And yes, this was yet another set of a-g-o-n-i-z-i-n-g decisions for me--so many amazing projects to choose from! And while many other projects could have been honored in our Top 10 today, and I had 3 different list variations, these are the projects that continued rising to the top of the top.
So, without further ado, in chronological order, and in the spirit of the new year to come, join me in raising a glass to these Top 10 Moxie Fab World Challenge Winners of 2009:
Rae Barthel in the Eveningwear Challenge
Niki Estes in the Stamp It! Cards Week Challenge
Ashley Cannon Newell in the Wood You? Challenge
Sarah Martina in the Bag Lady Challenge
Laura O'Donnell in the Stretch Your Holiday Style Challenge
NinaB in the Gradient is Radiant Challenge
Travelingmama in the Plum Crazy! Challenge
Kathryn at KTC in the Christmas in the Old Country Challenge
Heidi Van Laar in the All Creatures Great & Small ChallengeI can't WAIT to see what lies ahead for 2010 and all the fun challenges we'll have! I've already got the first 3 planned starting with the next that will be announced on Thursday, January 7!
Which 3 are your favorites, friends? Be sure and vote on the poll at the upper right-hand corner of this blog, then leave me a comment telling me how you voted and why by midnight MST on Sunday, January 4 and I'll draw one random winner to win a moxie fab prize!
In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying these last couple of days of 2009. Me? I'm having some great fun preparing tomorrow's blog post--the Top 10 Trends of 2009 in the Moxie Fab World!
Counting it down,
~Cath
PS There's a new call for Tuesday Triggers! Submit your seasonal triggers for January and February to me at tuesdaytrigger@gmail.com. Be sure and include your inspirational image, the URL for the image, your project, and your blurbs both about why the image inspired you and how the project came about. In adddition, please follow the tips and guidelines found at the bottom of this blog post. Who will provide the next Tuesday Trigger? Maybe it will be YOU!
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I voted for Niki's because I like the colors she used. I voted for Sarah because of the dramatic flowers and I voted for Travelingmama for the beautiful simplicity of the card.
Love, love, LOVE them all. Truly inspiring and motivating!!!!
I voted for Niki's, a true stamping challenge, Nina, what a beautiful gradient submission and Laurel, can't beat that Santa's pose and sweetness! You are making us make very hard selections Cath!
I love Laura's gnome with the use of the corrugated paper. I also voted for Niki's card (create your own pattern paper!) and Kathryn's intricate cutout!
Loved the color display in Niki's card and loved how the flowers popped on Sarah's. Thanks for bringing us this great review!
I voted for the following 3 in no particular order: Heidi Van Laar, Laura O'Donnell, and Dee Woodland. They are just spoke to me.
I love Rae's card. It is simple and elegant!
I love Kathryn's. So lovely!!
I voted for Rae because of the elegance of this card. I voted for Travelingmama because this card is just awesome and I voted for Kathryn because of the way she treated the challenge, the card has such intricate elements yet it is so beautiful.
Wow - they are ALL so gorgeous! I have a fave and I voted! ;)
I voted for Niki . . . I love stamping! I voted for Laura because of her corrugated card board usage! And I voted for Sarah because of those fantastic flowers!
I voted for NinaB's because her color selection conveyed the season well and the scripture is so true, I voted for Kathryn because her scissor/knife work is wonderful. I love the vintage look and feel of it and the one below of the sweet little deer just makes me smile!
I am a sucker for rainbow colors... Sarah got my vote (but all of the projects are AMAZING!!).
They are all amazing, so hard to vote! I love Laura's little tag and the small deer with red nose.
All are fabulous but I voted for Niki's because of the wonderful background design and for Sarah's colorful flowers. Laura's tag is so adorable--loved the her whimsical interpretation of the nature/peace theme.
heidi, niki, and sarah...just becasue they are so adorable! Of, course everyone's projects are fab, but those were just my favs!
It was really hard to choose since they were obviously all winners. I especially loved Sarah's "Bag Lady", Kathryn's "Old Country Christmas" and NinaB's "Gradiant" cards. Thanks for a fun "countdown" Cath!!!
