This week leads directly into the autumn equinox on September 22, 2026, at 8:05 p.m. EDT in New York, when daylight and darkness come close to equal. That makes “Find Your Balance” an especially meaningful theme for reflecting on harmony, change, and finding steadiness as one season gives way to another. I carried that idea […]
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