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How to make a Hybrid Calendar

Every year I create calendars to give as gifts to the grandparents and aunts and uncles separated by the miles.  I scooped up Karla Dudley’s 2011 Calendar templates to whip up a quick and easy hybrid calendar.  I also added a piece of Karla’s Fly Girl Paper and Karla’s Brushes:

  • Open Calendar Template in Photoshop

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • Drag picture into template, clip to photo mask (Alt-Click).
  • Repeat process to create each page, save copy to flash drive.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I opened a patterned paper from Karla’s Fly Girl kit and dragged it under the book plate and date sticker.
  • I also added a circle brush to the paper.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I added text to the center of the circle brush and then duplicated each item 3 times for each of the calendars I was planning to make.
  • I printed this sheet on plain white cardstock at home.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I die cut these shapes with spellbinder circles to adhere to the front and back of my calendars.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I took my flash drive to target and printed each page on 4×6.  Even though the file is square, it just added white bars to the side.
  • I trimmed these to 4.25″x4″.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I punched holes in the side with my zutter bind it all.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I cut raw chipboard sheets to the same size and punched those in the bind it all as well.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • I sandwiched the front and back covers together  and all the pages under that
  • I threaded the binding coils in through the back

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • slowly squeeze the coils together in the bind it all.

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

  • voila!

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

Hybrid Calendar Tutorial by Joscelyne Cutchens

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One Response to “How to make a Hybrid Calendar”

  1. TWan says:

    Great calendar and how to. I should pull my Bind It All out and make a few. Thanks for sharing.

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