2017 Minted Holiday Card Contest

Hey, y'all! 

I decided to enter the Minted Holiday Photo card design contest again this year! This is my second year to enter. I know most people send photo cards at Christmas nowadays, and this is the easiest way for my designs to appear with photos. I created 12 designs; each design was hand-painted, so they are unique but still very much in my style.

So if you'd like to see these as options for sale on Minted this holiday season, I need your votes! Sign in to Minted to rate each entry (1 through 5, with 5 being the highest). Feel free to "heart" it, too - it's not part of the vote but it ups the hype! ;)  You only need to vote on each entry once.

(direct links to each design below) 

 

 

 Draped wreaths

 

 

 Peace wash

 

painted peace

 

 

 merriest painted

 

 

 Seasonal joys

 

 

Painted Big Joy

 

 

 Painted holiday home

 

 

 Holly Jolly Stamp

 

 

 Painted gingham

 

 

 Holiday Vines

 

 

 Painted Holiday Garland

 

 

 falalalas

 

Voting closes Tuesday, May 30.

Don't have a Minted account? You can sign up here

Christmas Cards

All Christmas and holiday cards now available in the shop! 

Which is your favorite? 

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Holiday 2016

It's that time -- new holiday cards are here! I have 4 new designs this year to add to the holiday collection.

First is the Visions of Sugarplums card

I know the phrase is from the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas," but anything sugarplum just makes me thinks of The Nutcracker-- dreamy, pink, sugary goodness. 

I also created 2 locally-themed cards:

Virginia

 Featuring a gold* shape of Virginia with painted poinsettias and a painted banner with hand lettering (*non-metallic ink)

And Washington, D.C.

Featuring a green watercolor shape of the District outlined in holly with a painted banner and hand lettering

And finally... my first New Year's card!

 Featuring a watercolor champagne pink background with blank and gold* hand lettering and champagne bubbles! (*non-metallic ink)

More of the holiday collection:

Which is your favorite?

 

Check out the full collection of holiday cards here

See my custom photo cards available via Minted here

Holiday cards on Minted

Remember my post about the Minted holiday card contest? 

Two of my entries won and are now for sale on Minted! 

They are: 

Hand-painted Joy

 

 Hand-Painted Peace on Earth 

 Each has multiple colorways and is available as a customizable card, postcard, or mini card. Oh, and also there are matching stamps! 

It all can be found in my new Holiday section in my Minted shop:

Thanks so much to everyone who voted! 

I am so excited to be able to offer custom photo cards this year! 

OH! And Minted is ALSO currently running a sale! 
Early Bird Event: Enjoy 15% off holiday cards. Code: EARLYBIRD16, exp 10/10

See my Minted shop here

 

Minted Christmas Card Contest

I took the plunge and designed nine photo Christmas cards for the Minted Photo Holiday card contest this year! (They do their holiday prep early so they are nice and ready for the upcoming season.)

I had a lot of fun designing these; each design was hand-painted, so they have a unique artistic look, ranging from rustic and woodsy to sweet and feminine. It's exciting to be able to do photo cards, since that's what most people send nowadays! 

Voting is open now through May 18 (that's just a week!), so sign in and rate my designs if you'd love to see them as card options! 

 (click on each to vote/rate)

painted floral holly border

watercolor floral border

watercolor merry christmas medallion

 

painted floral borders

painted vintage peace and joy

hand painted joy

hand painted merry

hand painted peace on earth

painted holly border

Giveaway!

I'm having a giveaway! Visit my facebook page to enter!

New Christmas cards

New in the shop - Christmas cards! 

I had so much fun designing and painting these! I have never done Christmas cards before, so it was exciting... and also funny to be making them in August. I definitely may have watched several Christmas movies on Netflix to get in the holiday mindset. 

 You may see a few rejected designs in these piles. I designed several that were more minimal, but ended up going with 3 that were more illustrative.

Colorwise, I wanted an overall look of something a little rustic, a little vintage, and very painterly - something that could double as decor and look pretty sitting on a mantle or hung on a card garland (or however you display your cards! My mom puts them all in a basket on the kitchen island to invite people to freely pick them up and read them as individual moments - I always thought that was sweet). 

Each has a different inside greeting, so they all have their own personality. 

 Sold in boxed sets of 6, they are available in the shop and also at Yellow Door Art Market.