Finally! Some inspiration!

Every year I really struggle to come up with 3 designs for my Christmas cards. I do 3 designs because I make about 80 cards and I don't want to make 80 of the same thing. 30 is about my limit. This year has been extra hard. I've been coming up totally blank. I had one whiff of an idea that involved stockings but that's it. Then Chris and I took a walk yesterday morning and by the time I got home I had 3 ideas all sorted! One is going to be technically challenging so it might get scrapped but, at least, I have a starting point.
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The ideas inspired me to get to the Cricut and try to see if I can cut fused fabric on it. This photo makes it look like it's no problem.
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But I really only had about 50% success. I'm not using the rotary blade because I don't think it will work on small pieces. For my own notes here's what I learned:
- use the black blade
- tape the edges of the fabric to the cutting mat
- you can only run the fabric through one. After that the fabric loosens from the mat and the result is this mess
- use medium cardstock setting with more pressure
- after every use the mat has to be washed
​I doubt I'd cut a lot of fabric on it but I can probably get away with some simple shapes.
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Then I got 4 more rows of the veterans quilt together. Last night was quilt club and our annual trash to treasure fundraiser. I'll have a report on that tomorrow.