The Finished Calendar Scrapbook

At last, the project that I started a month ago has finished. My media is an old calendar that I turned into a scrapbook album. I really enjoyed doing it and thought of creating another one, since end of the year is approaching, there'll be another calendar available. The album that I called AUTUMN IN CONNECTICUT is about the photo series of sceneries that I took throughout parts of Connecticut during Autumn. Looking at the pictures always bring smile and peace to my self. Of all the four seasons, I think I love Autumn the most.

More of Old Calendar Scrapbook

I've finished my latest project turning old calendar into a scrapbook album and I LOVE IT! I found it very interesting and addicted, coloring the calendar pages with ink stamps. I combined 2 or 3 colors on a page to create the color nuances of Autumn. My scrapbook theme is AUTUMN IN CONNECTICUT. I took the pictures during Autumn in 2010 and 2011 in several places in Connecticut. It's always lovely when Autumn arrives in New England. New England is an area in the eastern of United States that consists of several states, including Connecticut. This area is famous during Autumn for its colorful foliage. The earlier scrapbook pages have been posted here, OLD CALENDAR SCRAPBOOK and the additional pages you can view below. I will post more of the tutorial to turn old calendar into a scrapbook album later.

Altered Calendar Tutorial

As I promised you on my recent post about OLD CALENDAR SCRAPBOOK, I will describe the materials I used and how to make an altered calendar. First of all, because I used a small hanging calendar or if you want to use a desk calendar that is usually small, make sure the size of your photos is adequate. I printed some photos in 4inches x 6inches and the rests are in wallet size. Since the theme of this scrapbook album is Fall, I use a lot of colors that are in Fall gradation: dark and light brown, terra cotta, yellow, and green. I also used maple leaf paper punch to create a stencil when I decorated the paper. I chose the technique called inking to color the pages with arrays of fall-theme ink stamps. Here are the details of materials and the directions on how to create an altered calendar.

MATERIALS:

• Old calendar (mini or desk calendar)
• Wallet size photos or any other suitable size
• Ink stamps (I prefer using distress and archival ink)
• Make up sponges, each for different ink color
• Maple leaf paper punch (use the punch-out for decoration and the left-over paper for stencil)
• Scrap papers
• Specialty ribbon (with words)
• Sticker and other types of decorations
• 3dimentional foam tape
• White or light color cardstock

 

 HOW TO CREATE PAGE 1:

1. With a make up sponge, dab lightly and smoothen out evently the ink stamp unto the calendar page. For the first page of the scrapbook, I used Adirondack earthtones ink in butterscotch color. 
2. Then using a maple leaf punch-out, cover parts of the inked page and dab the dark ink color to create the leaves imprints.
3. Color the maple leaf punch-outs with the same ink color ( I used StazOn timber brown) as the one you used to make the leaves imprints. Set aside for decorations.
4. Adhere the photo unto white cardstock and place it on the page.
5. Decorate with strips of scrap papers and decorative ribbon.
6. Then adhere 3D foam tape on some of the maple leaves and place them on the photo, and adhere the rests on the other part of the page.

 

Old Calendar Scrapbook

My latest scrapbooking project involves an old calendar. I keep several of old calendars that are very good. Because I love buying calendars especially illustrated with paintings or drawings. Like the one with Charles Wysocki's paintings or Mary Engelbert's. Last year I came upon calendar with paintings by Ellen Eilers called Life in Calico Country and right away fell in love with it. But after one year has passed, I don't want to throw away such a beautiful calendar. So instead I use the mini calendar as an album for my scrapbook project called FALL IN CONNECTICUT, therefore I can still enjoy Ellen Eiler's artworks too. I've created several pages already and will post them below. I will describe the details about the materials and directions later on. By the way, this is one excellent way to reuse an old calendar to turn it into a scrapbook album. This way, if you use a desk calendar or a sturdy mini calendar like mine, you can show off your scrapbook album on a table and change the page each month just like a calendar.