Christmas or Yule card with red floral mandala and original poetry is digitally printed using pigment inks on silky, bright white, acid-free paper. Folded card is 5.25" by 5.25" and comes with a beautifully made, bright white envelope. The photograph I used to create the mandala is printed on the back of the card with the photo location. Your choice of message is printed inside in flowing scarlet red script. The paper is super smooth, not at all slick, and takes gel, ballpoint, and other inks well. The card and envelope are packaged together in a plastic sleeve and mailed in a stiffened mailer. Note: orders of one or two cards are shipped USPS First Class without tracking. Larger orders are shipped via the most economical means, which usually, but not always, includes tracking.

Interior Message Choices. May the light and joy of Yuletide warm your every night. OR May the light and joy of Christmas warm your every night. OR Merry Christmas!

Framing. This card is created using high-quality archival materials, such as might be used in a museum. The print is sharp, bright, and frameable. To protect the vibrancy of the artwork, I frame using UV glass or acrylic, and I recommend it. If you use plain glass or acrylic, make sure you hang this sweet, little piece and all your beautiful art away from direct sunlight.

About the art. The digital collage on this card, titled Yuletide Melts the Frost, was created from this photo of a scarlet jungle flame, also known as flame of the woods, taken at Phipps Conservatory and Botanic Garden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Native to Southern India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, the scarlet jungle flame is the national flower of Suriname. A color of grounding and security, red can also be loud, vibrant, and celebratory. Fiery scarlet jumps from a cool carpet of jungle green or leaps from a dark wood as flames, illuminating a gang of joyous Yuletide celebrants, who both acknowledge the longest night and boisterously usher in the coming months of lengthening days. A good party, as the Celts seem to have known, can make any cold night just a bit warmer.

About the poetry.The poetry evokes the warming of a cold night by a joyous celebration.

Tang of woodsmoke in the night guides you thru the wood, branches slapping at your face, too cold to land a sting.

Crest the rise and gaze below, a fire burning bright, dancers whirling in a froth of drum and flute and light.

~poetry and artwork created by Linda S. Gribko