Weeks ago, I took a Tim Holtz inspired class at Archivers. I LOVED it. I told hubby I want the Valentine's one for a Christmas gift!! I learned things I didn't know and ALOT that I did (which was good 'cause the class was 4 hours long as it was. If I was dumber, I would have NEVER gotten thru!!!)
Whew, just made it! I finished up my February cards today. Now, to plan March's so maybe they will be posted more timely!!
leave the bottom left un-adorned? I do plan to put a tiny bit of glitter on the snowman as the paper is glittery (not that you can tell from this pic. 
Over at the Shack, Sherri challenged us to make 5 Christmas card per month. If we follow thru, my November, we should each have 50 cards so there might be a little less stress. I had these done before the end of January but needed to borrow a sentiment stamp for the bottom. I did that WEEKS ago but never got around to taking the pic. Finally, tonite, I took the pic. 6 cards down, 94ish to go?
Hmmm, maybe I should start on February's card???
Well, I was reminded two days ago that I was supposed to be making 10 Christmas cards this month. OOOPS!! Usually, I have a plan. The plan almost ALWAYS is stealing someone else's design. LOL. I didn't have a plan. So, I started thinking and came up with this idea. I'm not sure if it's inherently a flawed card or if it's so far out of my comfort zone that it's confusing me. I NEVER use all white (my s/bing motto always was "fear the white space") and I have only not used layers ONCE before. So, if you have an opinion on it, I'd love to hear it.
Late last week, I finally finished my 10 Christmas cards. This was a very labor intensive card, more so than I thought. I'm not 100% pleased with them but, that may just be 'cause I've stared at them too long.
Yesterday, I went to play "cards" with my Saturday Stampin' Sistah's. We had so much fun (and a YUMMY carmel stolen that was to die for!!) I got my Cute Critters done for Sherri's swap and I got all the elements ready for Joanne's Theme X Three swap. It's so much fun to scrap/stamp w/girlfriends. You feed off each other & get better ideas than you'd ever get alone. I love my girlfriends!!
Ok, I KNOW it's now March but, I tried, really tried to get them done. Uh, Feb is a short month. I'd be right on time if there were 31 days in Feb. Ok, that's my story. These are a stamp-lift from Kristina's MACM 12/3. I thought this was the cutest idea and I decided my 10 cards this month would be this. How hard could it be? Well, parts were harder than I thought, other parts were easier: Tying 30 tiny bows w/sucky fiber (DMC Light Silver Thread --from my cross stitch days. As soon as you cut it, it separates into 4 thin fibers. UCK!) was enough to make me give up. But, I persevered. The easy thing was the Heat & Stick powder. I have had this stuff for YEARS and could never figure out how to use it. The glitter never stuck. And my sucky demo had no idea how to use it. Well, Kristina made it look so easy that I vowed to try it again (I also vowed to try the glue pad again & still haven't messed w/it; maybe tomorrow). I did it just as the video showed & it worked. Soooo cool!!
Over at the Stamp Shack, Sherri issued a challenge to make 10 Chrsitmas Cards a month so when the holidays roll around, we won't be overwhelmed. I tried it last year & petered out after February. Hopefully, I'll do better this year but it did take me until 2/1 to get my January card done.
You probably notice that these are photos, not scans. I got a new (much needed) computer from Santa. Of course it has Vista. Well, my scanner is older than the hills and, although it says it loaded the software, the scanner will not work. So, I decided I would just install dh's all in one printer & scan from it. For some reason, my computer has decided that I, the owner of the computer & the ONLY user on it am NOT the administrator so it will not let me add dh's printer. As Erin would say, it's POOP!!!
Ok, I'm completely burned out on Christmas. Or, at least, cards! Even tho Chelsea FORCED me to buy CUTE C'mas papers yesterday, I'm not going to try anymore Christmas cards, for now. With the 5-6 I made on this general principal, I have at least 25 done. Thats 25 more than I had last year at this time. That's 25 more than I had last year in NOVEMBER. So, I figure, no matter what else happens, I'm ahead of the game, right??
I am trying to do 10 Christmas cards a month. That way, when November comes around, I'm not trying to do 75 cards in a month. But, it's not "working". I can not get in the groove. I spend too much time trying to come up w/a plan & then, I only do one or two. I do so much better to have a plan & do big bunches at a time. Therefore, I'm either going to do 10 or more of one design or I'm going to work on something more fun.
I will show Cards Only!! I'd hate for her to have to yell at my blog :P
I made some more Christmas Cards on Sunday. I think I'm now caught up to February. The kids will be gone tonite, so I'm going to make some more. Whacha all think???
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