These are wonderful! I voted for my three favorites, but they are all beautifully made!
Niki- love the simplicity; Laura- LOVE the Santa, too cute; Kathryn- love the detail.
I voted for Ashley's project because of it's simplicity. This is an easy-to-reproduce card and it's gorgeous!
I love Nina's, Rae's and Heidi's cards. All of the cards are beautiful, but those three caught my eye.
What a hard decision to choose out of this incredible group! Your agony in winnowing the list down to this point is certainly understandable. However, I chose Kathryn, NinaB, and Sarah. Kathryn because of the amazing skill it took to create the focal point, Nina because her card was so appealing yet unexpected, and Sarah due to the whimsey of the stitching on the black cardstock, which also contrasted so nicely against the colorful flowers.
I liked Heidi's the best because I think that lil' deer is just adorable! I also love the 'clean' feel to it.
Voted for the bold colors of Nina's gradient challenge, more bold flowers of Sarah's card - looks like sewn felt, and for Niki's stamped paper that I wouldn't have the patience for!
I voted for Heidi cause that little deer is so sweet.
I love the gradient winner - the sunset through the tree is so stunning!
Happy 2010!
I love the little red nose on Heidi Van Laar's sweet card, so she got my vote. But all are so unique and show such talent that the term "winner" applies to all of them.
I voted for NinaB's gradient is radient card. I love the stained glass look of it. I voted for Laura O'Donnell's card because I love her creative tag. And I voted for Travelingmama's card because of it's elegance and it's a beautiful card. They were all great cards.
Love them all, but voted for Laura's and Heidi's because I liked the composition, simplicity, and colors. And travelingmama's because I love Tina (and her card). :)
Wow, that was hard. I think my top 3 are:
Rae Barthel in the Eveningwear Challenge
NinaB in the Gradient is Radiant Challenge
Laura O'Donnell in the Stretch Your Holiday Style Challenge
YAY!! Good choices!!! I can't pick a favourite! They're all fab.
But if i HAD TO, Sarah's really stuck out for me.
some seriously LOVELY projects here - made it very hard to vote on my fave three! but my votes are cast... you had a tough job, Cath! :)
happy new year to you, and to all the Moxie fans!
Beautiful work! I voted for Sarah Martina's stunning card for the bag lady challenge. I love how the colorful flowers pop against the black background.
Such wonderful projects, I remember them all. And a FABulous year Cath!
I voted for Rae, Sarah Martina and NinaB's projects. I love the elegant designs and the fabulous color contrast in each project.
It's hard to pick just three as they are all great... so I voted for Rae's, Dee's & Heidi's....
I voted but I am not gonna say WHO I voted for since about 5 of these amazing ladies are friends of mine.
Lovely creations!! Love them all.
I have voted for..
Nina's...creation is absolutely stunning..love the stained glass look.
Sarah's lovely flowers..love the black background really makes the flowers pop.
Laura O'Donnell's Tag..is super cute..love it.
Kathryn's is amazing, Nina's is beautiful, and Sarah's is cool and trendy! Love them all!
I love them all as I love cards done simply! But I have to say Laura's little santa took the cake as my fav! I also voted for Niki's and Sarah's cards both made me happy too! What wondrous talent!
Kim Marie
kimmet123@aol.com
voted for Nina, traveling mama and Rae. all are great, but really liked these alot ;)
I love them all, great inspiration! :)
Such fab designs! Loved them all but picked Nina's, Rae's and Nicki's...but honestly, all were so perfect!
Loved Rae's for the elegance, NinaB's because it is so different from anything I've seen before, and travelingmama's for its simplicity and beauty.
I voted for Niki, Kathryn and Heidi's - Niki's for use of pattern and simplicity, Kathryn's for the traditional appeal and Heidi's for it's simple yet fresh look. Love the variety of cards!!
Nina Heidi and Ashley. Love the tree..LOVE the deer with the red nose :) and the Wood you...wonderful!!
My favorite cards are Laura's, NinaB's and Sarah's. I love the way the flowers pop off the black on Sarah's card, NinaB's unique way of incorporating a gradient, and the corrogated cardboard and santa on Laura's card.
