Happy New Year!
Welcome to all of you, and welcome 2026!
I'm here with a clean and simple "Celebrate" card that might be for the New Year, or maybe to celebrate longer daylight, or it could even be for Easter! It was inspired by all the Narcissus bulbs (and amaryllis too!) that I've been seeing for sale at the garden center lately. Have you ever "forced" bulbs to bloom inside during the Winter? I used to force paper white narcissus almost every year, but I haven't done it in quite a while. It's not too late, maybe I need to try it again! It is a great reminder that Solstice is behind us, the days are getting longer already and Spring is indeed coming!
It is hard to capture pale colors and sparkle on camera even inside a light box, but hopefully you can kinda see the pale blues, blue-greens and yellow-greens on the flower petals and the clear Wink of Stella sparkle that I layered on top of the Copics. I used a gold metallic jelly roll marker to color the tips of the stamen. Sometimes it seems like the flowers in real life almost look like spun sugar, and that is what that sparkle reminds me of, even on paper.
The card's inside is super simple. Do you do a word focus for the year? Maybe this should be mine.
My wish is that this new year will be filled with hope, warmth, love, health and happiness for everyone. Blessings to you and yours!
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