Mardi Gras Design in the Round

Each spring as Mardi Gras season rolls on, and the ultimate party day (Fat Tuesday) gets nearer I start thinking about new ideas for greeting cards and paper crafts.

 This year I've made a new digital design that incorporates  traditional symbols  of the biggest bash held every year in New Orleans' French quarter.

This new mandala line art design  features jester's pattern jewel diamonds,

Crows Design Sheet - Who's Counting?

Flock of Birds Design Sheet

I live surrounded by farms, woodlands and birds. I mean LOTS of birds, including several families of large black crows and ravens who nest in the tall pine trees near my house. They make quite a racket when they're trying to fledge their young. I often see them gathered in big flocks like this picture, walking about in the fields with their friends and family just

Sunflower Adult Coloring Page

Giant Sunflower Coloring Page


Nothing brings more cheer to me than a big yellow sunflower. Here's a great sunflower coloring page that's just waiting for some color and detailing. This will make a nice digital stamp, too.

Day of the Dead Mask

Mexico celebrates their dear departed  on All Souls Day - right after Halloween, November 1. Dia de los Muertos is a day for families to remember loved ones and celebrate their life with household shrines, cemetary picnics, music, flowers and lots of skeletons and skulls. Celebrate el  Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) or Halloween with a Mexican folk art skull coloring poster.

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