I wouldn't normally gift something with photos of myself but over Christmas we visited an elderly friend who we hadn't seen in a year. She had said on the phone how much she missed me since we moved to France so, as I know she uses a calendar and being stuck for other ideas, I used this Basic Grey calendar kit to create her gift with photos of me with my husband and/or son.
I made some changes to suit the photos and or theme but I love the mix of Basic Grey designs included. I was glad I remembered to photograph it (sorry some are a bit fuzzy) before giving it to her as I was pleased with how it turned out :)
J'ai utilisé un kit calendrier chez Basic Grey à créer un cadeau : Petit souvenir de nous qui traverse la Manche!
Here's a little experiment: a 'quick' calendar! Unfortunately, even using Publisher to create the calendar, converting it to French and formatting it to fit my punch took ages. However, now I have it saved I know I can reproduce it quickly and easily. I used the flowers from Making Cards magazine Special (which I have as an online purchase) as the focal points and just mixed and matched papers and inks to suit. Happy accident: Quite a few of the backing bits are from accidentally printing the pages on economy setting so waste not! I need to find some jump rings from my stash though as these binding rings are too big. I shall probably now make more in a similar way and use the Bind-It-All to wire-bind: I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place! Incidentally, the ribbon holds it shut and also, if tied the opposite way, stops the open covers sliding apart and allows you to choose the angle you have the pages at: Worth including if you want to make something similar!
Voici mon calendrier « rapide » ! Malheureusement, à trouver un bien model pour mon perforatrice à couper a pris des âges. Cependant, maintenant je l'ai sauvegarde, je peux le reproduire rapidement et facilement. J'ai employé les images fleurées du ’Making Cards Floral Special’ (que j'ai acheté en ligne) comme les points focaux. Credits: Making Cards Magazine Floral Special; Papermania and K&Co papers; 7 Gypsies Binding Rings; SeeDs stamps; Dovecraft mega-size scalloped rectangle punch; Inks: Brilliance gold, Colorbox Q chalk 'Misty Meadow' and Distress 'marmalade'; prima and other paper flowers; Sakura glaze pens; Dylon 3D pearly paint; other papers, coaster covers, ribbon, etc from stash/unknown make.
I wouldn't normally gift something with photos of myself but over Christmas we visited an elderly friend who we hadn't seen in a year. She had said on the phone how much she missed me since we moved to France so, as I know she uses a calendar and being stuck for other ideas, I used this Basic Grey calendar kit to create her gift with photos of me with my husband and/or son.
