Advent Calendar Count Down

Ok I finally decided to join the Christmas in July craze. I couldn't help but make my take on Giselle's Advent calendar.

 I love snowmen. The only Christmas decorations I have in my house are snowmen so I made this count down to Xmas in my favorite color and decoration.

 I looked on birthday bash to see which tag Giselle used and found it and cut it in blue and white. I trimmed down the white one so there was blue showing on the top and bottom. I embossed the white one with snowflakes.

 This beautiful snowman is this Friday's freebie at Sew Many. Since it is a digital stamp I can size it however I like so I made a small and large, cut around them and colored them with my copics.

 I did not make my base very well and had to do some work to get it not to fall backwards. 

The tags fold over the back. I made a lot of mistakes making this and I am not the one to explain how to make it. I will work on some more later that hopefully I will do a better job on and explain better later. Thanks for stopping by and make sure to stop by Sew Many on Friday and get this cute freebie.

Post it Calendar

I made this for my hubby's desk at work. Which it may never make it to :) I love the idea of it and want to make some more girly ones. It is hard to decorate something for a guy. I really wanted to add some flowers and rhinestones but he said no...lol.

I cut a piece of thick chipboard and rounded the corners. Added the three darker green paper and post its, calendar and a saying to encourage the hubby. Added some brads and that's about it. I wanted to add something to the top right but I couldn't think of anything that wasn't girly. I got this idea from another wonderful crafter who sent me the excel file for the calendar so I didnt have to make it myself. I can't find the original post though. More of these to come.

12 x 12 Calendar

I needed a calendar for my crafty room and this is what I came up with.I really like how it turned out and it was simple.
Instructions:
Start with two 12 by 12 cardboard pieces
Cut 3 inches off of one of them so it is now 12x9

add adhesive to three sides of the 9x12 piece

cover the front with decorate paper and ink the edges if desired- I used one 12x12 sheet and cover the 9x12 and used the other 3x12 piece on top of the full 12x12 piece.

Adhere the two cardboard pieces together so they make a pocket
I printed the calenders from this website http://www.printable-calendar.com/
I added a piece of cardstock in the back of the 12 months of calendar printouts and used my Bind-It-All to put them all together.

Slide the calendar in
decorate as you desire

 Here is my final project hanging on my wall. I hope you like how this came out as much as I do.