Thursday, December 24, 2015

Favourite Five Christmas Cards

My
Favourite 
Five
Christmas Cards 2015







I've really struggled this year, don't think my heart was into card making this year, an early New Year Resolution will be Must do Better.

I'm hoping for tons of inspiration from you so join me by blogging your Christmas Favourites don't mind if you are not a card maker as long as its a Christmas theme and handmade craft.

Don't forget to add you blog link to Mr Linky although my candy is a cardmaker one. I will randomly choose a winner around the 5th January so you have plenty of time to link.

60 comments:

Jane said...

Thanks so much for hosting this again Debby I know that it has been a really tough year for you. Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and very best wishes for 2016. I shall be linking up after Christmas. Hugs xx

Jane said...

PS your 5 cards are just beautiful, especially the sweet hedgie and robin :0) xx

Squirrel x said...

Everyone a winner, fabulous selection. Merry Christmas to you sweetie, and a very Happy New Year. Hugs xx

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Merry Christmas Debby. The top one is my fave, well it is a snowman and purple, fabulous design. My post is scheduled for tomorrow, love playing along each year. Hugs xx

martina's kaartjes said...

fab cards ! lovely done !
wish you a very mery christmas !
martina
x

Di said...

So glad you're doing this again Debby - and of course your cards are as fabulous as ever, despite it being a tougher than usual year for you. I'll be sure to find time to sort out my favourite five Christmas cards and join in over the festivities :)

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas!

Hugs

Di xx

Unknown said...

Thank you for showing us again this year your fab five. Great picks. Mine is number one. Also, you must not apologize for lack of card making this year. I believe you successfully created so much inspiration for me and we'll everyone...you did just fine...well just great. I enjoyed coming to your blog everyday because I enjoy it so much. Merry Christmas Debby.

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

What a great idea this is Debby! Have a wonderful Christmas and a great upcoming New Year! Thanks for the inspiration in 2015, can't wait to see what you come up with in 2016! Hazel xx
My Card Attic

Cara said...

Love the little bird perched up in the tree on the first card.

Rainey's Craft Room said...

It's always lovely to look back over what we have made in the year and your super selection is fabulous Debby. My favourite if I had to choose one in the second card, I love the colour and layers both on the image and the card.
I hope you have a lovely Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Lorraine

NGCARDS said...

Fab selection hun, I'm honoured to actually have one of the cards you've selected :) Happy Christmas hun! xxx

Glennis F said...

Woderful selection - the first one is my favourite

Lynne in NI said...

Great selection Debby! I hope to play along in a day or two.
Happy Christmas!
Lynne
x

Helen said...

Fabulous cards Debby - I love the colours on all of these featured cards!
Thanks for hosting this again this year - it's always a great source of inspiration!
Merry Christmas!
Helen x

Kathleen said...

Stunning cards and I really don't know how you managed to choose from the fabulous selection that you have made this year.

Kath x

Pat said...

Five fabulous cards Debby and I think if I had to choose my favourite would be the second card as I love the colour and all the wonderful embellishments it has, and then second would be the crazy bird which is deceptively simple but the background inking which fades away showing that very pretty embossing is so wonderfully smooth and seamless. Thank you for running this lovely challenge again and I will definitely be entering. x

Anonymous said...

Hi Debby, love your card choices. xx

BożenA said...

Merry Christmas, Debby
A wonderful collection of Christmas cards. Real gems :-)
Thank you for this contest, forcing me to elections, and it is very difficult.
Hugs,
BożenA

Kath said...

Great cards Debby. I found it quite hard choosing my five favourites, but I enjoyed looking back at my blog.
Kath x

Helen said...

Thanks for organising this again Debby - love your choices

Helen x

Janette van Otterlo said...

Lovely collection!! I had fun choosing mine, difficult, but fun!!
Grtz Janette

Carol said...

Five fabulous cards Debby's, love that cute snowman. Always fun to look back over the year but hard to narrow it down to five....I did manage though! Hope 2016 is a better year for you. Carol x

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ahh your cards are all super. Dont be hard on yourself you've had a difficult time this year xx Im off to pick my top 5!!! Love Hazelxx

Janice said...

Great cards Debby, all so different but all so lovely, Jx

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Stunning cards dear Debby, it's always inspiring to visit you. Don't be hard on yourself sweetie. I so admire the amount of lovely cards you make every year.

Lots of love and warm hugs
Maarit

Nikki said...

Thanks for hosting another year of your Fave 5.
You picked a sweet bunch yourself, and it is tough to create Christmas cards sometimes this year I found it tough that I made most of mine super late in the year which means I'll try to be better next year :)
hugs Nikki

Kim M said...

Great top 5 cards! Thanks for hosting this again this year. It's always fun to look back on the years creations. :-)

coops said...

Stunning selection of cards Debby, i love your first card, I have a real soft spot for snowmen :D

xx coops xx

Anonymous said...

Love all the 5 cards you picked Debby. I've managed to pick five too.
Wish you all the best for 2016 and I hope to see more of your lovely creations, because you are a very talented and creative lady!
Liselot

Loll said...

Really beautiful grouping of Christmas cards Debby. Looking forward to joining in again this year.

Diane said...

All fabulous Debby !! Had a real hard time choosing mine, but it is so good to re visit the ones I had made, so thank you for that sweetie !!

