iluvcats and scraps

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Jessica's Thank You Card

In December 2025,

my sweet friend, Jessica, gifted me a gorgeous

grouping of watercolored flowers in my favorite color of purple!

Her talent is truly remarkable.

This thank you card was sent, along with a gift that I made her

and just now completed in February 2026.

I wanted to use a beautiful die that I have and hardly ever get to use it.

I found the right page that would go well with the die!

ReneaBouquets beautiful butterflies added the needed "extra"!

They always do!!

For the inside of the card,

I used laser cut elements & rub-ons from the same paper collection

to make pretty flower arrangements with bees & a butterfly.

It's always fun to place a rub-on on top of a laser cut element,

as I've done with the bee on top of the flower.

All of the bees are rub-ons.

The blue butterfly & the flowers are laser cuts.

Thanks for viewing Jessica's Thank You card!

Have a very blessed and happy day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

49 and Market - Krafty Garden collection

"Tranquil Blossom"
(main card)

"Solids 4"
(die cut)

Laser Cut Wildflowers
(inside card)

Botanical Rub-Ons
(inside card)

Laser Cut Elements
(inside card)

Tattered Lace Die - Ornamental Lace Treillage

ReneaBouquets - Butterfly - "Phantasy"

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut
Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart
Scoring Board

Big Shot machine

Sizzix
Magnetic Platform

Sizzix
Standard Cutting Pads

Adhesives

Nuvo Glue

Recollections
Adhesive Circles

Jessica's Flowers

In early December 2024,

I was gifted a BEAUTIFUL grouping of framed watercolored flowers

from my sweet friend, Jessica.

Her talent is truly amazing!

I expected ONE flower, but she went beyond with FOUR!

They are a stunning addition to my livingroom!!

They look fabulous with my furniture

and have a well-deserved wall all to themselves!

Jessica and I met on Scrapbook.com years ago.

Today, our commonalities are faith, love of Christ & art.

I promised Jessica, after receiving her stunning gifts,

that I would hand draw and color her some flowers.

She loves ALL flowers and ALL colors!

You would think this would be easy for me......

After going through countless disappointments and frustrations,

drawing and redrawing, with feelings of total defeat,

I eventually chose to use some of the already hand drawn flowers

that I had done for friend's birthday cards in 2025.

These drawings were all extremely difficult for me,

so using them was the right thing to do.

I reduced them in size & then printed them on colored pencil paper.

I cut out each flower with a circle die and each is hand colored.

Daylily

Peony

Louisiana Magnolia

Rose of Sharon

Carnation

These circles are placed around

an oval located in the center of the layout,

which contains Jessica's state flower - the Dogwood;

the only newly hand drawn flower in this layout,

but even that was a challenge getting it proportioned!

I surrounded the dogwood flower with a favorite saying of mine

using Monotype Corsiva font:

"The Earth laughs in flowers".

It's perfect as the centerpiece!

Dogwood Centerpiece

I chose an indigo navy textured cardstock for the background

because I wanted all of the flowers to stand out.

Using mulberry flowers, die cut leaves, leafy chipboards,

colorful enamel dots & various pretty bling,

I decorated the page in between the hand drawn flowers.

I wanted Jessica's layout to be filled with beautiful colors

and a multitude of different kinds of flowers.

Here are the floral arrangements on the layout:

Carnations with sweetheart blossoms & gypsophila

Lilies with tea roses & mini sweetheart blossoms

Magnolias with buttercups

Open Roses with rosebuds

Cherry Blossoms with aster daisies & gypsophila

After many delays with hand drawing cards in 2025

and the many procrastinations because of my lack of confidence,

I finally completed and sent Jessica her flowers!

I wish Jessica many blessings

and look forward to many more years of friendship with her.

Thanks for coming by to see Jessica's Flowers!

Have a very happy & blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

12x12 Cardstock.com - Textured Indigo

Strathmore Colored Pencil Paper

Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil Colors

Prismacolor Premier Pencil Colors

Faber-Castell Mini Soft Pastels

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Colors used for the flowers

Mulberry Flowers

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
2-tone Baby Pink/Ivory

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
Green Mix

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
2-tone Pink/Lilac Mix

Carnations
Purple/Lilac Mix

Gypsophila
White

Sweetheart Blossoms
2-tone Lilac

Lilies
Champagne Pink

Mini Sweetheart Blossoms
Rainbow

Tea Roses
Pastel Mix

Long Grass

Magnolias
Pastel Mix

Buttercups
Yellow

20mm Open Roses
Red

6mm Rosebuds
Red

Cherry Blossoms
Fuchsia Pink

Aster Daisies
2-tone Yellow

Gypsophila
2-tone Antique Blue

Simple Stories - Enamel Dots

Color Vibe - Brights
(used fuchsia pink)

Glitter - Sunny Days
(used orange)

Glitter - Tea Garden
(used Light Blue)

Glossy Say Cheese - Magic
(used pale lime & yellow)

Glossy Say Cheese - Tinseltown
(used aqua green)

Glossy Simple Vintage -
Color Palette - Cool
(used purple)

Jingle All the Way
(used red)