Mixed Media Christmas Designs

On this card I was inspired by the bright green scarf on the puppy photo so I decided to draw a border in marker that repeats this bright green.

Here's a border design I drew on the side of the inside of the card.

And I went for a fun change of design on the envelope.

This was an envelope for another card. I was practicing along with a you tube video.

This is the back flap of the envelope.

Here's the front of the 2nd card as I got more practice on different holiday plants.

I liked this wreath so well that i put it on white frosted oreo cookies in my zazzle store 

WWW.zazzle.com/julia_art and ordered some for my holiday parties to see how well people like the idea.

Another Approach to Drawing Practice

One way that I get some drawing practice is to grab some plain note cards, double stick tape and any pictures I find laying around here. I stick the pictures on the cards and then whenever I have time, they're all ready to draw on and it's fun for the people that I send them to because they get both the drawing and the picture that inspired it.

I get practice, send unwanted photos out of here and they get the practice drawings in the mail. Everyone likes a letter so it works out well all the way around.