2020 Christmas Cards

2020 Christmas Cards

These are some of the cards I made and sent in 2020. Artist Anita Jeram, accomplished children’s book author and illustrator. This was a very different stamp for me as it’s more of a sketch. I thought it required water color. I looked over several designers work with this artist and all used water color….

Drummer Ornament/Tag

Drummer Ornament/Tag

Thanks to Debbie Adams, a drummer in my family will get this tag/ornament for Christmas.  It was the match sticks for drum sticks that really caught my attention. Debbie’s post of a similar drum really got my ideas flowing.  The drum base (paper mâché box) is an Amazon purchase.  The Tiny House, Tree, Deer and…

Poinsettia & Pine slimline

Poinsettia & Pine slimline

Prisma Pencil on Black Cardstock My quest to make slimline card continues. The flower and leaf from Poinsettia & Pine were gold heat-embossed on black cardstock using a mask when needed.  The images were then colored with Prisma colored pencils. Using a very small brush, gold paint was dotted in the open spaces. I wish…

Texture Poinsettias

Texture Poinsettias

             Elements of Floral Composition Lesson 6 Texture By lesson 6 there are so many elements to think about in one card.  Color, Shape, Line, Form, Space and now Texture. As always I have spent a lot of time on fall card-making.  Now the pressure has begun to get going…

Line Art Lotus Card

Of all the cards I’ve made over the past year, this one thrills me the most. I have been a long-time admirer of Asian art with the black ink drawings and minimal background.  My many attempts over the years to create such art has been a total failure. Jaycee’s Elements of Floral Composition gave me…