Note: Skip to the end of my post to see the winner of my first New Years Blog Candy. Remember there is still time to get in on my News Years Day Blog Candy HERE.
Sweet Blog friends, I frankly think I’m in shock that 2014 is over. It seems like I spent most of the year preparing to get organized, making lists, lingering over plans and getting my ducks in a row, only to get to the end and figure out – here we go again. Sometimes we get caught up in organizing instead of just savoring the sweetness of letting things happen and standing back to behold what’s been done.
It wasn’t until I surfed through the cards of the year that I began to remember working on them and thinking about who was to get some of the personal ones. One of the things that resounds with me is keeping the ‘written word’ alive. I hope that 2015 brings time to send and share, as cards and papercrafts bring so much joy to the recipient. Handcrafting carries such respect and brings reverence to gifts that makes the labor so worthwhile. Thank you for sharing my crafty endeavors; if in any way I’ve given you a spark of inspiration, I’m thankful.
As with every year, I’m sharing projects that I especially enjoyed making. I’ve reposted links to my New Years post back through the last many years. For the older work, it’s like looking at a picture of yourself when you’re a young, gangly teenager – I finally had to drop 2008 from my list :-) Yikes, seven years! Enjoy the look back.
As you stroll through the years, you can click on any picture to make it larger :-) If you are interested in finding the entire post, simply pop over to my Categories List on the sidebar and select Best of 2014.
Now, on to the blog candy that was up for grabs on New Years Eve – through the help of random.org the following number was picked.
Winner, please reach out to me through the contact tab at the top of the page and leave me your mailing address. If no response within 48 hours, I’ll draw again. Remember there are other prizes up for grabs until some time on 1/5.
You won’t believe it, I have a video ready!! Oh, it’ll be a busy day, I’ll be showing projects on another site as well. You’ll be very, very surprised. Come see me on Tuesday, January 6th, I’m so excited . . . finally, a video :-)
Congratulations Maryann!
I look back on your cards many times on my Pinterest board Becca, as i am always inspired by your Talent.
Congratulations to Maryanne, well done .
God Bless
Elaine H X
Becca, I read all your blog posts and am always awed by your creativity and beauty. I rarely comment, but I need to this time to thank you for sharing your amazing work. It truly inspires me and makes me want to be a better crafter. I love the cards you’ve selected for your “year in review”. It’s a small sampling of how truly elegant your work is. Once again, thank you for sharing your increcible creativity with us.
Hello Becca
My baby in Australia was 40 today, so I was up at 5.30 am to talk to her ! nearly asleep now lol!
I loved looking at your cards, and was amazed at how many this year I have copied, or should I say, tried to copy!
Looking forward to 2015, all that it brings, and all you bring to your blog!
Take care Becca
Well done to Maryann on being chosen!
Love Marg
Oh what fun looking through the archives! I see some of my favorites there to.
Congratulations to the winner of the contest.
WONDERFUL CARDS
Thanks for the look back. And for your words of wisdom. . Sometimes I forget that my hobby is not a selfish thing. I do love those hours of card making, although sometimes it is such a struggle to overcome the
Oh my goodness, thanks so much Becca, I´m sooo happy to see, my name here, that´s awesome.I´ll send the mail in a minute, but first I want to say, that it´s an amazing journey to scroll through all your amazing creations here. You have made sooo many outstanding cards, that it´s impossible to pick a favorite, as there´s something spectacular with every single on of them. I just absolutely LOVE all your stunning work, and have been so inspired by soo many of your cards over the last many years and lifted several of your projects too, and your blog entry is the first I look for in my mail here every morning. And also many of your stunning 3D projects, has also been remade here over the years. You are a pure genius with paper sweet lady.
Of to send you a mail now, and have a wonderful sunday everyone.
Many congratulations Maryann, enjoy your goodies, just looking at your collection of cards fills me with awe, they are stunning!!! your news sounds very exciting Becca, I cannot wait to see your videos, have a great day x x x
Good morning Becca,
How i like when you do what you have done today on your post as it gives us so much inspiration and a feast of delight to our eyes. I love your ideas of putting in old fashioned elegance and feminine lace touches to make so definitely girlie cards(i love your girlie cards more than your plain men ones, sorry).
I am looking forward so much to the start of your videos once more as they are so instructive and the soft spoken way that you talk to us and not at us makes for an enjoyable time.
