Photoshop Friday! Printable, giftable photo calendar!

It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep and a can of Diet Mt. Dew can do for someone’s outlook. :) I’m feeling really good today, and excited to share a gift with you. :)

Today’s download is a printable, giftable calendar. I’ve done this one up in true hybrid style, so there are two half-sheet pages per sheet, and it’s designed to be printed on letter-sized photo paper. You can mount each 8x5-inch photo to cardstock, and then bind it as you like. I’m going to use my Bind-it-All to add a coil binding to the top edge, so the calendar can be flipped over each month.

Plus (this should come as no surprise), I used my font-of-the-moment, Fling! :D 

Here’s what the pages look like:

 

The layered .psd file comes with 4 colors of background paper, the cut striped paper, the ribbon, and layers for each of the months. Then there’s a layer where you can either clip or place a 4x4 cropped photo, and the frame around it.

I left it pretty unembellished, so you can add what you like: tags, brads, buttons, flowers - digital or traditional. My favorite. :) (You know I’m leaning toward the brad/button/flower approach after printing - it just adds that little extra somethin’.

All you need to do is crop your 12 photos, add them to this document, and turn the layers on and off while you print. It’ll take 6 sheets of letter-sized photo paper per calendar, but formatted like this they’re easy to mass-produce. :) These are huge hits among the grandparents every year at our house. :)

DOWNLOAD: The project is a .zip file that contains 1 layered .psd file, and 1 .png file with the calendar months, in case you want to use them on other projects.  Click here to download the .zip file (41 MB).

Have a super, Phabulous Photoshop Phriday! Daily December starts tomorrow! YAY! Holiday memories to be made and recorded. :D 

 

Comments

[miniviolet]

Thank you so much! So very generous of you.

btw...I have been able to see the images again since you gave the tip of clearing temp file folders and cookies, but I have to do it everytime I visit your site. Bizarre. I use IE.

[grambie]

I am the grandparent and great-grandparent of 22mth old. I plan to give these to the parents. A fabulous way to say I love you!! I really enjoy your Friday tidbits along with the joy of reading all the comments and thank yous. I can only say, it is individuals like you who are gifted and are not afraid to share their innate talent with others. I call you my digital-scrapping angel. Your remarks are always encouraging and uplifting. "GOD HAS SMILED ON YOU!!! Thanks again for this fabulous gift of love.

[Ramie]

WOW! This is awesome! Thank you SO much!!

Ramie

[Donna]

The calendars are gorgeous!!! I've never made one but yours make me want to get started now. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent with us. I'm a newbie to digital so I am off to try some of the tutorials. TYSVM : )
Donna

[Alane]

Thank you so much! It will make a great gift!

[Denise Olson]

These are just absolutely gorgeous!!! Will I get the same results if I get some sleep and drink diet Mt. Dew. You never seize to amaze me! Thank you!!!!

[Janie]

Thanks for the calendar, Jessica -- love it!

[cathy]

Thank so much, Jessica, for this great gift. You are always thinking about us!

[Vicki (Chickivaney)]

Great calendars! Thanks so much!

[hsmema]

Thank you, your generosity is amazing :)

[Zakirah]

Hi,

I just want to let you know that I really love your scrapbooking style! The colors, shapes, fonts, layouts - everything! They are so lovely and inspiring. Hope to see more of your scrapbooking stuff here!

[Margaret]

Wow - what a great idea! Thanks so much for the freebie!

[JPeo]

I'm new to all of this, so forgive me if I'm clueless...I can only get January and February to download. What am I doing wrong? It really is a beautiful calendar, and I can't wait to add my pics. Thanks again!

[Barb Derksen]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! beautfiul!

[Karin]

Thank you so much Ms. Sprague :) This is FABULOUS!!

[Cassie]

Jessica,

I just found your site after the DD chat Saturday night, and I LOVE it!!!!! Thanks so much for this amazing download. It is so fabulous!

Merry Christmas,
Cassie

[Pam]

Jessica - Did you do this as a hanging calendar or a standing one? You mentioned spiral binding. How did it all come together? I can do the digital stuff; it is the traditional parts that make me scratch my head. Thanks.

[surfinganalyst]

hi thanks so much for this freebie! =D really love the design & colors!

[Camelia]

Thanks so much for the fabulous templates.

[jon]

Thank you for your calendar. They're beautiful!

[Ruthie]

Hello Jessica
Just had to write and say thanks for the calendar that I just finished and put on my wall.
Also wanted to say that I am really enjoying your NWR class and so glad I signed up for it. I have printed out LivE's notes (2 go on letter size paper) and then I trimmed them and laminated them at 4x6, punched holes and added a small binding ring and have them hung by my computer and use them all the time. No dirty mess and they look great!
Your course is fantastic... and Happy Anniversary as well.
Oh, btw, is Candice's class mostly about portraiture photography? I scrap a lot about non-people stuff (I don't have any children) and wonder if it would be suitable for that.
Ruth