Favorite Cards of 2013

Hey there!

It's New Year's Eve and I thought I had better get this post up before 2014 begins! I've chosen some of my favorite creations from this past year to share with you. 

In the last 12 months, I fell even more in love with card making and also found a love for mixed media and art journaling. Here are my faves shown in chronological order.

Remember how much we all LOVED the Leafy Vines stamp from Hero Arts? YUM!

                          This one was inspired by Shari Carroll (I think she's amazing!) 

                  

                                      The Painted Flower from Hero Arts was another fave this year.

                                          I created this one for my son David's 18th birthday.

                                               Another card inspired by Shari Carroll.

 This optical illusion card was created using two of the Simon Says Stamp, Full Card Hexagons Dies, and layering them together to make the cubes.

                This one was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's card in the online class, Summer Card Camp 2.

                                                  LOVE this WPlus9 stamp and die set!

 This is very special to me. It's page one in my Art Journal. It was my first try at mixed media and I fell in love!

  

                          Here's a double page in my Art Journal. I really love how this one turned out!

                    So fun to use splatter on cards, and this Hero Arts butterfly has always been a fave!

                        I love how easy it is to create an impact with this Simon Says Stamp stencil set.

                 It's always so exciting when Simon Says Stamp comes out with new stamps and dies!

                                  More Mixed Media - this time on a canvas block from Tim Holtz.

           This is my favorite Christmas card created this year, using Simon Says Stamp dies and stencil.

                                                          Mixed Media on a card - love!

                        This wonderful stamp and die set from WPlus9 was definitely a fave this year!

Yup, another card inspired by the amazing Shari Carroll - what would I do without her? :)

                           Getting inky has always made me happy, so I leave you with this last one.

If you're still reading this, thank you! I know it was a long post.

I want to also thank each and every one of you for the visits, comments, support, encouragement and inspiration over the last year! I love this amazing hobby of ours! ♥♥♥

Wishing you all a fabulous New Year! Here's to lots more creativity in 2014! 

Merry Christmas!

Hi there!

It's Monday, the day before Christmas Eve, and I'm heading to work soon. I'll be there again tomorrow, then looking forward to a wonderful Christmas Eve evening at my sister's house - can't wait!

I'm sharing a holiday ATC with you today, which I created for the Secret Santa Exchange we had over at the Hero Arts Flickr group. 

I used Shari's Tree No. 1 from Hero Arts. The tree is paper pieced - tough to tell in the photo. I don't know why, but I decided to cut out each piece of the tree before adhering it together on the base. Looks so cool in real life! 

The background was created using another stamp from Hero Arts called Tiny Flakes. I white embossed it and used the resist technique with Distress Inks. I had to add some Yellow Stickles to the star for a bit of sparkle. :)

Okay, I gotta run - it's gonna be a fun two days at work! It's one of the few times during the year when they let us dress up in nicer clothes (as opposed to our uniforms.) Everyone is in a happy mood and we also have live music in the store! It's three older gentleman who play a violin, keyboard and chello. They play Christmas songs and the customers just love it - so do I! 

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with friends and family! ♥♥♥