This is for BarbaraÂ’s marvelous Color Challenge with dessert of water-coloring. I thought IÂ’d do something different with a colorful tribute to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona where I live. Here we have beautiful blue skies and the most incredible sunsets and sunrises. We are fairly close to the Saguaro National Park where there are thousands upon thousands of these slow-growing cacti. ItÂ’s truly something to see. To start my card, I lighted misted water on watercolor paper, then using an Aqua Painter brush and refill inks, I watercolored in strips and again lightly misted with water. When completely dry, I stamped the cactus silhouettes, tore the bottom and matted with black. I sponged on a little white at the top to represent the amazing cumulus clouds that often cover our skies. I laid down strips of cardstock to line up under the painted lines of color; and then put the panel on with Dimensionals. I could use this card in several different ways so I held off adding a sentiment quite yet. Thanks for looking. Hope to see you playing along this week.
Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 GMT Views: 3048
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Mon, May 16, 2016 @ 7:44 PM
Wow, what a stunning vision you've created! My husband and I are planning to do a trip of the Southwest deserts in the new few years and this just makes me yearn to go sooner rather than later. Love it.
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Mon, May 16, 2016 @ 7:47 PM
Stunning, Diane! The strips of color behind the watercolored panel are a stroke of genius. This scene transports me back to Arizona, where we had some lovely vacations!
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Mon, May 16, 2016 @ 9:33 PM
....and quite a tribute to your beloved Sonoran Desert Diane-this is beautiful- we used to go to Phoenix monthly when our friends lived there-I loved the blue skies and the amazing sunsets myself
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