Desk top Calendar - a class project

This desk top calendar will be one of the class projects this week. It's such a cute project, and would make a wonderful gift for a teacher, a fellow work mate or a stocking stuffer for Christmas. In addition, they will  be an item on my craft table Thanksgiving weekend (in 2 weeks time)

This will be the first time I am able to use calendars in projects because up to now I have not been able to get them shipped to Canada.  I was so excited when they finally arrived on Friday!

There are so many tutorial on-line on how to make desk top calendars - all slightly different from each other - that I decided  to use a composite of several tutorials.
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I started a with a piece of Crushed Curry card stock 4 1/8 by 11 3/4" long and scored it at 1", 1 7/8", 3 1/4 and 7 1/2". The scored areas were folded and burnished in such a way to form an easel that allows the calendar to stand up and/or fold flat to place in an envelope,

 On the art piece on the front  I  stamped 3 Sunflowers using the Painted Daisy stamp set using the following colours:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Crushed Curry, with Chocolate Chip in the center.  A gold faceted gem was placed in the center of each flower. The leaves were double stamped with  Garden Green ink.  Before adding the calendar I adhered it to a 1 1/2 by 3" piece of Crushed Curry card stock.

After sponging the edges with Crumb Cake I adhered it to a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock before  adhering it to the desk top piece.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Painted Harvest
Inks:  Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Papers:  Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Gold Faceted Gem, 12 month calendar (non SU), Scoring Tool