Now that the holidays have passed and everyone has received their 2026 desk calendars, I can share them here. I didn’t start making my calendars until December, so I had to keep the designs fairly simple. I made three different calendar styles: one with ink blending and die cuts, and two versions with patterned card stock as the base.
For the first style, I used masking stencils to ink blend a square near the top of each white panel. I added a bit of splatter then stamped a sentiment and added a die-cut shape. I matted each calendar sheet with coordinating card stock.
For the second design I used a pack of floral patterned card stock and added a layer of vellum to each panel. I added a word die cut from gold card stock near the top of the vellum, glued the calendar sheet underneath, and finished with a few gold sequins.
For the final design, I used a pack of patterned card stock in neutral colors with copper metallic accents. I stamped a sentiment for each page and die cut it with a circle die. I used a variety of embellishments, including buttons, doilies, and punched or die-cut shapes, and matted the calendar sheets with either dark brown or copper card stock.
