Lily's 2025 Birthday Card

 Lily is the Granddaughter of my BFF.

In a way, I'm her Grandmother too.

We will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow during Sunday lunch.

Lily's turning 17 on the 23rd. 

She's such a respectful and sweet girl.

I adore & love her.

I made her a CAS (clean & simple) card.

Lily's favorite color is pink.

I've always loved navy blue (indigo) with pink, so that's the colors I used.

Have a blessed week ahead!

Thanks for visiting,

Lisa

Products used:

Recollections 65lb Cardstock - "Butterfly Wings"

Creative Expressions Edger Die - Hummingbird

Tim Holtz Tiny Type Number Dies

The Paper Studio flat back rhinestones

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart
Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Scrapbook.com
Magic Mat

Adhesives

Nuvo Craft Glue

Scor Tape

Mandala Style Mandrill

 This mandrill really caught my eyes. 

Coloring it was so much fun.

The blue I used is such a beautiful color!

I'll probably use it more often.

I really love purples & blues together.

Purple is my most favorite color, followed by blue,

so I'm happy that they look so good together!

These are the Prismacolor Premier colored pencils I used.

The background is a lavender mini pastel 

rubbed on with a wedge makeup sponge.

The lighting for the photographs wasn't the best so it's hard to see.

The "crown" as I like to call it....

Thanks so much for your visit!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa

Don't you just LOVE those eyes 💙

Products used:

Amazing Animals by Coloring Book Kim

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils - 150 set

Faber-Castell Mini Pastels

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Electric Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Rocky's 2025 Birthday Card

 My dear friend, Rocky, is celebrating her birthday Sept 18th.

Her favorite flower is the Magnolia

and her favorite color is red.

The Louisiana state flower is the magnolia, 

which happens to be a beautiful brillant white.

I decided to make the center full of red seeds

due to the flower being colored in virtually all white, 

with only the curled up edges in a light cool gray.

This is another hand drawn effort, which took me many times to finalize it, 

as drawing is extremely hard for me.

Two opposite corners are adorned with red rhinestones

and the background is a red mini pastel rubbed on with a makeup sponge wedge.

The magnolia word is in a deep red and is raised with foam tape for dimension.

Bright red cardstock was used for the main card.

Lastly, the inside sentiment is corner punched

and tiny red rhinestones glued on each corner flower.

Thanks for viewing Rocky's birthday card!

Very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rocky.

Lisa

Products used:

Recollections Red cardstock

for Main Card

Strathmore 400 Series Colored Pencil Paper 

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils 150 Set

Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Faber-Castell mini 72-Soft Pastels

Want2Scrap - Red Rhinestones

Baby size 

Teeny Tiny size

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut 
Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Martha Stewart Corner Punch
"Lace Flowers"

Adhesives

Nuvo Glue

Scor-Tape

Elmer's Foam Adhesive Tape

Mandala Style Frogs

 Here's some colorful frogs I finished today.

These are the colors I used for this page.

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Here are a few close ups - 

Thanks for coming by!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa

Products used:

Amazing Animals by Coloring Book Kim

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils - 150 set

Faber-Castell Mini Pastels

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Electric Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative