Friday, December 28, 2012

My Favorite Cards of 2012 - January to June

Enjoying time with family and friends so not creating much right now.  Instead, I thought I would walk down memory lane and post my favorite cards of 2012.  This post covers January through June and on Sunday I'll  post July through December.

January

2012 Faves
Love the striking colour combo and of course the polka dots! 


2012 Faves
Stretching out of my comfort zone with this one.


2012 Faves
Polka dotted Valentine's Day card.


February

2012 Faves
I won the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Award with this card.


2012 Faves
My blogging buddy Maureen's birthday card - she's a St. Patrick's Day baby.


2012 faves
This skewed panel sketch was such a challenge for me but I was happy with the result. 


March

2012 Faves
Loved the mix of MME papers on this card.


Faves 2012
Such a fun technique - using punched items to create an embossed background.


2012 Faves
More polka dots and a yummy colour combo.


April

2012 Faves
Love this PTI flower die and Verve leaf die.  This card  won Friday Mashup Glamette honors.


May

21012 Faves
Love this sweet pea image.


2012 Faves
My mom's birthday card.


2012 Faves
A fun use of the flourish.


2012 Faves
Enjoying making some rolled roses and using pink and green - one of my favorite colour combos.



June

2012 Faves
Love the rolled roses and this card in general.


2012 Faves
Got a Play Date Cafe honorable mention for this card.


2012 Faves
Phil 1:6 - my life verse.  Thank you to Julee for making it into a Verve Plain Jane!


2012 Faves
Love this owl punch.


Couldn't narrow it down to one per month so you got a few extra LOL

Have a fabulous day!  Back tomorrow with this week's Just Us Girls challenge card. 


13 comments:

Mary Ann said...

AWESOME!Very pretty cards...

Lynn said...

All of these show off your fabulous style...you certainly have an awesome way with texture on your cards. Beautiful!

Dawn Easton said...

Fantastic girl!!! I like to do this each year too!
Something I see we have in common, we can't seem to create without dies anymore :) We LOVE them!!!
Enjoy the weekend with your family! I know I'm going to!

Unknown said...

Oh Wow! What a fabulous trip THAT was! Loved looking again at your gorgeous cards Marisa and can't wait for the next instalment! Wishing you a VERY Happy New Year! xxx

Andrea Ewen said...

Wow, Marisa...I certainly loved scrolling down your post of beautiful cards...cos that's just what they are...beautiful! What a wonderful mix of colors, designs and downright gorgeous flowers...all but one handmade! Thanks for the fabulous show, I'll be looking forward to Sunday for the other half of the list!

Vicki Dutcher said...

I can see why you won Jen's Challenge -- such clean consistency with your cards! I hope you are enjoying family time~

Autumn Mist said...

Such fab cards, your style is so distinctive, I'd recognise them anywhere! Looking forward to following your inspiring blog through this new year.

Wanda Cullen said...

Loved seeing your card review...all so beautiful!

Laurie said...

Marisa these are all amazingly beautiful cards! You use colors in the most gorgeous ways! I love your bows and all the details in each one! Thanks for being such a great blog friend this year! Sending you hugs and best wishes for 2013!!

Linda Callahan said...

Lovin' the walk down memory lane......thinkin' you have waaay more than one creative gene :)

Betty Wright said...

Gorgeous suite of cards, Marisa! WOW! You sure made some pretties in 2012!

Bonnie said...

I'm glad I didn't have to pick 12 favorites from your cards. I'd be 6 months trying to narrow it down! So much inspiration!

Benzi said...

Fabulous cards...I really like your card for your Mom and the beauty with the polka dots and yummy colors that you mentioned.
Awesome work!!