Seasons and Months Around The Corner

Dimension Stamps recently released a new set called Seasons and Months Around The Corner (ref: 2400072a).  It's a must have for making calendars for christmas presents, but they are also fabulous for cards too!

 

Mothers Day

 

How to make:

• Cut a 4.5cm strip off the front right hand side of a 7inch x x5inch cream card, distress around the front edges of the card and the inside edges that can be seen in antique linen.
• On the 4.5cm strip of cream card randomly stamp the daffodil corner in memento rich cocoa (it’s for die cutting) colour in with promarkers and distress with wild honey.
• Cut out two 7.5cm x 5.5cm pieces of cream card stamp the daffodil corner twice on each piece.
• On one piece stamp "March" and the "10^th" on the other piece.
• Colour both in using promarkers , distress and edge the two cards with antique linen.
• Attach a piece of light gold chiffon ribbon to the left hand side of the card.
• Attach the card with "March" on to the top of the cut edge of the card on an angle, so one corner is just on the ribbon and the other side is over the cut edge of the card.
• Attach the other card under this.
• Tie three pieces of ribbon onto the side ribbon.
• Die cut "Mothers Day" from the stamped piece of card and attach down the inside edge of the card that can be seen.

July Card

 How to make:

• Distress a small fancy edge cream card with dusty concord.
• Cut a 12.8cm x 12.8cm piece of cream card and die cut the centre (Spellbinders Labels One 54-161), stamp the butterfly corner in each corner using memento grape jelly, colour in with gel pens and glitter glue.
• Stamp "July" in grape jelly onto a piece of cream card trim and mount onto a piece of lilac card with a narrow border.
• Centrally stamp the calendar onto a 11cm x 11cm piece of lilac card in grape jelly, add some numbers down each side mask off the date you want to stamp larger, use the larger single numbers for this and stamp the days of the week down the centre in grape jelly.
• Centrally attach the cream shaped card over the lilac card.
• Add glossy accents across the larger numbers and date leave to dry
• Finally attach the cream card to the card with foam pads and attach July to the top of the card using foam pads.

November Birthday

 

How to make:

• Mask off sections of a 14.8cm x 14.8cm square white card and use the leaf corner stamp it in different ways in each section using memento desert sand, distress some sections with antique linen
• In the top right corner stamp November 26^th in memento rich cocoa.
• Outline some sections with a brown line.
• Make a 8cm x 8cm white card stamp two leaf corners in rich cocoa, distress in antique linen.
• Die cut "Dad", and two small and two large leaves from brown pearl card.
• Attach "Dad" diagonally across the small white card and add a leaf corner in the two unstamped corners.
• Make a brown envelope to fit the card, round off the corners and stamp the leaf corner in each corner that will be seen with an embossing pad and clear emboss them.
• Have the mini card sticking out of the envelope and attach in the bottom right hand corner of the card.
• Scrunch up the two large leaves and glue to the top left hand corner.