Holiday Card Making with Karen Elaine
Get ready to spark your holiday creativity! Join us for a festive live art session where Karen Elaine will share unique handmade holiday card ideas using origami papers, washi, watercolor washes, and shimmering metallic inks.
Whether you're a seasoned artist or brand new to DIY cards, Karen will guide you through techniques, layering tips, and design inspiration to help you create personal, elegant, joyfully handmade cards.
In this livestream, you’ll learn:
❄️ How to combine origami and washi papers for bold, textured designs
❄️ Ways to add expressive watercolor backgrounds and winter motifs
❄️ Tips for highlighting details with metallic inks
❄️ Fast and beautiful card compositions you can easily repeat or customize
❄️ Bring your favorite papers, brushes, and inks—or simply relax and enjoy the inspiration!
This video was originally livestreamed on the Yasutomo YouTube channel on Friday, December 5, 2025.
Items Used
For a shoppable overview of the items used in this demo visit our Holiday Card Making with Karen Elaine collection HERE.
- Niji Watercolor Paper Pad, Hot Press (NHP-5)
- Niji Watercolor Paper Pad, Cold Press (NCP-5)
- Detail Master Pigment Liner Pends (DMPL)
- Metallic Liquid Sumi Ink series (CM series)
- Fusion brushes (FS series)
- Sleeves for cards from clearbags.com (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Masking tape: Nitto 1/2" tape (not sold by Yasutomo), Nichiban masking tape (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Niji Artist Watercolors Studio Set, 24 colors (NWS24)
- Single round porcelain saucer (WCW210)
- Omni grid (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Sizes that Karen used for her origami paper trees: 4 1/2", 3 1/2" and 3" square
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Karen used paper from the Painted Papers and Collage origami sets that she designed for Yasutomo:
- Composition (4552)
- Hodge Podge (4542)
- Mishmash (4540)
- Check out more of her designs here!
- Bamboo Folding Tool (OBF-7)
- Star punches (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Love Karen's lettering style? Develop your own unique lettering style with Willa Wanders' Love Your (Imperfect) Letters Course!
- MAB Mirror series glittery silver watercolors (not sold by Yasutomo; Karen found hers on Etsy)
