Welcome to Week 2 of my weekly cardmaking challenge! I started this challenge to encourage myself to experiment with fresh designs, try different techniques, and move beyond the styles I create most often. Each week has its own theme, technique, and creative direction. This week’s theme is “Glow Through It”—a reminder to keep shining even […]
Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a softly watercolored floral card featuring Altenew’s Build-A-Garden: Softly Sketched Blooms Stamp Set. This beautiful arrangement has a wonderfully loose, hand-sketched quality that seemed perfect for watercoloring. I chose a combination of golden yellow, deep violet, soft gray and natural green, allowing the colors to move beyond the outlines
I created this card as part of my weekly creative challenge to explore fresh ideas and step outside my usual style. This week’s concept called for a bold, uncluttered design featuring one strong focal image, a deep and muted color palette, and a subtle touch of gold. I hope this challenge inspires you to look
Hello, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a colorful thank-you card featuring Altenew’s Build-A-Garden: Harvest Bouquet from the September 2026 subscription. Although the set includes coordinating coloring stencils, I chose to color the beautiful floral image with Copic markers and paired it with a loose, painterly background. Creating the Background I scribbled Faber-Castell pigment sticks onto
There’s nothing quite as cheerful as a little penguin racing through a snowy winter landscape! For my second card from the Poppystamps 2026 Holiday Cheer Release, I combined the adorable Santa Penguin, Winter Sled, Trimmed Trees and Merry Christmas Fluffy Script dies to create a playful Christmas scene. I love how the bright turquoise sky