Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Top 15 of 2015 and a Giveaway!

Hello blogging friends! It's that time of year again where I am reflecting upon my year.... what I loved, what didn't work out so well, so I can make those New Year's Resolutions.

Today, I am participating in a blog hop to showcase the top projects of several very talented designers. Here is the blog hop order so you can be sure not to miss any inspiration.

Blog Hop List 2015

We have pooled our resources to offer one lucky blog hop participate an $80 (US Dollars) gift card to the on-line scrappy store of their choosing. This way my Aussie friends, or Russian friends, (or where ever you are from) can choose an on-line store in their country and not have to pay international shipping. To enter just leave a comment on each blog by 11:59 pm CST on January 3. In addition, I am giving away an Echo Park Teacher's Pet Kit (12 sheets of pattern paper plus 2 sticker sheets). To win, follow my blog and leave a comment telling me which project of mine is your favorite. I will announce the winner on Monday, January 4th. Good luck!



Grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy!

Yes, I know this was suppose to be the top 10 projects of 2015, but that is like asking me to pick which of my kids is my favorite. so ... Here are my top 15 projects according to Marcia. Yup, the ones I liked the most, in no particular order ....

1.  I LOVE these photos of my daughter and I (Thank you Amanda Plucker Photography). I used the February Clique Kit featuring the Dear Lizzy Serendipity collection. Those sequin vellum pockets and the splatters of ink make me swoon.


2. If you follow my blog you will have noticed that I had a love affair with box cards this year. This mailbox Valentine I made for Imaginisce with the Baby Mine collection and my Xyron adhesives was published in Scrapbook and Cards Today! I use a cut file from SVGcuts.


3.  My favorites list would not be complete without this Carousel Cupcake Holder! I created this using the Cocoa Vanilla Studios Sugar & Spice collection. I am the luckiest girl to be able to design with this Australian Scrapbook Manufacturer. You may think so too when you reach the end of my favorites list ;) You are going to see lots of Cocoa Vanilla Studios products! This is another SVGcuts file.



4.  The June Clique Kit was one of my favorite kits this past year featuring the Crate Paper Journey collection. It was so hard to choose a favorite layout that I created with this kit to include in my top 15! I used a gold metallic sketch pen in my Silhouette for this one. Lacey, from Clique Kits created that gorgeous background file. 


5.  Another Summer favorite was the Pink Paislee Atlas collection. Here I paired it with the On An Adventure JustNick Studios digital cut file. I wish I could say this photo was from my vacation, but sadly, no. My daughter Colette backpacked across Europe this past summer. This was one of her favorite places Hallstatt, Austria.


6.  Xyron and My Favorite Things Teamed up this past summer and I fell in love with these Penguins. I used some older Imaginisce papers from my stash for this and another SVGcuts file. And look.... I colored with my Copics !!! and I LOVED it!!!  Susan Opel even featured my pineapple on the My Favorite Things blog!



7.  Xyron and Top Dog Dies teamed up with Simple Stories this summer too. I was so excited to be able to play with the Summer Vibes collection. I created this layout using some fun JustNick Studios digital cut files....


8.  I really enjoyed the Imaginisce Heartland Farm collection too. I love gardening. I created this layout about starting my blueberry garden ...


9.  I swooned over the Pink Paislee Citrus Bliss collection this summer too. It was featured in the August Clique Kit. I used some JustNick Studios cut files with it here for this layout of my hubby posing with this Jamaican lady. This pic is about 25 years old ... did those pink shorts make you smile?


10.  I love this picture of my girls! I showcased it well, don't you think, using the September Clique Kit featuring the Cocoa Vanilla Studios Hello Lovely collection. I use a silver metallic sketch pen in my Silhouette to create those spirals from the Clique digital cut file.


11.  Life Is Beautiful by Cocoa Vanilla Studios was another fabulous collection. I just love the floral patterns that Zoe includes in her collections. I used some fabulous JustNick Studios cut files on this layout and went crazy stitching in circles.


12.  I scrapped lots of wedding photos this year.... Here is another wedding layout using the November Clique Kit featuring the We R Memory Keepers Wildflower collection. I modified the cut file, welding four of the squares together, and really love the Art Deco feel the layout has....


13.  Another box card from SVGcuts,,,, this time using the gorgeous Cocoa Vanilla Studios Tis The Season collection and my Xyron adhesives.


14.  Here is a layout I created with the same gorgeous collection, Tis The Season. Surprisingly, I used no cut files on this one!


15. I am currently playing with the new Fancy Pants Designs Happy Place collection in my January Clique Kit. I created the positive background with another JustNick Studios cut file, using it as a stencil for applying  some modeling paste. I love how this one turned out... my daughter with her dog. 


Thanks so much for stopping by. Do you have a favorite? Let me know which one of my projects you like best for a chance to win that Teacher's Pet prize or that $80 gift card.

Your next stop is the very talented Rebecca Keppel!