Thank you for all your beautiful works of art that you have made and look forward to your new ideas.
Love and crafty hugs
Norah (Glenochil, Scotland)
I was surprised to see so many of your choices for this past year were also mine. It’s nice to sit and enjoy the view, and such a creative view it is. Thanks for this past year and look forward to this new year to unfold and video, well that’s just the icing on the cake.
How could you pick?? All of your cards are fabulous. :)
Your cards are all just Beautiful, and you do give such great inspiration and helpful tips and am always excited to see what you have created next. Wishing you all the best in 2015.
Congratulations to the winner. She will be filled with what her word was.
What a beautiful collection from 2014. All of your cards are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Congrats–great way to start the new year!!!!!
Wow! they look even better side by side in a line up – like a beauty contest of your cards – they are all winners though! Bring on the video – can’t wait. HNY Becca.
yippee…jan 6th marked on the calendar!! whoo hooo.
Hi Becca,
Love your selection of cards, I try to case some of them but they never come out as lovely as yours, you have such a talent.Looking forward to your videos.I always check ea. day if their is anything from your blog. I don’t comment ea. time, but love looking at all your lovely cards.Love the boxes you make those I get right for I love making boxes.
Wow THAT was a fun post! All the eye candy throughout your amazing career of creating. So glad you share with all of us out here in blogland – you help to make us better stampers. Looking forward to 2015 and more videos~ Happy New Year!
Congratulations, Maryann – you must be filled with JOY!
What an awesome collection, Becca. You are such an inspiration!
Becca,
I enjoy looking thru your cards from the years.
Enjoyed the lookback at the cards. They are gorgeous!!
Lovely sentiments, “keeping the written word alive”. We have the copy of that in our shop, and I hope it keeps the memories flowing for people and we do all keep writing.
Gorgeous , Becca ! Always a joy to see your work :-)
Love looking through your cards! Congrats to the winner!
Congratulations Maryanne! What a year filled with gorgeous creations! I love seeing your cards as they are all so gorgeous!!! TFS!
Congrats Maryanne! Hopefully you are inspired to create beautiful paper crafts!
Happy New Year!
Toni
Please don’t ever stop creating
I can’t wait for more tutorials in 2015
Your cards are all so beautiful. I look forward to seeing what you have in store for us this year.
Becca,
I love your year in review! And I can’t wait for the new video!
Toni
Becca, what can I say works of art. Everyone has a nitch in life and you’ve found yours. Thank you for sharing and giving us such beautiful projects to try and I use that word lightly try and re make. We can try but they’ll never be has beautiful as yours. Thank you for the chance to win such a generous gift. I follow you on bloglovin but I just signed up through email.
Congratulations Maryanne! Awesome! Becca, it a joy to look back at the creative and awesome cards you have created over the past years and beyond! Many I remember and some I have attempted to recreate! I love the way you design, it is so graceful, lovely and something I would choose if making or buying a card myself! I wish you well in the coming year and know that God will bless you with the creativeness you need to make the projects you so desire to share!
Oh my, what a line-up of beautiful cards! I love your work and am so looking forward to your videos. All the best to you, Becca, in 2015!
I love looking at your creative cards and look forward to seeing more in 2015.
Love,love,love being able to see and review a whole year of Becca Cards in one place! Thanks for all your inspirations through out the year. I am looking forward to yet another fabulous year of Becca Works and Bits! Congrats to the winner, Maryanne. Bless you Becca, for all that you do for us every year in inspiring us to become better crafters and people of greater faith! May God bless you and your family in the coming year and all the years going forward.
Becca;
What a great journey to look back at all the cards you have created.
It is always so much fun reading your post. I love seeing what you have created each time I receive the email.
All of the cards are lovely and it would be very hard to pick just 1 or 2.
Looking forward to 2015 to see what you have come up with.
CONGRATULATIONS MARYANN! :) And Becca, looking back only AMAZES ME MORE of your work! All the different looking cards….each one, just as GORGEOUS as the other! :) THANKS for all the inspiration through the years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Hi Becca, Congratulations to the lucky Winner !!
This ‘journey’ showcasing your favourites is definitely a ‘walk down memory lane’, they are all truly exquisite !!
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Gorgeous
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Enjoyed these cards, Becca. Congratulations, Maryann.
