children's hour easel album

B. Cut along the light gray lines on all 3 sheets to get a total of 36 pieces. (3 pieces per month)

8x8 Easel Celebrations Calendar

Class Project Featuring: Children's Hour

Designed by Annette Green Graphic 45 Supplies:1 each Children's Hour 12x12 Pad (#4501249)1 pack Decorative Chipboard (#4501255) 1 sheet Decorative Sticker (#4501257) 1 sheet Alphabet Sticker (#4501258)1 each 8x8 Easel Album (#4500541)1 pack Ornate Metal Keys (#4500545)

Additional Supplies:2 sheets 12 x12 kraft cardstock 3 sheets 81 2 x 11 colonial white cardstock 50 May Arts (SM-14) red jute twine 100 May Arts (SM-10) natural jute twine

Tools & Adhesives: Paper trimmer, scissors, scoring board, bone folder, ruler, pencil, 3 4 circle punch, tape runner, 3D foam adhesive, Crop-a-dile, scallop scissors

Note: For all the month pages, refer to the cutting guide and images for details. For ease of assembly, pre-cut these images and create piles for each month. All other cuts are included in the following directions.

Directions: A. Print 3 copies of the PDF file (ruled calendar pieces) onto 8 x 11 Ivory cardstock.

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1. Create the cover. Cut a 35 8 x 71 4 piece from August Montage (b-side) and adhere to the first page in the easel album 1 8 from right edge and below spiral coil. Cut apart the January and July mini calendars from the January and July Collectives, 2 x 3 each and adhere as shown.

2. Cut apart the remaining months mini calendars from their corresponding Collectives pages and adhere in an overlapping fashion as shown. 3. Cut a 35 8 x 3 4 strip from July Montage (b-side) and scallop along one long edge. Adhere to upper right corner as shown. Cut the green word strip from November Collective 35 8 x 1 4 and adhere in upper right as shown. Cut the 3-part sticker border to 7 long and adhere to bottom area as shown.

4. Place foam tape or squares behind the letters E-V-E-N-T-S and adhere to cover in lower right corner above border stickers, as shown.

5. Create a collage of stickers. Begin with the week tag; punch out the hole and insert two 12 lengths of natural thin twine, catching an ornate metal key before tying into a bow. Layer the stickers as shown, popping up the "Happy Birthday" with foam tape or squares.

(Finished view of calendar cover)

6. From two sheets of 12 x 12 Kraft cardstock, cut a total of twelve 3 x 4 pieces, then score in half at 2 to create a fold-over panel as shown. (Eventually, youll adhere the ruled calendar pieces as shown in this photo.)

7. January page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from January Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Adhere the wide and the thin border strips to the bottom as shown.



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8. Adhere the main image just above the wide border and from left edge. Adhere the two pennant pieces to the top left as shown, then the Post Card tag. Adhere the January header with foam tape.

9 .Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces. (one on the front and two on the inside) then sandwich the two circles onto the front flap as shown.

10. Adhere the kraft fold-over unit from Step 10 to the page. Adhere New Year cut-apart and Warmest Greetings sticker to finish the page.

11. February page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from February Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with January.

12. Adhere the Happy Anniversary sticker, as shown.

13. Insert a 10 length of thin red twine into the small chipboard tag and tie a bow, then adhere to lower left corner as shown.

14. March page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from March Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with January & February.

15. Adhere flower child sticker with foam tape as shown.

16. April page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from April Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with January, February & March.




17. Adhere the Celebrate sticker as shown. Insert a 10 length of thin natural twine into the small chipboard tag and tie into a bow. Adhere as shown.

18. May page. (This page will start a new page style.) Cut a 7 x 7 square from May Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Adhere the thin border from top as shown, then the May header centered. Adhere the wide border across the bottom of the page.

19. Adhere the main image to lower right of page, from right edge and touching the wide border. Tear along one long edge of the b-side strip and adhere below main image. Insert a 12 length of thin twine into tag and tie into a bow. Adhere to lower left of page, overlapping wide border as shown. Layer On Your

Special Day piece across the tag.

20. Adhere the fussy cut butterfly at the bottom of the page.

21. Adhere the three postage stamp cut-aparts fanned above the main image as shown. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces as you did in Step 9. Adhere two green corner stickers and Spring sticker onto front.

22. June page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from June Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with May.

23. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces. Adhere two blue corner stickers and Summer sticker onto front. Adhere fussy cut flower cluster to page as shown in photo from Step 22.

24. July page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from July Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should now be working on the back side of the June page) Follow the same assembly of the cut-aparts as with May & June.




25. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces. Adhere two red corner stickers and cherries chipboard onto front. Adhere fussy cut red flower to page as shown in photo from Step 24.

26. August page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from August Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should be working on the back side of the May page) Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with May, June and July.

27. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces. Adhere two brown corner stickers and cherries sticker onto front. Adhere fussy cut sunflower to page as shown in photo from Step 26.

28. September page. (This page will start a new page style.) Cut a 7 x 7 square from September Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should be working on the back side of the April page.) Adhere the vertical border to left edge as shown, then the main image 1 8 to the right and flush with top.

29. Adhere the Boy in the Hay cut-apart 1 8 from right and flush with bottom, as shown. Adhere two word strips flush with boy and 1 8 from bottom, then adhere the sideways pennant piece.

30. Snip a v cut off the left end of the One, two, buckle my shoe strip then adhere it from top and flush with right. Adhere September header below.

31 .Assemble a kraft fold-over with ruled calendar pieces. Fold the short sunflower strip in half and adhere it sandwiched on the front flap of the fold-over. Insert a 10 length of thin natural twine into a small ornate metal key and tie into a bow. Adhere to front flap with strong metal glue. Adhere to page as shown.

32. Adhere the fussy cut apple and leaves to the lower left corner of page, then insert two 5 lengths of thin natural twine into the round apple sticker, tying into a knot. Adhere sticker with foam tape.




33. October page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from October Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should be working on the back side of the March page.) Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with September.34. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces and follow the same basic assembly as the September fold-over. Adhere to page as shown.35. Adhere pumpkin postage stamp with foam tape to lower left corner, as shown.

36. November page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from November Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should be working on the back side of the February page.) Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with September & October.

37. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces and follow the same basic assembly as the September & October fold-overs. Adhere to page as shown.38. Insert a 12 length of thin natural twine into the girl chipboard tag and tie into a bow, then adhere to lower left corner of page. Adhere fussy cut leaves next.

39. December page. Cut a 7 x 7 square from December Montage (b-side) and adhere to the next page in the easel album, centered. (You should be working on the back side of the January page.) Follow the same basic assembly of the cut-aparts as you did with September, October & November.40. Assemble a kraft fold-over with its three ruled calendar pieces and follow the same basic assembly as the September, October & November fold-overs. (This key will have a 12 length of red thin twine.) Adhere to page as shown.41. Insert a 12 length of thin red twine into the girl and cat chipboard tag and tie into a bow, then adhere to lower left corner of page.

And there you have it! This beautiful Graphic 45 project is in the books! Or the calendar, whichever you prefer!




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