Monday, November 04, 2013

Beautiful World Tour - Off the Page

Welcome to the November Beautiful World Tour, brought to you by Flourishes! Each month the team presents a themed blog hop, hosted by our group of international designers... we are literally spread out all over the globe!  At the heart of our projects is the idea of truly showcasing beauty in card making – whether it just be in a beautifully colored image, a fabulous way to incorporate an embellishment or a new twist on a card layout.

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Bridget challenged us to take our projects "off the page" today, which means no cards! I made a Christmas ornament out of some chipboard pieces I had already cut out, and watercolor paper. I'll make a tutorial for this someday - I love the weight and thickness of the chipboard -- you'd never know the ornament was made of paper!  I used Inktense pencils to watercolor the flowers for the ornament, and the same image is on the back as well. This is the vase image from the Lenten Rose set, with the vase positioned to the upper right.



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20 comments:

  1. Wow Dina!! How gorgeous is this!! So bright and cheerful!! Look forward to seeing the tutorial!! :)

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  2. GORGEOUS! Love how all of those bright bold colors just POP! Fabulous!

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  3. Beeeee-you-ti-ful, Dina - gorgeous, vivid, happy-making colours, I love the idea of a chipboard ornament like this - will have to give it a go, and make some little gifts for friends - thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. How pretty. Wonderful coloring on this delightful ornament.

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  5. Bright and beautiful - very spring !!!

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  6. What a unique way to showcase both the beautiful images you've selected, but your interpretation of "off the page." This is simply stunning! Thank you for inspiring!!
    c

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  7. Really like the colors you've chosen, unique for Christmas - absolutely brilliant.

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  8. Oh how absolutely lovely!!! Your ornament is so bright and beautiful.

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  9. I love how you rotated that image and used such bold colors...this ornament won't be lost in a sea of same-ness on the tree! Thanks for your inspiration.

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  10. Gorgeous--the image, your coloring, and the pretty bow.

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  11. Dina, this is gorgeous...your watercolour skills are AMAZING!

    Hugs,
    Naomi

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  12. Lovely ornament. Your watercolouring is absolutely gorgeous.

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  13. Beautiful ornament! Love the vivid colors! The nontraditional image and colors are great! TFS

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  14. What a bright and happy ornament Dina! Love the colours and your colouring is gorgeous! Great idea for this month's challenge!

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  15. So pretty! I watch all your tutorials, look forward to this one.

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  16. Beautiful colors on this ornament.

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  17. I absolutely LOVE the color you achieved with the Inktense pencils on this ornament! It is vibrant and beautiful. I just found yourlovelyblog by way of a YouTube video you did on coloring with colored pencils. Iam so glad to have found you and have subscribed already.

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  18. Very pretty!! What a lovely ornament with these bright florals. Amazing coloring!
    <3 J

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  19. Your ornament is so pretty. TFS.
    Crafty hugs,
    D~
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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