New Abstract Leaf Notecards Set

I promise this is my last blog post featuring notecard designs for awhile! :)

I just wanted to highlight one more new notecard set available in my Etsy shop - a set of 8 cards with abstract leaf designs.

The original artwork for these cards were mixed media pieces ranging in size from 8"x10" to 4"x6". They were created by collecting dry leaves in the fall, painting the leaves with watercolor and using them to "stamp" designs onto watercolor paper, and adding choice lines with colored pencil to draw attention to certain shapes, fill in missing areas, and add a feeling of the crunchy, crisp texture of leaves in autumn. I created these back in 2015 (where they were a reprise of a similar piece of art I created in 2005-2006 in high school), loved how they turned out, and even scanned them so I could make notecards of them, but never got around to making said notecards until now.

Unlike all my other pre-selected notecard variety packs, this one does not have all different designs. There are 8 cards in the pack, but only 4 designs - you receive 2 cards of each design.

New Tinted Flower Notecards Set

In addition to finally getting some notecard sets designed, printed, and made available for sale in my Etsy shop from my "Flower Attributes" colored pencil series, I also finally got around to creating notecard sets for some older floral drawings.

This "Tinted Flower" set is comprised of six drawings completed in 2015 and 2016, on a mix of toned gray and toned tan paper. The original drawings were all 5"x7" in size. In each, I focused more on the shading of the flowers (highlights and shadows), rather than the color, adding only a bit of color once all the shading was in place, to give the drawings a desaturated look. It was a departure from the vibrant, highly saturated look I usually prefer, and not something I've done much of in the five years since (though I do really like how these notecards turned out, so maybe there'll be more of these in the near future!).

This pack includes the following 6 designs:

• Purple Tint (originally titled "Rose with a Hint of Purple")
• Aqua Tint (originally titled "Rose with a Hint of Aqua")
• Sepia Tint Duo (originally titled "Roses with a Hint of Orange & Yellow")
• Sepia Tint Trio (originally titled "More Roses with a Hint of Orange & Yellow")
• Blue Tint Sunflower (originally titled "Sunflower in Navy Blue and Yellow")
• Norfolk Succulents (the only one of the 6 designs with no color at all - the drawing was made using only black and white colored pencils, on toned gray paper)

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Love these notecards but wish you could swap out a few designs for some of my other floral drawings instead? I also have a U-Pick floral drawing listing available!

Flower Attribute Notecards - Gray Set & Tan Set

As mentioned, I have several new notecard variety packs available in my Etsy shop, including new designs from my "Flower Attribute" series. Today's blog post is featuring two more of those sets - the "Gray" set, which includes scans from the six colored pencil drawings I've completed on gray paper as part of that series, and the "Tan" set, which includes 8 colored pencil drawings on tan paper (seven from this series, and the eighth titled "White Poinsettia," originally created as a holiday-themed notecard).

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The "Gray Paper" set:

The 6 designs included in this notecard set are:

• Prophecy (Heliotrope)
• Loyalty (Daisy)
• Balance (Enchanter's Nightshade)
• Modesty (Violet)
• Frigidity (Lithodora)
• Attachment (Delphinium)

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The "Tan Paper" set:

The 8 designs included in this notecard set are:

• White Poinsettia
• Anticipation (Anemone)
• Shame (Peony)
• Constancy (Bluebell)
• Strength (Ginger)
• Fragility (Azalea)
• Union (Myrtle)
• Folly (Geranium)

If "Folly" looks brand new to you - it's because it is! "Folly" is a recently 2021 drawing that I haven't even created the blog post for yet... look for that blog post next week!

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Love the style of these notecards, but wish you could swap out a few for other floral designs I have? I also have a U-Pick listing where you can mix-and-match among all my floral colored pencil design and color options and build the perfect stationery set for your preferences!

Flower Attribute Notecards - Blue & Green Set

As mentioned, I have several new notecard variety packs available in my Etsy shop, including new designs from my "Flower Attribute" series. Today's blog post is featuring the "Blue & Green" set, which includes scans from the 10 colored pencil drawings I've completed on blue or green paper.

The ten designs included in this notecard set are:

• Flight (Birds of Paradise) on blue paper
• Playfulness (Hyacinth) on blue paper
• Immortality (Acanthus) on blue paper
• Whimsy (Carnation) on blue paper
• Creativity (Dahlia) on blue paper
• Faith (Iris) on blue paper
• Hope (Button Poms) on green paper
• Transformation (King Protea) on green paper
• Wealth (Astroemeria) on green paper
• Luck (Bells of Ireland) on green paper

Love the style of these notecards, but wish you could swap out a few for other floral designs I have? I also have a U-Pick listing where you can mix-and-match among all my floral colored pencil design and color options and build the perfect stationery set for your preferences!