The Birthday Wishes collection is one of those collections that just makes me happy! I love the colors, the theme, and I have found it to be perfect for everything from creating scrapbook pages to birthday party decor. Today, I’m sharing a project that was inspired by one of the pieces of patterned paper in the Birthday Wishes collection called Party Day. On the B side of this paper is a calendar that spoke to me and said “make me into a birthday calendar!” And so I listened!
I began by creating the inside pages first. I cut the Party Day paper into 6 sections, with two consecutive months on each piece, by following the printed lines on the paper. I then mounted each piece onto white cardstock. Next, I mounted this piece onto a piece of patterned paper from the Birthday Wishes collection.
I was going to stop with that, but then the idea of using the Birthday Wishes Printed Bags to hold Birthday Cards for each month entered my mind. I then, mounted each of the pieces onto one of the Printed Bags. To decorate each page, I used one of the Birthday Wishes Stamps and either a sticker or die cut from the collection.
Once I had all of the interior pages completed, I created the cover for my Organizer using plain chipboard. I cut the chipboard to 5.5 x 7.5″. This made it slightly larger than the Printed Bags. I then decorated the front chipboard cover with patterned paper, a page from the Journaling and Quote Book, a Button and some twine.
To put the organizer together, I punched holes in the side of each bag, using the first one as a guide for punching the holes in the other bags. I then used one of the bags as a guide to punch holes in the chipboard cover. I then slipped a 1.25″ book ring through each hole and fastened all of the pages and the front and back covers together.
My Birthday Calendar and Card Organizer is now complete and ready for me to add the birthdays of my friends and families. After I finished the organizer, I decided that I wanted to get a head start on birthday cards, so I created a set of 8 quick and easy birthday cards using the Birthday Wishes Cardmaking Paper Pad and Journaling Cards. Stop by my blog to see: Quick and Easy Birthday Cards | Pebbles Birthday Wishes and a fun tool that I used to add a little sparkle and shine to my cards.
Such a cute and clever idea! I love it! 🙂
SO cute and what a great idea! Now I want to make one!!!!
I just love this idea and how you have put the whole thing together, I especially love how you used the printed bags as card holders such a great idea!, you have inspired me to have a go at making my own and i can’t wait to give it a go!!!, thanks for sharing .
Could you tell me which brand this collection is made by please and if you can buy all the products you have used in a kit or are they all sold seperatly?, thanks in advance.
Hello!
This collection is called Birthday Wishes and is made by us, Pebbles Inc! 🙂
You can buy all the products separately, and there are links at the bottom of this post linking to each product used. If the link doesn’t open a purchasing page, we are currently out of stock on that item. You can also contact your local scrapbooking store and see if they carry the collection! Happy scrapping!
Love this! My resolution for this year was to start sending out birthday cards to family and friends and an organizer like this would certainly come in handy!