Hello Ladies,
Here are the 2012 calendar sketches with an example of the layout using your kit and also an example from my calendar using the same sketch.
*If you click on the sketch it will make it bigger. Then right click and print it if you need the sketch next to you while you are working.*
MARCH SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*Use the brads along the strip of patterned paper that is located in the middle*
**Place one brad in each corner of the photo matte except the one with the flourish**
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
*You can use one 6x4 photo instead of two little ones***That is the beauty of sketches. You make it work with what you have and what you like**
MAY SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*Fold the pink stamped circles in half to make the banner. Fold them onto the purple floss and adhere the two halves together.*
**Use the brads at the ends of the floss**
***Wrap the floss around the base of the brad before fully attaching the brad to the layout. Similar to the way we did the November layout***
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
*You can put photos or whatever you would like in the purple squares*
OCTOBER SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*Each kit may vary slightly as far as the look of your tag or the borders you have been given*
**I gave you a blank tag if you wanted to make your own instead of the one I made**
***Stickers in your kit are to be used in place of the stars on the sketch***
EXAMPLE WITH A PHOTO
*That's my 9 year old nephew with a mask on. Isn't it funny?*
DECEMBER SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*Background papers vary from kit to kit*
**Layer the green fancy die cut/flower, the ornament, stamped circle and snowflake on top of each other. Finish with a brad in the center of the snowflake**
***I gave you extra snowflakes and brads to decorate more***
****I glued the dot to the "i" on the green cardstock for the title "Faith". I didn't want it to get lost. All you need to do is adhere the red frame onto the green cardstock and then line up the word "faith" to the dot****
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
*You could always leave the ornament like shown above and use a long/tall 4x6 photo under the word faith*
SEPTEMBER SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*For your kit I gave you two different styles of leaves in different colors*
**Hand cut them out and place in between the two photos**
(Not up yet)
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
*The "Teachers Pet" sticker is just something I added because I messed up the end of the ribbon and didn't have any more of the same kind*
**Don't use liquid adhesive for your ribbon. A good glue stick like Pioneer Extra Strong Embellishment glue stick, Tacky Tape or this glue stick by SCOTCH are all great options**
***You can add details to you layout and make it your own***
JUNE SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*I didn't include the butterflies because the paper is busy and I thought they would get lost*
**The scallop rectangle is meant to go behind the tag with the brad in the hole of the tag**
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
AUGUST SKETCH
EXAMPLE WITH YOUR KIT
*You may have the largest circle off the page of the calendar . Because it won't go into a scrapbook you don't have to worry about not fitting into a page protector.*
**I cut a photo into a circle for my middle circle but I gave you a stamped flower**
***Place brads on both sides of the stamped flower image***
EXAMPLE WITH PHOTOS
*The letters I used are chipboard pre-made by Colorbok*
**You can cut chipboard on your Cricut with a deep cut blade and housing unit {I think Gina sells them at her store}**
If there are any questions you can email me at grohcm@gmail.com or give me a call
