Top 10 of 2013 with a GIVEAWAY!

Hello blogging friends! Happy Holidays to you all!! I feel so blessed for the opportunities that I've had this past year, designing for Quick Quotes, Imaginisce, ScrapTown Lady, and Practical Scrappers. Not only did I get to play with fabulous papers, but some of my layouts and cards were published (or soon to be published). I have many things to be thankful for outside of paper crafting as well. My daughter Naomi just finished her Masters degree, moved home, and got engaged (all in the space of a few days!)  I have cats (8 total), totes and extra furniture everywhere. I feel like its been weeks since I scrapped. Now that Christmas is over, I plan on sitting down this weekend and playing with paper again :)

Be sure to check out my GIVEAWAY at the end.

I am so fortunate to be a part of this awesome blog hop again with so many talented ladies. You should have arrived here from the incredibly talented Cathy Harper's blog. If not you may want to start at the beginning because there is some awesome inspiration and giveaways to be had. See below for the blog list. 

I can't believe how hard it was to narrow my favorite layouts, cards, and mini albums down to 10. Yes, GASP, I said cards!  Last year's favorites were almost all layouts. One of my goals for 2013 was to work on becoming a better card designer. I am sorry though, I couldn't limit my list down to 10, so I have 13 (it's 2013 after all).  

Without further ado, here are my Top Ten Thirteen Projects of 2013 ...

1.  This card was one of my first projects I made for Imaginisce using the Childhood Memories collection. A similar card was published in Papercrafts Magazine in June. and the layout I made with this collection will be appearing in the May 2014 Scrapbook Trends!

2.  These were some old pics of Naomi enjoying the rides at the State Fair. I used some My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline.

3.  I got brave and started making some mini albums this year. The Imaginisce Endless Summer collection was perfect for this BBQ Recipe album. It contains some of my most requested recipes. You want them? Check out this post ... here.  Preserving your memories is more than just photos!

4.  This was another project I did for Imaginisce. I wanted to try a step card. This was my first.

5.  Quick Quotes has some really fabulous albums. I love how my State Fair mini turned out using the Be Bold collection. It may be more of a favorite because we had such a fun time at the fair that year with my son and his girlfriend. Here is a link to the rest of the pages if you are interested ... here

6.  This was a Quick Quotes card I made for my niece using the One Fine Day collection. She made me a great auntie when her son was born in November :)  He is so precious. I am sure you will be meeting him in some of my future layouts ;)

7.  I made this card for a very dear lady, ( Cheryl Saforek owner of ScrapTown Lady ) for her birthday. I used the Pink Paislee Cottage Farms collection. Loved this collection!!

8.  This is my beautiful niece Bailey and her friend on this layout I created for ScrapTown Lady. I had to use the gorgeous Authentique Be(you)tiful collection.

9.  Here is another layout for ScrapTown Lady with an adorable pic of my kiddos from years ago. This one is Graphic45's ABC Primer collection.

10.   Can't have a favorites list without some BoBunny... this is a card I made with the Prairie Chic collection for ScrapTown Lady's World Card Making Day blog hop.

11.  One more Imaginisce layout of my son and his girlfriend using the Bushel O'Fall collection...

12.  I so enjoyed playing with Authentique's papers at ScrapTown Lady. So much so that I guest designed for them in November. This is the beautiful Peaceful collection and the view out my front window last December. Sadly, it still looked like this into April, lol. My reindeer was frozen in til the snow melted.

13.  This was one of my last Quick Quotes projects I created. It is everything that I love about Quick Quotes, scrapping family photos for future generations. My Mom is the little girl standing in the front. This is the only photo I have of her as a child. Maybe that's why I love it so much. I added some touches of lace and bling

And now for my GIVEAWAY!!!

 Would you like to win the Imaginisce Outdoor Adventure collection? 

1.  Become a follower of my blog. 
2.  Leave me a comment below and let me know which project was your favorite.

Now hop along to the next person on the hop list, or start at the beginning....

Monika Wright  

Christine Meyer

Suzanna Lee 

Ashley Horton

Jodi Wilton

Lisa Swift

Cathy Harper  

Marcia Dehn-Nix    <--- You are here

Lynn Shokoples     <---- hop here next

Lissa Mitchell

Juliana Michaels  

Melissa Elsner 

Charissa Miller  

Kelly Jean 

Ashley N Newell

Jennifer Haggerty

Laurel Seabrook

Krissy Clark

Kerri Yarus 

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Malika Kelly

Have a safe and happy New Year's celebration! Winner will be announced on Jan 2nd. 

~Marcia