Oscraps
AnnaColor 2-27 Week 10-2 Manzanita
My new native manzanita's started blooming last week, giving me the perfect photos for the color challenge. For my non-California friends, manzanita is a native California plant and tree, extremely drought-tolerant. The blooms are tiny, barely the size of a pinkie finger nail, but can cover a mature tree or bush. Flower colors range from white to coral to pink to almost red, followed by fruits in yellow, orange and red that look like little Christmas balls 
Supplies from Anna Aspnes:
Artsy Layered Template 174
ArtPlay Chevron Crazy Life
Pearescent Paperie
ArtPlay Palette Inflorescence
ArtPlay Palette Blooming Marvelous
ArtPlay Palette Blossom
ArtPlay Palette Simplicity (crystal heart)
52 Weeks Number Set 3
Oscraps BLOOM Collab (striped bow)
Fonts - Simply Glamorous, papyrus
I didn't change too much in the template, just moved things around a little and clipped some additional garden photos to the paint layers to give some blooms in the background, supplemented with lots of brushes and scriptease.
Journaling:
The one plant I knew I wanted in my new native landscape was manzanita. I first discovered manzanita on the trails at Rancho San Antonio. Its dark reddish brown peeling bark was so distinctive. At the time, I didnt know about the pretty flowers, but since then I have noted these little bell-shaped flowers on many of the trees and bushes in the neighborhood. We have two kinds of manzanita in the landscape, the Pajaro Manzanita, which should grow to a larger specimen, and Creeping Manzanita Emerald Carpet, while should fill the little mound. Before I left for Hawaii there were odd red buds on the ends of some of the stems, and when I returned I found these had burst into tiny blooms. They are no larger than a fingernail, but so delicate and pretty. Hopefully we will have some fruit this year as well.
Supplies from Anna Aspnes:
Artsy Layered Template 174
ArtPlay Chevron Crazy Life
Pearescent Paperie
ArtPlay Palette Inflorescence
ArtPlay Palette Blooming Marvelous
ArtPlay Palette Blossom
ArtPlay Palette Simplicity (crystal heart)
52 Weeks Number Set 3
Oscraps BLOOM Collab (striped bow)
Fonts - Simply Glamorous, papyrus
I didn't change too much in the template, just moved things around a little and clipped some additional garden photos to the paint layers to give some blooms in the background, supplemented with lots of brushes and scriptease.
Journaling:
The one plant I knew I wanted in my new native landscape was manzanita. I first discovered manzanita on the trails at Rancho San Antonio. Its dark reddish brown peeling bark was so distinctive. At the time, I didnt know about the pretty flowers, but since then I have noted these little bell-shaped flowers on many of the trees and bushes in the neighborhood. We have two kinds of manzanita in the landscape, the Pajaro Manzanita, which should grow to a larger specimen, and Creeping Manzanita Emerald Carpet, while should fill the little mound. Before I left for Hawaii there were odd red buds on the ends of some of the stems, and when I returned I found these had burst into tiny blooms. They are no larger than a fingernail, but so delicate and pretty. Hopefully we will have some fruit this year as well.