Well, it is now December 17, and I am still making Christmas cards. This is what I get for procrastinating all year long. I have had so much going on with the feral cats and foster cats that they have taken over my life. They are now all spayed or neutered. The eighteen kittens I brought into the house are down to six. Eleven went to great homes. One sadly died of an injury that I still don't understand. One of the six is missing (A man working on the heating system left the door open.), but I'm counting her because we just have to find her.
I posted the eight Christmas Marathon cards in my gallery at scrapbook.com. I posted my favorite one here, but I forgot to come here to this thread to link it:
Memory Box Grand StagToday I posted a card that I began months ago. I colored them at Nora's house a long time ago. I kept trying different matting/card base options and couldn't decide which to use. Actually, a brown card base that matched the bare tree was a great option. Then I decided to add some Wink of Stella. Then I decided to add color to the sky. At last, I just grabbed white cardstock and green mats and put the darn things together. I made eight of these:
Stampendous Christmas CottageLast night I die cut seventeen Memory Box Bare Trees, sprayed them with adhesive, and added glitter. I'm planning to remake one of the cards we made at the Marathon Class. I have enough red foil cardstock to make a dozen cards. I'm getting desperate here. Assembly line here I come. This morning, I brushed off the excess glitter. Then I decided to cut the cardstock for the focal image and the mat. I, unfortunately, decided to change the blade on my Genesis trimmer. I've been using the same one for over ten years. It's not really noticeable to the naked eye, but the edges are not as smooth as they use to be. Now I can't get it to work right. Darn. I sent Bonnie (Bonnie's Best) an email asking for advice. I hope she replies soon. If I can finish those cards, I will have enough for this year.
I have one more to post so I'll be back soon.
Daria
ETA: The trimmer is working fine. I remembered that there was a way to adjust the position of the blade, and it's working fine now.