Welcome to the final day of 2011: The Year in Review…October, November and December. I love creating fall and winter cards, so it comes as no surprise that I had a difficult time narrowing down my choices to just one per month. So here we go on the final leg of our journey! To learn more about each card, just click on the month and name of the post.
October – Tree for The Players
Pearls, pearls, and more pearls, paired with delicious seam binding roses! Need I say more as to why this card is my favorite for October!
November -Christmas Lodge for Freshly Made Sketches
Texture! Glitter! Pearls! Add a cute bow treatment…and you have the recipe for my favorite card of November!
December – Vintage Elegance for The Paper Players
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thy texture…thy coloring..and the awesome ‘possum ribbon treatment! With its Victorian elegance, this Apothecary Art card is my favorite for December!
So what do you think? Do you have a soft spot for seam binding roses, or do you prefer the “freshness” of a Christmas Lodge? Or could it be that Victoriana is your cup of tea? Just let me know in today’s comment! And yes…for one more time…I will share fifty 6″ x 6″ retired pieces of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper with one more randomly selected person from all comments left on this post by Noon CST Tuesday. And to make things easier…I will do a simple post Tuesday afternoon and name the three winners of the paper (instead of naming two on Monday and one on Tuesday). Until next time…
These are all fantastic! I can see why they are your favorite!!
Happy New Year!
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I have to say I love the card using Lovely as a Tree and the Seam Binding Roses! I think what I love about it most is that I can actually make it 🙂 I just don’t use that stamp set enough. As usual, I love your daily dose of inspiration 🙂
I adore all three cards! I am really loving the new framelits though and I love the image and how Christmas-y you made it! I didn’t imagine that at all when I got my occasions mini and spied the new product. Love it!! Love your use of the new hat pins too! Thank you for sharing your creations with us and I look forward to your posts about cards (and dogs) in 2012! Happy New Year!!
Beautiful Cards, Ann! This is a hard one to decide but if I must, I have to go with November and the Christmas Lodge. Happy New Year and can’t wait to see what is next!
Ann, there you go again! Making us decide between the 3 most beautiful cards I have ever set my eyes upon!!!!!
OK it’s #1…I mean #2… No it’s #3. Well there you have it!
Ann, again all your cards are beautiful. My favorite would be the Christmas Lodge because it represents the holiday season so well. Looking forward to more inspiration from you in 2012. Happy New Year!
Your cards are always beautiful, but my favorite is the Christmas lodge card. It’s elegantly lovely!
All are gorgeous but my fav is the Christmas Lodge. I love how you stamped the trees in the background too. I want to visit that lodge it looks so inviting. Thanks for a chance to win paper, Sonnie
I love the seam bind roses. I haven’t had the time to try to make them, but it is on my list. The showing of them, reminded me that is what I have to do. Happy New Year.
I love all 3 of the October, November & December cards but I especially like the Victorian card.
Donna Phillips
I love the look of all 3 cards, but Victorian is my favorite. You work is so creative!!!
I love the last card using the new Occasions Mini products! Gorgeous!
I love, love, love the apothecary art card. So pretty…plus love the new framelits. I will have to case this card! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Oh my, I just love the victorian. You are so amazingly crafty and such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
Has to be Victorian out of these 3.
All 3 are fabulous and it is amazing that they are slightly different styles and all beautiful.
Thanks for the summary of your great creations from 2011 and really look forward to see what you show us in 2012.
TrinaM
December did it for me. Love all the details. Of course, all your projects are stunning. Thanks so much for sharing all your creativity with us this past year, and I look forward to another year of great designs from you. Too much pressure? Just do as you’ve always done, your usual gorgeous, beautiful, awesome creations. Happy New Year, Ann.
Babe
October’s card is so beautiful! I’d forgotten about the seam binding roses… I want to try making them because they are so gorgeous! Thanks for the reminder and another chance at sweet blog candy!
What no French Foliage for October’s card? Whatever, I love all three of these cards but I think the December just one by a nose so to say. Not sure why – ask me again in a few hours and I might change my mind. Like I always say – it is all in the details and man, you nail it with the details! Looking forward to your cards and projects for the new year with the new mini and sale-a-bration goodies.
Chris R. from Iowa
Ann
I love the Lodge with the tree background – totally great combination!
Ann, all 3 of your cards are gorgeous! There is no way that I could have a favorite one. I love the way that you made your lace and roses. Hope you had a wonderful New Years day.
