A4 Calendar Layout Ideas
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Posted on 17th October 2024 by Papermill Direct
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Have you tried our Create-a-Calendar yet?
These calendars are a wonderful way to give a creative gift! Make them up for someone or gift them blank for the receiver to decorate at their leisure!
Available as A3, A4, Slimline or Desk Calendars!
We've put together some simple plans to get you started with decorating your calendars.
These layouts contain the measurements in Millimetres so you know exactly what size to cut your card to. Where you add your stamps, stickers, and extra embellishments is up to you but sometimes a little direction is all you need to get those creative ideas flowing!
These layouts can be reused for Scrap Books or junk journals but you may need to resize the card depending on the size of medium you use.
A4 Create-a-Calendar
A4 Calendar 297mm x 210mm
A4 Blank Space: 203mm x 127mm (8” x 5”)
Starting out you will want to pick which pictures or stamps you want to be the center focus of the page. As it's a calendar, many people tend to use photos taken in the month they're decorating or a stamp that compliments the holidays in that month. You might want to plan a theme for each month or a colour that compliments your photos.
What you'll need before getting started:
Coloured Card Stock! - Lots of lovely different shades and sizes! You won't need any card larger than A5 as the blank space for the A4 calendar is 203mm x 127mm (8” x 5”) but you will need plenty of Offcuts! We do a selection of different Offcut Boxes which would help you to decorate your calendar, or if you're gifting a blank calendar why not pair it with an offcut box and an adhesive like our Double sided tape to create a gorgeous gift!
Double-Sided Tape - Our double-sided tape or glue dots work nicely when adding photos and cards. You can use glue but the tape/glue dots have a shorter drying time which means less waiting around when you're in that creative streak.
Card Trimmer - A proper card trimmer will give you those straight crisp cut lines and will help with getting the sizes of your card perfect. You can use scissors or a cutting knife if you haven't got a card trimmer though.
What we recommend adding (but you don't have to!)
Photos - The most common Calendar design we see from our customers is one filled with happy loving faces of their families! Our Calendars can work just like a scrapbook except every month one of your wonderful pages will be on display so everyone can marvel and compliment you on your creative talent! I like to use the app FreePrints which allows you so many free photos printed each month and all you pay for is the postage to have them delivered to you!
Stamps or Stickers - You could focus your entire calendar page around any special stamps you have or you could use them as an addition to your photos to fill in the pages and add intrigue.
Dies & Die Cutting Machine - Letters and number dies would be a great way to add titles to your calendar page or use circle dies for backing cards and cropping images where the background may not be necessary
Memorabilia - Don't limit yourself to just photos! If you keep receipts, packaging, or odd little things from your days out then why not add those as decorations to your calendars?
Add drawings & free-hand patterns - Even if they're not perfect or you don't love them at first site adding your own little doodles or patterns will add a level of intimacy to your calendar and uniqueness that no one else can replicate
Use textured cards to add intrigue without detracting from the main focus of your calendar page. Our Hammered and Linen cards are very popular and come in a variety of shades or take a look at our premium ranges of cards like Nettunno or Tintoretto.
Add sentiments or notes to your pages for intrigue or if you know what dates you took your photos you could add them to the calendar.
Don't feel like you need to add a title to every page though, if it doesn't come to you naturally then move on, you could always add one it at the end if inspiration strikes you.
Do you follow the rule of 3?
One top tip we keep reading about scrapbooking is to have 3 points of interest on each page as it keeps the eye moving or by having a only 3 colours in your colour scheme.
Don't be afraid to layer up your cards! We've kept our Calendar layouts to just the basics but if you have a set of square dies then you could use them to create smaller squares for layering or border your photos with black cards to ensure they stand out against the page.
If you have a corner cutter then trim the corners of your photos
If you're pairing patterned card with photos keep the patterns simple, the more complex the pattern the more it will draw focus away from your photos.
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