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Everyone is invited to participate...and share what you found to be your Clean and Simple "favorite of favorites". You can share anytime in the next couple of weeks; we'll have the thread stickied for a while.
Then next week Debbie will start the thread for two weeks of weekly favorites: for the week ending January 1 and the week ending January 8.
This week, the notifications will be done by Debbie, Susan, and me. Karen takes this week off with her birthday being January 1. And we are giving Nancy a break for a little while.
I hope you enjoy my collection of favorites for this year. It has sure been difficult to whittle down my list! I wanted to try to share one card per person, and include as many people as possible.
This thread is open to everyone and is a great way to recognize the work of SCS's many talented CAS artists.
There are really only two "rules" here on the thread:
The Gallery posts you link to should be in the CAS style...
-------------------------------- And what does it mean to be Clean and Simple?
It's all about the design.
* Uncluttered
* lots of white or open space
* one main focal point
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...and they can be from the past year!
Did you find your way to this thread because someone listed one of YOUR creations as a favorite? In addition to saying thank you, we encourage you to pay that smile you're probably wearing right now forward by sharing a few of the cards/projects YOU favorite-ed this week.
Need help linking your Favorites? Follow these steps:
1. Load this week's Favorites thread in your first browser tab. Scroll down and click the Go Advanced button.
2. Open a second tab (or a separate window). Go to the Gallery and click on "My Favorites."
3. Click on a card you have saved. At the top, highlight the web address. Hit Ctrl+C to copy.
4. Switch back to the first tab and hit Ctrl+V to paste your link there. Hit Enter twice to add a blank line. Repeat as many times as needed for all your links.
5. Click the Preview Post button and check that your links work. Then click the Submit Reply button.
Hello Diane, what a wonderful surprise! Thank you for making my day special..
I really appreciate you adding my poppy card as one of your 2016 favorites!
You're so sweet!
Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
hugs
Judy
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Judy
DT for Sassy Cheryl's Fan Club Member
" If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spread it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. ~Brendan Frances~
Confession: There are some members who are repeatedly represented in my favorites, and I'd list every card they uploaded as BEST of. Particularly the CAS cards-- I find those appeal to me much more often. So, many thanks to the scs members who create and upload such beauty. Delightful.
__________________ Have fun! with Love, Brenda
Fan Club member
Diane, thank you so much for including my "Inspired Chickadee" card! And thanks so much, Debbie, for letting me know. A great New Year's Eve treat from both of you!
__________________ Susan
My SCS gallery is here should you care to look! Or please visit my blog, Cardmaker's Garret.
Thank you, Diane, for including my card on your "Best" list. I am thrilled and honored in the same breath. Thank you, Debbie, for letting me know. Happy, Healthy New Year to you and everyone else here on SCS. Hugs, Sallie
What an awesome surprise to wake up to this morning, Thank you so much Diane for mentioning me in your best of 2016 Cas Style! Happy New Years everyone
__________________ Sandi MacIver - Dirty Dozen Alumni Blogger & Paper Crafter
my Stamping Blog: www.stampinwithsandi.com
My SCS Gallery: Gallery
Confession: There are some members who are repeatedly represented in my favorites, and I'd list every card they uploaded as BEST of. Particularly the CAS cards-- I find those appeal to me much more often. So, many thanks to the scs members who create and upload such beauty. Delightful.
I was in the same pickle as you with "the list"! I had around 1200 cards in my favorites this year. Some artists were heavily represented in that list. But I downloaded almost all of those, leaving the ones that were "wow!" cards still in my faves. That left me around 200 to pick from. Still too many! And still with many cards from those same artists.
So. I love sharing the love all around! And you'd spend all day going thru my list if I put them all on there!
I love this thread!...and all the weekly ones! Thanks to all of you for making it so much fun!
Diane, I am so honored to see one of my cards in the CAS favorites for 2016. Thank you so much for mentioning my Burnished Velvet Embellished Magnolia. Happy New Year! Kittie
Thanks, Maura for including my "Sending you a Smile" card on your list. That one was one of my top 5 favorites from 2016's Happy Mail project - so glad you liked it, too. You've started out my new year on a happy note!
Thank you to the CAS team for a great 2016! I am excited to share my CAS favorites. Happy crafting in 2017.
Happy birthday Karen!
It is wonderful to go back through my gallery of favorites and tough to pair it down for the BEST of 2016 as I love so many amazing crafters cards on SCS. Thank you all for sharing your wonderful talents with us.
