Here at Victori’s Creations, we craft for passion, love, and memories! And what better way to keep track of our memories than with a calendar? If you are like me, you need to write down your appointments and notes in a place that is easily visible and draws your eye. So, let me show you how to turn a whiteboard into a calendar!
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Gathering Your Materials
First, you need a blank whiteboard. You can usually find these at Walmart, Hobby Lobby, or Office Depot. The size depends on you: the space you have, what you want to add to the board, things like that. The one I am using in the video is 22 inches by 34 inches. I plan on using it in my classroom and need a larger size for my students to see better.
You will also need the printable located in The Vault, which you can gain access to when you sign up for my newsletter! Once you have the password, you can gain access to the printable labeled Whiteboard Calendar 005. The file is very simple yet very beautiful with the month and year labels followed by the days of the week and their individual boxes.
You will also need a Cricket, transfer tape, a Cricket roller, Cricket pen, and Cricket scraper.
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Playing with Design Space!
Once you save this file, upload it as a new project in Design Space. Being an SVG file, it is already cut and prepped, no other work needed, just add it to the canvas.
**If you want it to be a different size, you need to ungroup the image and adjust it accordingly. The easiest way to do this is to resize the bottom row as big as you need it and repeat with the rest of the rows, figuring out your height, then copying it to the other rows. After your rows are finished, adjust the weekdays and other labels to fit. **
After your calendar is resized, you can personalize it! (This is the fun part!) I added my name to the side of the board by “adding a new text” and positioning it where I wanted it. You can change the font, size and direction of your added details. Just play around and have fun with it!
Attach your new design when you are finished, don’t weld it. You can Detach the design later if you want to, whereas you cannot Un-Weld it.
However, you should Weld the words together or you will have issues in the weeding step later. By welding the weekdays, your machine will pick them up as one whole word instead of individual letters.
** Attach the images, weld the words**
Make sure your design and calendar are the same color (not just looking like similar colors) because , if they are not, the machine will read them as 2 separate mats. Also, it is easier in the long run if you Attach everything in groups: the two bottom rows, the two middle rows, the top row with the weekdays, and the Month & Year together. This will make it easier because you won’t have to do it all by hand.
Because mine was so big, I needed to use my Explore Air with the 24 inch mats. If yours is bigger, like mine, you may want to follow the same steps before clicking “Make It”.
Print and Stick!
Load it into your cut machine and watch it do its magic! Once cut, weed it out. Be careful because, even though it pulls off easily, it can tear. Make sure to get all the tiny pieces out too!
Now we place the pieces on the whiteboard like a big puzzle using transfer tape.
- Put the tape over one section, using the scraper to smooth out bubbles
- Remove the white paper from the back
- Attach the section where you want it, using the scraper to smooth out bubbles
- You can combine steps 2 and 3, removing the white tape as you place one side down
- Carefully, peel up the tape
- Using the roller and scraper, remove any bubbles that may be hiding under the design
- You can also use a pen and scraper to remove any bubble
Repeat for all sections until your whiteboard calendar is complete!
Voila!
Now you have a gorgeous, customized whiteboard calendar! I would love to see your calendars (or whatever else you create following this blog)! Please share them with me in the comments below. Happy Crafting!