Guilt and Stress-free Christmas card swap

karinlouise wrote:Mine too was posted Yesterday ... last post is 12.15 on a Saturday,

You are lucky karinlouise as our last post on Saturday is 11am even from the Post office!
I'd like to know what they do in that extra hour

This is the beautiful (non stress free NORMAL Christmas) card I received from Steph complete with a super 'Crafty' rhyme inside. Super Iris folding Steph and I love your layering. Thank you.

Very purty teabag I got candles :)

Oh wow thats nice, but I like mine even better an it was all blues. Steph, you must have started these in June!

I think she must of started them in January Maria, well it would be when I would of had to of started

Jan has had hers and she said she'd put a piccie up - she probably hasn't had a chance to yet.

That's the only one I know of so far.

Lynda

Mine's all ready to go tomorrow.

In the post to be collected tomorrow.

Tim will be posting mine today.

Due to my card not drying in time, this will have to posted tomorrow. Sorry holding up the swap, will go 1st class though

Oh dear I am going to be late posting mine, I cannot think of anything to put in it to make it for all of you and just one will try and get it done today, again sorry.

Mine went today :)

Mine also posted today

Mine has gone today

Mine went on Saturday.

Mine went on Friday.

Don't forget girls there is a gallery for all of Lynda's swap cards and other cards there is a thank you thread set up.

Mine was posted today.

I received your card to the group Lorraine, thankyou it's lovely.
I should've said this in the above message but was too eager to go and put the scanned pic in the gallery, anyway it's there for you to enjoy too.

This one is from Steph. Its lovely with the iris folding christmas pud. Must have taken you a long time if you did cards like this for everyone. Thank you so much Steph. Pride of place on the mantelpeice this one has now.

Mine is finished and will go into the post today! Whoever gets it can you please take a piccie and put it in the gallery, I ran out of time!

I did about 75 of the iris folding ones Joy. One for my crafting
friends on here and friends and family. I did but some charity
cards for 'the rest' and most of those have gone. I can't remember
when I started the cards but they took several months, but I was
pleased with them.

Mine will go today as i thought today was 8th, also you willl have seen it before but it's my favourite one that i made this year so it willl be a wrench posting it but you're worth it!

At least you know it will be appreciated by loads of people Ruth!

I read that Steph thought the card was to be sent from all of us, rather than addressed to all of us, so I checked the first post on here:

"You sign up for the swap and make just one card, with a message inside intended for not only the recipient but everyone on the Forum. Once the sign-up date is passed, I will let you know who you should send your card to. The person who receives the card then posts a picture of it on the Forum, together with the message that was inside. This way, you will be sending your Christmas card and message to everyone on here and you won't then feel you have to send cards to loads of others in the group."

Thought I must be going mad for a minute, but no!

Hope no-one else was confused - but it's a bit late now, as they've all been posted!

Lynda

I knew it was my fault Lynda and no one else's. I read these things and think
I have taken in what it said. All I can do is apologise to my recipient and everyone else,
and under the circumstances, am glad I sent my own cards out.

The other day I spotted a £5 voucher for M&S in my Sunday paper and e-mailed my
friend you lives in M&S. It was only when I went to put the voucher up safely
that I realkised it was for Debenhams. See - that's what I mean - bear of little
brain

Oh dont be daft Steph, and stop beating yourslef up about it... after all, you have sent marvellous individual cards to everybody as well. We shall just imagine that it is to all of us and please stop worrying about it. Anybody can get the wrong end of the stick and ive not known you to before anyway... Please stop fretting, we shall all enjoy the card whatever it says, but you'd have to go some to beat the lovely card you sent me!

Oh, please don't worry, Steph: I just panicked in case my instructions weren't clear! I did have another query earlier on, too, so I really began to think I'd messed up.

You're not supposed to stress about it - that's why it was called stress-free!

Lynda

Yep that was me, so you're not alone Steph, this time of year particularly it's easy to get confused, and at the end of the day worse things really do happen, crumbs you made enough wonderful cards for everyone you're the l;ast person to worry. Have a lovely week, I guess you've finished yours now.

Well my one is now posted, first class so it should not take to long.

All the cards are looking lovely so far, but I am quite sad to think that I won't have any to look at at home. I always enjoy the handcrafted cards from everyone on here.