I actually made another card for a friend before I made the card for my mother. My friend turned 50 so I wanted to paint something with a five and a zero.
It was a quick card and it is cute. On the back I wrote: Welcome to your 50s! plus a few other things about growing together yet separately.
She is big into gardening so that's why the new plant with roots. It somewhat like when someone turns 50. Roots are fairly established and the person is still growing.
A few weeks ago I was wondering what type of card I would make for my mother for her birthday. Last year I painted her a daffodil and she loved it. Well this year I wanted to do something different than a painting.
At Easter, I bought my standard (so it seems) yellow 💛 and purple 💜 tulips. Costco had a decent sized bunch so I bought a bunch for myself and another bunch in pink 💕 for my friend I was seeing for Easter dinner.
As many may know, I like dried flowers a lot and like drawing them. This year, I didn't do that; I didn't even make paintings of the tulips this year, I simply enjoyed them. When they were beyond their prime, I thought I'd pluck their petals off and dry them and that's when I thought of what I would make for my mother's birthday card.
I took a side shot of this one to show the 3D portion of the petals. I like this one too. As I was returning from the mailbox, I said to myself that I really enjoy multimedia. I have thought of other ways to do things like this and I think it's something to explore. 💛