2013: A Year in Review

Hi All,

With 2013 coming to a close, I thought I would take a look back at the many cards I made this past year.  Here is a count down of my favorite cards and shops.  

January

 

Clover Dancing with Dragonflies by Pollycraft

Image available at Little Miss Muffet 

February

The Angel Company - Music Washes

 Image available at RRD

April

  Taylored Expressions - Tick Tock

PaperTrey Ink - The Sweet Life

May

Our Daily Bread - Apron & Tools

June

Milk Coffee - Michelle in Hot Air Balloon

 July

Sassy Cheryl's Stamps - Quiet Inspiration

August

Mabelle RO - Garden Joy

September

Little Miss Muffet - Molly and Khloe

October

The Crafts Meow - Birthday Pun

Stamp set no longer available :(

November

Simon Says Stamp! - Give Thanks

December

Sparkle Creations - Cowgirl Chloe

This past year, I discovered some new and fabulous artists, illustrators and shops.  Some are new, opened in 2013, but others have been around for some time. 

  

A Random Fan

 

Big Head Stamps

Bugaboo

Doodle Pantry

Oak Pond Creations

 Sassy Studio

 

 

Stamp Fairy

Stampers Anonymous

Verve

So happy that many of the shops I'm featuring today will be sponsoring Sketch Saturday in 2014. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at some of my favorites of 2013.

Hope you have a fun and safe New Year holiday!

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #290

Happy Saturday!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  We had the week off, but are back with one more sketch challenge this year at Sketch Saturday.  

The sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy and the prize is $10 gift certificate.

Here is Sketch #290 (designed by Jen):

My Interpretation:

I used an image from Sparkle Creations - Cowgirl Cloe illustrated by Aki Fukuoka.  I bought this image specifically for our niece Lauren's birthday.  Her birthday was in November and lived most of her life in Texas.  

You may think our niece is a little girl - nope, she turned 29.  Very hard to believe especially since I'm 29 - LOL.  She moved back in Texas with her husband this year, so this seemed like a fitting birthday card.

Supplies --
Image:  Sparkle Creations Cowgirl Cloe
Patterned Papers: Simple Stories "Summer Fresh"
Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Blueberry Sky
Ink: Memento Black
Copic Colors: E00, E11, E13, E21, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E49, E59, B41, B45, R02, R24, R29, R46, R89, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27, T2, T3, T5
Sewing machine with cream thread
Cream twill
Cream button twine
Die: Taylored Expressions Designer Mini Tags

You can see all the DT creations HERE.

With the new year, Sketch Saturday will be rolling out a fresh new blog look and sketch format, plus introducing a few new DT members :D   So looking forward to 2014!

Please note: Because our challenge blog will be under construction January 3rd, this challenge will end a day early January 2nd at 1 pm CT-US (7pm UK) time.

Challenges:
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Happy New Year a bit in advance!
Blessings,
Deb

Mabelle RO Release - Shine

Happy Monday!

Mabelle has a new release today!  This is MRO Shine.  She turned out so cute....just LOVE her.  We are having a Christmas card challenge over at Whimsy and Stars.  The prize is $12 gift certificate and if you use an MRO digi you get your name entered twice in the drawing.  All participants receive a snowflake freebie just for entering.  Hope you will join us!

I used a sketch today from the Sketch Saturday archive - #256.

 Close Up

 

The papers are from Simple Stories "December Documented".  The stars are a Die-namics die from My Favorite Things.

Supplies --
Image: Mabelle RO Shine
Patterned Papers: Simple Stories "December Documented"
Cardstock: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist
Copics: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG72, R02, R56, R59, R89, G40, G43, G46, G28, E00, E11, E13, E21, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E47, 0

You can see all the design teams creations and enter the Christmas card challenge HERE.  The challenge ends Monday, Dec 30th at 7 pm ET.

Challenges: 
Make it Monday - Anything Goes 
Brown Sugar - Christmas 
Card Makin Mamas - Christmas 
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 
Cut it Up - Christmas and dies cuts

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings to you,
Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #289

Happy Saturday!

A new sketch challenge this week at Sketch Saturday - choose any sketch 215 to 288 - our version of anything goes!  Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp! and the prize is $25 gift certificate.   This challenge goes 2 weeks!  We are off next week for Christmas.

I used Sketch #251: 

I made it into a 4 x 8" card.  This a Fall card I created for the homebound ministry.

Supplies --
Image: Clearly Digi Stamps Pre-colored Autumn Blessings 
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Leaf Background and Autumn Blessings
Inks: PTI Kraft, Ripe Avocado and Dark Chocolate 
Cardstock: PTI Canyon Clay, Kraft, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Dies: Nestabilities Circles, Labels 3, My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb