by Jean Doeringsfeld | Apr 10, 2026 | Cards, Companies, Die Cutting, Friendship & Love, Inking Techniques, Occassions, Spellbinders, Techniques, Thank You
Spring always feels like an invitation to reset my color palette, and for this month’s Spellbinders Club kits, I leaned fully into that idea. I built this set around soft corals, warm yellows, and fresh greens, letting that palette carry across all three cards so they...
by Jean Doeringsfeld | Apr 4, 2026 | Cards, Companies, Friendship & Love, Occassions, Simon Says Stamp, Stenciling, Techniques
Large florals always give me a chance to explore movement and color in a card design, and these impressionistic flowers from the Simon Says StampIn My Heartrelease immediately sparked that kind of experimentation. Instead of focusing on heavy shading or layered die...
by Jean Doeringsfeld | Mar 30, 2026 | Archive Only
Studio Notes is a space where I share small observations about card design — the quiet decisions that shape how a card feels. These posts aren’t tutorials, just reflections from the studio. Repetition is one of the simplest ways to bring unity to a card. When elements...
by Jean Doeringsfeld | Mar 28, 2026 | Cards, Coloring, Copic Coloring, Die Cutting, Friendship & Love, Occassions, Techniques, Watercoloring
Together by Design is a monthly collaboration where a small group of designers all create with products from the same featured brand. Each of us chooses a favorite product and puts our own creative spin on it, showing just how many different ways one brand can...
by Jean Doeringsfeld | Mar 27, 2026 | Birthday, Cards, Companies, Die Cutting, Embossing Folders, Occassions, Simon Says Stamp, Techniques
The Braided Embossing Folder from the Simon Says StampIn My Heart release immediately caught my attention because the pattern reminded me of a cozy knitted sweater. Even though it is technically a braided texture, the raised pattern reads strongly as knit fabric,...
