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

Patty's 2025 Birthday Card

 I made my sweet friend, Patty, a hand drawn birthday card.

Her favorite flower is the stunning Stargazer Lily.

Drawing is very difficult for me and definitely doesn't do justice

 to this gorgeous flower, but I think it came out well enough to send to her.

These are the colors I used for Patty's card.

Pretty glitter dots are adhered to opposite corners.

As with all other hand drawn flower cards for my friends,

the name of the flower is adhered using foam tape.

The inside sentiment is Papyrus font

and the corners are punched. 

Thanks for viewing sweet Patty's birthday card.

Wishing her a lovely birthday! XOXO

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Recollections Cardstock

"Butterfly Wings" for main card

"Blush" for inside sentiment

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 Enamel Dots

Martha Stewart Corner Punch

Tools:

Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe 
Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Adhesives:

Scor-Tape

SB.com 1/4" Foam Adhesive Tape

Nuvo Craft Glue

Friendship Cards.....Because Friends Deserve Recognition

 I think often about the friends I have.

I'm really so very thankful for each one of them.

They brighten my life, each in their own way.

I love the diversity I have among my friends.

Each is unique; each brings interesting things to a conversation; 

and each makes me smile and laugh inside & out.

I decided that it was time to send my friends a friendship card.

Unfortunately, I don't have the addresses of all of my friends;

some in America, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, 

but they, too, are held in high esteem in my mind!

Here they are - plain; before I decorated them.

I went with black & white as the main colors.

I hand drew a dandelion fluff ball; then printed it on thick white cardstock. 

I layered white on black on white.

I was inspired by a video I watched online, 

which I believe may have been from Scrapbook.com. 

They used a dandelion stencil and traced it.

I thought it was a really simple, but neat idea!

Each friend's card is different because I've placed a variety of 

flat back pearls, rhinestones & enamel dots 

on the dandelion fluff balls & at the bottom of the card

 in their favorite color(s)!

Here are the different colors I used.

I made a total of 10 cards, so the photos are in two's.

On the inside, each one has the definition of friendship printed on white cardstock; adhered to jet black cardstock and then glued to the card.

My very special BFF, Carmel, has the definition of best friend on her card.

Below the definition, in the blank space,

I hand wrote a special note to the person the card was made for.

Each card is unique for each unique friend!

Very quick, easy and CAS (Clean & Simple) cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a blessed day.

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

White & Black Cardstock

Black Sharpie Marker

Bling - flat back Pearls & Rhinestones, Dew Drops & Enamel Dots

Scor-Tape (to adhere the layers)

Nuvo Glue (to adhere the bling)