When I saw cactus listed as one of the flowers for strength and courage, I thought about this infrequently used image.
Colored image with markers mounted on Cuttlebugged papers, stickled, decorated the envelope and VOILA!
Date: Monday, March 31, 2014 GMT Views: 1387
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Tue, Apr 01, 2014 @ 7:33 PM
So bright and cheerful! A wonderful card for Kathleen!
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Tue, Apr 01, 2014 @ 7:56 PM
Nice to see a card of yours in the teapotters gallery this week, Phyllis!! Such a lovely, cheery card for Kathleen - a really lovely image of cactus and so beautifully coloured by you!!
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Tue, Apr 01, 2014 @ 9:44 PM
Love your Cactus. We went to the desert at the beginning of March for a holiday but missed the blooms by about a week. They look so amazing when they are in bloom.
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Wed, Apr 02, 2014 @ 5:12 AM
A stunning beauty - lovely flowers. I had not heard of the plants for courage either - this great example reminds me of a couple we have in our desert landscape back yard - but ours are not as brilliant and lovely as yours!
You gotta have a lot of moxie to live in the desert and use your resources to produce flowers. Wonderful analogy for Kathleen & the colors are very cheerful.
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Wed, Apr 02, 2014 @ 4:15 PM
Oh what a great image Phyllis!!! I didn't realize either that the cactus was one of the flowers of strength and courage... so it's just perfect!
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