Hope 2016 brings you new crafty adventures !!

hugs Diane xx

Deborah said...

Gorgeous cards Debby. Thank you for doing this again as I love playing along. All the best for the New Year.
Deborah A

New Creations said...

Fabulous five cards Debby! Love your pretty coloring, so clean and fresh! All the best for the coming year! A new follower!

Jules said...

Hi Debby

I hope you had a good Christmas.

Thank you for encouraging us to look back over our Christmas makes this year .. .. like you I didn't get that many posted .. .. hopefully next year will be better.

Loving all the ones you have posted. You have a great eye for colour and have some beautiful stamps and dies.

Enjoy the rest of the Christmas break and I hope 2016 is a better year for you.

Love Jules xx

~* Jay Jay *~ said...

Great idea!I just had to join =) Love your cards!

Hugs,
Jay Jay

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

I just thought about your annual 'Top 5 Christmas Cards' challenge today! I'm so glad I haven't missed out. Will put my post together and join the fun. I love this annual tradition. So fun Debby. Yours are gorgeous! Hugs, Wends x

Margaret said...

Your cards are always stunning Debby. I am not that happy with mine this year.
Do hope you had a good Christmas and hope all is well with your MIL. Those floods are not good. Happy New Year to you.
Hugs
Margaret M

mixamatoasties said...

Gorgeous cards Debby. I love them all and had fun picking my Top 5 too.

Hope you had a great Christmas. All the best for New Year.

Susan xx

Julie B said...

Thought I'd left a comment when I posted but looks like I forgot, sorry.
Thanks for hosting this event again, your cards are fab as always.
Hope your BIL and MIL are OK, know what it's like as Son struggled to get back home from visiting us over Christmas. :)

Michelle said...

You may have struggled to do cards this year but you have done wonderfully with this collection. I love all of them. Thank you for this fab link-up Michelle x

Linby said...

They are all fab as usual - your work is just so beautiful. By a slight margin I am going to pick the bird one as my fav, eventhough I don't really like these stamps - you've used it brilliantly. I'll be back tomorrow to link my five.

Kathleen said...

Thank you so much ~Debbie

Kath x

Neets B said...

All fabulous cards but my CAS brain is leaning towards your delightful robin with the blended backgrounds, just gorgeous. Thanks for hosting again, I've just linked up :)
Happy new year xx

Sarah said...

It wouldn't be the festive season without this event Debby. So thank you very much!! Your cards are always wonderful by the way so I have no idea how you could have chosen just five!! Wishing you a brighter 2016 xx

Lorraine said...

Your cards are always gorgeous Debby, I don't know how you manage to pick just 5!
Lorraine x

hellerlittle said...

the same procedure as every year,
and I,
as always, could not decide for myself again only 5 .... therefore for me a TOP 10
CU hellerlittle

Sue - said...

Thank you for hosting this again! Love your cards. Have just added mine but messed up my name! It should have read just "Sue" (no. 46)

Sally H said...

Your cards are absolutely gorgeous, Debby! Sorry it has been a tough year for you. I hope 2016 brings a much better time for you all. Also hope your Mum in law is safe and sound from the flooding

Crafting Belle said...

Gorgeous cards. Thanks for arranging this again :-) Happy New Year xxx

Miria said...

Hi, Debby. Sorry I'm a bit late this time but I couldn't miss your so inspirational date. Your cards are stunning. Thank you for the chance and happy new year indeed xxx

Greta said...

I don't know how you can even pick your favorites, Debby--all your cards I've ever seen are absolute treasures! Hoping to get a favorites post done this year.

Eemeli said...

Gorgeous top picks from last year's Christmas cards. I think I have to do this same even though this was the year when I made the smallest amount of Christmas cards compared to the years before. Well, let's see if I can find five good ones (I'll add my link here once the post is on my blog).

Hugs,
Eemeli

Swissie said...

I just discovered your site and have signed in as a follower.
Your cards are just amazing!
I wish you a happy new year and look forward to seeing new creations from you.
Greetings from Switzerland,
Swissie

Paper Lily Leaf said...

Lovely cards! I have popped over from Di's Playground and really enjoyed going back through all my cards, so thank you for hosting! Wishing you a very Happy New Year, April Xx

Liz said...

A lovely selection of cards, Debby. It's been great to visit other blogs too, to see their selection of Christmas cards. I'm sure we will all get lots of inspiration to start making our cards soon for Christmas 2016. :-) xx

Karen P said...

Thank you Debby: I love working and looking back through my cards! This year I was very surprised by my choices as it turns out I'm a bit of a schizophrenic crafter loving CAS and fussy, although not on the same card lol! AS always your cards are wonderful! I know that last year was rough one for you I hope this is much better Karen x

Jo said...

Gorgeous cards Debby......LOVE the crazy bird! Thanks for hosting.....wishing you all the very best for the New Year.
hugs Jo x

Susan said...

Such a great idea to look back over the year and come up with five favourites - it was harder to do than I thought it would be! Love all of yours with their wonderful details!

Gibmiss said...

Hi Debby
Your Cards are Fabulous ...but very hard to choose only Five ...
Happy New Year Sylvie xx

Greta said...

This is such a fun idea, Debby. Love your cards!