Top twelve of 2010

Wishing all my visitors a

Happy New Year

While blog-hopping a couple of years ago I found that quite a few crafters had shown their Top Ten makes for the year and so, at the beginning of January last year, I did the same.

Last year I extended my choices to twelve, one for each month of the year and that's what I'm doing again this year.

If you click on the links, you can go to the original posts and read more about each item.

My top twelve of 2010

January 2010: Bride and groom


February 2010: my schooldays


March 2010: card for mum



April 2010: postcard from Paris


May 2010: hot pink, black and white



June 2010: fun with the melting pot




July 2010: criss cross card with tag



August 2010: a Christmas present tied up with lace



September 2010: the roaring 20s



October 2010: Salt: God's righteousness


November 2010: buttons galore


December 2010: winter birthday



I have found it quite helpful doing this review of 2010 - it has brought back many memories, but has also reminded me of some techniques etc that I haven't tried for a while, not just in the items that I've chosen to show here, but in many of these other items that have been blogged over the months.

It's over to you

Perhaps you would like to do your own 'top twelve of 2010' - if you do I'd love you to leave me a comment with a link so that I can come and look at your choices.

And then encourage others to do the same.

I'm entering my June choice of 'fun with the melting top' as my favourite for Stamp man 13: show your favourite project of 2010

New Year's resolutions

This time last year I posted this on my blog.

Looking back, some of the jobs were achieved, but there are still pieces of paper in the box, waiting for the jobs to be tackled - and a whole year has gone by. And it's about time I put some new pieces of paper in.

As for crafting resolutions, once again, I'm resolving to use up offcuts and scraps - but the box is just as full as it was this time last year, despite using a lot during the year - the trouble is that they just got added to because I like cutting into new papers as well as using up old.

Another crafting resolution I made this time last year was to make Christmas cards throughout the year - and I kept to that. So this year I'm determined to do the same - spurred on by setting up my new blog to also encourage others to do the same. Challenges on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog start at 9:00 am tomorrow morning (1 January 2011) - I hope to see you over there.

Plum sparklers

This card is for the recipe on Penny Black 132: 3 papers, 1 ribbon, 1 charm - and I used the PB stamp 'sparklers'.

This is also for Colour create 60: plum and white, where this inspirational picture was given:

The papers are BG wisteria and euphoria, the ribbon is Papermania; the charm was originally silver, but I swiped it with Brilliance pearlescent crimson to match the inking of the sparklers stamp, heat embossing both with clear powder.

Not a good photo, but it does show the embossing a bit better:

and a close up of the altered charm:

This is also for:

Stampin' B 90: use ribbon - do not make a bow or tie it

2 sisters 19: thinking of you

Aud sentiments 18: anything goes

Crafty Ann 30: anything goes
Crafts and me 20: anything goes
Creative craft: anything goes
One stitch at a time 43: anything goes
Allsorts 83: free and easy
Sew many challenges 37: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafty Emma 17: anything goes
Aly's 31: anything goes

BF CJ: public art

It's posting time again for the CJ group on BF forum and this time my DLO is in Lynn's public art CJ - choose something in our area, so I chose the little parish church which is only down the road from us.

Papers are BJ boxer, PM ribbons and swirls that were cut long ago on the robo, with pearls added.


I'm linking this for:

Stamping royalty 52: scrapbooking - DLO
Flourishes timeless 98: pearls
Anything goes 30: the letter C - circle journal
Crafty Ann 30: anything goes
Crafts and me 20: anything goes
Creative craft: anything goes
Moving along with the times: anything goes (no Christmas cards allowed)
Fun at fairy knoll: anything goes
One stitch at a time 43: anything goes
Allsorts 83: free and easy
Sew many challenges 37: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Crafty Emma 17: anything goes
Aly's 31: anything goes
PaperPlay 50: anything but a card
Gingersnap SP6 once in a blue moon: Ginspiration - Stephanie's challenge to use this photo inspiration (I used the colours):