Mary
Definitely the seam binding, although, they are all gorgeous!
Ooooh! These are all some of MY faves too!!!!
Debbie G
I love the Lodge card with the glitter, texture & pearls. But the other cards are beautiful too.
debbieanng@yahoo.com
All of them are so amazing how can we choose? Well I will start by saying I love your color scheme for all of them and I love the October card, it is simply beautiful! Those ribbon flowers are adorable; I still haven’t tried them yet, maybe today will be the day! TFS.
-Jill
Each is unique, but the card for October stands out to me. I love each element used and together they make an awesome card.
They are all great but I like November, the Christmas lodge. You have incorporated so many aspects from different stamp sets. Its so appealing I’d like to be at the lodge in front of a roaring fire watching it snow.
I love the Victorian look! Wish I could create it as well as you do, but I’m working on it! You are so very creative and great to share with us. Thanks!
I like them all! If I had to choose only one I would choose the Christmas Lodge. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Happy New Year!
This is the most impossible choice yet, but ,you know, I have to go with October. That card is so dear to me.
I think I like December’s card this best. It’s very beautiful.
Oh Ann, I love the soft seam binding roses. I enjoy all of your cards, each providing a different views and styles. Happy New Year.
It’s almost impossible to choose, but I think the one that speaks most to my heart is December. They are all beautiful!
They are all so beautuiful. You are so talented.
They are all so beautuiful. You are so talented.
Love the roses…so elegant..but all 3 are gorgeous..thanks for sharing.
Hi Ann
There is no way I could pick a favorite from the cards you have on todays blog. All of them were a favorite of mine from the first time I saw them.
Oh, boy…that’s hard to choose. I like all of them for different reasons. It really depends on the project. I like both the soft shabby look and a crispier look.
Love the seam binding, pearls, texture, vintage, victorian, the WHOLE thing! debra
How you were able to pick just one each month is beyond me. They are all fabulous picks, but I have to say October is my favorite. The Cherry Cobbler flowers and pearls along with the neutral background make an absolutely stunning card.
I love the peacefulness and wintery feeling of the lodge. Your work is exquisite.
I have to say the last card is my fav….your work’s stunning! The best of 2012 to you, w/family, friends & crafting!!
Sooooooo hard to choose but I LOVE the roses with your trees the best, mostly cuz I LOVE ‘Lovely as a Tree’! The roses look so lush on the cards, too! Thanks for the chance to win your dsp; can’t wait to see who gets them [me, please, me!]
All are beautiful…how do you pick one??? SOOO..I’ll say..December! I guess I still have the Christmas spirit, I can’t even begin thinking about ‘undecorating”! Thanks for the candy.
I have to say I love them all, but the Victorian look of the Apothecary art is my favorite. You are so talented and an inspiration.
Each of these cards is gorgeous. If I really have to choose just one, I guess it would be Oct. Let me tell you, it was not an easy task to pick one out of these three beautiful creations though. Looking forward to 2012’s reveals. I’m certain they will be stunning. The new mini is awesome and full of beautiful new stamp sets and fun stuff for the Big Shot.
Happy New Year to you and yours, Ann!
Oh my goodness, Ann. You make the most beautiful cards all the time! It’s very difficult to pin down a favorite! I am going to agree with you, though, and go with the Apothocary Art card. It’s stunning.
Hi Ann! These have been so wonderful to look at and see all your favorites from the year. It has truely been eye candy for me!! These three are stunning and very hard to pick from. My favorite is October however. The tree, pearls, and those gorgeous seam binding roses that just make me smile make this card my fav. Hope you and the twins have a fabulous day today. We are finally getting a little bit of snow today!
This is not easy to pick one. Love the Christmas Lodge with the trees in the background.
My favorite has to be Vintage Elegance.
Love Victorian.
Truly I love them all.
I love the vintage feel of your cards. The pearls, seam binding roses and antique look. I love December’s card the most. Happy New Year!! Tricia
All three cards are beautiful but the Christmas tree is my favorite. So it’s October for me but I have to say it was really hard to choose.
I love all 3 of the cards but I am drawn to the lodge. I think it is beautiful and really makes a statement.
Your Christmas Lodge card is the most beautiful of all I’ve seen demonstrated using that set. Of these three, it is my second favorite. I really like the first card with all the trees. Your combined elements makes this card really stand out. So that is my no. one choice.
sweet! I love all the cards but Vintage is my cup of tea. and you certainly know how to do Vintage! Beautiful work.
