Paulette's 2025 Birthday Card

 The last February birthday card is for dear Paulette.

Her favorite flower is the Sunflower and favorite color is purple.

So, I combined these two for her card.

Out of all the others, the Sunflower was the easiest to draw,

which was a welcome relief for me since it's very difficult for me to draw anything!

The petals of the Sunflower are colored in Yellow Ochre & Canary Yellow.

The center is a combination of Light & Dark Umber, as well as Green Ochre.

The seeds are brown colored rhinestones.

The flower name is raised up with foam tape.

The beautiful purple background is a soft pastel in Violet color,

which is applied with a make up sponge wedge.

Thanks for viewing Paulette's card!

Very Happy Birthday to Paulette!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa

Products used:

Bazzill "Puppy Love" for the main card

Strathmore 400 Series Colored Pencil Paper 

Prismacolor Premier 150 set Colored Pencils

Faber-Castell mini 72-Soft Pastels

Colorless Blending Pencil

Want2Scrap Brown Baby Rhinestones

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut 
Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Adhesives

Nuvo Glue

Scor-Tape

Elmer's Foam Adhesive Tape

Michelle's 2025 Birthday Card

Like my other friends, 

I asked Michelle what her favorite flower & color is.

 

So, here it is.

A purple carnation!

This one took me numerous tries to free hand draw, 

but the end result amazes even me! LOL!

I'm really excited that it actually looks like a carnation!

So far, it's my most favorite flower drawing!

I chose Violet, Purple Violet & Mauve in Faber-Castell Polychromos 

colored pencils to color the flower and draw the dark lines.

The leaves & stem are done in Prismacolors - Kelp Green & Moss Green.

Some pretty purple bling dresses up the card.

I used Cadmium Yellow soft pastel for the background.

I've been rubbing these onto the card with a make up sponge.

The flower's name is raised with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!

Big Happy Birthday to Michelle!

Products used:

Bazzill "Royalty" for the main card

Strathmore 400 Series Colored Pencil Paper 

Faber-Castell Polychromos 120 set Colored Pencils

Prismacolor Premier 150 set Colored Pencils

Faber-Castell mini 72-Soft Pastels

Colorless Blending Pencil

Recollections Rhinestone Stickers

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut 
Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Adhesives

Nuvo Glue

Scor-Tape

Elmer's Foam Adhesive Tape