Vintage Floral Calendar

It’s no secret that I love calendars. Strike that. I love making calendars. I’ve been doing it for years on the blog and there is no reason to stop the tradition now! Take a look HERE to see all the pretty calendars from the Damask Love archives.

During one of my late night Pinterest sessions, I came across this pretty calendar by Rifle Paper Co. I knew I could create something similar and that’s when I hopped to it. Sometimes, I create crafts like I’m a superhero being summoned to the job. Like some sort of siren just went off and there’s a craft emergency to be solved. I drop everything I’m doing and start with the making.

This time around, I called on my beloved Cricut Explore. Y’all know I love that thing with a passion. If this house goes up in flames, I’m grabbing the baby…and the Explore. The folks at Cricut advertise the Explore as a machine that allows you to “Go from Inspiration to Creation in just a few clicks.” Well, truth be told – when I first heard this tagline, I was feeling pretty cynical about the whole thing…but dammit…it turns out those people were right. From the time I saw the inspiration calendar, it took me all of fifteen minutes to come up with something similar in Cricut Design Space. It’s incredibly satisfying to make something in such short order…without having to order special dies or stamps for the project. So, let me take you on a little tour of how this pretty calendar came together:

Here’s a rundown of details on supplies. You’ll wanna read this to make sure you understand how all the elements were created:

{1} Twelve 4 x 4.5″ scalloped rectangles cut from white cardstock. These were cut using a design I created and imported into Design Space. You certainly don’t have to use a scalloped-edged rectangle. You could whatever shape you want, but I have a little love affair with scalloped edges. We’ve been serious for quite some time.

{2} Month words cut from gold vinyl.  This is the most labor intensive part of the project. Cricut Design Space allows you to use whatever fonts you already own on your computer, so I used one of my favorite script fonts to spell out the months of the year. I cut them from gold vinyl, which is a great medium for cutouts that are delicate and might otherwise rip or tear if cut from paper.

{3} The vintage floral images are also available through Cricut Design Space. Stationery designer, Anna Griffin has several Print Then Cut designs available through Design Space and these florals are part of her Vintage Florals image set. Just select the ones you want, resize them, and you’re ready to print them out and cut them. I printed twelve floral images onto the Cricut Printable Sticker Paper so that they’d be super easy to adhere to my calendar design.

{4} To add the months of the year to each calendar page, I used the Damask Love Let’s Make a Date stamp set that was released last year! If you’re chomping at the bit to have this stamp set, it’s back and available for purchase in very limited quantity. Visit the SHOP to grab yours.  For more deets on this awesome stamp set, visit THIS post and if you’d like to order be sure you do it now!

{5} Select your favorite ink for stamping the months of the year. I went for Memento Luxe because it’s my current fave.

{6} NOT PICTURED: Since you’re working with vinyl, you’ll also need some vinyl transfer tape.

{1} Stamp each calendar page using “Let’s Make a Date” – if you don’t have this stamp set  yet, keep scrolling! It’s back in stock and ready to come live with you.

{2} Peel away one of the vintage floral stickers…

{3} Adhere the sticker to the calendar page. I stuck mine slightly off the edge of the calendar page.

{4} Use scissors to trim off any of the sticker that extends beyond the edge of the calendar page.

{5} Place the transfer tape over the word cutout

{6} Peel the word off of it’s original backing and then place directly onto the calendar page. Rub it well to make sure it adheres.

{7} Peel away the transfer tape and you’re done…and yes…vinyl works beautifully on paper. It adheres just like a sticker would…so go ahead and add it to your arsenal of paper crafting supplies!

Let’s Make a Date Stamp Set	Cricut Explore	Gold Vinyl	Vinyl Transfer Tape
Cricut Printable Sticker Paper for Scrapbooking	Tsukineko Memento Luxe Mixed Media Inkpad, Peanut Brittle

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