7-4-26 Mandala

 I chose 5 spring colors for this mandala.

I like the result.

These are the colors I used:

Thanks for coming by!

Have a safe 4th of July America!

I'm so proud to be an American!

God Bless The USA!

Happy 250th Birthday America!

Products used:

Intricate Mandalas by Jade Summer

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Animals in Flowers - Spirits of the Wildlife - Sloth #1

 I thought this sloth was so cute,

plus I just love sloths.

This is in a coloring book that's part of a series of animals in flowers.

I decided to color the sloth in a light brown 

with shadings of darker browns & greens.  

After a quick research online, 

the green is due to algae that grows on their fur.

The algae is a camouflage,

as well as nutrition, because of its protein & calories,

that the sloth licks off of its body.

How interesting!

These animals in flowers are a little harder to color

because they're partly drawn with the assistance of AI.

With AI, you literally have to figure out what is what - if anything!

Sometimes just coloring something provides a sort of 'mask'.

I did this using greens in unidentifiable areas.

I chose quite a lot of colors for this one.

Here is what I used:

In these animals in flowers coloring books,

there's a quote on the page next to the animal.

This sloth has this: 💗

Here are a few close up photos.

Thanks so much for viewing my coloring.

Have a blessed week!

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Animals in Flowers - Spirits of the Wildlife by ZenBloom

Prismacolor Premier Coloring Pencils - 150 set

Faber-Castell Polychromos Coloring Pencils - 120 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Well Wishes for Patty

 My sweet friend, Patty, is recovering from surgery,

so I made her a card to wish her well during this time.

Patty loves bees, 

so how perfect was this collection & edger die?!

I 'spruced' up the edger die by cutting out parts of the bee in jet black cardstock;

then adhering them so the bee would be black & golden.

I also cut some vellum wings for added interest

and topped them with stickles so they would sparkle.

The Paper Rose collection "Bees & Butterflies"

has a page with beautiful yellow-gold flowers.

This made a perfect background for the edger die to be on top of.

These pieces were then adhered to the 

beautiful green paper of the main card.

A few glitter enamel dots dressed up the card as well.

Also in this collection are embossed die cuts.

I've used some bumble bees.

Unfortunately, the photos don't show the glossy embossed areas,

but Patty will see them!

The inside of the card has more embossed die cuts

and a simple sentiment of recovery wishes that I die cut.

Thanks for viewing Patty's card today.

Wishing her a speedy recovery!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Paper Rose - Bees & Butterflies Collection

Maja Design - Monochromes - Shades of Wonderland -  Green

Recollections - Spice Market Pack (used the golden yellow)

Scrapbook.com - Clear Vellum

Creative Expressions Die - Bumble Bee Edger

Simple Stories - Glitter Enamel Dots - "Fresh Air"

Cheery Lynn Designs Die - Horizon French Flair

Ranger Stickles - Frosted Lace

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot 

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Sizzix Cutting Plates

Adhesives

Nuvo Craft Glue

Nuvo Precision Nozzles

Scor-Tape