I am anxious to look through all the goodies in review! It has been a very busy end of year/beginning of a new year so far.. I hope to get some down time to accomplilsh a few things..one of which will be to peruse your reviews!
Love looking through your cards, they are just gorgeous!
Love your work and looking forward to more of your creations! Happy New Year!
Congratulations to Maryann.
I can’t wait to see some new tutorials. Love to watch a card come to life in front of my eyes. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us Becca!
Félicitations à Maryann et merci pour toutes les cartes Becca !
Congratulations Maryann! Enjoy!
You are so talented Becca. Thanks for all the inspiration. Congratulations to the winner. xx Jan
I can’t wait to see what you create this time. I love each and everyone of your wonderful creations.
Annie Corbin
Stunning cards Becca! Such an inspiration!
HI Becca,
I love looking back through your awesome creations. You offer so much inspiration. I am trying to see when you made the card with the gold and white snowflakes on it . It is third picture in the fourth row of your pictures above. I tried searching in you Christmas listing but could not find it. I was hoping to see what dies you used.
Thanks so much for all your share with us
you are talented ..
Love seeing your year in review . . brings back such good memories for me also as I have only been following you for a short time . . you impress me with the greatest card making I have ever seen . . God truly blessed you with your talent and I thank Him for that as I thank Him for everything in my life.
I love when you review some of your favorites throughout the year. It is so much fun to see if some of your favorites are some of mine. As always your work is so amazing and I look forward to all of your posts.
Becca, Thanks for putting together the years’ review of your work. I’m very impressed with the fact that you can do this for us! I can barely face the New Year, let alone try to summarize the year I just left! I love that you emphasize keeping the written correspondence alive through beautiful crafting.
I love seeing so many card designs on one page. Can’t wait to see the video.
Looking back at your lovely cards was inspiring, Becca! I look back at your creations, through the year. Congrats to Maryann!!!! Indeed, it has been a wonderful year, full of more love, some loss and a deeper faith. Leaping into 2015 with my eyes and heart wide open for Him~ Bless you, Becca!
Congrats to the winner and looking forward to another great year of your fabulous cards and fun videos. Thanks for a great year with fabulous projects.
Congrats to your winner and YAHOO for a new Becca video!! Can’t wait!
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C O N G R A T S to Maryann !!! ;)
Morning Becca and all crafters, such a treat reading your blog today, I keep trying to get the emails but they are not coming through so I have to resort to the old fashioned method of checking in every day. I congratulate MaryAnn what a gorgeous prize, I do am so looking forward to the video’s.
I know I am thousands of miles away in the UK but the inspiration I receive from you Becca is AMAZING……………….thank you.
Have a great Monday everyone, stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs June Smith xxx
Congrats to Marianne! I am dead envious
Hi Becca cant wait for the videos such fun ,hugs linda
Hi Becca, a stunning walk through memory lane, your cards are always so beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Happy New Year and hope 2015 is a good one for you – God Bless
Looking forward to your new video and all the amazing cards you will make this year.
Looking forward to a new year of inspiration. Thanks for sharing your creative spirit.
Hi Becca, Happy New Year! Love all your cards and videos. I look at your blog every day and am always amazed with your beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Becca, Looking back on your cards they are all amazing, you do some lovely work, with lots of layers of different die cuts, just love coming here to have a look at what you have made each time, all the best for 2015, with lots of new thing for us to learn, keep up the good work, God bless you. Cheers Anna.
Thank You so much for all your talent and kindness…
you have got a GOD given talent you a specialxxx
you have got a GOD given talent you a specialxxx
Becca;, I’m so proud of you and congratulations on being a designer ;
Spellbinders, my favorite dies of all time! Your designs are so lovely and
full of grace and artistry, and you’ve always been so good at evvisioning
and figuring out how to pur things together—part artist, part engineer.
I will surely be ordering these die sets; alas for my wallet, I’m sure there
will be others I want, too. Also, your videos are tops—very clear and
concise. Keep them coming!
Finally someone who uses the dies l buy!!!! Can’t wait to see all your work!!!! I am sooooooo excited!!
Your new dies are Awesome Beautiful and I’m So Excired you are creating dies for us with Spellbinders. Best wishes to you.
really beautiful, I love this. I want to enjoy winning the two dies for hours of fun
Love what you have done with the Arched Elegance!