Year in Review 2022 - Favorite Creations of the Year *Blog Hop* and a Small Prize Giveaway

Hello and welcome! 

Today/this week a group of crafters and I are hosting the Year in Review blog hop where we share our favorite creations of 2022 and I hope you will join us too, either by leaving a comment or by linking up your own "year in review" post - or both! The linky tool will remain open for 1 week, so even if you didn't sign up to be a co-host, you can still share with us during this week.

I am giving away a prize to one lucky commenter too, and it's possible that there are more giveaways along the way so hopefully you will hop along and leave the other co-hosts some love. The prize winner will be selected from those leaving a comment.

I always have a hard time selecting favorites so to make it easier on myself  I select a favorite from each month. I did list the stamps used in case anyone is interested and you can click on the link above each card to see the original post for more info. 

January

Squirrel Hugs

Stamps Used: Brush Pines and Share a Hug (both by Penny Black)

February

... this was a tough choice but I settled on this card:

Love Reminds you...

Stamps Used: Snow Fence, Nose to Nose and Dream.Love.Sentiments (all by Penny Black)

March

Fluffy Passenger and a Tulip Field

Stamps Used: Fluffy Passenger, Happy Wishes, Blooming Garden (all by Penny Black)

April

Monochromatic Scene with Lavinia and Penny Black Stamps

Stamps Used: Pan, Wild Hares Small, Fairy Fir Tree Small, Lavender (all by Lavinia), Nature's Gifts (Penny Black), Cowboy Adventures (Hero Arts)

May 

Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day

Stamps Used: Antique Bee and Flowers (Hero Arts)

June

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Stamps Used: Horse and Carriage (Lavinia), Happy Wishes (Penny Black)

July

Nautical Birds

Stamps Used: PSX G2891 Bird Stamp (retired), Bullsrushes (Lavinia), Hero Arts Sentiment (from retired stamp kit)

August

Pineapple Girl 

Stamps Used: Mo Manning Pineapple Girl, Whimsy Stamps Sentiment (retired)

September

You're on my Mind

Stamps Used: Wonderful (Penny Black), Trailing Ivy (Lavinia), Retired Sentiment (SU)

October

Santa's Sleigh

Stamps Used: Santa's Sleigh (Colorado Craft Company)

November

Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day

Stamps Used: Birches (Penny Black),  Garden Gnomes (Inkadinkado),  Friendship (Penny Black)

December

Miracles Happen When You Believe

Stamps Used: Pipin, Whimsical Hares, Fairy Fir Tree Small, Fairy Fir Tree 2

It was fun scrolling through the blog posts to look back at what I created. I've really enjoyed playing with inks and stencils this past year and I am still working on getting better at scenic cards as I love them so much but I never quite know where to begin with them. 

But looking at these cards I can see that I failed (again) with my crafty New Year's resolution of 2022 of using up more patterned papers. I barely used any. Maybe I'll try again in the new year :)

If you are a paper crafter and would like to join in with your own year in review type post, please feel free to link up with us too! The linky tool will remain open until January 5th. 

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Prize Giveaway

Leave a comment to be entered!

              

The winner will receive  $10 digital gift code to Powerpoppy.

This is not a sponsored prize, it will be supplied by me. 

A random winner will be selected from the comments left on this post. Everyone leaving a comment will be entered into the drawing, including other co-hosts. Random.org will be used. Please only leave one comment. Duplicate comments will be deleted. If you happen to leave a comment but do not want to be included into the drawing, just mention it in your comment.

You have until noon Friday CST January 6th to leave a comment. A winner will be selected at that time and will be announced Saturday January 7th when I share my Allsorts challenge card. Please note, winner has to contact me by January 14th to claim the prize.

I'm so  happy these wonderful bloggers are joining in  this year! I'd love for you to check out their "year on review" posts too.

