Linda J Walker

I am going to use 2021 for this Bootcamp, because I am not very comfortable with it and I have it. I am most familiar with X9. This is my workspace. Not sure what photos I will be using, but I opened one of my middle daughter being a teen, about 12 years ago. She has grown up a bit since then ? We are both wiser now.

Just made a last-minute spur-of-the-moment decision to sign up for boot camp....maybe I will pass this time? AND I need a tutorial on the new forum an how to get a photo under my name....?

I know I skipped a few days/cards, but I hope to go back and at least re-watch the videos. Decided to just do Day 7 today. I liked seeing the process to make an envelope, but I don't know that I will do that today. I try to design my cards to fit envelopes that either I can buy, or that I have on hand. I used a photo of some flowers and a butterfly from my 2022 garden. Lace was from Jessica Dunn on digitalscrapbook.com. Thank you Carole! I learned lots! My problem seems to be remembering what I learned :( I would send this card to you!

Susan, I spent my time on the 'drawing board' side of the fence. I wish I had more opportunity to be in the printshop and see how it all worked! I did try to see as many of the finished print jobs as I could, but often they were getting shipped to the client, and I was chained to my drawing board. It might be a month later when we would get some print copies. Unless the client was unhappy with the job, then we would hear about it sooner :(

Susan #87020 - When I worked in advertising and design many years ago, everything that was printed on a commercial press, had a 1/8" bleed added to the paste-up board. So if something was going to be 8" x 10", the paste-up board would have 1/8" on each side, so the image area would be 8 1/4" x 10 1/4", with a trim of 8" x 10". The reason for the bleed is that they can't be certain the machine will always trim on the trim line, so you add 1/8" so the color will extend off the edge if the cut is off a bit. If I am printing something at home, and trimming it by hand, I don't add that 1/8" bleed because I can be more precise when I am hand trimming it. If you are having it printed with a commercial printer and they are going to have to trim it to size, they will probably want you to have the 1/8" bleed. But I would really ask the printer! Today they can print photos that are borderless, and even my home printer does a pretty good job of borderless 4x6 prints, that are printed on 4x6 paper and not trimmed. I hope that helps, and I hope I did not make more confusion!

I will say, I am sad that the Pre-Black Friday event is overlapping this workshop! There are not enough hours in a day ;) Thanks Carole, there is lots to learn in these few days.

Only Card 2 for me--enjoying seeing all the different things we are coming up with! In the past year, I have had several of my doctors move--one stopped practicing, one moved out of state, and one is a mystery. If I had the opportunity to send them cards, it would be something like this....Blessings on the new adventure. And I sure do miss them all! A few card making tips--If I am planning to print a card on my home printer, I try to avoid areas of solid color-someone mentioned that earlier. I also add old fashioned crop marks on the corners and I mark the fold line and score it lightly with the end of a burnisher. Paper and card stock has grain, even if you can't see it, a score line makes it fold easier. Often I will find the envelope I plan to mail it in first, and design the card to fit the envelope. It is upsetting to print several cards and then realize I don't have, or can't get the right size envelope!

Here in the USA, the next holiday will be Thanksgiving. So for Card 1, I used a Thanksgiving/Fall theme. All of the papers and elements came from Pixel Scrapper. The font for 'blessings' is called Baby Heart.

Thank you! But I have a meeting to go to soon. I will register again.

I think I got the confirmation email. There is nothing in my spam folder from today. So I didn't get the first email! Do I have to register again?

Did the first email go out? Is this the first day, or am I confused? I didn't get anything yet.

I used to make cards.....then things got in the way. I HAVE made our annual Christmas card for most of the past 40 years. Way back in the beginning, sometimes it was silkscreened, or hand-cut, or printed at a printshop. But then we got a computer! And then a color printer! But some years it seems I spend more time fighting with the printer to print the 45 or so copies I need to mail, and I end up just being happy it is done :)

I hope so! I need to look at my schedule tho.

Congratulations to the winners! And to the rest of us, better luck next time :)

"Midnight on September 11" -- Midnight where? In my time zone, or your time zone?

Last night I kept getting *** Forbidden. *** And again tonight it is *** Forbidden. *** Not gonna be able to stay up much longer looking for 2, 10, 11 & 12, I guess most everyone else is looking too.

Worthington, Pennsylvania, USA