Dear 2021.... buh-bye!

 

Hello Happy New Years Eve,   

            Are you all ready for a New Year ? I know I certainly am, wow these past two years have been challenging to say the least, but like with anything else, we find a way to push through to brighter days :) "Whatever happened over this past year. Be thankful for where it brought you. Where you are is where you're meant to be. " 

    I wanted to Send you all Happy 2022 Wishes! I hope this New Year finds you Healthy, Grateful, and full of abundance of all that is to come in the year ahead.Remember the special ones that have been lost, and feel fourtunate that you had them in your life, because you can't trade those moments for anything.   Lets spin 2022 into a great year together, Do you set resolutions or pick a word of the year ? Please comment and share yours :) 

    I have always had good intentions of picking a word, gave up on resolutions years ago. LOL But this year I have picked out a couple words " Self-Care & Purpose" The reasoning behind them for me is that Self - Care doesn't take priority for me, I work my two out of the home jobs about 18 hours a day.Then I come home to take care of all of the other duties, so "me time" takes a back burner most of the time.   ( As I'm sure some of you can relate) Although this morning I spent a good amount of time giving myself a pedicure, facial and just some time to breathe. Which I feel for New Years Eve ... im off to a good start :) Without my own self care I will not be able to have "Purpose" in showing up in my other side businesses to serve you, my fellow readers, watchers, and friends with purposeful crafting Lives, tutorials and sharing of all things i love with you. So lets hold eachother accountable , lets make 2022 one for the books! 

        So you ask, when will i resume all the crafty fun? Have no fear my Friends  Bailey's & Tea - Create a Card With Me Facebook morning show will return January 8th and with our New January - June Catalouge going LIVE on January 4th I will have so much goodness to share with you! I am starting off with a fun Desk Calandar Project to get the New Year started off right, I hope you enjoy and create on of your own, cause how can this not get you inpired everyday :) 

New Year Desk Calendar   

 

 

Supply List:

·        Scalloped Contours Dies & Tailored Tag Dies.

·        Stamp Sets: Days to Remember & Create with Friends.  

·        Ink: Memento Black, Bermuda Bay, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Misty  Moonlight, Mango Melody, Magenta Madness.

·        Flirty Flamingo Metallic Ribbon.

·        Tear ‘n’ Tape, Glue Dots, & Stampin’ Seal.

·        Retired Cleaver Clasp – or substitute a Square Brad ( just something to hold calendar months, with the Brad you will also have to make a hole at the top of your calendar months to hang.)

·        SAB Sunshine & Rainbows 6x6 DSP.

·        Mini Post It Stack.   

Dimensions:

·        Flirty Flamingo Card Stock Base Layer  4 ¼’ x 11’ , score at 2 ¾’ & 5 ½’.

·        Basic White Card Stock  Layer 4¼ “ x 5 ½’ ”.

·        Basic White Card Stock 1 full sheet & 1/2 sheet for die cuts with Scalloped Contours Dies. (calendar bases)

·        Basic White Card Stock 4’ x 3’ for Stamping & Die Cut with Tailored Tags.

·        2 Sheets of DSP that coordinate, Cut to  4’ x 5 ¼’. 

·        Cut & Emboss Machine with cutting plates.

 

Instructions:

·        Take your Basic White Card Stock sheets cut down to ½ sheets and sandwich in plates with the Scalloped Contours Die ( one with the scallop outside and stitched inside edge), turn through the Cut & Emboss Machine. You will need to cut 12 of these for your calendar months.

·        Then Layer your Largest Tailored Tags Die on your 4’x 3’ piece of Basic White Card Stock, sandwich in the plate layers and run that through the Cut & Emboss Machine.

·        Using the Days to Remember Stamp Set, stamp in Black Memento Ink all of your calendar months, and using the other Ink colors stamp out the months names in different colors.

·        With the Create with Friends Stamp Set and Flirty Flamingo Ink stamp “create” on your Tailored Tag Diecut. And the words “you’re” & “best” in Granny Apple Green & Bermuda Bay ink on the leftovers of your 4’x 3’ Basic Whites Card Stock piece.  Fussy cut out your stamped “you’re’ & “best”.

·        Out of the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP fussy cut out a rainbow.

·        On your Flirty Flamingo Base attach with Stampin’ Seal  the DSP you chose as the bottom layer, and on the Basic White Card Stock 4 ¼’ x 5 ½’  Piece attach with Stampin’ Seal the other DSP you chose.

·        Attach with Tear ‘n’ Tape to the easel front, your Basic White 4 ¼’ x 5 ½’ DSP layered piece. This is going to be the front of the stand. I used my calendar cut outs as a marker for where I wanted to attach down my post its, by placing them in the back pocket created by the easel front. I used the width to know where to stick down my mini post it stack with Tear ‘n’ Tape, they now act as a stopper for your easel front. And all your calendar months are tucked away safely in the back for storage & ease of changing out monthly. 😊

·        Next Determine where your tag will sit at the front and make sure you have enough room for your monthly calendar. Attach the tag down with Stampin’ Seal.

·        With dimensionals on the back of your Rainbow cut out apply that to the front where you like it, also attach with dimensionals your fussy cut words.

·        Tie a bow with the Flirty Flamingo Metallic Ribbon, with a glue dot attach over the hole of the tag die cut.

·        Lastly, with a glue dot attach your Cleaver Clasp or make a hole for your Brad to hang your calendar months off.   

Your extra months can tuck in behind, ready to change out month after month :) 

        Again HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! I will see you all soon. 

Cheers & Paper Hugs,

Shanna