Favourites from 2011

Well, what a year 2011 has been.

It has been my first "full" year of blogging, and my first experience of working on design teams.  I have learned so much, tried different techniques, attempted to take better pictures and use photo-editing software to add proper watermarks and remove distracting backgrounds.

I have made some lovely friends along the way too, something that has enriched my life.  On top of that, I'm also especially grateful for the opportunities given to me by the co-ordinators of the lovely teams I've worked with, especially:

• Stacy at 2 Sisters Challenge
• Chris at Incy Wincy
• Shelley at One Stop Craft
• Samantha at Top Tip Tuesday and 
• Gerda at StampFairy   

Plus I was honoured to be asked to guest design for Papertake, Gingerloft and Creative Craft in 2011.  Thank you all for the opportunities.

To round off the year, I've followed the trend that I've seen on a few blogs I visit regularly, and I've picked some of my favourite creations fo 2011; one(ish) from each month.  I had such a hard time choosing just one from some months.  I can also see that my creations have grown more adventurous since the early days!

I hope you like my highlights of 2011.  If you want to see more detail of any of the projects I've chosen below, just click on the image to be shown the original posting, which will include details of the image and crafty stash used.  Prepare yourself for a serious overdose of pink, oh dear, I really do need to try new colours occasionally methinks !!!

Happy New Year !!!

January

Penny Black images were the reason I started stamping!

February

Then I found LOTV and I was hooked !

March

This Dustin Pike image was fab for a baby card (yup, more pink)

April

Oh dear, more pink and an addiction to LOTV cuties

May

Then I started an addiction to Stampfairy digi stamps!!

June

I started to try something new techniques, like stamping on fabric

July

Then I ventured into making shaped cards.  This shaped
Stampfairy card ended up being one of my favourites of the year

August

More experimentation with shaped cards,
and practised photo editing to remove backgrounds

September

Experimenting with transferring images onto fabric

Whoops, a second project seems to have sneaked in for Sept.

How did that happen?
I just couldn't resist this Toby bear with all the texture!!

October

I loved this box so much; the image, the shape of the box,
and my first attempts at colouring with pencils and sansodor.

Whoops it's happened again, another one's slipped into Oct (sorry!)

I couldn't resist this lovely image and was rather proud it wasn't pink.

November

Loved the combination of images, glitter and layers of trees & snow
(you can't see the layers very well in the pic though!)

December

The calendar project for Stampfairy was so enjoyable. This is my fave page.

Hope to see you all in 2012 !!!