Getting ready for a new year is always exciting and I truly love being able to create a new calendar that I can use to plan out all of my big projects. This calendar is a monthly planner so it gives me a great high-level look at what I have happening.
I do not, however, want the same planner that everyone else has, so I have to take it and make it my own!
I have been all about catching my dreams lately and have been creating a lot around the idea of dreams and dream catchers, which is what lead to the dream catcher on the front of this calendar.
It is a simple project to create and I hope you enjoy it!
Supplies:
- Surfaces: Ranger Sticky Back Canvas- Natural; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine; inexpensive monthly planner or journal
- Dina Wakley Media Paints: Umber, Lime, Tangerine, Turquoise, Magenta
- Dina Wakley Media Gesso: White
- Distress Ink Re-inker: Walnut Stain
- Adhesive: Ranger Glue n Seal
- Embellishments: Tim Holtz Remnants Rubs
- Tools: Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors; Ranger Artist Brushes, Heat It Craft Tool; permanent marker; pencil and something circular you can trace; baby wipes
Grab an inexpensive calendar.
Trace the calendar cover onto the back of your sticky back canvas...
... be sure to leave the backing on until the very end!
Take your pencil and trace a circle onto a piece of the glassine paper then cut it out.
Fold it in half and cut the center out, creating a donut shape.
Add gesso to your canvas create a circle a bit bigger than the one you just cut out (which you can use as a guide for size).
Add some pieces of fringe hanging down.
While the gesso dries, cut out some strips from the glassine paper to create more fringe and decorative bits for your dream catcher.
Use Glue n' Seal to adhere the glassine pieces to the canvas once the gesso is dry.
Feel free to use the heat gun to dry the glue n seal.
Take some paint and begin to add color to your dream catcher.
Once the paint is on and dry, seal the entire piece with a glaze made from glue n seal and a tiny bit of umber paint.
Dry with the heat gun.
Distress a bit more using the Walnut Stain wipe with a baby wipe to spread color.
Add in dimension and some clarity of the lines with a permanent marker, creating lines and doodles on the piece.
Finish with some rubo-ns.
Now cut from the corner into the marked pencil corner on all four corners of your canvas.
Peel off the backing and adhere the image to the front cover.
Fold and trim the edges, securing the cover all the way.
My calendar had a clear cover, so I slipped it back into the cover to keep it protected.
Now all that is left to do is to begin all of your wondrous plans for 2015!
Stephenie Hamen is a mixed media artist, paper crafter, avid home cook and recipe writer, as well as a gardener and mother of 2 boys, Owen and Jacob, and wife to Matt. Stephenie started out as a teacher and loves to take that passion for education to teach others about creating and living an artful life. You can learn more about Stephenie on her blog: http://mycraftyadventures.com/.