Yes, I voted. But even with picking three, it was still hard to choose. All of the ladies rocked the challenges.
I liked them all, but I picked Rae, Heidi and Travelingmama. I like the clean and simple.
I voted for Niki, Nina and Laurel. Love these 3!
OMGosh! All the cards are amazing and so inspiring. My picks were Rae, Sarah, and Nina. They are just all so stunning and so inspiring.
Cleverness in a project always gets me so I voted the last card with Rudolph. The red nose in the middle of the blank face is perfect. You don't need anything else to know who it is!
Lovin the Gradiant is Radiant, Plum Crazy and All Creatures Great and Small. Such wonderful challenges...can't wait to see what's next.
Niki, Laura, and Heidi - I really love their designs - especially Heidi with the very simple white reindeer.
I really liked Heidi's, Laura's, and Kathryn's... truth be told I liked them all! but you said vote for three so these are mine. Happy New Year!!
Tracy Dayett
jdayett@nctv.com
Laura's gnome is my absolute favorite. It makes me smile!
I voted for Heidi's, because that little reindeer is just TOO cute!
I voted for Niki's, love the colors, Nina, so creative, and Kathryn, absolutely beautiful! Hard to choose because they are all beautiful.
I voted for Rae, Niki and Travelingmama because the colors adn design appealed to me.
Glad I could vote for 3 -- made choosing a bit easier. I loved Rae's Evening Wear challenge!
They're all lovely, but my top fave, I think, is Niki Estes in the Stamp It! Cards Week Challenge.
Laura is my favorite...that gnome is so adorable. My other 2 picks are Heidi and Nina...they amaze me everytime they have a card posted
I voted for Rae, Traveling Mama and Niki because the patterns that they chose caught my eye. All the ladies are a talented bunch.
Amazing, amazing work by all!! I voted but LOVED each and every creation!
This was very difficult as I loved them all for different reasons. I gave Kathryn's first place as I loved the elegance and charm of this card. Sarah's second, the contrast in this card was great. And third but not last was Niki's stamped paper.
They are all fabulous! But I voted for Sarah's because it intrigues me and it looks "doable"...even by me!
They are all gorgeous, but I voted for Sarah, Heidi and Rae. No rhyme or reason, they just stood out to me the most :)
I voted for Nina B. because of the uniqueness yet the simplicity of the design and the way she showed the radiant colors. It's just absolutely beautiful!
I voted!!!
NinaB, Rae and Dee!!
I voted for Heidi due to the CAS layout of the card. So elegant and beutiful choice of colors. I voted for Nina B because of her unique take on the challenge, love the tree look and appreciate the time it must of took her to make it. And I voted for Niki because I really love the the DP she used, great choice!
My goal for the coming year is to enter into your great challenges!
I remember all of these!!1 What fun to see them again. I love everything Rae and Nina make.
I voted for Nina's because of the color. It is beautiful!
i voted for dee's card! its just so happy, clean, and fun!!
nina, dee, and travelingmama because their cards and styles just catch my eye...
i have to go with Heidi's :) i saw it first on her blog and it's just toooo cute! Sarah Martina and Nina's would be my next two favs ;)
I voted for Rae's, Nina's, and Heidi's cards. Rae's because it was easily the most elegant card I've seen all year and if it was an evening gown, it would be gorgeous. Nina's because I remember adoring it when it was first posted and I was so impressed with her skill and imagination. Heidi's because it had that cute-but-not-too-cute sweetness to it.
Kathryn's for the amazing detail, Nina's for the ingenuity, and NinaB because it's just too cool!
Rae and Sarah because of the bold looks, and then Heidi because I admire the CAS look I can't pull off if I try...... :)
I voted for Rae, Nicki, and Kathryn. Nicki's was my fav. That's some awesome stamping that she did! I love the elegance of Rae's card. And Kathryn's old style card was simply charming!
I love ruffles so that card got a vote, the plum card and the evening wear challenge were so elegant! Next year, I hope we have some more shabby chic and vintage cards!
I love Laura's little gnome.. To sweet and adorable. Loved the plum challenge that is one of my favorite background stamps and she created such an elegant card.