1. Bonnie from Stamping in the Light
2. Brenda from Floral Fantasies
3. Debbie from Secrets to Stamping
4. Diane from Nellies Nest
5. Ellie from Ellibelle’s Corner
6. Helene from Mummylade
7. Hilary from Fiddling About
8. Joanne from My Slices of Life
9. Melissa from The Stamping Ninja
10. Rachel from Slow Down, Enjoy and Create
11. Sara from Sassy’s Cards and Gifts
12. Sue from Just Peachy Stamping

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I'm linking up with these blogs:

Inspire Me Monday // Random-osity Good, Random, Fun // You're The Star Blog Hop Link Party @Stonecottage Adventures // Anything Goes with Your Hosts @ My Random Musings // Jenerally Informed The Happy Now // Spread the Kindness Linkup @ Shelbee on the Edge // Wonderful Wednesday // Thursday Favorite Things // Little Things Thursday // Encouraging Heart and Home @ Slices of Life //  Funtastic Friday //   Link Up On The Edge // Friendship Friday

The linky tool below is for co-hosts and other Year in Review participants alike. 

Please only link Papercrafts Year in Review 2022 type posts below. All other blog posts will be deleted. Just want to keep the focus on papercrafts with this linkup!

Thank you all for your participation!

Happy Hopping! 

Year in Review 2020 - My Favorite Handmade Cards

At the end of each year I like to take a look back at all the cards I made during the year and pick my favorites to share in my "year in review" post. I usually choose a favorite of the month to make it easier. I did have a tie in February but that's the only month where I couldn't decide.

I've linked to the original post above each creation, if you'd like to find out more about each card, simply click that link. This year I also noted why I picked each particular card 😀

January

Click here or original post.

Using Hero Arts Antique Bee and Flowers and Penny Black Happy Wishes 

I love the earthy tones of this card and the way the background turned out.

February

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black Loads of Love

Can't help but smile when I see this image and I love the red and black color combo and the way the papers compliment each other.

and

Original Post Here

Using PSX Stamp K2883

I love the vintage feel of this card and think the lace is the perfect embellishment here.  

March

Original Post Here

Using Lavinia Stamps

I love how these colors compliment each other and the random way the ink turned out on the background.

April

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black Spontaneous Joy and Blooming Sentiments.

I remember struggling with this card and love how it turned out with the stenciled background and strip of patterned paper at the bottom.

May

Original Post Here

Using Lavinia Stamps

I often struggle creating pretty backgrounds and scenes for my Lavinia fairies (or I don't know where to begin) which is why I don't reach for them more, but absolutely love how this one turned out.

June

Original Post Here

Using : Penny Black Gathering Together and Penny Black Butterfly Garden

I love the way the harlequin patterned paper compliments the collage style image and ink splatters.

July

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black Asking the Flowers, Penny Black Blooming Sentiments and Penny Black Dancing Daisies

This card just makes me smile! Loved mixing "cute" and "brushstroke" on this card. And I think the yellow is so fun and cheerful!

August

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black  Painter's Vase and Blooming Sentiments

Love the inky background on this and the color blue is one of my favorites.

September

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black Garden Friends, Penny Black All Abloom, Penny Black Blooming Sentiments and Penny Black Sprigs

I love how this cute garden scene turned out mixing up "cute" and "floral" stamps. 

October

Original Post Here

Using Penny Black Snowy and Penny Black Season's Gifts

Snowy seems to make my "favorite" list often. I just love how the paper piecing coordinates with the border. And it's a favorite stamp because my husband picked him out for me many years ago :-)

November

Original Post Here

Using  Penny Black Season's Tweeting, Penny Black Christmas Story and Penny Black Season's Gifts

I love how the dotted paper frames the watercolor style image panel.

December

Original Post Here

Using  Scarved Sweeties, Dear Santa and Cone and Berries.

Once again I love the way I used a brushstroke stamp with a cute stamp to create the card. And of course this cutie and sentiment combo just makes me smile.

As you can see I still love my "cute" stamps but have been enjoying playing with inks just the same and I am sure that will continue in the new year. In last years year in review post I mentioned that I didn't do so well with my New Years Resolution of using up more of my patterned papers. I had the same resolution for 2020 and I did a little bit better, since I've cut most of my papers down to 6x6 and now keep them within reach next to my desk. 

