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I don’t know about you, but I love calendars. I have one in my purse, on the wall, on my computer, on my desk…. well, you get the idea. You would think with all of the calendars that I have surrounding me that I would be a well organized and punctual person, but I am not! None-the-less, I still love my calendar especially the the one I am going to show you today.

This is a calendar desk set that would make a great project to complete over the Christmas holiday. It is simple and fun to do and will inspire you all year long.

So – in the spirit of the holiday season we are going to challenge you to create a calendar of your own!

Contest Rules:
*Create a 2010 Calendar using this tutorial for inspiration
* You must use 2 – 3 P K Glitz products on your project
*You need to complete at least one calendar page, but the more the better!
*Post your completed project to your blog, website, or online gallery. Don’t have one? Then send a picture of your project to info @ pkglitz .com
*Leave a comment at the bottom with a link to where you have uploaded your project
*You have until midnight, December 31, 2009 central time to complete your project.
*P K Glitz employees and designers are not eligible for this contest

Prizes?? Yes – their is a prize! A $50 Gift Certificate to the P K Glitz store!
* January 2, 2010 all entries will be upload right here on the blog
*The project with the most votes will win the contest
*Voting will start on January 2, 2010 and will end midnight, January 6, 2010 central time.
* Winner will be announced by January 9, 2010

Supplies:
Adhesive (Sticky Tape; P K Glitz)
Anti-static Powder (P K Glitz)
E P Lite (Honeycomb; P K Glitz)
E P Max (Honeycomb; P K Glitz)
Glitter Glitz (Honeycomb, Crystal, White Pearl; P K Glitz)
WonderFilm (P K Glitz)
Acrylic Frame (Walmart)
Cardstock (Back to Basics; Bo Bunny)
Cardstock (Prism)
Die Cuts (Snowflake Wonder; Spellbinders)
Digital Designs (2010 Calendar; ksharonkdesigns, 2 Little Pixels)
Digital Designs (Warm Christmas; cherpea, 2 Little Pixels)
Distress Ink (Frayed Burlap; Ranger)
Embossing Ink (Inksenssials)
Embossing Machine (Epic 6; Quick Cutz)
Embossing Tool (Marvy)
Glue Pen —–
Snowflake Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Wooden Beads (Indus Trading)

Calendar Instructions:

Step 1: Run cardstock through embossing machine. Once the cardstock is embossed dust cardstock with Anti Static powder.

Step 2: Lightly swipe the embossing ink pad across the raised (embossed) areas of the cardstock.

Step 3: Pour E P Lite embossing powder onto the cardstock. The E P Lite will only stick to the areas that you have covered with embossing ink.
Note: E P Lite is a translucent glitter embossing powder. This means that the color underneath will show through. I chose E P Lite Honeycomb for my project because it was complimentary to the color of my cardstock.

Step 4: With your heat tool, heat the E P Lite to melt the embossing powder. When finished adhere it to your background cardstock.

Step 5: At this point, you can either purchase a store bought calendar or you can make your own as I did. I used a digital calendar and inserted my own picture. I then printed it out and placed it on a mat prior to adhering to my background.

Step 6: I used a die cuts to make my snowflakes and added glitter glitz to each of the flakes using my Quickie Glue Pen and Glitter Glitz.
I used Glitter Glitz Honeycomb, White Pearl, and Crystal.

Step 7: To make the feet, I rolled each wooden bead on my embossing ink pad then poured E P Max onto the bead. With the bead held by a wooden skewer I embossed each one before gluing to the bottom of my acrylic frame.

Pen Instructions:

Supplies:
Glitter Glitz (P K Glitz)
Sticky Tape (P K Glitz)
Coffee Filters
Pen
Plastic Drinking Straw
Scissors

Step 1: Remove the end cap from the pen along with the pen refill.

Step 2: Begin to wrap Sticky Tape around the end of the refill. Do this several times.

Step 3: As you can see, the Sticky Tape forms a gasket so that the glitter will not leak out through the end of the pen. Replace refill into pen barrel.

Step 4: Cut the end of the drinking straw at an angle to form a “scoop”.

Step 5: Pick up glitter using the scoop you just made

Step 6: With your pen refill placed back into the pen barrel, begin filling with glitter using the scoop.

Step 7: When the pen barrel is completely full, replace pen cap.
NOTE: You may want to use some Crystal Lacquer to glue the pen cap closed so their is no chance that the glitter could spill out.

These pens can be made using any of our 72 Glitter Glitz colors!

I hope you have enjoyed this Calendar and Pen project idea! If you make one of your own, send us a picture or link to where we can see it. You never know – you just might be featured on our blog!

Welcome to today’s edition of “Talk Tuesdays“! Today is the day that we post answers to questions that we’ve received either in our blog comments, from the shows we attend or emails. Come back every week and you’ll find the answers to those questions!

Q: When I heat emboss, the powder clings to other parts of the paper around my stamped image. How do I stop that from happening?
A: Anti-static Powder to the rescue! It is a very fine powder that you dust across the paper before stamping the image. It lasts a long time because you can put the excess Anti-static Powder back in the container to use for next time! After dusting, stamp away! The Anti-static Powder acts as a barrier between the paper and embossing powder discouraging it from sticking anywhere other than your stamped image!

Have a great week!