So here they are - merry Christmas

Actually that is something that one of my cards rarely says - Merry Christmas. I am Happy with Happy but Merry for some reason, doesn't sound right to me. It is in the list of phrases that make me grit my teeth

• Merry Christmas
• and all the trimmings
• and without further ado
• what's the drill? (that's a family one)

I digress, for a change..
Anyway I have now made about 65 cards like this. Enough for me! And most of them are posted - a whole 4 days before the end of second class posting! Not the ones for abroad mind, they go last in our house! I try and come up with a fairly simple design every year but it turned out to have quite a few steps

1. print sentiment
2. round corners
3. choose 3 co-ordinating papers
4. cut star and trim to cut off one point.
5. trim second patterned paper and round corners
6. punch border on strip of third paper
7. ink edges of paper
8. add outlines with sparkly black pen
   
9. add sharpie pen outline to star and do glue pen and glitter routine.
   
10. put foam pads on the back of the star
11. stick everything down

I could never, ever, ever do wedding stationary. The thought of doing all that but to look identical each time would send me bonkers! (ok more bonkers)

Must get on with wrting nativity reflections - for a carol service this afternoon. I'm doing Mary remembers and we are only up to Joseph agreeing to marry her so far...