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