How to Make a Calendar Scrapbook

Turn the scrapbook so the coil is along the top and open it up.

First, create a cover page for your calendar scrapbook. Using a black brush pen, write out a motivational quote onto a piece of white card and cut around each word.

Choose some patterned papers that compliment one another, and rip them into strips to layer behind the quote. This creates a busy background without taking focus away from the main quote.

When you are happy with the placement, stick the strips down and then stick your motivational quote down on top.

To create the first calendar page, leave a blank space at the top, and then measure and draw out a grid seven boxes wide by five boxes tall. Be sure to do this using a pencil so you can alter any mistakes.

Once you've drawn out the calendar grid in pencil, go over the lines again using a black fine liner. Rub outany visible pencil lines to neaten everything up.

Using a coloured brush pen, add coloured lines along the top of the grid ready to write the days of the week onto.

Using a coloured brush pen, write out the month in the blank space at the top of the grid. Fill in the dates for the calendar & write the days of the week on top of the coloured lines. Lastly using coloured fineliners, decorate around the brush lettered month with doodles that correspond with that month.

Repeat steps 3-5 on every other page until you have 12 in total. The alternating pages will be used to make pocket pages.

To create the pocket pages between each month, cut a piece of patterned paper to 6x8 inches. Then measure out half an inch at the bottom & the two sides and draw lines for these measurements. Cut off the corners diagonally, and fold the half inch flaps inwards.

Before sticking the pocket to the page, using a craft knife, cut a slot in the middle of the pocket wherever you want (we've put it to the right of the pocket). This will allow you to add smaller mementos or photos from the month into the pocket. If you want, you can add more than one slot!

Attach the pocket to the page by applying double sided tape to the back of the flaps and sticking it down. Decorate the pocket using a similar colour scheme to the calendar page before it, and fill the pocket with mementos you've picked up during the month!

To finish the calendar album, add some final touches to the front cover.

Write out the year onto white card using the black brush pen, and cut out the individual numbers. Choose some patterned papers and arrange them to create a base for the numbers to sit on. If the scrapbook cover has a busy pattern, try to choose papers that are a little less busy to balance things out.

Stick the patterned paper down on the front of the scrapbook album and then stick the numbers on top.

You could add a few other elements around this if you want. Some ideas include adding the word 'hello' above the year, another motivational quote, or perhaps the name of the recipient if the scrapbook is a gift.