January Calendar cards

I’ve made a few more cards from the pages of the beautiful 2025 Earth Greetings calendar. I posted the cards made from the cover in a recent blog post. On the back of the cover was the January artwork by Jayne Branchflower featuring eucalyptus leaves and gum blossoms on a pink background.

I made two cards below from the remainder of the cover/January page, one large panel with a navy sentiment cut on the cricut layered over vellum so it would be more distinct. I also cut a couple of gum leaves and one gum blossom from navy cardstock to add a bit more interest to the card. I cut them with scissors so they are very simple and mimic the design painted by Jayne Branchflower.

By this time in my cardmaking I had a strip of the pink panel and a medium size square left which I was able to cut into twelve 1¼” squares which I arranged randomly across one more card base. The sentiment was also cut on the cricut from navy cardstock and a shadow from green.

As I continue to use what I have (UWIH) I am quite happy to have made six cards from one (two sided) calendar page. Although I will continue to make cards from calendar pages I am keen to work with other favourite techniques that haven’t been featured on the blog lately. I have a non-card related project I’m working on which also uses what I have on hand. I will hopefully share more of that one if I successfully complete it.