On Monday I shared my favourite photos from this year. I am back today, on this last day of 2020, with a review of my crafting. I regard my crafting as one of the key things which has kept me positive, motivated and sane. It is a hobby in which I can completely immerse myself and I have spent many many hours in my studio creating a huge number of projects this year.
I learnt how to "zoom" craft with Daisy during the first Lockdown which was an amazing way of keeping in touch with her during those awful early months when we were separated.
I continued as a design team member for Country View, Visible Image, STAMPlorations and Creative stamping Magazine. I enjoyed spending many hours creating over 100 makes for them this year. I want to thank them all for their support of my work this year and every year.
Dotty's Teahouse in Carshalton High Street, where I sell my cards endured a very challenging year with Lockdowns and endless restrictions. Sadly the Tea Garden which was to have enjoyed its inaugural year remained shut. Rebecca, Dotty's owner always remains so positive and she branched out into home deliveries and cake-away takeaways and kept going no matter what. As I did not need to make as many cards as usual I also diversified my makes. I made lots of artist trading cards and coins, some of which I swapped and some Daisy and I made and sent to one another.
The other person I have to thank this year is the ever amazing Tim Holtz who has managed to inspire not just me but thousands of crafter worldwide during 2020. He gave a whole serious of live demos over on Facebook. What I loved about Tim's Facebook lives was that he gave his time completely free and everything was available to everyone. His enthusiasm for crafting is so infectious and in my humble opinion he remains the most inspiring crafter in the industry. New distress colours were also released which further fired my creativity.
The makes I am sharing are not a "top 9" but my personal favourite 9 I have made for my design teams, for Daisy and my Tim Holtz makes. I made a collage for each. I have already shared these over the last few days on Instagram. You can check me out/follow me here.
Here they are;
Country View
We can all certainly take a break from Covid, and your card is symbolic of that! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautifully creative year despite everything else that has been going on. Hopefully it won't be too long before you can play with your little crafting buddy again.
ReplyDeleteCome on Phoenix get going!!
Sending you love and my very best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful new year my friend.
V xx
The beauty of your craft is that it's a singular endeavor so you got to continue your passion even during this challenging year. Here's to a better one! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
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A fabulous collection of cards and a really lovely New Year card, super image and colours.thank you for joining our 'Sparkle and Shine' challenge at Allsorts.
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WOW, Fantastic 2021 card! And I loved seeing all the cards. So glad you could join us at Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteWonderful selection of cards. Your 2021 card is brilliant. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! And what a great sentiment! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.
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