New Year New You Webster's Pages October Calendar Pages

The following are the instructions for creating the October calendar pages for the Webster's Pages® "New Year New You" calendar class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Page Left

Use the green print on the reverse side of the Webster's Pages® New Year New You "bucket print" paper as the page background.

Approximately 1/3 of the way from the top of the page, attach a piece of Karen Foster Design ® "Pastel Pink Scrapper's Floss" to the background paper for your banner. (I taped the two ends onto the back side of the background paper. Give the floss enough slack for a gentle, natural curve.)

Apply adhesive onto the back of the October calendar and mat it onto a piece of "Pinkini". Set aside.

Using your Sizzix® Big Shot® and the smallest banner from Stampin' Up!® banner framelet collection, cut two banners from "Pinkini". Using the next larger size banner, cut two banners that match the background paper. Using the next larger size banner, cut two banners from "Pinkini".  Layer the banners one on top of the other as shown.  Attach the banners to the bottom side of the matted October calendar as shown. Apply adhesive to the right, left, and bottom of the matted calendar, but leave the top of the calendar free from adhesive. This will create a pocket for you to add journaling notes and/or photos. Center this piece in the middle of the pink twine.

From "Pinkini", die cut a doily using a mini doily die from My Favorite Things®. Fold it in half and attach as shown.

Punch out eight pennants with Stampin' Up!® pennant punch by EK Success®. I used SU "Old Olive" for 4 pennants;  Bazzill® "Pinkini" for 2 pennants; and Webster's Pages® floral print for 2 pennants.  Apply a mini Glue Dot® to the back of each pennant and adhere on top of the pink twine as shown.

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Use Bazzill® "Pinkini" as the background for this page.

Punch out 3 butterflies using Bazzill® "Pinkini"; 3 butterflies using Bazzill® "Pollen"; and 2 butterflies using blue SU that matches your label. Run all the butterflies through your Xyron®. Remove the clear cover but leave the butterflies on the waxed paper. Apply "Icicle" Stickles™ by Ranger to the butterflies and allow to dry.

As shown, cut apart the quote "Life is a journey that gives you the liberty to draw your own map and choose your own route." Run all these pieces through your Xyron®. Adhere the word "life" to the label punched from blue card stock.  (It is Stampin' Up!®, but I don't know the name.) Mat the words "is" and "a" on some of the green paper that remains after you cut apart your quote. Set the words aside.

Use the clouds die from My Favorite Things to cut out three white clouds. Use a sponge dauber to ink the clouds with ColorBox® "True Blue" pigment ink. (You may want to practice on a scrap piece of paper to determine the right amount of ink and pressure to use to achieve the look you want on your clouds). Apply a small amount of the Stickles™ on the clouds and swirl it around with your finger.  Set aside and allow to dry.

Cut a piece of blue card stock (that matches your label and butterflies) to 5.5"wide x 5.75" high. Using the tree and leaf stamps from Stampin' Up!® "Season of Friendship" stamp set, stamp a tree onto the blue card stock that matches your blue label and butterflies. Use SU "Baked Brown Sugar" ink for the tree trunk and SU "Pear Pizzazz" ink for the leaves. You may stamp as many or as few leaves as you like. The fullness of your tree is up to you. (Just know that more leaves will result in more work a little later!) Place your tree on top of the Sizzix® "Frame, Oval Scallop" die. Be sure to position your paper at an angle so that your tree will fit inside the oval shape. (You should not be able to see any of the design showing on the parts of the die that are not covered by paper.) Run through your Sizzix® Big Shot®. It is okay to have some leaves or part of the tree trunk on your scalloped frame; this is not a mistake. Apply adhesive to the back of the oval and attach it flat against the upper right portion of the "Pinkini" background, as shown. (Be sure to leave space for the scalloped frame!) Apply pop dots on the back side of the scalloped frame and then place it around the tree in the oval. Use the "Icicle" Stickles™ on the leaves of the tree. Be sure to apply Stickles™ to the leaves on the frame, too. Allow to dry.

When all of your pieces are dry, assemble the page as shown.

October Calendar Pages Graphic 45 Place In Time

Here are the October calendar pages for the Graphic 45 Calendar class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois. 

From your sheet of cut-outs, you will need the postcard and the cat tag. Use brown and black ink to antique the edges of the postcard.  Distress the edges of all papers with your scissors, then ink edges with black ink. Cut apart the Trick or Treat strip as shown.  Ink all edges. From your class kit,  ink edges of orange photo corner, and adhere to top left corner of postcard.  Add black button with orange floss from your class kit.  Layer eyelet border under left side of postcard and place hounds tooth paper under right side of postcard. Layer your cut apart Trick or Treat poem on top of hounds tooth paper, as shown. Add the orange brad from your kit to the chipboard tag of the girl and pumpkin.  Adhere using double-sided tape. Distress and ink edges of cat tag.  Punch out hole on cat tag. Thread orange and black ribbon through hole.

Nothing fancy here, just cut out the title from your cut-out sheets and adhere.  You could add some small leaves in the swirls or scatter them across spaces on your calendar that are blank.

This is the right hand page of a two-page spread.  Cut out your October tag and place it in the top left corner of your paper.  Cut out one of the purple stamps with your stamp scissors to cover up the word "October".  (Be sure to cut wide or your stamp will be too narrow to cover it up.)  Ink the edges of your orange mats with black ink.  This helps them to blend in to the black paper. (Be sure to place the mats with the brighter orange side up.  The reverse side has a peach tone and is not the Halloween orange we are looking for on this page.) Apply adhesive to the backs of your mats and position them in a stair step fashion as shown.  Cut out all of the elements shown from the cut out sheet.  Cut out the post card and flip it over.  Use the reverse side as mats for the boy and girl Halloween squares.  Cut out the stamps with your stamp scissors.  The border in the corner is made by cutting out the blue Halloween strip and adhering it to the back side of another title strip that we did not use.

For this page, you need to ink the edges of the orange photo mats (in your class kit) with black ink and adhere them in opposite corners of your black paper.  (Be sure to have the brighter side of the orange mat facing up.  The other side has a peach tone and is not the Halloween orange we want on this page.)  Cut out the purple and black border from your cut out sheet and adhere across the middle of your paper.  Adhere the collage elements from the cut out sheet as shown above.  The patterned papers are leftover tags from the cut out sheet that we do not use.  Just flip them over to add a little bit more texture and pattern to your page. Use your stamp scissors to cut out the stamps.  I apologize, I did not get the orange button for the tag into your class kit.  If you have an orange button or brad, you can add it.  Or if you don't have orange, black would be great, too.

For the cover page, I selected the Fleur de Lys paper from Graphic 45's French Country Collection.  Attach the black fleur de lys 6 inch x 6 inch paper in the center of the large diamond print paper. Use the red photo corners from your sticker sheet in opposite corners. Adhere the chipboard lady in the center of the black paper, using double-sided tape. Place a black goosebump from your kit in the center of each photo corner and in the hole of the chipboard piece. I place the Place in Time sticker (2 pieces!) on a piece of chipboard to add dimension to the page.  Adhere it as shown  near the top of the page.