Of course all the cards are great! But I must pick three (It is hard!). I went with Heidi- the most soft and specail way to highlight that deer, That skill keeping that paperwhite and neat. Nicki card for artfull stamping and creating a "paper" out of stamps. Ashley for creating wood in tastful, neat and artsy kind of way!! I am always impressed with what goes on over here!
Nina's card is my fave - her take on the Radiant challenge was so different from the rest and it stands out even amongst all these other great challenge winners!
I voted for Sarah Martina because I love the vibrant colors. I really liked Laura's cute little gnome and corrugated paper tag. Last of all, I am enthralled with Dee's ruffles--what a cute design.
I voted for Travelingmama because of the elegance & simplicity.
Wow - pick only three?? Well, ok, if I must! Sarah Martina - colors contrast so well with black!
Laura's gnome...how can you NOT love a gnome??
Heidi - I just love that CAS Rudolf. It speaks volumes with the red nose and Joy!
Thanks for sharing!!! ~ky
All the cards are cute and creative! I really like Sarah's colorful flowers.
I voted -- they are all just amazing!
I really liked Heidi Van Laar, Laura O'Donnell, and Ashley Cannon Newell's cards. Very simple and fun!
All the cards show awesome talent but my top 3 are Sarah's because I love the 3-D flowers and the way the black background and white stitching make the flowers POP; Kathryn's for the elegance and the red/black border; and Laura's because the design so simple yet so bold and the rustic feel of the corrugated background.
All are beautiful but my #1 is Nina's Gradient is Radiant. I loved it when I first saw it; called my daughter and made her look at it too! Her reaction was the same! Coming in second is Heidi's All Creatures Great and Small. I have deer in my backyard and love, love, love them but none of mine have this sweet red nose!! Third is Plum Crazy by Travelingmama -- I love the color and the clean crispness of the card.!
Love Niki's card! Love the colors and the simplicity! But they are all wonderful!
I am a color person, for me, it was all about the colors.
It is not easy to only pick three because they're all fantatic. I love love love Sarah's card, it is stunning. I also like Rae's card and Heidi's card - they are simple yet elegant - just amazing!
Karen U.
Its was very hard to choose but my 3 favorites are Laura O'Donnell 's Stretch Your Holiday Style Card, Travelingmama's Plum Crazy Challenge card and I really love Heidi Van Laar's Joy card!
Niki Estes
I voted for Sarah Martina , NinaB and Dee Woodland, but they are all amazing!
WOW. This was TOUGH. So many talented winners!
I ended up voting for NinaB - the gradient challenge, in my opinion, was so tough, and she really carried it off w/ style. I also voted for Heidi - the little red nose on her deer just capped it off for me. And also voted for Rae - so elegant, and just perfectly done.
I love the bold colors in Sarah's and Nina's cards, and Dee's card is so soft! Love 'em!
I voted for Nina, Niki and Sarah. Those are just the 3 that stood out the most to me. I especially love the color and design of Nina's card!
My favorites, in order of appearance are Sarah Martina, Nina B and Travelingmama. I love the use of color by Sarah and how Nina separated the different colors in the gradient with her tree image. Finally, the clean and simple styling of Travelingmama always gets me! Love those cards!!!
I love the beautiful simplicity and elegance of travelingmama's card.
They're all so pretty! I voted for Niki's because of her colour choice and the beautiful stamping for the background, Laurel's for the cute scene, and Nina's for the beautiful colour variegation.
Loved the cards and voted for Nina's for such a striking card, Rae's for its simplicity and Kathryn's for the great display of scherenschnidt.
Voted for Sarah, Nina and Travelingmama. Sarah's I chose because of the fabulous colors and I love those flowers, Nina's because of the gorgeous design and color, and Travelingmama's because it is striking in simplicity. It was hard to choose 3 though as they are all great!
DeniseB
They're all lovely, but I voted for Laura, NinaB & Kathryn. :)
Love, love, love the gradient card.
I voted for the great popping color on black in Sarah Martina's, the cuteness of Laura O'Donnel's, and the originality of NinaB's!! There has been some fabulous creations here this year!! :>
Nikki's card is my favorite. I liked the colors, the pattern and how clean the card design is.
