11-27-25 Mandala

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I completed this 5-color Fall mandala just in time for today.

It's a sunny, beautiful, cool day in Lake Charles, Louisiana!

Finally gotten away from those hot 80 degree temps!

The back door is open; 

listening to the beautiful, calming wind chimes, 

that my dear friend Diana gifted me "just because".

  

I LOVE listening to them!

I RANDOMLY (eyes completely shut) drew from Color Cube box #1 

and came up with colors for a mandala.

Here are the colors for card #132.

Have a very Blessed & Happy Thanksgiving!

Lisa

Products used:

Relaxing Mandala Patterns by ColoringBook Kim

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils 150 set

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Color Cube - Vol. 1 - Card #132

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Fran's 2025 Birthday Card

 I'm so delighted that I've completed all of the hand drawn

birthday cards for my friends this year!

It was quite daunting for me,

as I'm not a drawing artist,

but challenged myself anyway using internet images for guidance.

Fran's most favorite flower is the hibiscus.

She said that the hibiscus is the national flower of

Trinidad and Tobago where she is from!

Although her favorite color is red,

she also loves pinks and greens together.

After my first coloring attempt in red,

I opted to go with rosy pink instead.

These are the colors I chose to use for this card.

The flower name is printed in Lucida Handwriting font

and is placed with foam adhesive for a raised dimension.

Just below the name are pretty glitter enamel dots in a rose color.

The upper left corner of the card is decorated with 

glossy enamel dots in a lovely green.

The inside sentiment is printed on 

a linen textured light green cardstock

 in Lucida Handwriting font

and the corners are punched.

Thanks for viewing Fran's card.

Hope you all have a very blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Recollections Cardstock

Recollections cardstock
"South Beach" collection

DCWV Neutrals Textured Cardstock
(light green)

Strathmore Colored Pencil Paper

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils 150 color set

Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils 120 color set

Faber-Castell Mini Soft Pastels - 72 color set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Electric Eraser

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Simple Stories Glitter & Glossy Enamel Dots

Glitter Enamel Dots
"Sunny Days"

Glossy Enamel Dots
"Happy Travels"

Martha Stewart Corner Punch

"Lace Flowers"

Tools:

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe 
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Adhesives:

Scor-Tape

SB.com 1/4" Foam Adhesive Tape

Nuvo Craft Glue

11-23-25 Mandala

 Here is a 5-color mandala I finished rather quickly.

First time using gray and I really like how well it went with all of the other colors.

These are the 5 colors I used for this mandala.

Thanks for visiting!

Have a wonderful upcoming week and a

blessed Thanksgiving.

Lisa

Products used:

Relaxing Mandala Patterns by ColoringBook Kim

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils 120 set

Prismacolor Coloress Blending Pencil

Sakura Eraser

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Grumbacher Final Fixative

Cherish Those Who Lift You Up

When I saw this wonderful saying, I just knew I had to do something with it!

It is what I do every day in my life.

The image inside the frame came across my FaceBook feed.

It resonated so much for me and I absolutely loved it!

Even more so because of the cats!!

I had this 5" x 5" square white frame stored with other frames in a box.

I dresssed it up with some pretties!

This little beauty now sits on a shelf in my craftroom,

serving as a reminder to myself, 

along side the other reminders I have on the same shelf:

Thanks for stopping by and have a very blessed day!

Lisa >^..^<

11-13-25 Amazing Mandala Pattern

Not much to say except that I've colored another mandala pattern.

I especially love the colors of the large mandala.

These are the Prismacolor colored pencils used on this page:

Thanks again for stopping by!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Amazing Mandala Patterns by ColoringBook Kim

Prismacolor Premier 150 colored pencil set

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Sakura Eraser

Grumbacher Final Fixative