last 2018 calendars!

Yay, I finally finished using up all my 2018 calendars from Taylored Expressions.  I swear every year I buy calendars and tell myself to start early.  But the calendars usually just sit on my desk for a good few months before I even open them to make a calendar!  Though I think I did better this past year than previous years.  This year instead of just being motivated, I need to be more disciplined!  I need to finish goals and check off my to do list even if I don't feel like doing anything.  I guess that is the trap you fall into when you work at home and work for yourself. 

Here is the first batch of dog calendars I made using Mama Elephant's new dog die.  You can make a lot of different kinds of dogs with the die but I chose to make a simple one because I procrastinate too much.

 Here is a close up.  I think he is still pretty cute being a simple dog.

This is my second and last batch of calendars.  I used one of the dogs from Mama Elephant's Dog Agenda stamp set.  He is holding a couple of money bags and I thought that is so cute and funny. 

I paired the image with a sentiment also from Mama Elephant that says "wishing you good fortune."  I blended the background and stamped the sentiment with distress oxides.  I love how the distress oxides stamp!  They are so clear and dark and don't usually have to stamp the image or sentiment more than once.  I have some of the colors from the first set that came out but wondering if I need the other colors.  They are all kind of similar, aren't they?

Okay, that is it for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!