I voted for Sarah's showstopping bouquet, Niki's beautiful background, and Nina's gorgeously gradient tree...this was soooo hard!
I am a big fan of PTI products and always love what Niki and Sarah do with the stamps - so beautiful!! I also love Rae's scrappy style. But all 10 are amazing!! So creative!
I voted for
Rae Barthel
NinaB
Heidi Van Laar
All of them are gorgeous but these three made me Ooh! and Ahh! as I scrolled down to view all the entries.
Sarah Martina's card was my favorite. She used several different colors, which was creative, I thought. I liked how she cut the different colors out, instead of just coloring each part of the stamp a different color. There were several that were really nice, but that's my #1 pick...
I picked NinaB's Gradient is Radiant card because of the beautiful use of color, Rae's Eveningware card for being so elegant and sophisticated, and Heidi Van Laar's card because it is utterly adorable. I love the red nose on the deer.
Rae beacuse I love the houndstooth! Nina because that us the coolest cards I've seen and Dee because I love shabby chic!
I voted sarah martina, heidi van lar, and niki. I loved sarah's bright colors and the clean, fun feel of heidi's card and niki's color combo.
I choose Rae's card, Nicki's card and Sarah. I think everyone's cards are fabulous though! Quite a talented bunch!
I think it is unfair of you to make us choose on ly 3!! LOL...just joking...but they are ALL FANTABULOUS! Who did I choose...No clue! I randomly selected 3 people...only because they are all so fabulous! I love them all!!
I loved travelingmama's card when I saw it during the challenge- even before YOU picked it! And Niki's is fab- love the pattern & the colors- and Heidi's- well, who doesn't love Rudolph? :)
Happy New Year, Cath!
I voted for Rae, Niki and Laura. Rae's card is so striking, Niki is the queen of the backgrounds and Laura's gnome is too cute for words.
They are all gorgeous! You picked some fabulous creations! I picked Nina, Sarah & Travelingmama's cards.... the gradiant tree is awesome, loved the overlay....Sarahs flowers are stunning and the plum card is elegant and plum is my fav color! All of the cards are inspirational. Very talented ladies out there :)
All the winners are so deserving! I think my absolute favs have to be Niki's, NinaB's, and Sarah's.
All are nice, but my favs are Nina B, the Peace on Earth Santa one. Thanks.
What a very hard choice to make as they are all wonderful. In the end I chose Rae, Sarah, and Travelingmama as I like simple elegant cards
I voted for Nina's because I love, love, love it! It's kind of like perfection. I voted for Sarah's because it is just delicious...beautiful and eye catching. And I voted for travelingmama because I love her blog and her!
I voted for NinaB cause I love those colors and the way it looks like a stained glass. I like sarah flowers and the santa on Laura's is really really cute
I voted just because they all captured my eye for one reason or another.
I voted for Niki because I love the color combo and her incredible attention to detail! I voted for Sarah because I love the way those flowers POP---they are dramatic and simply stunning!! And, I voted for Traveling Mama because I love the elegant simplicity of her card!
love them all but especially Rae, Nikki and Nina!!!
Nina, Niki and RAe were my favorites!
I voted for Sarah because Of the beautiful colors she used on her flowers against the black. I voted for Laura because I like the originality of the tag against the cardboard. I voted for Travelingmama for the simplicity of the card.
my top 3 are:
1. rae: gorgeous lacey b&w
2. ninab: great idea in design and colors :)
3. travelling mama: i love purple and her card turn the perfect beautiful out
That was more difficult than I expected. However, I had to choose only three and those were:
1. Niki - I love her us of colors.
2. Sarah - I love the contrast between the bright flowers and the black background.
3. Travelingmama for the simplicity and elegance of her card.
NinaB - I just love the tree. Travelingmama - so elegant. Kathryn - just plain love it all!
I love NinaB's gradient challenge. It is simply stunning and I can't wait to try something similar with my Cricut machine.
Niki and Travelingmama - love the comforting colors and design, and Heidi - cute, clever, original.
I voted for Rae Barthel, NinaB and Sarah.
