A Birthday Book - Caardvarks

Hello Friends,
If you are here to see my Caardvarks cards please scroll down to the next post...sorry :( It's a two post Monday.

This Birthday Book was created with one of SRM's blank calendars. Hop over to their BLOG you will see amazing calenders by the other DT. I  have trouble keeping track of everyone's Birthdays so I created a desk top calender rather than one to hang on the wall. I'll flip through each month to remind me who's birthday is on the horizon. Let's get started with the cover. This one measures  8x8 and other sizes are available here.  



It's worth spending a some time on this project because you will have it for a long time. I worked on it in segments so I really enjoyed the process.  The good news is I can use this year after year.

CLICK ON EACH MONTH FOR A LARGER VIEW :) 

 

To begin you want to start with stamping all of your images and color them. Now is the best time to add glossy accents. Notice the  present and wand..they will be cut off.

Next step is to measure and cut all of the papers for the top and bottom of each month. I decided that the sewing was a must. Thankfully I enjoy sewing and I  paced myself.



I used two images for the cover and sometimes I like to cut a wig to give the hair  depth and flow. I stamped the bike on the grass so you would see the grass through the spokes instead of the white paper.




Take note of the fairy and the french lady :)




This Christmas image is my favorite. With a little altering she can be used for any season.

Thanks for stopping and for all of your sweet comments. Let me know if you have any questions. This is going to take some time to link all the supplies. I think today I will just do stickers and stamps. Have a great week! Hugs, Kathy

One last thing ...  if you are a Penny Black fan instead of  leaving a comment here can you jump over to the new Penny Black blog and leave some love there? Thanks :) 
Don't forget to check out my Caardvark post below. Sorry for the long post. 

Caardvarks is being sponsored

by Hero Arts. The challenge to to create a CASE card. So basically that means clean and simple.  You will be amazed what the crew did this week with these fun stamps. Check it out here.

To design  a taller tree I stamped the tree three times and layered them. I cut one of the large ornaments to make the pot that the tree is in.

I used distress ink to color the tree & stamped the snowflakes for the background.

 

For this card I wanted to tone down the usual Christmasy colors and give it  a softer look.

The leaves in this set can be used all year. I stamped the background and colored the images with light colored markers so if you mess up you can really tell. I love to add dot's on leaves. 

I used two shades of blue to highlight the leaves.

I had some much fun making the cards and thanks so much for stopping by. Blogger was giving me some trouble today so that's why things are a little off center. I hope your week will be a good one.
Hugs, Kathy

P.S. Five days left for my blog candy here 

Supplies: Copic markers, Hero Hues paper and the supplies listed below.