Thursday, December 27, 2012

My Top Ten of 2012 Plus a Giveaway and Blog Hop!


Welcome new visitors and long time friends!  I am so thrilled that you have popped in today!  So much so in fact that I am doing a fun little giveaway!  I love to look back and pick out my ten favorite projects from the year. Many of my crafty friends also do this and I thought it would be fun to compile one big list for you of where to find all of them so we got together and created a blog hop for you!  Several of us are giving away prizes too!  

I will share my ten favorite projects with you...after that check out the details on how to get entered for my prize!  Click on any of the pictures to see the original post!

First off here's the list of all those participating in this hop!  We've got a huge variety of styles in this hop, I just know you will be wowed!
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This was hard to narrow down!  And there is no way I could order them :)

I made this card as a sample for The Scrapbooking Studio.  I adore the Pebbles "Seen and Noted" line and the wood pieces from Studio Calico!

 
An altered embroidery hoop....and it is all paper!  Love the Echo Park "Everyday Eclectic" line and all the fabulous trends it had!

 
A big trend of mine this year was outlining things with black or doing black matting.  I had so much fun doing the mitered edges on this!

 
Another fave of mine this year was SRM Stickers....love that they are clear, easy to use, and have so many options.  I used them for my sentiment.

I was honored to be on the Cycling Team for Little Yellow Bicycle's "Once Upon a Christmas" line.  I created a lot, but this was my personal favorite.  You can see the other creations here.

This might be my favorite layout ever, I adore Bella Blvd and all their gorgeous colors. 

Amy Tan's creations are another product favorite...that combined with SRM Stickers makes me adore this card!

I enjoyed all the geometric trends this year but found many of them challenging to work with in my whimsical style...triangles however are totally manageable!

I was all about combining patterned papers just as I did on this fun spider web.  This was a design team project for Quick Quotes

I used a fork to create the rays on this...that alone makes me smile :)

This past year I have had the honor of designing for Quick Quotes and Momenta as well as being published several times in CARDS magazine.  Today I would love to share some goodies with you from these companies!  

The prize package includes Design & Print lanterns, Quick Quotes Chipboard, Momenta Metals, Faber Castell Pastel Pencils, and the May issue of CARDS Magazine! Lots of fun goodies :)  To enter all you need to do is become a follower here and leave me a comment telling me which of my top ten projects was your favorite! The deadline to enter is 11:59 pm EST on December 31st and I am able to ship to Canada and the United States. I will announce a winner on the 1st!

Thanks again for visiting, now hop on over to see the talented Jamie!












56 comments:

shari said...

My favorite is BOO My scary little monster! I love how you highlighted the top 10. I'm a follower and would love a chance to win these goodies. Shari (cricutrookie)

Laurel said...

Wonderful creations Christine and thank you for organizing this!

Sandi Clarkson said...

these are so awesome!

Lee-Anne said...

I am already a follower and love all your projects. The one that pops out to me is the mitred edges layout.

Unknown said...

Amazing projects!!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

These are all AMAZING!!!! Just gorgeous! I am LOVING that embroidery hoop one!!! GORGEOUS!!!

Marcia Dehn-Nix said...

I LOVE your QQ Halloween layout but all your projects are fabulous!

Jamie Lane Designs said...

I love them all Christine! Miss you girly!! <3

Diane said...

I've been a follower for some time as you have given me some great inspiration! My favorite of your top 10 is your Halloween layout. I love how the background for the letters "BOO" follow the curve of the letters at the bottom, and how they hang down at varying lengths. I adore how you crossed out "Monster" and put "puppy". The colors are eye catching as well as eye pleasing. It is a perfect layout and should be published in a magazine as it is certainly worthy!!

~jan said...

Christine- thanks so much for all of your hard work putting the hop together! Im honored to be a part of it! Your top 10 is amazing-you work magic with color and prints! Hoping 2013 brings you loads of creative mojo! (and much health and happiness too!)

Ivanka said...

Thanks so much for organizing the top 10 blog hop and including me in it. This has been a ton of fun. Love, love, love your style. each and every project has got something special that just pops. My favorite is the Peace card, but I am blwon away by your use of the fork for your layout. Genious!

Patricia said...

I'm already a follower and admirer of your work! I'm truly inspired by your peace be with you card! I have the same paper and stickers and plan on lifting this idea for a layout! Thank you!

TammieLien said...

Love all your work and the peace card is my fav and thanks for sharing:)

Sharla said...

Amazing projects! I'm a new follower and my fav is the Peace Be With You cloud card. LOVE it!

Lynn said...

I am just hopping along and wanted to say hi. Your projects are all amazing. Thank you so much for the hop.

jj said...