For 2021 I'm setting a few crafty resolutions:

• Try some new (to me) techniques or re-discover old ones
• Organize a box of bare rubber stamps so I can actually see what they are
• Continue incorporating patterned papers
• Add some missing Distress Inks to my collection

If you have done a year in review post on your blog, please do let me know in the comments so I can come take a look at what you've been up to in 2020. 

Thanks so much for visiting!!

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I'm linking up here:

Sunday Showcase with Ada and Mirelle // Inspire Me Monday // Hello Monday // Random-osity Good, Random, Fun // You're The Star Blog Hop Link Party @Stonecottage Adventures // Anything Goes with Your Hosts @ My Random Musings // Little Cottage Linkup // Love your Creativity Link Party // Hearth and Soul (starts Monday night) // Shelbee On the Edge Spread the Kindness // Jenerally Informed Happy Now Blog Link // Tuesday with a Twist @Stonecottage Adventures // Tuesday Turn About // Effortlessly Sophisticated // Wonderful Wednesday // Classy Flamingos // Welcome Wednesdays // What's Up Wednesday? // Little Things Thursday // Thursday Favorite Things // Traffic Jam Weekend //@Being a Wordsmith Slices of Life (Encouraging Hearts and Home) // A Morning Cup of Joe // Fridays at the Fire Station // Shelbee on the Edge // A Little Bit of Everything // Dare to Share /

Year in Review 2019

At the end of every year I like to take a look back at all the cards I made during the year and pick my favorites to share in my "year in review" post. To make it easier I choose a favorite from each month, but there were a couple of months where I couldn't decide and picked 2.

I've linked the original post above each creation, if you'd like to find out more about each card, simply click that link. 

January

Sweet Wishes

Sweet Wishes using Penny Black Loads of Love as the focal point.

 Masculine Birthday 

I used a Cowboy Trio Stamp by Magenta (no longer available)

February

Winter Sparkle

I used Mo Manning Siku and Shiya and Penny Black Berry Bevy for the focal point.

One Corner an a Little Music

I used  Hero Arts My Monthly Hero February Kit as the focal point.

March

The Color Yellow

I used Mo Manning Baby Fairy Bee as the focal point.

April

Bugs, Butterflies, Blossoms

I used Stampin Up Butterfly Basics - retired but available HERE on eBay.

May 

Life Is Beautiful

I used Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Kit.

June

Summer Scenes

Only the girl card was made in June, the boy card made in April.

I used Stampin Up Summer by the Sea, Hero Arts Color Layering Waves, Hero Arts Color Layering Sea and Sand to create the scenes.

July

Add a Charm

I used Penny Black Snowy as the focal point and  Holiday Snippets for all the little sentiments.

August

For Boys or Men

I used Penny Black Birthday Critters, Penny Black Sweet Wishes and Penny Black Wood Floors die to created this scene.

September

Friendship is the Wine of Life

I used this retired stamp by PSX as the focal point. 

October

Best Wishes with Chinese Lantern

I used Hero Arts September 2018 Stamp Kit as the focal point.

November

Caroling Trio

I used Penny Black Caroling Trio as the focal point. 

December

Inspired by a Song

I used Penny Black Nose to Nose and Penny Black Tall Trees to create this scene.

So which one of my favorites is your favorite? 

You can definitely tell that I didn't do well with my 2019 crafty New Year's resolution ... it was to use up more of my pattern papers. I did well in the beginning, but it didn't take me long to neglect my pattern papers again! Maybe I'll try again in the new year but I enjoy the process of creating my own papers and backgrounds so much more!

The cute Penny Black stamps are still some of my favorites, and I definitely enjoyed working with distress inks a lot this year (inking and coloring). I also enjoyed getting out some oldies and some of my favorites were done with stamp kit subscriptions. I am sad that non of my Lavinia stamp cards made the top picks, but I didn't use them as much. I made several different card styles for sure, but if I were to make the same style of cards I would get bored easily. 

Did you create a "Year in Review" type post on your blog? If so then please let me know in the comments so I can come to take a look! It doesn't have to be cards, I'd love to see what your favorite posts of the year were.

As always thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to visit my blog. 

Wishing you a safe, happy and healthy New Year!

Linking up here:
Create with Joy  // Not Dressed as a Lamb

This post includes some affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links. As always, this is at no cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!