Maura, thank you so very much for including my Inspired Chickadee card. I'm thrilled as it was my favourite of all my cards I made in 2017. And Debbie, thanks for letting me know.
I'll be back with my 2016 favourites later.
__________________ Susan
My SCS gallery is here should you care to look! Or please visit my blog, Cardmaker's Garret.
Thank you so much to Brenda and Maura for each choosing a card of mine to be included in the Best of 2016! What an honor! I'm so thrilled! Hugs and Blessings to each of you and to Debbie for the happy news~
__________________ ~Roberta
�Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.�
― Lou Holtz
Thank you, Lisa, for listing my card on your "Best" list. It is always an honor to be on this thread...and a nod from such an artist as yourself even adds more to it. Thank you, Susan, for letting me know. Happy, Healthy New Year to you both. Hugs, Sallie
What a wonderful way to start the new year. Thank you Brenda (tessaduck) for adding my card to your CAS best of 2016 list. And thank you to Debbie (swldebbie) for notifying me. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year.
Oh, my goodness, what a surprise and honour to receive news from Debbie about this thread and that my card Vellum congratulations by darbaby was included as one of Diane's favourites from 2016. Thank you Diane, for this honour and thank you Debbie for letting me know about it.
It is going to be quite a feat to create a list of my own, but I will do what I can today;)
This is a first for me and I am so honored to be on your list, Diane (fionna51). What a fabulous and exciting way to start the new year, thank you so very much!!! Thank you too Debbie (swldebbie) for the amazing news! Happy New Year everyone!
A very heartfelt thanks to the cas team who bring us their favorites each week! This is a style that I have the most respect for. It's always eye candy to me when seeing a well done cas card. To be mentioned by Diane, Brenda and Lisax3 makes me giddy inside. Thanks for your kindness. Here are some of my favorites from this year.
Lisa (Shoe Girl), you are such a dear for listing my Happy Memories card in your 2017 favorites today. I am thrilled.
And, huge thanks to Debbie (swldebbie) for the awesome news. Happy New Year to you girls.
__________________ My Blog---My Gallery---My PinterestI'm a Punchkateer! (Prez) FOREVERDirty Dozen Alumni2014 CAS Spring DT--- Inspiration Challenge Co- Hostess 12/02/17-12/28/19 Watercolor Wednesday Design Team Hebrews 13:2Brenda
Thank you, Priscilla (catluvr2), for listing my Cosmos card in your favorites for 2016. It makes me a happy girl.
Thanks to Debbie (swldebbie) for using your time to make make these wonderful deliveries to us.
__________________ My Blog---My Gallery---My PinterestI'm a Punchkateer! (Prez) FOREVERDirty Dozen Alumni2014 CAS Spring DT--- Inspiration Challenge Co- Hostess 12/02/17-12/28/19 Watercolor Wednesday Design Team Hebrews 13:2Brenda
Lisa (Shoe Girl), you are such a dear for listing my Happy Memories card in your 2017 favorites today. I am thrilled.
And, huge thanks to Debbie (swldebbie) for the awesome news. Happy New Year to you girls.
Oops....meant 2016. I am already confused.
__________________ My Blog---My Gallery---My PinterestI'm a Punchkateer! (Prez) FOREVERDirty Dozen Alumni2014 CAS Spring DT--- Inspiration Challenge Co- Hostess 12/02/17-12/28/19 Watercolor Wednesday Design Team Hebrews 13:2Brenda
A very happy surprise to find the happy mail from Debbie, thank you! Hugs and a big thank you Lisa for listing my card in your 2016 CAS favorites. I'm honored and delighted.
Many thanks to Linda (with love), Lisa (apple of my eye) and Maura (love). I'm beyond jazzed to have my efforts acknowledged here! Thanks to Debbie for notifying.
Happy 2017, everyone!
__________________ Have fun! with Love, Brenda
Fan Club member
Ah, Diane (fionna51), thank you for starting this wonderful Clean and Simple - Best of 2016! You are a sweetheart! And thank you, dear Lisa (Shoe Girl), for including my Chickadee on Barberry card! I am thrilled absolutely honored! You bless me! And thank you, sweet Debbie (swldebbie), for notifying me with the happy mail today! You are a sweetheart too! Love you all! Hugs and wishes for a happy and healthy new year! xoxo
Oh how fun! Thank you so much Diane for listing my poppy swirl card in the best of 2016 CAS cards.. you really made my day!
hope you have the most wonderful new year!
hugs
Judy
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Judy
DT for Sassy Cheryl's Fan Club Member
" If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spread it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. ~Brendan Frances~