Sister Stamps Release #26 -- Ai

Welcome back & Happy Halloween! Sorry, nothing Halloween-y to share today. I am still in the process of making calendars! Yeah, I make a lot of calendars but I think they are so practical to give away as gifts.

Here is a larger planner that I found at Walmart! Now these calendars were so cheap and they came with a vinyl cover so I got some to pretty up. Again, I used washi paper over the covers. They were orange before! Then I added the gold cardstock and used the negative part after die cutting the numbers out. This strip kind of added a teeny bit of bulk when putting the vinyl cover back on so next time I'll probably not do that.

Here is a close up of Ai.

And here is her boy counterpart, Yoichi.

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Comments

Denice said…

Oh....I love these stamps! Just a couple of weeks ago we saw the San Diego Taiko Drummers, it was an awesome concert! Your planners are perfect!

October 31, 2014 at 1:26 AM

Lynn said…

This looks super! How lovely to use those images for a planner. Great job!

October 31, 2014 at 1:42 AM

Rachel Parys said…

So flipping cute! I love the colors on that washi paper, they are to die for! Great calendar project!

October 31, 2014 at 7:12 AM

Cheryl said…

Cute calendar and images! Great altering of not so popular color items!

October 31, 2014 at 9:39 AM

Leanne said…

Awesome calendar cover!! The gold in the band really ties the whole design together, and love how you added both the new and old images of the Taiko kids. The washi paper is pretty too. Great job!!

November 3, 2014 at 8:16 AM

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