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Good morning and Happy New Year’s Eve! Last year I reviewed my favorite cards of 2015 and thought it would be fun to continue the tradition this year! Last year I chose a card from each month but for 2016 I decided to just pick my personal favorites! Here they are in no particular order:
Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4 – Winter
Simon Says Stamp Special Holiday Release Blog Hop
Winnie & Walter Tour of the Stars
Hero Arts My Monthly Hero October Blog Hop
My Favorite Things Superstar Contest
The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop
Lawnscaping Underwater Birthday Bendi Shaker Card
As I looked back through my favorite cards I was amused to see that five use pink, nine use watercoloring, four are interactive, and nine have some type of iridescent or metallic element. Some of my preferences may change over the years but those four characteristics are definitely engrained in my design aesthetic! 😉
I also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge all of my blog readers, social media followers, and personal cheerleaders! Your comments, likes, shares, and follows are so SO appreciated and you keep me inspired to keep creating! I am so grateful for your support and friendship and look forward to another wonderful year! Cheers to 2017!
Thanks so much for visiting!
And to celebrate a wonderful year and usher in a new year I wanted to provide one of my readers with a little crafty shopping spree! 😉 Please leave a comment and let me know if any of these cards were your favorite or if you had another one in mind for a chance to win a $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp! Leave a comment before 11:59PM EST on January 7th, 2017 and the winner will be announced on January 8th!
I adore the Joy to the World (Concord & 9th) and that cute little bird (Winnie & Walter)!! But I enjoy all your cards. So much talent!
Your projects always bring a huge smile to my face and I love the whimsical Mermaid card so much. My second favorite though is the beautiful constellation night sky…which uses a technique new to me and one that I really want to try. Thanks for the artsy inspiration and happy 2017!
A wonderful selection of cards. I love the girl and dog by the water. It is very calming.
Jessica, congrats! 🙂 You’ve had a really wonderful year. I’ve reacently found you when I join The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge for the first time. I saw your absolutelly gorgeous card on Blog Hop. It’s a card with a girl and a dog from Unity Stamps and completely fall in love. It’s my favourite card and a great reminder that we need to appreciate everything, especially every moment with our dogs ’cause they are come into our lives to teach us about LOVE! ♥
I’m really looking forward to see what will new year bring to you. Happy New Year! Let it be crafty, colourful and full of happy moments! 🙂
Congrats on having an amazing year! All your cards are truly stunning. Thanks for sharing your awesome talent. If I have to pick just one, I’d pick the blue card using C&9th set for the Coffee Lovers Blog. Your coloring skills are incredible. Thanks for the chance to win SSS GC!
The Winnie & Walter tag would be my favourite but I also have to go with May the 4th as I’m a Star Wars tragic and it’s also my birthday?
Gosh so many gorgeous cards, it’s really hard to pick a favorite! Mine is probably the October HA kit blog hop card. Love the soft inking and that sparkle and of course that sweet fox!
Oh my goodness!!!! Such amazing year in cards was your 2016!!! I love all your GORGEOUS cards! Is hard to choose only one!!! My favourite are My Favorite Things Superstar Contest, Ruby’s Bridal Shower Blog Hop and Lawnscaping Underwater Birthday Bendi Shaker Card! Thanks for this great chance to win! I wish you all the best for this new 2017!!!
How can we pick a favourite! Of the ones you’ve picked out, I love the May the 4th one (and the fab way you’ve photographed it!)
Your cards are all fabulous and I LOVE the Happily Ever After card!!
I just found your site today (from Stamp Junkies). All of your cards are wonderful. The coloring is great. I have four favorites, but I will choose the first one (Winter) as my most favorite. The coffee looks so real.
Excellent choices! The first one is my favorite due to the fun shaker element and that gorgeous silver and blue color combo. 🙂
Hi Jessica! all the cards a super but I think I like #6 best. just so peace full and I like the layering dimensions! and thanks for the giveaway!
Ginny M
Wonderful faves!
Happy New Year.
Life is Short-Stay Awake for it was my favorite. I just love sentiments that make you remember how blessed we are! TFS! kReN@afourthlife
I can never not love a galaxy technique. Your card was out of this world! 😉
Every card is adorable but my favorite is that sweet little bird on the shaped card with the red jingle bell. Stamping and coloring on kraft gives it such a warm feel. Happy 2017!!
All of the cards are so beautiful but you really knocked it out of the park with the Lawn Fawn underwater bendi, shaker card!!! It is without a doubt so gorgeous!!!!
Wow!! The first card, with the gorgeous blue flowers, really stands out for me. Elegant and beautiful. That little mermaid design is also a favorite because it’s so darn cute!!
Love the card with the reindeer! You do great work!
I can’t choose just one. The girl and her dog is gorgeous! And the fox with the sparkly sky is fantastic too!
The sweet bird on the shaped card and the beautiful night sky are my favorites. I love the variety of your designs and the attention to detail.
Every card you featured today is exceptional! You’ve totally knocked my socks off! I could never choose just one favorite among all these gems! They are outstanding!
Holiday wishes is my favorite. SO beautiful, so striking.
If I must choose, the one for World Cardmaking Day. I love it. It looks like an aquarium! But I love the Joy one too. Sorry, I just had to say it…hehehehe.