Handpainted Cards - January 2025

January for me has a lot of birthdays to remember and I decided not to buy cards anymore. So here are my first hanpainted cards for this year:


Acrylics following this tutorial.


Oil pastel drawing following this video.


Using this tutorial but painting with coffee. I always wanted to try coffee painting and I absolutely love it. I heard you can paint with red wine, too. So maybe I should try that next.


Oil pastels. I really want to get the hang of it and get good use out of the chalks I bought before Christmas.

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Really lovely work.

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Wow! These are all awesome! But I think the coffee painting is my fave!

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I’ve seen lots of coffee paintings in the past and I always wanted to try it. It turned out to be so much fun and I definitely need to do it again. I just don’t like that the colors are so limited :laughing:
I’m usually a bright color person.

Also I mostly did large scale acrylic paintings in the past. Like large canvases or murals. Painting card is so different from that. And I need to find inspiration watching lots of art videos.

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They’re all beautiful!

Happy cake day!

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thank you :smile:

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These are fantastic! Great work!

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The recipients of these cards are going to be delighted to received them!

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Thanks. My SO told me I should tell them I painted these myself, because they look “too professional” :rofl:

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These all came out wonderful! You’re very talented in a variety of mediums - including coffee! I love that you used coffee to paint the coffee card and I especially love that soft glow you managed to accomplish on the snowman card.

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Thanks! I make my cards one at a time with the recipient in mind. I painted the coffee card for a true coffee lover, with instant coffee that she left in my pantry because I had no coffee on hand when she last visited.

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I love these! The sparkler is my favorite. I’m sure the recipients will be delighted. :heart:

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I love that, it makes the card even better to know that it is so personalized!

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Lovely and so thoughtful…personalized cards are the best!

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These are fantastic. I like that you used several different techniques. The coffee and sparkler are my favorites!

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:snowflake: Congratulations! Your project is SNOW wonderful, it’s featured this week! :snowflake:

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Lovely cards!

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I love these. My favorite is the first one.

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