December Calendar Pages New Year New You Webster's Pages

These are the December pages for the Webster's Pages®  "New Year New You" Calendar Class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

                                          Page Left

Page Left Directions:

Cut out 3 individual flowers from white sheer frayed roses ribbon by May Arts® and then dye one of each with the following inks:

Pink/ Red Flower: Stampin' Up!® "Strawberry Slush"

Blue Flower:  Versa®  Color Ultimate Pigment Ink "Sky Blue" and Versa Magic® "Turquoise Gem"

Green Flower:  Stampin' Up!® "Pear Pizzazz" and Adirondack Earth Tones "Lettuce" by Ranger®

Use Glubers® to attach the flowers to the bottom right corner of "Personal Growth" from the "New Year New You" line by Webster's Pages®.

                                          Page Right

Page Right Directions:

Use red "Berrylicious" card stock by Bazzill® as the background for Page Right.

Attach a 12-inch piece of Maya Road® l pale green lace approximately 1.25 inches from the top of the page. Apply pop dots to the back of  "12 Months of Improvement" sign and position the left edge of the sign at the 6.25 inch across the page and .50 inch from the top of the page.

Use Memento® black ink and the scroll stamp from the "Bliss" stamp set by Stampin' Up!® to stamp 3 scroll images one next to each other starting at the left side of the red card stock.

Once you have stamped your 3 scroll images next to each other, attach a 12 inch long by .50 inch wide strip of cream floral paper at the top of the three scrolls.

Cut a frame from Stampin' Up!® "Pretty in Pink" card stock and attach it slightly overlapping the cream floral strip. Stamp a butterfly from the "Bliss" stamp set by Stampin' Up!® under the upper right corner of the frame, as shown. Use the Stampin' Up!® banner punch to punch out 4 cream floral banners and 3 yellow zigzag banners from scraps.  Attach each banner with a pop dot across the top of the frame.  Use double-sided tape to attach the "New Year New You" cameo in the center of the frame.

Attach the purple "Attempt the Absurd and You Will Achieve the Impossible" banner on top of the pink frame and cream floral card stock strip as shown.  Attach a scrap of leftover arrows approximately 4 inches wide underneath the purple banner.

Using "Pollen" card stock by Bazzill®, cut out a globe with the American Crafts® globe die.  Cut a clock face from "Shining Moment" paper by Webster's Pages® and center it on the globe.  Attach the completed embellishment as shown, setting the globe base on top of the /&/ symbol so that it is no longer visible but all the other words on the banner can be seen.

Mat the December calendar on a piece of "Jetstream" card stock by Bazzill® directly under the "12 Months of Improvement " sign and approximately .50 inches from the bottom of the page.

Ink the edges of the red card stock with white craft ink from Stampin' Up!®



I hope you have enjoyed 12 months of paper crafting with Webster's Pages®  "New Year New You" Collection.  May your 2015 be wonderful and full of blessings from God.  In His Love, Kim.

Webster's Pages New Year New You November Calendar Pages

These are the November pages for the Webster's Pages® New Year New You calendar class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Page Left

We will use "Jetstream" by Bazzill® as our background for the page.  From your SCRAPS of leftover "Doilies" paper, cut out six doilies that measure 2" in diameter and one doily that measures 2.5" in diameter. DO NOT CUT THE DOILIES FROM THE FULL SHEET THAT IS IN YOUR KIT! Adhere pop dots to the backs of the doilies and adhere across the top of the page to make a border.  Apply a pearl to the center of each of the 2" doilies.  Use double-sided tape to adhere the floral cameo with blue border to the 2.5" doily.

Using Anna Griffin's Cricut® Cuttlebug® Cut and Emboss "Flourish Emblem" die, cut out the lace mat from "Pretty in Pink" card stock by Stampin' Up!®.  Apply adhesive to the back and adhere the lace mat in the center of the remainder of the page.  Cut a piece of the cream floral paper 4" wide x 5" high.  Apply pop dots to the back and adhere on top of the lace mat. Cut out a green* frame with the "Top Note" die by Sizzix® for Stampin' Up!®. Apply pop dots and adhere on top of the cream floral rectangle. Cut out the quote: "With hard work you can do and be anything your mind desires. Be your best." Apply pop dots on the back of the quote. Adhere on top of the green* frame. Apply a pearl in each corner of the pink lace mat, as shown.

Page Right

We are using the "Doilies" paper as the background for this page.  Cut a 1.75" high by 12" wide strip of "Sweet Summertime" by Crystal Wilkerson for Echo Park®.  Apply adhesive to the back and adhere approximately 2.5" from the top of the page.  Cut out a yellow zig zag frame using the "Top Note" die.  Apply pop dots and adhere in the center of the plaid strip. Mat the November calendar with green* paper. Apply pop dots and adhere on top of yellow zig zag frame.

