’d expect it by now LOL!
I’ve done the DIY (Decorate it yourself) calendar for 2018. 
Another follower always needs her calendars resized, which is more work than it once was, due to some changes in the OS I use. BUT I know the size she needs. To accommodate people who need different sizes, I will now plan on spacing things out as above. You can cut outside the lines and get a bigger calendar block, up to about 4 x 5 1/2 inches, if you need it.
So that is two special requests down!
Lastly, I had a request for a planner Year at a Glance sheet. You may recall I made a series of planner pages that included a variety of toppers that you can print month at a glance sheets on. I’ve done two YAAG for 2017 that fit. I know for sure they work perfectly on A4 paper and I believe they will work reasonably well for US letter paper.
There is a plain version and a fancy font version, as well as the watercolour planner surround –
and the calendar sheets look like this:
Grab the PLAIN FONT version here and the FANCY FONT version here
You can easily print them and decorate the top as you like, even just sticking a strip of scrapbook paper over it and adding the year back with stickers!
So I think that takes care of any special request type things. Phew.
I have been hiding away, recovering from the devastating news from the USA and from a tooth extraction. I’ll say no more on either topic. But I had gotten a request for calendars with a triangular theme. I made one, then another. Here they are:
Bright and colourful triangles:
I got a request for the Pixel calendar so have sorted that.
You can download it here
With luck I will have the other requested one available this week as well! I’m nearly there….
I sort of got out of the habit of making printables. Maybe partly due to dealing with changes in the new OS, maybe cause I got sort of consumed by book folding and cut&fold, maybe cause our house-hunting got in the way, it’s hard to say. But I did make these simple journaling (or photo-frame) cards and thought I would share them. I was frustrated because I spent way too long trying to make the Quartz filter PDF reduction work in El Capitan and it won’t. The original file was over 8 mb. Huge. I found an alternative method that took me down to about 3 mb, which is still larger than I would like, but not bad. Although they appear to have a directions, really, I think you can rotate them to any orientation and they will look fine.
Download the single page here! I think you could easily add an oval cut photo into the space, or cut away the space and stick the photo behind. Add a few lines and use as a journaling box, or add some bits and bobs to create a pretty cluster. I might even adapt them to make a calendar, who knows? And with a little thought they might work well for planners, but that may take a bit more thought….
I’ve spent the longest amount of time at my desk today, since my injury, so that bodes well for next week. Fingers crossed…..
I’m just adding a couple of things from requests.
First, a calendar. I’d made this one in 2015, then updated it as a Spanish language one for 2016. When I got a request for an English version, I couldn’t find that I had made one. So I sorted that out. I asked if the original requestor wanted the Sunday to Saturday version or the Monday to Sunday version like the Spanish one. No reply yet, so I just did Sunday to Saturday.
The PDF with all the months is here.
Next, I had a request for a ! book folding template. The request was for a specific font, Habano ST, but that one was pretty slanted and I just wasn’t sure. So I made a few others, as well as a Habano that was straightened
I figured with those choices there would be ONE that worked. Having made the 3-page PDF I might as well share it.You can download it here.
So as far as I know all request have been dealt with. Phew. Busy day for me, so I’m off….
