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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!
STUNNING collection of cards … it must have been a real challenge to choose your favourites because there has been a whole year of wonderful ones and the ones you have chosen make for such an INSPIRING gallery!!!
My favourite (today) is your mermaid card because it has combined so many exciting elements from stamping & colouring to ink blending, fancy folds and shaker too – WOW!
THANK YOU for sharing and for the chance to win … can’t wait to see how 2017 INSPIRES YOU 🙂
Happy New Year Jess! Oh, I love all of your cards. Think your Joy card in blue is one of my favorites but also the little Christmas bird card is adorable. Thank you for a chance to win a gift certificate!! Blessings!
~~Catherine
catherinesangels@yahoo.com
It would be so hard for me to choose 10 favourite cards from all of yours, so many of them are amazing!! I remember the galaxy background from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero blog hop. I’ve always admired your ability to create this effect, you do it so effortlessly!! And thank you so much for the chance to win too, so very generous!!
Your cards are beautiful
Kathleen
Wonderful choices for your 2016 favorites! I love each and every one of these. Your style is fabulous and each and every card shows your knack for special touches. I especially love the Joy To The World card. The colors are gorgeous together and I love how you have made this a shaker card. I have always been a sucker for shaker cards! Happy Crafting in 2017 Jessica!
Sammibug in Ohio
I love all of your cards! Especially love the first card with the blue and silver color scheme and how you added dimension with the sentiment.
All of the cards are fabulous but my favourite is the underwater bendy card.
LOVE your SWEET Cards!! It’s HARD to Pick a FAVORITE but its a toss up between the Coffee Lovers Card and the Lawn Fawn Bend Card!! THANKS SO MUCH for the chance to WIN and CONGRATS on ALL of your Good News this past Year!! You’ve been BUSY!! HUGS!! =)
The CLASSY cake card is my favorite!
I love your style no matter what you use! Lots stand out as a favorite but the one that made my creative heart race is the Summer Coffee Lovers card! Oh the blues are just amazing!
So hard to pick just one. I love the Mermaid card and the one with the gorgeous wedding cake.
Oh, my goodness!! Your cards are STUNNING!!! I LOVE that first one with all the blue, and the shaker and the cool technique you used on the word “joy”! I just subscribed by email, so I don’t miss anything !!
Lovin’ all your fabulous cards! The one with girl and her dog really spoke to me though! Thanks so much for sharing your gifts with us! God bless you always!
–––––– i really love the Lawnscaping Underwater Birthday Bendi Shaker Card because it’s super unique !
thank you so much for the chance !
i’d love to win the gift card for my brother, so he can get some copic markers !
I love all your cards, but my favorite are Christmas cards.
Love them all. But being a lover of botanicals the first, last & Ruby’s bridal hop were my favorites.
I love the layered look of the Holiday Wishes card! 🙂
The one with the cute fox
Very hard decision but Rubys Bridal Shower Blog Hop just stopped me cold. It’s so adorable, I love love love the colors and the design. Great job in 2016 and nothing but up in 2017
Amazing group of cards that is very hard to pick one favorite but I do like the Amazing Everything card the best. The sunset colors are just beautiful!
They are all stunning but my favorite is the black holiday wishes card. Congratulations to you and looking forward to all the 2017 cards and ideas!
I think that Birthday Bendi shaker card is my favorite – it’s so creative! Thanks for sharing all those amazing cards & for the chance to win!
Jessica! Lovely Cards! My favourite is the one created for : The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop
All your cards are adorable. My favourite is the Lawn Fawn Shaker Card
Happy New Year. You have chosen a wonderful collection of cards. It is very hard to pick a favorite. I love the first card you made for W9. The colors are so elegant and the shakers is special surprise. My second favorite is the Ruby’s bridal shower card. Love the way you colored the flowers and setting the cake onto the black background really makes everything pop.