A Beautiful Calendar!

Heather Scott recently posted a fabulous calendar idea on her BLOG! With her permission we used her basic instructions and put a Prima twist on it!

Make sure you check out her amazing step-by-step photos for tips on re-creating the original calendar shown here.

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For Prima's twist on the calender, Sharon started out with the tagboard sheets from three Prima flower packages!

The sheets are a wonderful kraft color, have gorgeous die-cuts and were created by Prima to be re-used! Simply trim off the Prima logo at the top and then cut each piece in half so the die-cuts match up. (If you would like one on the covers save one more flower package.)

Also needed are two sheets of thick chipboard. Since our embossed books come with 10 whopping pages, Sharon sneaked two out of a new book and cut them to create the outside covers of the book. (Cut each chipboard piece 4.75 x 3.5 with a trimmer. Score each side and snap the chipboard on the scored lines.)

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Cover each side of the chipboard with paper.

Using a Bind-It-All, punch holes through the calendar pages and chipboard covers. (If you want to have an extra spiral on each side of the calendar pages for ribbon like Heather did just add more width to the covers only.) Secure the rings on the book- threading per instructions on the Bind-It-All.

Next mat each of your calendar pages and adhere to the recycled Prima pages! (Sharon used Cavalier & Whispers papers.) Add January through June on the front of each kraft piece and then flip the book around and put July though December on the back sides.

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Decorate each month as desired with flowers, crystals, cut-out hearts, etc! This is the fun part as you can personalize your favorite months for each person you give it to!

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Since the cover will be flipped open feel free to add a photo to that side! (Make sure the orientation is correct before adhering photo.) Sharon added Prima's collage flowers and leaves, crystal centers and Sweet 'n Sassy flowers to the photo area. (The fancy edge was created with an edge punch.)

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What a great way to take Heather's very creative idea and personalize it for a Christmas gift! This calendar uses a minimal number of supplies (many are just left-overs) so it is very cost effective too.

If you have any questions feel free to post them here.

Prima project and photos by Sharon Laakkonen

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