Hey,
So 2014 has been a fun craft year for me.
I managed to learn a few new techniques:
- how to use watercolours
- how to heat emboss
- how to work with texture pastes
- how to stencil PROPERLY
There are a few more, but those felt like the most important and 'craft life changing' .
Generally I have improved my card making and craft output overall. I have also tackled a lot more heavy duty sewing projects...remember the queen sized quilt!
I have had a lot of fun learning and trying new things and remembering to not be scared of the odd oops moment!
2014 was also the year that I set myself the heady goal of posting 200 times..no mean feat. I actually posted 251 times in the end! A lot of work went into achieving this and I am so pleased with myself for keeping up the momentum.
In part because of the frequency of my posting, I made a lot of new craft / blogland friends, which is really lovely and makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
I wanted to share my fave makes of 2014 - so here is the first 6 months (and a bonus main photo) and I'll share the next 6 months tomorrow.
January 2014
February 2014
March 2014
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| Mother's Day card for my Ma - which I recreated for sale over 30 times.... |
April 2014
May 2014
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| ATC's for the WOYWW 5th Anniversary Swap |
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| OWH cards, made from scraps |
June 2014
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| Side view, so you can see the paste |
It was so much fun to review 2014 like this - it made me realise how much I have made and how far I have come! If you have a blog, you should totally do this!
2014 would have been even better if I had, had my beloved JT with me - but Skype playdates have been a lot of fun too.
See you tomorrow for the second half..
Cx