* I raided my paper stash to find just the right color green card stock to match this line of papers. Unfortunately, I do not know who produced the paper. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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.

New Year New You Webster's Pages September 2014 Calendar Pages

These are the September 2014 calendar pages for the New Year New You class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Page Left

We will be using "Frosted Kiwi" by Bazzill® as the background for this page. Approximately 2.5 inches from the top of the page, adhere the striped border pieces which are in your kit. (There will be a gap in the center of your page, but it will be covered up by the large label we are going to cut out next.)

Using the largest framelit from Stampin' Up!®'s "Labels" collection, cut a label from Bazzill®'s "Passionate" card stock. Use Stampin' Up!® white craft ink to give the label a chalky look. Center the September "New Year New You" (Webster's Pages®) calendar in the middle of the label. Use Kaisercraft® "Antique Rose" rhinestones to embellish the edge of the label as shown, using the largest and smallest rhinestones from the pack. Add some pop dots to the back of the label and adhere in the center of the two striped pages.

Using "Old Olive" card stock (Stampin' Up!®) and the Bigz ™ Tulip die (by Sizzix® for Stampin' Up!®), cut out two sets of the tulip design. Set aside all pieces except for the two fleur de lys shapes.  Adhere one on either side of the label, angling them and embellishing as shown.

Using "Passionate" card stock and all five "Floral Frames" (by Sizzix® for Stampin' Up!®), we are going to make a layered flower for the page.  Nest all five dies within each other and run through your Sizzix® Big Shot™ die-cutting machine. You will end up with five flower layers.  Use the white craft ink to give the flowers a chalky look like you did on the label. Adhere pop dots on the backs of all the flower layers. Beginning with biggest layer, adhere to the center of the page underneath the label. Then add the next biggest layer, turning it so that it is not a perfect fit within the largest layer, but slightly offset so you can see the "Frosted Kiwi" paper peeking through. Continue with the remaining three layers, remembering to offset each layer.

Go back to the tulip design pieces you set aside earlier. Find the two tulip-shaped pieces. Adhere pop dots to the back and attach on either side of the flower. Find your scroll pieces and place them on either side of the tulips, taking note of the right side of each scroll. Place the scrolls right side up in your Xyron®, along with the two large dots and four small dots. Run all through the Xyron® and adhere as shown.

Cut four more small flower shapes from "Passionate" card stock. Layer two flowers together using a pop dot between them, and adhere to the other side of the tulip design.

Embellish the large flower, tulips, scrolls, and small flowers with the rhinestones as shown.

Page Right

We will be using "Path of Happiness" from Webster's Pages® "New Year New You" collection as the background for this page.

Adhere the large quote "You Never Know How Strong You Are And Your Strength Will Keep You Going" to the center of the page.

Add the following small quotes as shown:

Illuminate
I Am Strong
We Are Born to Shimmer
A Sparkle of Strength
Glow
We Are Stronger Than We Realize

Embellish the four corners of the large quote and the ends of each small quote with rhinestones, as shown.

I hope September was blessed and that October will be wonderful! Stay strong on your journey to a new you!

New Year New You August Calendar Pages

These are the August calendar pages for the Webster's Pages® "New Year New You" calendar class at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Doilies are a popular theme in this line of papers, so we are going to have fun with doilies this month!

Page Left

We will be using the reverse side of "Mark It On The Calendar" paper as our background for this page.

To make the large yellow doily that is shown, use "Pollen" card stock by Bazzill® and use the "Tatted Doily" Lucky8Punch® by We R Memory Keepers®.  Make sure the outer and inner cut options on the "Tatted Doily" punch are set to "on" to get the combined version, which makes the doily. Line up one corner of your paper in the punch. Push the lever down to punch the design. Then remove the paper and any debris that may be caught in the punch. Rotate the paper clockwise 90 degrees and repeat until you have punched out 4 corners. Remember to empty the punch.  Flip the paper over, and repeat on all 4 sides.  Adhere doily in the center of the background page.

Use the EK Success® small five-petal flower punch and Stampin' Up!® "Real Red" card stock to punch out 12 flowers to place within the inner border of the doily, as shown.  Then punch the small pink flowers from "Pinkini" card stock by Bazzill®, using the "Daisy Chain" punch by EK Success®. Cut the flowers apart from one another and place one in the center of each red flower.

Use a 4-inch round white doily and stamp it with Stampin' Up!® "Strawberry Slush" stamp pad until the doily is saturated with color.  I recommend doing this on a scrap piece of card stock or chipboard to prevent excess ink from being stamped onto your work area. Once the doily is dry, adhere it in the center of the yellow doily, and then attach the August calendar on top of the red doily.