Love the BOO puppy layout. the photos are too cute and the layout is very clever.

Angela said...

I love all of these really! You can't pick a favorite but we're supposed to? lol I love the geometric look of the Dream Big layout and the Happy Birthday and Believe cards. But for my favorite I think I have to go with the Boo layout because I have a weakness for Halloween and spiders. :)

Julie Wasson said...

The first card is my fav with all the colors and textures. Thanks for sharing

Cathy said...

Amazing work as always, adore the first card and the Boo! Thanks for putting this all together, so inspiring!

Tracy said...

I adore the Chomper page, such a great design and use of colors!

Miriam Prantner said...

Wonderful projects! That Dream Big layout is my favorite. Love the mitres!

Christy said...

I really love each of them. Fantastic scrappy year you had :) :) :)

KrissyClarkMcKee said...

These are all so creative and fun to look at - love your work!

Jen said...

I recognize some of those projects! :) You are one talented lady! So glad to have gotten to know you and look forward to doing some creating with you in 2013!!

Lisa P said...

So fun Christine. I should take a look back too. I love the idea. Your smile/giggle page definitely made me smile and the idea of using a fork for the rays is so clever. great job!

MamaKaraba said...

LOVE all of your projects! LOVE the bright colors and patterns!

Sue D said...

FAbulous creations. My fave is the Peace be with you card.
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Cheryl W said...

These are all really great projects, but if I have to pick one, it would be the Halloween layout. I just love what you did with that spider web!

Liz Chidester said...

Christine, these are all darling!! I love that you use plenty of color, I am the same way!
Thanks for putting this together!

Kelly said...

I'm your newest fan! :) These are all so amazing and using that fork for the sun rays is super creative! I love it!!! :)

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

SUPER fun LOs, projects, and cards! Your embroidery hoop is one of my FAVs! LOVE that peace card too! LOVE it all:) <3

Laura C said...

Fun - I love the Peace Be With You card with Amy Tangerine's line!

Melissa said...

You are so talented! I love that Happy Birthday card. What a cool way to use the paper and buttons. I'm a huge fan of SRM too. Those stickers are PERFECT and my "go-to" for cards.

Unknown said...

Oh gosh, a favourite? These are all so fabulous! I love the mitred corners on your Dream Big Everyday layout, the blue pearls in your clouds of you Peace Be With You card and that altered hoop ... sigh. Can I have 3 favs? :)
It's been great working with you this Fall and I look forward to continuing in 2013. Happy new year!

paperribbons said...

Love the layouts! And those pictures are awesome!

mauiquilter said...

Your Believe card is my favorite. Love how you create complete works of art with each creation?

Erin Morehouse said...

a girl after my own heart with all that colour! Of course my favorites would have to be the Sunshine Happiness with all those threaded clouds, and the bright chomper with the triangles.

Buffy Burnside said...

All of your projects are wonderful but the one that stood out the most to me is the embroidery hoop...what an amazing idea! thank you for sharing...

scrappin_mom3 said...

So PROUD of you this year! How much you have accomplished with one more kiddo than me is all the inspiration I need to keep me going! My favorite, and this should come as no surprise, is your Frugal Find forks! LOVE those rays and LOVE you!!

Rebecca said...

I am now a follower...love the chomper layout!

Jessica said...

I have been a follower for a while, I love the happiness layout, the colors are do bright and fun!

csparky61 said...

I love the Believe Card, it is so pretty.

Therese said...

I love the hoop layout. Great way to create a layout for display.

Katrina Hunt said...

Christine, wonderful projects and it was so fun to look back over the year! Thanks for putting this all together and Happy New Year! Hugs, Katrina

Monika Wright | I Love It All said...

Adore your Just a Note card and embroidery hoop projects!

Rhonda Van Ginkel said...

Christine, I just LOVE your style! Mitered corners, really fun and whimsical, but always creative and awesome! I just love your Bella page!!!

LisaM said...

Love all of your projects, but my fav is the embroidery hoop!
I am now a follower:)

Jodi said...

ALWAYS love all your creations! Thanks so much for setting up this blog hop, it has been Awesome!!! Wishing you a happy, healthy and creative year!

Phillis Walrath said...

Wow, these are all soo unique! I espacially love the altered embroidery hoop. Thanks for sharing!!

Suzie Q said...

Chomper is my favorite! Love the triangles!

Audrey Yeager said...

Christine, I love seeing how you have evolved over the past couple years! I think I like the Pebbles the best because I love those papers!

Julie said...

I love all of your projects but "boo, my scary little monster" is my fav! I love the papers and color combo not to mention the adorable pics of your little monster!!!

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