Beautiful cards!
I VOTED FOR Heidi Van Laar,Kathryn's "Old Country Christmas because they just spoke to me and Rae's card bcause it was fabulous.
I voted for Rae Barthel: simple and classy.
Sarah Martina: I love those flowers and colors.
Dee Woodland: It's just so cute and those ruffles are adorable.
Thanks for the chance.
And Happy New Year.
So many fab challenges! Love Nina`s card!!! But the others are amazing, too!
My favorite overall is Laura O'Donnell, I think mostly because I love Christmas. I also voted for Niki, because I just love everything she does. All of the samples are fantastic. I'm so thrilled that I know about and check out this blog every day!!
I voted for Laura O'Donnel. I have a thing for Santa Claus cards and this one says so much more than ho ho ho. I love the birds on the card.
Laura, because I'm a sucker for corrugated Christmas; Rae, so elegant...gorgeous!; Niki, just love her style!
Happy New Year!
I voted for Kathryn's because I love christmas and her card was gorgeos and very stylish. I think was the best of all. Then Niki's and Rae's.
It's so hard to choose since they are all so lovely, creative and inspiring. I actually voted on my favorite inspiring trend since I couldn't choose just 3 from the cards.
I Vote for Dee! the creation is soo stuning!
hugs,
Mélanie
Plum crazy is gorgeous, then come Joy with that cute Rudolph and the red nose, followed by Gradient is Radient. All of them are gorgeous of course, but these three popped out at me.
Hugs
Tanya
my favorites are sarah martina, travelingmama, and rae's card - but all of them are so inspiring. it's so fun to look at all the creativity on this site.
My very favorite is Rae's Eveningwear Challenge!
These are all so gun, love all of them. My favorite is Rae's Eveningwear ~ So Victoria Secret~ HA!
Absolutely loved NinaB's Gradient challenge card - great use of colours & a fab graphic design. Also loved Travelingmama's simply elegant design.
Evening bag (my absolute fav), gradient color, and the vintage christmas card. These are some talented people!! What a pleasure to see their work and how kind of them to share it!
My 3 favorites are the All Creatures Great & Small, the Christmas in the Old Country, and the Stretch your Holiday Style challenges - I love deer and loved the red nose on the first one, loved the intricate cut-outs on the old-country challenge, and loved the corrugated cardboard and cute elf in the holiday style challenge.
Sarah, Niki and Dee are my favorites but all are beautiful. Love the gradient tree with the great use of white, (now there's an irony) I like the black choice on Sarah's and I like the simplicity and repeating of elements of Dee.
My vote is for Travelingmama... such an elegant card!
I voted for Travelingmama, Heidi Van Laar, and Laura O'Donnell. Each project was simple yet striking!
All of the cards are gorgeous! Sarah (because of how the colors pop) & Niki's (because of the elegant simplicity) jumped out at me first.
I don't see the poll for this anymore--though the deadline isn't over yet. I love the joy card with the reinderr, The bag lady challenge with the black background and amazing flowers and the second from the top-stamp challenge--pretty papers used!
My heart beats a little faster when I look at the cards by Heidi, Niki & NinaB!! Terrific cards ladies!
~jan
Definitely the one from Traveling Mama... It just made my mouth fall wide open!
Its so hard to choose, love them all. Niki's is one of my favorites
Niki's is my absolute fave! Her style is awesome!
I love love love the top three--but I also like NinaB and Dee's....all of them are great:) I voted!!
Thanks:) Happy new year;)
I like eveningwear, christmas in the old country and the all creatures great and small - cute deer!
Nina B with the gradient color tree! But all of these cards are amazing!
My favorite is from Dee Woodland in the Not Your Regular Ruffles Challenge, but I looooove them all for sure!
I voted for Nina B., Kathryn and Sarah. All are beautiful cards!!
Just adore them all. The results have issued and I love the choices made. Happy New year.
I love NinaB's!
Yup too late to vote but:
Rae Barthel-Evening Wear Challenge-classic simple elegance. The same for TravelingMama in the Plum challenge. And than Kathryn's Old Christmas Challenge entry totally blew my away-wow!
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