~Marcia

53 comments:

  1. FAVORITE!?! HOW do I choose just one? I totally love them all. I love the carousel cake holder and I also love the first layout with you and your daughter.

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  2. My daughter would love the muffin unicorn toppings most. Love love love

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  3. I just love all of your top ten...fabulous!!! I just love the Blueberry Garden layout....fabulous colouring!!!

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    1. Congrats Sandy! You are the winner of my Teacher's Pet prize package. Can you send your mailing address to nixshaus@comcast.net.

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  4. So happy to be hopping along side with you! I had a hard time choosing a favorite because all of your projects are awesome! I think I narrowed it down to the pineapple and the blueberry layout!

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  5. OMG>.. that Carousel cupcake holder is AMAZING! Seriously??!!! I love it! Happy New Year!

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  6. Love them all but Santa Baby is my FAV! Love that collection and your layout is adorbs.

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  7. I love them all, especially the carousel and pineapple :)

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  8. So many cute things
    Lots of hard work

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  9. So many cute things
    Lots of hard work

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  10. I always love your work, Marcia...lovely pages!

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  11. Wow these are amazing! I am just in love the the box cards, especially that valentine's mailbox. Fantastic!

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  12. Awesome projects and I
    love the mailbox and
    the Carousel! Happy
    New Year.
    Carla from Utah

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  13. So glad I found your blog (just signed up to follow).
    I'm not a scrapbooker so I enjoy seeing blogs that do other things.
    I love the carousel, that pineapple looks good enough to eat, and the valentine's mailbox is darling.
    thanks for sharing so many wonderful things.
    Happy New Year

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  14. Love your projects! I especially love #11...so fresh and pretty!!

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  15. Santa baby! Us redheads have to stick together!

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  16. Your layouts are stunning. The 3d projects for svg cuts are super cool too. They look so complicated! You do a great job.

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  17. wonderful colorful pages - love them all - my fav is "You & Me" - love the pairing of the B&W pic with the beautiful colors

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  18. Love #4, #5, and #15. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  19. Already a follower here! Your projects are amazing.... love the #13 box card! Awesome details!

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  20. I didn't want this blog post to end, so I'm glad your Top 10 didn't stop at 10!! Your work is so fantastic. The lemons on layout 7 are downright juicy & scrumptious. Great job!

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  21. Wow! You are a paper wizard! Love every single one of these. That blueberry one with the texture paste made my jaw drop! :)

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  22. Wow! Amazing projects! That Cupcake carousel is FABULOUS!!! ♥

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  23. 13 and 14 are my favorite! They are all beautiful!!!!

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  24. Thank you for sharing all your talents with us. Very creative. Great ideas. WOW! Love them all, but to choose just one, I'd pick the Valentines box. It's just adorable. I follow you and hope you followe me too. Thank you. Happy New Years!-Kim Klinkovsky@My Kraft Kloset

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  25. I love the penguin with the pineapple and the cupcake carousel. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  26. Love your projects, my favorite is the mailbox card in a box.
    Love it!!

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  27. I love them all...and yes...the pink shorts made me smile!!

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  28. As I am new to scrapbooking and want to get ideas for my son's wedding in June of 2015, I love the "Come Away with Me" page. Thank you for some very intriguing ideas! I am not creative on my own, but I think I can take some of your ideas and run with them. Thank you so much.

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  29. That Valentine's mailbox is my absolute favorite!
    sagegiveaway@yahoo.com

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  30. I pinned the June scrappy page but the carousel is my fave. I'm following. Thanks for the extra blog candy.

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  31. I love the wedding party photo layout best. Great colourful pages.

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  32. Numbers 3 and 6 were my favorites but your layouts are wonderful too!

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  33. i just love the valentines one my fav and the pineapple is pretty neat as well..followed your blog

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  34. Wow, wow, wow! Amazing paper craft projects! My fave is the carousel cupcake holder, how cool is that! I am now a follower.

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  35. Favourites ... Wow not easy to chose ... Maybe 10, 11 or 14... Beautiful work!!

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  36. The pineapple and the mailbox are tied for my favorite.

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  37. I was first amazed with the carousel cupcake when I saw, and still am!! But all your layouts are awesome! And the box cards---so great! I am already a follower!

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  38. Great top 15, so much inspiration!! I love the travel page go, see, do..,with JustNick!

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  39. Love your beautiful layouts Marcia! Both of your daughters are gorgeous and the layouts about them are beautiful! So happy to hop along with you again this year!

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  40. What amazing projects but my fave is the carousel-WOW!!

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  41. WOW! Love the layouts and projects and Love the wedding layouts!!

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  42. Come Away With Me is just so pretty and I love love love what you did with the background cuts! Your mailbox and carousel are amazing!

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  43. You have some amazing projects! I love the carousel, the mailbox, your layouts. I have to say that the Go.See.Do. layout with the JustNick file might be my favorite. The colors are amazing!

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  44. Wow. The carousel was amazing. I could never do that.

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  45. Wow Marcia - incredible projects. Your box cards are simple divine!

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