My Favorite Cards of 2014

I love looking through all of my cards for a year.  Sometimes when I am struggling over a single card, I wonder if I have accomplished anything - so it's a wonderful feeling to see them all laid out for a year.  And browsing them reminds me of the people to whom I sent each card, and I also realize that I have done some good for my church and congregation as many cards go there.

It is a problem to narrow it down for a year-in-review post.  To try to make it manageable, I picked categories based on design teams and on favorite companies.  Here are my favorites of 2014....

DESIGN TEAMS

For the Freshly Made Sketches design team:

A Whole Lotta' Happy using WPlus9

For the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge design team:

Candy Cane with Avery Elle

For the Recipe Swap at Catered Crop design team:

(I picked two for this category.  My favorite card and also the final card as this wonderful challenge closed in November.)

Summer Lovin' using Paper Smooches

Thank You and Farewell using Clearly Besotted Stamps

GUEST SPOTS

For Taylored Expressions as Guest Blogger:
(Beginning today, I am honored to now be part of the Taylored Expression's Baker's Dozen so you'll be seeing lots more from me!)

Falling for You using Taylored Expressions

For the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge Blog Hop:

You Fill My Thoughts using Simon Says Stamp

For Merry Monday as February Featured Designer:

Sleigh Bells Ring using Mama Elephant

FAVORITE COMPANIES

Many of my favorite companies are represented with the previous cards including: WPlus9, Avery Elle, Paper Smooches, Clearly Besotted, Taylored Expressions, Simon Says Stamp, and Mama Elephant.  These and other favorites follow.  This list is most definitely not all-inclusive because at some point, I would be showing you every card that I made!!

Using My Favorite Things:

In Memory Of

Using Avery Elle:

All is Calm

Using Mama Elephant:

Believe You Can

Using Paper Smooches:

Just Roll With It

Using Reverse Confetti:

Baby It's Cold

Using Simon Says Stamp:

What's Up

SHAKER CARDS
I fell in love with shaker cards this year!

Butterfly Celebration

SEQUINS
I don't think I could live without my sequins.  It's a rare card that doesn't, at a minimum, have a trio of sequins plopped around a sentiment or an image to highlight it.

Let's Chill

WORD DIES
I love all dies, but particularly word dies. They are such an easy way to create an interesting card but still highlight the sentiment.

Sympathy in Gray and Yellow

A FINAL FEW
A couple of my favorite cards did not fit neatly into any category. This first card uses multiple companies and is also a shaker card and it uses sequins!!

Panda Celebration

This next card is really about the stamp set - a limited edition set from Damask Love.  This font makes me absolutely giddy!

Be Merry with Damask Love

I hope you enjoyed this look back!  I'm excited to look forward and start crafting in 2015!!!