Page Right

We will be using "Passionate" by Bazzill® as the background for this page.

Stamp two doilies onto white card stock using the Stampin' Up!® "Doily" stamp and "Strawberry Slush" ink.  ***Ink the stamp while it is rubber side up and then place your white card stock on top, rubbing over all parts of the rubber. This will help you to get the full image.***. Once you have stamped the two doilies, fussy cut them both out of the card stock,  as close to the stamped image as possible. Adhere one of the stamped doilies in the upper left corner of the "Passionate" card stock. Adhere the other in the lower right corner. Adhere green leaves, a pale yellow flower and a pink Twinkle Goosebump®  by Queen and Co.® to the center of each stamped doily.

Adhere a 4-inch round white doily in the other two corners.  Adhere the saying " Not Afraid To Change" on top of the white doily in the lower left corner of the page.  To the doily in the upper right corner, adhere the saying "The Best Dreams Happen When You Are Awake".

To provide a place for notes about the month, we are going to turn the "Believe You Can And You Will" sign into a pocket. Set the sign in front of you, right side up. Turn it over to the back side, making sure you know where the top of the sign is.  Run 1/4-inch double-sided tape along the very edge of the two long sides and the bottom of the sign.  Pull off the tape liners, and adhere firmly in the middle of your page.  This pocket is the perfect size for an office tag or two so you can write down the special events of August.

I hope August was wonderful!  See you in September!

New Year New You Webster's Pages June 2014

These are the June pages for the Webster's Pages© "New Year New You" Calendar Class that is held monthly at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

June Page Left

"Frosted Kiwi" by Bazzill©  will be our background for this page.

We are going to make a pocket that can be used as a place to tuck away photos, ticket stubs, or notes about the month. In order to do that, we will cut the "A New You" (bicycle paper/floral print) on the diagonal, making two equally sized triangles. First of all, cut off the bar code strip from the bottom of the paper. Using a rotary cutting tool, ruler, and mat, OR a guillotine cutter, cut the sheet diagonally from point to point.

Set aside one triangle to be used on a different project.

On the remaining triangle, apply double-sided tape on the two straight edges of the bicycle side of the paper. DO NOT apply tape to the diagonal edge.

Remove the backing from the double-sided tape. Turn the paper over so that the floral print is face up. Align the triangle in the lower left corner of the "Frosted Kiwi" paper, and press firmly on the straight edges. This will make a "pocket" with the opening on the diagonal.

Apply double-sided tape along the diagonal edge of the floral print side of the paper.  Attach pink ruffle ribbon.

Using Stampin' Up!© "Labels" framelet, cut a label from "Passionate" card stock (by Bazzill©).  Attach the June calendar in the center of the label.  Attach in upper right of the page ("Frosted Kiwi" portion). Adhere rhinestones on the label as shown.

Using "London Fog" ink by Memento©, stamp the "Monarch Butterfly" (Stampin' Up!©) onto a piece of white card stock. Color the entire butterfly with Copic© YG03, "Yellow Green". Highlight the shaded areas with Copic© G14, "Apple Green". Blend with "Yellow Green".

Cut out the butterfly. Do not worry about the antennae. Lightly apply silver Smooch© on shaded areas of butterfly wings and body. Allow Smooch© to dry. Attach a green glitter brad to the top of the butterfly's body. Wrap wire around the legs of the brad, then fold brads down over wire to hold it in place. Fashion a pair of antennae from green wire. Apply pop dote on back side of the butterfly.  Attach the butterfly in the center of the floral pocket.

June Page Right

We will be using the "floral frame" side of "Do Your Best" as the page background.

Using Memento© ink in "London Fog", stamp two of the rose image from "Fifth Avenue Floral" stamp set (Stampin' Up!©) onto a piece of white card stock. Using the same ink, stamp three rose leaf images onto white card stock.

Color all three of the leaves with Copic© YG03, "Yellow Green" as the base color. Highlight the stem and veins of each leaf with Copic© G14, "Apple Green". Blend "Yellow Green" over each leaf. Lightly apply silver Smooch© on veins and stems of each leaf.

Color the first rose using Copic© Y21 "Buttercup Yellow" as the base color.  Highlight with Copic© RV11, "Pink". Blend with Copic© Y13, "Lemon Yellow".

Color the second rose using Copic© RV11, "Pink" as the base color. Highlight with Copic© R29 "Lipstick Red". Blend with Copic© R85, "Rose Red". Lightly apply silver smooch near highlighted areas. Allow smooch to dry, or smudge with your finger.

Cut out all roses and leaves. Attach pop dots on the backs of the roses. Use regular adhesive on the leaves. Adhere in the top center of the page.

Apply rhinestones to center of roses.

