Mysa Digital Creations Vol I Mandala 10-6-26

This drawing reminded me of a bright & colorful carnival

with hot air balloons, brightly colored tents & streaming banners.

So, with that in mind, I've chosen this combination of colors

 because I've used them before on other colorings

and I think they look so good together.

The only thing I didn't care for were the ugly black dots.

My remedy was to cover them up with bling & pearls!

With the amount of scrapbooking/card-making stash that I have,

it's really nice to use some of it on one of my colored pages.

The photos don't begin to do justice to show how beautiful the bling is!

These are the Faber-Castell Polychromos colors I used,

with the exception of 1 Prismacolor in Chartreuse color.

Check out these close ups with the shiny bling!

Thanks so much for visiting

and have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Mysa Digital Creations Vol I Coloring Book

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils 150 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Want2Scrap - Pearls & Rhinestones 

Hot Pink Pearls

Orange Rhinestones

Purple Rhinestones

Teeny-Tiny Royal Blue Rhinestones

Paper Studios (Hobby Lobby) - Rhinestones

Navy Blue

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Sakura Eraser

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Mysa Digital Creations Vol I Mandala 10-3-26

This is my very first coloring in this fabulous line of coloring books!

I chose to use my favorite color of purple in 8 variations.

Blue is my 2nd favorite color and there are two shades in this coloring,

as well as an orange & a green.

I belong to several coloring sites on FaceBook.

When you post your work, the rules are to 

include the coloring book & the medium(s) used to color the page.

This information allows everyone a chance to purchase 

the same coloring book and/or mediums, if interested.

There's a lady whose work has captured my attention.

She colors mandalas & intricate patterns (also my favorite things to color)

in books published by Mysa Digital Creations,

so I am very happy to learn about these coloring books!

Her name is also Lisa.

"Great minds think alike!"

Coloring these intricate patterns can produce really beautiful pieces of art.

I will definitely give Lisa credit for the inspiration!!

She & I both love purple as our favorite color,

so she uses it alot in her colorings.

This is why I'm really drawn to her art.

She does beautiful work & I hope that mine will be as pleasing to the eye.

Mysa Digital Creations currently has 18 coloring books 

of these beautiful intricate mandala patterns.

I've purchased Vol I & II as of this posting.

Seems all colorists lean towards something in particular that interests them

and for me, it's mandalas & intricate patterns.

I'm drawn to them.

I get the most coloring enjoyment doing these.

They're relaxing to color and don't require shading to look good.

I'm not too good at shading.

I'll stick with my personal 'mantra', which is for all of my hobbies:

"you must love what you do;

enjoy what you do;

and never try to be anyone but your own self". 

This has worked out very well for me.

Thanks so much for coming by!

Thank you if you took the time to read my post.

For me, it's a valuable reminder to myself

of who I am as an artist.

Have a very blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Mandalas Volume I - Mysa Digital Creations

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils - 150 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Sakura Eraser

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Zentangle Parrots & Hibiscus

 Another fun zentangle page!

The hibiscus & parrots share the same colors.

I decided to add some cloud outlines & a sun.

The background is a very light blue,

which is a little hard to see in these photos.

These are the colors I used:

Thanks for coming by!

Have a happy & blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Mindfulness Coloring Book

Prismacolor Premiers Colored Pencils - 150 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Stencils (for the sun and clouds)

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Lily's 2026 Birthday Card

Lily is a very sweet young lady whose 18th birthday is today!

She's my BFF's Granddaughter & I'm sort of an 'adopted' Grandmother to her.

I love her very much.

Like all of this year's birthday cards that I've made for friends,

I also followed the same design for Lily

which is layering strips of different papers that go well together.

Lily's favorite color is pink.

I also used mint color, which goes so well with pink.

Here are close ups of the strips that cover the front of this 5" x 7" card.

These are the top ones.

These are the ones on the bottom.

I decided to die cut the number "18" in a pretty pink glitter paper, 

flanked by two ReneaBouquets beautiful pink flat butterflies.

Once again, I've used an incredibly beautiful ReneaBouquets butterfly!

It's adhered with foam circles for dimension in the center of the oval die cut.

A special note just for Lily is printed in mint color on the pink oval.

The inside of the card on the left side has laser cut elements

 from the paper collection used to make the card.

Very HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY to sweet Lily!

Thanks for coming by to see her birthday card.

Me & Lily on her special day.

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

49 and Market - Color Swatch Blossom

Paper #4
(used for main card & the oval die cut)

Laser Cut Elements
(left inside of card)

Papers used for the strips

strips #1, 2 & 4

Recollections 
Ditsy Floral 6x6 paper pad
strips 1 & 4 - printed floral
strip 2 - solid mint

strip #3

Paper Studio
"Multi-Color Confetti"

strip #5

Paper Studio
"Baby Pink Random Hearts"

Martha Stewart Edge Punches

Crochet Loop

Doily Lace

ReneaBouquets - Butterflies

Ice Fairy Mint Green

Aurora Borealis Pink
Butterfly Kisses (one side printed)

Lifestyle Crafts - Number dies "Espresso"

Paper Studio - Solid Glitter paper - Light Pink

for the die cut numbers 1 & 8

Scrapbook.com - Nested Ovals Dies

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart
Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Sizzix Standard Cutting Pads

Adhesives

Recollections
Foam Adhesive Circles

Nuvo Craft Glue

Scor-Tape