Heritage Month Day 8

Tuesday, September 8, 2026 – Florals

Each day through Ukrainian Heritage Month, we’ll share some easy-to-do ideas that you can try on your postcards to Defenders. I’ve set a personal goal of sending 30 distinct postcards to Defenders on which I’ll try some new art. 30 days. 30 cards. Simple art.

And that’s our Ultimate Heritage Challenge to you, dear postcard warrior: one postcard per day during September. During the thirty days, try some of the postcard ideas we offer. Prizes will be drawn for three winners who have tried at least three of the ideas that we’ve shared through the month of September. We’ll know because your cards will ‘show’ us.

Deadline: we must receive your Ukrainian Heritage Month challenge package of postcards in our mailbox by October 20. Don’t forget to include a note that your cards are for the challenge. If you think your Ultimate Challenge package will take longer than that to get to us, let us know. After all, mail can take up to a month from faraway places. We’ll hold off announcing the winners until all [known] packages arrive.

Day 8 Postcard Challenge

Last year I took some ZenTangle classes. I loved them! The purpose of ZenTangle is to create art while focusing specifically on the lines that you draw. I sought something that I could try on postcards to Defenders, but also to help me slow down, breathe, centre myself in some calm through deliberate creativity. Love it! I can do lines but still need practice with shading. 😉

Today, we offer a tutorial found on Instagram created by @creatinggently – what the creator calls “Mid day therapy”.

I liked this activity because it was simple and didn’t take a lot of time.

1. Draw a big yellow circle with a nice yellow marker or crayon, or you can use water colour if you like. I drew a corner yellow [almost] circle with a yellow marker.
2. Draw a few flowers. I chose seven, all the same simple flower. I’ve been told odd numbers are more appealing to the eye.
3. Add some flourishes. @creatinggently adds leaves in the open space. I added little pockets of dots. Easier. 😉
4. Decorate the petals of your flowers. Whatever you like.
5. Did you notice? Where my petals went outside the yellow circle, I used a blue marker to fill them in. You know … the Ukrainian flag colours! 😉
6. Did you also notice? I coloured in the map of Iceland in Ukraine’s blue/yellow flag colours. Sure, a bit of creative license, which I think is okay given that Iceland supports Ukraine.

That was easy!

Tomorrow … more florals.

Share your creative ideas with us, and any other ways in which you acknowledge Ukrainian Heritage Month.

Email your ideas and images to us along with a brief explanation and we’ll share: postcardstothefront.canada@gmail.com

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