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Personalized Erasable Calendar Tutorial

Are you one of the many that think Scrapblog is only useful for creating digital scrapbooks? If you answered yes, then think again my friend!  Today, I am going to take you through a step-by-step tutorial and show you how to use scrapblog to create your very own personalized erasable calendar.  All you will need for this project is a computer, printer, two sheets of legal- sized paper, an 11×14 frame, a dry-erase marker, and some imagination.  Let’s get this project started!

1. Log onto scrapblog.com and set up your account. After you are all set with your username and password, click on “Create New Scrapblog”. (You can see this in the picture below underneath my Halloween collage. It is a cream colored box with a plus sign next to it.)

2. You can either start with a theme or a blank page. For beginners, I recommend playing around with a theme in order to get a feel for the program. If you are adventurous and are saying “theme-schmeme”, then plunge on ahead and click on “Start with a Blank Page”.

3. This is what your blank page will look like, very…uh…blank. On the left hand side, you will see lots of fun buttons to click on. My favorite button is the “sticker” button. Go ahead and click on the stickers to see your options.

4. In the search bar, you can type in any word or theme you are searching for. Want something in a certain color scheme? On the left side you will see it says Category, Color, Style. Click on the color tab and choose your Roy G. Biv.  I want to make a fall themed header for my calendar, so below I typed “autumn” in the search box. Once you see something you like, simply double click on the sticker and it will be added to your page selection.  Many of the stickers are free, but many come at a minimal cost in the currency of credits.  You will need to purchase credits in order to access these stickers. 

5. Once you are finished searching for stickers, click done and it will take you back to your page. Now the fun really begins! Here I have started a new page for my background. You can also find backgrounds in scrapblog, but I often like to create my own with the stickers. Each little box that you see below is an individual sticker that has been resized to fit on one page.  You can see I am resizing the red “Thanksgiving Joy” sticker to fit in my empty space.
6. Once you are finished with your project, you will click save, publish, and then “export as jpeg” to save it to your computer. In the picture below, you can see where I’ve highlighted “export as jpeg” under “File”.
7. When you export, you will need to download your picture and then Save (not open) it to your computer.
8. I am now ready to make the header for my calendar.  In Microsoft Word, I click on “Page Setup” to change it to legal size and then I mess with my margins to make them as large as possible.
9. I have inserted my Autumn collage into Microsoft Word, but it is not the size I want.
10. I resize it to around 3.5 inches, copy it, and paste it to cover the entire length of the page.
11. Looking good!12. Next, I insert another Scrapblog picture. Don’t panic if you see a bunch of white surrounding your image. Just crop it down and get rid of all that white.  
13. Here I have placed my images where I want them, added my family name, and I am ready to print the header for my calendar!14.  To make the calendar, I simply open a new Word document.  Again, I change the layout size to “legal” and make a 7×4 table.   I type the names of the week across the top, print it out on a legal sized piece of paper, and call it complete!   
15. Now I just pop open my 11×14 frame and stick in my calendar and November header.
16.  I can now use my dry erase marker to start filling in all those cute boxes with my upcoming football games, hay rides, and turkey-eating events.

17.  But what about Christmas you ask?  No problem.  You can make yourself a new header for each month of the year!  The possibilities are endless.  Happy scrapblogging everyone!

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Comments

  1. sherry dornblaser says

    Hi, I tried this site, but it redirects me to a photo book site to order one.. I don’t think this works anymore?

  2. Ale Hdez says

    The scrapblog page does not seem to be working anymore :c
    Do you happen to have an alternative webpage?
    Thanks!

    • Beth says

      This post is years old and unfortunately that website doesn’t exist any longer. You can use an editing software such as Picmonkey.com to add graphics.

  3. Natalie@Endless Crafting says

    I haven't been able to find a calendar that suits our needs and that is cute. This is great! I have been fiddling around with my table in Word and can't seem to figure out how to put the days of the week above the columns and not inside..any help would be great!

    Love this idea!

  4. Mommy of Two 24/7 says

    This is a great idea! I love it! I was going to buy one of those ugly office calendars to write in games, activities, etc. Now, I'm off to make this fun project! 🙂

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