Hello, Anya here with you today to share a new project I made for Thanksgiving using the “Fall is in the Air” collection . We are always looking for ways to add more meaning to our Holidays. This year, we want to start a new family tradition – a Gratitude Calendar. For the month of November, every day each family member will write a little note about what he/she is grateful for, or a little Thank You note to one of the family members. We will read these notes together at the Thanksgiving dinner.
I made this calendar with three pockets – one for each week leading to Thanksgiving Day. Also, I made my pockets big enough to include lots of notes, since we have a big family!
To make the first panel and pocket, I cut an 8 x 12 piece of plain cardstock, and folded a 12 x 12 piece of Journaling Cards pattern paper over it. Before gluing it down, I decorated the front part of the panel first. From the Sweater Weather pattern paper I cut a 7 x 11 piece and glued it in the center. From Ultra White Designer Cardstock I cut a 6 x 10 piece, punched a half circle with a circle punch and adhered three sides of the pocket to the main piece. Using a sewing machine, I stitched around three sides of the pocket and adhered the whole page to the cardstock piece. Also, I covered the back panel with an additional 6 x 12 piece of craft cardstock.
To have a little more cohesive look throughout my Gratitude Calendar, I repeated some design elements on each panel. I began each cluster of embellishments with a circle piece cut from the Thankful Owls pattern paper, accompanied by a smaller circle of matching pattern paper and an Outlined Pumpkin Die.
I decorated each panel abundantly with a lot of die cut leaves. To make them, I used the Autumn Leaves Designer Die to cut out leaf shapes from the Solids Kit paper and inked the edges with red ink to give them a more realistic look.
To connect all the panels together, I used large brads and metal rings. By making this Calendar in four panels, it allows you to fold it flat for easy storage.
To finish this project I added stickers, chipboard pieces and enamel dots. Also, I used Glossy Accents to add “rain drops” on the leaves and opposite corners from designs. I hope I’ve inspired you to create a similar project and make your Holidays more meaningful.
Products I used:
3x4 Journaling Cards pattern paper
Changing Leaves pattern paper
Fall Friends pattern paper
4x6 Journaling Cards pattern paper
Fall Floral pattern paper
Border Strips pattern paper
Thankful Owls pattern paper
Fall is in the Air Element Stickers
Fall is in the Air Alpha Stickers
Fall is in the Air Frames and Tags
Fall is in the Air Chipboard
Fall is in the Air Ephemera Pack
Fall is in the Air Plaid Tape
Fall is in the Air Enamel Dots
Autumn Leaves Designer Dies
Outlined Pumpkins Designer Dies
Ribbon, Brads, Red ink, white thread and Glossy Accents.
