Holiday Cards 2025 – Doodles

Creating holiday cards early, I embraced simple designs and embroidery while drawing inspiration from personal experiences and favorite doodles.

Whimsical Cards – Easy pop-up inserts

Sharing just a couple springtime cards I did this week. I snagged the initial designs from Diane Anton and other artists i found on Pinterest…then I added embossing, pop-up art and a little inspiration from springtime colors from the Big Island. Super-fun. #watercolorcards #popupcards

Hawaii Birds – Watercolor Cards

Inspired by a couple (non-native) birds that come to visit me in my studio, here are a few recent creations. Saffron finch drinking from a bird of paradise Japanese White-eye swinging on rainchain My photos are pretty poor, but there’s enough detail to grab a quick sketch. Hope you enjoy. Medium: Arches 140lb cold pressed…

Hawaii Inspired Holiday Cards

Handcrafted 53 cards this year to send to my “short list” of friends and family… It’s warm and bright here in Hawaii…taking it all in before we head to Seattle for the holidays….Aloha December #watercolorcards

Florida Inspirations

It’s been four weeks since we packed our bags and headed east. After a fun 12 day drive across the country, we’ve been in Florida, neighborhood shopping, trying to figure out if this is where we want to call home someday. But, since the real estate market remains stupid-crazy, we’ve decided to slow down the…