Welcome to my annual post of favourite cards for 2018.
I'm not sure if you noticed (ha!), but I started a love affair with alcohol inks this year:
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I still love my Zig clean color real brush markers too, especially with white embossed background stamps
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I quite enjoy colouring florals, using whatever combination of media seems like fun at the time:
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Here are some random cards I particularly liked this year
And I always love making Christmas cards
Thank you for everyone who has supported my card-making hobby throughout the year, in a multitude of different ways. Extra thanks to Hero Arts and Lisa and Jess at A Blog Named Hero, Michele Gross and Alanna Moses at CAS-ual Fridays stamps, Karren and all of the ladies at Fusion challenge blog and Susan Opel at Simon Says Stamp. A special thank you to Jennifer McGuire for her kindness and encouragement (and all the inspiration!), and to all my lovely guests for my Challenge me a Christmas Card series. And thank you to everyone who has left a kind word or suggestion in the comments, and all my wonderful followers on Instagram and Facebook - I really appreciate your support!
Thanks for visiting :)