Karen gave us a color palette of bright summer colors:
Cherry Cobbler
Daffodil Delight
Wild Wasabi
Pool Party
AND for dessert, THE FOCAL POINT OF YOUR CARD SHOULD BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN FLOWERS! So you can HAVE flowers on your CARD, but the FOCAL POINT should be SOMETHING ELSE, and NOT THE SENTIMENT!! (I'm quoting her here.)
Since flowers would have been a natural, I immediately thought of the next most colorful things in nature and thought "BIRDS"...and realized the male ruby-throated hummingbird has all these colors on his body. The yellow is stippled for his feathers on his side where the colors meet for his belly.
I usually like to do the CC lickety-split before I go to bed on Monday nights, but being in the middle of DTGD week, I thought I would wait to see what challenges today brought. It was worth the wait, there were several that I could incorporate into my card.
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Tue, Aug 05, 2014 @ 7:26 PM
OMG! The coloring and composition here are just phenomenal!
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Wed, Aug 06, 2014 @ 12:18 AM
When I saw the color challenge I would NEVER imagined they could be put together with such PERFECTION as this. I am a huge fan of hummingbirds and so this image touches my heart as well as being a gift to just gaze upon...STUNNING!!! sigh...sigh... and sigh some more.....just beautiful!!!!!
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Wed, Aug 06, 2014 @ 3:54 AM
This is so beautiful, Sallie, with the grey bg!! Your image is lovely and so beautifully coloured!! You sure incorporated a lot of challenges on this one!!
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Wed, Aug 06, 2014 @ 7:41 AM
This is a beauty! I love it all - so amazing!
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Wed, Aug 06, 2014 @ 3:41 PM
It is a WOW card again Sallie!!! I love your water coloring (I know I've told you that a hundred times but it's so true)! what a gorgeous job you did on this and the flowers coming out of the circle!!
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