Yup, it's approaching that time of year, my favorite time of year and one of my favorite creations of the year ~ holiday cards! You may or may not know the story ~ oh, fine I'll tell it again :) {It's like my own little annual holiday story on creativity}
Holiday cards are especially meaningful to me ~ as years ago, way before Creative Thursday was even a thought, I always made my own holiday cards that I sent to friends and family. A few times I even hand drew and colored each card. At that time in my life, it was the one time of year that I was able to be creative just for me. You see even before there was a day set aside for creativity, there was a time of year set aside for creativity. Sometimes when you're sorting all this out, the "what do I want to do with my life?" kind of sorting, you only have time for creativity once a year. Hey, you squeeze it in where you can.
Holiday cards also became one of the first creations I sold successfully through Creative Thursday. Needless to say when I design holiday cards every season, it brings me right back to why I started this business to begin with. And as I'm endlessly telling my students now, it is this very question/sentiment that is worth coming back to often.
For this year's cards I challenged myself with a new form of creating in one of the cards. The "holiday cheer" design is a combination of painted paper, cut paper, and illustration all combined to form one design. I also felt like mixing up the traditional holiday colors with a little something different. And the green painted paper tree is carried out in the theme of both designs. I hope you enjoy them! You can now find both designs over at the shop.