Luscious cards….your cards have a classic elegance…I think my favorite is the first one with the decorated tree…I can’t believe that set has lasted this long, but I see why….Susan
Love all your work. October would have to be my FAV. I love the trees and the seam binding roses turned out Beautifully. Thank you for sharing your techniques.
My favorite is the Dec. card.I like all the different textures you used in making the card.
Hmmm, tough decision! They are all beautiful, but I just love the ribbon roses. I am going to go back and look for instructions on how to make them. Just love them!
Happy New Year to you, your family and the twins!
Ann, they are all gorgeous! But my favorite is the Christmas Lodge. Love the simplicity and just the overall feeling of the card. Thanks so much for showing all of your favorite cards!
Enjoyed the trip down card memory lane with your picks. I think my favorite of these three is the lodge. I love the clean yet elegant look. Looking forward to your new year of creations.
Ann, those have been my favorite cards of yours. I can remember my reaction seeing them for the first time and knowing that I will never be that good of a stamper. They are literally pieces of art! Now, you want me to pick ONE. OK, up till this very minute I was going to pick December’s but now I think I have say October/Christmas tree, because that was pure genius to color the pearls, which are your signature embellishment. Love, Love, Love them all. Happy New Year!
ALL the cards are beauties, BUT the December one is my fav!!! HAVE to get this set!!! Happy New Year to you and yours!!!
All 3 R Gorgeous cards and another tuff decision, but being my birthday is in October,my pick on this one is the October card.
ColleenB.
Ann…I just don’t think I can pick! Each of these cards is magnificent in its own right. I love the gorgeous tree focal on the October card, the rustic beauty of November’s offering, and the embossed Victorian card as well. But if I had to choose just one, it would have to be October. That tree is just gorgeous!
I can understand how difficult it must have been for you to pick these three cards because I honestly can’t pick between them…I love them all! Pearls, ribbons and roses – Victorian, vintage or shabby chic…doesn’t matter,.I love your work!!!
It’s a difficult choice …. I was struck by the embossed background you created with the Lovely as a Tree image on October’s card and of course the beautiful delicate red roses you used on that card as well as with the gorgeous Apothecary Art image on December’s card. Looking forward to more of your wonderful inspiration in this new year.
Love your Christmas lodge! Of course, as always, all your cards are gorgeous, but if I had to choose, it would be your lodge…
I love them both. I’m drawn to the roses because I don’t know how to make them yet! Do you have a tutorial on them? I’ve enjoyed your blog so much. Thank you!
I have a love of the vintage look so the last card makes my heart sing:-) But they are all so beautiful! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
Inky hugs,
Janet
Oh my, I can’t decide which one I like best – they are all so pretty. You are so talented & I love checking out your blog – such cool ideas & pretty, pretty creations.
Happy New Year! I can’t wait to see what you have in store for this year!
Patti Beachy
Millersville, PA
Ann, these are all gorgeous choices for your best of 2011! Although I love all of your creations! A perfect showcase of your fabulous style, in every way. Happy New Year to you! 🙂
Ann wowzer! Each is prettier than the next! LOVE all your details and roses, and scrunchy stuff and just everything! Love them all but am very interested in the December as that is one of the sets I preordered… so guess I’ll vote for that one, but it IS too hard to pick just one of your beauties.
hugs.
Oh, Ann – October takes it for me, hands down. The seam binding roses are sheer perfection as are the multitude of pearls.
It has been so fun going through your favorites of 2011 – thanks for sharing them with us again. Can’t wait to see what you do in 2012 and what new favorites will come up.
Hugs to you and good ol’ fashioned scratches to Brody and Muffy!
I love them all but I think December takes the crown for me! Thanks for sharing so much of yourself thru your blog and your cards!
I just love the lodge stamp set card is beautiful
I love them all, but if I had to choose I would chose all of the projects with the seam binding roses…they are absolutely beautiful!
All of these were just gorgeous. My favorite is from October. I just love all of the design elements. happy new year.
I love all of the cards!!! If I had to pick just one it would be Decembers as I love the vintage look and color combos that you used. As always, they are all winners, Happy New Year!!! Kathy in AZ
Victorian all the way! It’s a good thing we all like different styles. I believe that difference is “what makes the world go round” as the saying goes. You have an amazing talent in creating several wonderful styles to please your readers. Looking forward to seeing what you do in 2010. D
I love the shabby chic look of the seam binding, but I also love the “lodge” look…..I guess you could say I love it all, lol!