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Dec 17, 2025

I spy with my little eye ............A Crafty Year in Review 2025 Linkup: Your Favorite Creations of the Year

Hello everyone and welcome to the monthly "I spy with my little eye" post! That said, this month we are doing things a little bit different as instead of a traditional challenge, there is a .........

"Crafty Year in Review" linkup: Favorite Creations of the year!

and everyone is invited to link up their own favorites of the year 2025. I hope you will join in, have a look back at your creations and create a post featuring your favorites. There is a linky tool at the end of this post where you can share your "Favorites" post. 

You  have  until January 18th. The Top Picks from the last "I spy with my little eye" challenge (November Challenge) will be announced on January 20th when a new challenge will be posted.

I usually choose a favorite of each month but you can do a Top 5, Top 10, Top 3 or maybe there is just one single project you are especially loving. The choice is yours and the only rule is that the favorites have to be your own work posted in 2025.


Here are mine, some months were easier to choose than others. (There were some ties too!!) I've included links to the original blog posts for all details for those interested.


January

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February
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March
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April
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May
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Also May
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June
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July
none

August
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Also August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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By looking at my Top Picks I can see that I really love making my own backgrounds with stencils, stamps and ink whereas my designer paper stash hasn't been touched much and only one card from my Top Picks includes designer paper.  Every year I like to challenge myself to use up patterned papers but it's just not happening!! Oh well...




I thought it would also be fun to see which post received the most views last year...


Most visited blog post of 2025:

This was a card made with (then) newly released stamps so I can see why it was a popular post, although it didn't make my personal top picks list.

And that would be it for today. I hope you will link up your own Crafty Year in Review post below. Would absolutely love to come check out to see what made your "favorites" list!


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7 comments:

  1. brenda02:13

    Lovely to view some favourites again Ellie, I'd be hard pushed to choose just one of those.

    B x

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  2. Joanne 04:43

    Oh what fun to look back; you have some really beautiful favorites! I've been working on pulling my favorite papercrafts together but won't have my post up until the 29th.

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  3. Amy Johnson07:16

    You've had a great year of card making! I see lots of cards with kitties and flowers...two of my favorite things! Merry Christmas!

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    1. Ellibelle12:47

      Cats and flowers are my favorites too!

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  4. Debbie Mageed13:30

    Wow, Ellie, your cards are all works of art! I love your year in review posts because they bring back some of your beautiful cards to one post. I will try to play along! I thought you were going to skip it this year so I am so glad you put it in your challenge. Hope you have the best of holidays!

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  5. dj06:48

    Beautiful picks from 2025. I linked up 3 of my own favorites from 2025. I look forward to your challenges in 2026!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

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  6. Pauline C03:25

    Fabulous selection of cards Ellie, a real variety and so much interest and inky loveliness. Love how you do all your backgrounds xx

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