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

Kay's 2025 Birthday Card

I drew my very dear, sweet friend, Kay, her favorite flower,

Rose of Sharon, for her birthday card.

I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

With Kay's favorite color being pink,

I chose pink textured cardstock for the main card

and colored the drawing with two coordinating pinks.

The background is a mini pastel in blue color,

 rubbed on with a wedge makeup sponge.

The stamen in the centers of the flowers were first colored in ivory,

then topped with ivory colored Flower Soft for some texture.

Pretty pink glitter enamel dots were perfect for this card!

As with all of the hand drawn birthday cards for friends,

I printed the name of the flower and adhered it onto the card

with foam tape for dimension.

Lastly, the inside sentiment is computer printed 

in one of my most favorite fonts, Papyrus.

The corners are punched and then decorated with tiny pink rhinestones.

Thanks for viewing Kay's card.

She's very special to me.

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Bazzill Textured Cardstock - "Feather Boa"

Recollections - "Butterfly Wings" cardstock set - light pink

Strathmore Colored Pencil Paper

Simple Stories - Glitter Enamel Dots - "Tea Garden" set

Flower Soft - Ivory

Faber-Castell Polychromos 120 colored pencil set

colors used for flowers:
Pink Madder Lake #129
Fuchsia #123
Ivory #103

Prismacolor Premier 150 colored pencil set

color used for stem & leaves:
Prussian Green #109

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Faber-Castell Mini Soft Pastels - 72 set - Blue 

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray

Martha Stewart Corner Punch - Lace Flowers

Want2Scrap - Teeny Tiny rhinestones - Pink