I have a number of special February birthdays, so I had fun making a bevy of birthday cards to send out to family and friends. This first one above is my fave (and it is already on its way to a special cousin whose birthday is Monday!). I love the combination of purple, turquoise and yellow, and I used texturizing paste on the watercolor paper before painting to add some fun drama and dimension.
The Paper Players Challenge (PP280) this week is a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, so I chose, the diagonal of Purple, Pink, and Yellow which I did in Brusho Watercolor after embossing the coneflower silhouettes on these two cards – one in black and one in white.
Some of you may recognize this card below. I had made this random abstract watercolor a while back, so I topped it off with this fun Happy Birthday Die Cut I cut out in several colors.
For this last one, I splashed some fun green-gold olive and burnt umber watercolor paint and then spritzed it all with some gold glimmer mist.
Wishing all February birthday friends and family the best of birthdays!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Such beautiful wishes! Happy Birthday all! (K)
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These are all gorgeous! My favorite, the second, but I love the texture paste. Was thinking of breaking some out this weekend. HBD to all!! And happy Friday!
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Rock on with the texture paste dear Laura! I can’t wait to use it again. Oh to have 10 more hours in each day!
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Right???? Yes!!! 😀 We shall see what the weekend brings! I always love your creative, colorful work! Your color play is wonderful; you have great instincts! (a little Debi, methinks!) ❤
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Ooooo so flattering 😝😜😘
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Love the purple shade! The first 2 are my favorite! They will make your friends feel extra special I am sure! Birthday wishes to them! MY friend’s birthday is Monday as well! 🙂 And I have 2 friends whose birthdays are Valentines Day!!
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Thanks C! Seems Monday is a very special day – eh?! I have two on that day 🙂
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Apparently it is 🙂 not anyone with the name of Sherry is it?? I thought wouldn’t that be funny if we had friends that shared the same name and same birthdate 🙂
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Nope. ☺️. No sherries
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OH well, worth a try 🙂
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They are all lovely, Jodi! My favorite is the first coneflower. Sweet birthday cards for special people. 🙂
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Thanks PJ! It is fun to hear what people’s faves are 🙂
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Wow! That’s a lot of gorgeous birthday wishes!! I agree…I think the first is my fave, but they’re all fantastic. ❤️❤️😃Also…my birthday is in April. 😉hehe
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that is mine too 🙂 Ok – I’ll try to remember April – but don’t hesitate to remind me again! LOL! Do you get as wound up about your birthday as you do Christmas? hehe!
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Not really… Christmas is all about being a kid again and birthdays are all about getting older. 😊lol
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All beautiful Jodi !
Happy Birthdays to all you “February’s babies” out there 🙂
Turtle Hugs
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Thanks Izabolina!
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I love them all, my fav is the third from the bottom, gorgeous!
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It is fun to hear what different people like best – we all have such different tastes – eh? makes the world go round 🙂
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Yes for sure:)
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Jodi, your color, textures and compositions are wonderful. I can see you are dancing and having fun in your art space. Awesome and very Jodiesque.
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LOL! Thanks Sharon!
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They are all lovely but I really like the dimension the texture paste gives the first card.
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Thanks Hannah – me too! 🙂
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Great cards, Jodi. The coneflowers remind me of palm trees or maybe that’s just wishful thinking about where I’d like to be..:)
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they kind of do, George – now that you mention it! Are you dreaming of warm sand in your toes?! 🙂
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Love all your cards Jodi…such talent ✨✨✨
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Aren’t you sweet?! thanks Frances!
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What a fabulous bevy of cards indeed Jodi! I love them all, especially the first one with the texture paste and the cone flower silhouettes – these are stunning in both colourways. So thrilled to see you joining us for tic-tac-toe over at The Paper Players this week!
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So nice to hear from you Joanne! Thanks!
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They are all gorgeous! How very nice of you to honor the February birthdays.
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Thanks KR – are you a february birthday?
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Nope, I am November but it’s still a sweet gesture!
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Looks like your cards are the icing on the cake! Especially the first one – it looks YUMMY! I like how you are adding watercolor to your cards as it adds that special touch that says, Jodieeeeee! 😄🎨💙🌈
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haha! That top one does look like icing now that you mention it! 🙂
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Beautiful artwork, Jodi!!! Your soul shows through your work. Your friends and family are so very fortunate to have you in their lives. Thank you for sharing you with us!!!! ❤
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Thank you, Amy. Your soul shines through in your kind words! 🙂
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Beautiful cards, Jodi! Rich colors and fun designs. Happy Birthday to All! Elizabeth
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So nice to hear from you Elizabeth. Thanks!
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They’re all so pretty! I love the variations on the coneflowers the best.
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I love all of them! ❤️
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Thanks Lin 🙂
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Jodi, I always smile when I see your cards! You are just so creative! I love the coneflowers! SO bright and happy! The first one is just fabulous! The textured paste adds so much dimension and I love that color combo, too! We have 5 birthdays in 3 days this week in my family! Then it’s Valentine’s! Lots of cards to make! SO happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week! XX
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Have fun “partying” sweet Claire! 🙂
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They are all super cute Jodi, the happy birthday font is just that, so happy!
Jenna
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thanks Jenna 🙂
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oh what a plethora of perfection of colour! these are all filled with joy and cheer, you’ve created wonderful cards for your friends Jodi!!!!!!!! cheers!
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I just love your card, Jodi! They are almost too nice to give away. Which explains why I still have the beautiful ones you were kind enough to send me!
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Awh. Thanks. ☺️
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Love your bevy of cards and number 4 is my favorite. Such great colors!
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Thanks so much Carol!
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