Day 348: College Photo

Today I worked on my college photo. I selected papers from one of Stampin' Up!'s series of designer papers. I chose three papers that were all red tones to layer. I began adding some images from Graphic 45's "Ladies' Diary" along with some buttons and other goodies from my stash. It still needs more, so I will work on it again tomorrow.

Day 345: Stamping Ornaments

Tonight I used the ornament stamp from Repeat Impressions and some Stampin' Up! images to make "ornaments" to embellish cards.

Day 343: Christmas Postcard

Tonight I made some more cards with the Christmas Postcard image from Stampin' Up!

Day 342: Christmas Postcard

Tonight I was inspired by a card I viewed on Splitcoaststampers and made this card using Stampin' Up!'s Christmas Postcard stamp. I changed it up a little bit.  I used red card stock from Recollections by Michael's.  I also did not have the floral embossing folder so used a scallop one I had. I colored the card in with Stamp 'n' Write markers.

Day 339: Ornament Stamp and Punch Card Day 1

I keep all the handmade Christmas cards I get each year and file them away so I can have inspiration when I make Christmas cards.  Tonight I pulled out one my sister had sent me and decided I could use up some scraps of Christmas paper to make a card with the ornament stamps and punch from Stampin' Up!

Day 332: Welcome Baby Card

I found out that a friend had a beautiful baby girl tonight, so I had to make a card to include with my gift.  I used card stock, inks, and stamps from Stampin' Up! (The rose colored card and dotted pink were in my stash, but they are not SU).  I circled the words in the word background that applied to this baby with a journaling pen from Creative Memories.  I tied white tulle and a sheer pink ribbon with white polka dots (both from my stash) around the word search, and added a Hallmark baby buggy charm to the ribbon with a pink safety pin from Oriental Trading Company. I used some Scrapper's Floss (Karen Foster) to "tie" on the pink button (my stash).

Day 331: Nine Piece Christmas Quilt Card

Tonight I was looking to make a really quick Christmas card, so I cut some scraps of nine different Christmas papers into 1.25 inch squares, punched out a square of  1.50 inches as a pink background, and adhered them all to a pretty green card stock.  Christmas papers by K & Co.  Plain card stock by Stampin' Up! Polka Dot ribbon by Oriental Trading Company.

Day 329: Holy Triptych Card Day 3

Today I mounted all of the cut outs onto "Pacific Point" card stock by Stampin' Up. I really like how this card turned out.  I made 6 cards total, to use as thank you notes to all the people/families who helped with the Happy Birthday Jesus party at my church.

Day 328: Holy Triptych Christmas Card Day 2

Today I used Smooch Accent Ink in gold and silver to highlight the gifts of the wise men, the star and halos, and the angel's wings.  I also cut out all the sections of the triptych.

Day 327: Holy Triptych Christmas Card Day 1

Tonight I stamped and colored images using Stampin' Up's Holy Triptych nativity set.  I stamped the images on Neenah paper, using Memento inks and my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line them up, and then I colored the images with Copic markers.

Day 324: Stampin' Up! Flower Petal Cards

I received a lovely gift of earrings in the mail today from a girlfriend, and was inspired to use these lovely flower petal cards from Stampin' Up. I used some K and Co paper on the inside of the card so that the design showed through the flower openings.  I sponged a little rose distress ink (Ranger) on the top of the card, added a yellow button (SU or my stash, depending on the card) and a green Jolee's pearl in the button center.

Day 319: Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn Hollow Scrapbook Page

Today I created this scrapbook page for The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique, a new scrapbook store that opened in Washington, Illinois. Products used are from the Acorn Hollow line by Little Yellow Bicycle, Stampin' Up! (lace), and Tim Holtz (metal photo corners).

Day 311: Sympathy Card

Unfortunately, the mom of one of my daughter's friends died yesterday, so tonight I helped her to make a sympathy card.  I showed her how to use the Cuttlebug embossing folder, how to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position her stamps where she wanted them, and how to use Copic markers to color the praying hands image (Dollar Tree; all other images and verses shown, card stock:  Stampin' Up!). Inks:  Brown: Memento and Silver: Colorbox. My daughter selected the card stock, embossing folder, and all the stamps and inks used. Hopefully this card will help lift her friend up after the sudden and unexpected death of her mother.

Day 309: Old and New Stampin' Up! Stamps Sets

Today I mounted 6 sets of stamps from Stampin' Up!  I had some that I had purchased from yard sales and a couple that I had ordered from the current catalog.  I really enjoy the fact that SU now die cuts all of their stamps.  While I like the two older sets I put together, I had forgotten about the time it takes to cut around all those images.  Upon occasion, I have just mounted the stamps without cutting close to the images, but I find that it is worth the time to cut around them so as to end up with cleaner stamped images.