Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2019 here) ... here are my favorites in no particular order. I found it a little challenging to narrow down the group this year, which I suppose is a good thing ... here's to another year of creating projects I love.
1. This card was for the January Blog Hop with My Sweet Petunia and My Favorite Things. I loved designing for My Sweet Petunia ... and how the various blog hops often pushed me out of my comfort zone. I also loved being able to incorporate my Gel Press prints into cards ... this one did both. I want to do more smaller prints this year.
2. I took a fused glass class in February from a new Instructor and really enjoyed the experience. He held the class in his home studio in his basement, so I got more hands-on experience with things than I did in the professional studio. I loved this cool dichroic glass bracelet, earrings and pendants that I made. It was a bright light in the midst of our home flooding due to frozen pipes next door and the subsequent weeks of repair.
3. I love the texture and variety in this card for the SplitCoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge. I love collecting vintage items ... but I love using them on my cards even more.
4. This card for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Ombre Challenge still makes me laugh ... so grateful for Ink Road Stamps ... and clean & simple monochromatic designs.
5. I loved taking a class from Alexandra Renke at JunkieFest and getting to design with her gorgeous products this year. I also love that I was able to incorporate my Gel Press prints into this design.
6. Grateful to have had another year designing for Technique Junkies ... I loved how this paper-pieced dogwood card with Shimmering Bliss Sprays turned out ... the Dogwood is the state tree of Missouri, so it always reminds me of the arrival of Spring during my childhood.
7. This card was for a Stamping Friends Trifecta with My Sweet Petunia, Gina K. Designs and Picket Fence Studios. I was so grateful to have the opportunity to design for My Sweet Petunia and all of the other great companies that partnered with our team ... such a blessing (and I adore Gina K.'s cardstock and colors).
8. Love this card made with the Inspiration Colors from Butterfly Reflections Ink ... and great stamps from Avery Elle ... this card still make me happy.
9. This card was created as a Guest Designer for the Feeling Sketchy Challenge Blog and combined digital images with the coloring techniques that I learned from Kathy Racoosin at JunkieFest ... loved how combining coloring with markers and pencils turned out.
10. This card was made for a Guest Designer as Die Cuts With a View Sketch Challenge ... I love how all of the papers and stamps work together in this design.
Here's to another year of fun in the studio.
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