Moments in Time

If I'd spent half as much time stamping as I've spent trying to put this photo collage together, I would be able to say I'd accomplished something so far today. LOL. Sometimes, I feel so inept. The collage photo is smaller than I would like it to be. However, at this point, I give up. You'll get the drift.

It's a coaster calendar made with January's Stamp of the Month set, Moments in Time. The design was somewhat inspired by Julee's "A Year in Verve" post on her Poetic Artistry blog. I used six 3-1/2 inch coasters and a variety of papers and stamps. While most are from Close To My Heart (both current and retired products), there's a little Verve here and a little Papertrey Ink there along with some Memory Box and Basic Grey papers.

All of the stamped circle elements (punched with 1 and 1-1/4 circle punches) were mounted with foam tape. Because I don't have a Bind-It-All, the calendar is held together with jump rings. It works. While the design is simple like all my designs are, the project, as a whole,
was more ambitious than my usual attempts. Fun, too. Because I'm tired of anything that has anything to do with winter, I'll show you a closeup of the June page. Because the materials were so many and varied, I'm not going to list them. If you have a question, please ask.

With stamp club projects to prepare for tomorrow evening, I'm going back to my corner. Perhaps, I should get dressed for the day, too. LOL. Actually it feels pretty good to be sitting around in my pajamas in the middle of the afternoon. Whatever you're doing, I hope you're having a great day. Later . . .

P.S. Double click on the collage photo if you want to see a larger version.