Happy New Year!!
There are two surprising things about this post: 1) that it's ON TIME and posted January 1st, and 2) that half of my personal favorites are Christmas cards.
Historically, when compiling these year-in-review posts, I've always found my personal favorites to be in the February/March/April time frame. That's my least busy time of the year, with no birthdays, major holidays, baseball tournaments, vacations, or lazy days of summer. Somehow, in the middle of Christmas parties, cookie exchanges, shopping, present making, and Christmas card making, I ended up producing my favorite cards. So strange.
Anyway, here they are, with links to the original post if you're interested:
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| 5 Ways to Use the Essentials by Ellen All Inside Bear |
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| 5 Ways to Use the Essentials by Ellen All Inside Bear |
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| Use a wood grain knot for a candle flame |
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| Fill a word balloon with part of your sentiment, and layer the rest of the sentiment on top |
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| 5 ways to use the Sketchy Landmarks set from Altenew |
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| Use the diamond die as a base (with sentiment) for several different 3D cards that fold flat. |
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| Cut a solid mask (heart) and stamp around it to make a frame. Then stamp sentiment inside |
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| Fold thin paper before die-cutting to make a mirror image sentiment. Makes a fun design all on its own! |
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| 5 ways for Mondo Hydrangea stamp - scribbles, fill a die cut, shaped card, stamp on patterned paper, make a background. |
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| A scrapbook page with one of my goals for this year - shoot in my camera's manual mode |
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| Shaker card filled with glitter and pears (from the partridge that knocked them all off the tree, hahaha!) |
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| Love turning the sleigh stamp into a 3D version, that folds flat, with multiple uses |
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| Five uses for Catherine Pooler's Merry and Bright set |
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| Turn any star die into a funky Christmas tree |
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| Mix sentiment phrases to make a card more custom. The more the better! |
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| I just like all the tiny elements combined to make a scene, with a masked ground |
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| Christmas cards from last year's Walmart clearance ornaments |
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| Personalize your cards with different shades of alphas |
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| Create your own punny sentiment, and modify a phrase with alpha stamps |
Hope you all had a 2016 filled with as many happy moments as possible, and that 2017 will be even better! A very sincere Happy New Year to you all!!
-Kelly
Gorgeous and inspiring creations Kelly. Fun to see your faves!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat to revisit all these amazing projects in one post, Kelly ... they're fabulous ... every one! Wishing you a blessed and joy filled 2017! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteI love these walks down Memory Lane and pinned a few; thanx for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to go back and see the wonderful things you've made during the year, Kelly, especially your multi-uses for one set. You're very creative that way. Looking forward to seeing what you do in 2017. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteI'm always inspired by your amazing work Kelly!! Loved seeing these again. Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteIncredible collection of cards...love seeing so many in one post.
ReplyDeleteSo many great projects and what really comes through here is your pure cleverness and innovation! Can't wait to see what you'll be up to in the new year!
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