Blissful ATC Swap

The theme for this months card was orange, and when I learned that Donna from Brynwood Needleworks http://www.brynwoodneedleworks.blogspot.com was my partner I KNEW I was going to get something exquisite.  If you visit her blog she explains how she created it...I'm just gonna let you take in how beautiful it is.  Can you see the tiny beads she stitched on the left side?  Look at the sweetest teeeny tiniest golden acorn charm !  Donna, I am thrilled and will treasure this treasure !!!   Thank you so much.
I was planning on painting marigolds and Wynona for the orange theme ... both of them sorta orange, but when I saw Donna's beautiful family of puppies  (visit her blog and scroll down the right side to see them) and they had similar coloring to Wynona, I decided to try and paint them for her.    I am having BIG problems with this new blogger photo upload and the new format so I hope you will visit Donna to see the card I made for her.  While I try to paint what is in my head and my heart it doesn't usually come out as well as I'd like it to. Donna has been very gracious to me and I appreciate it very much. (())
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