Hi all and welcome to the very first Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge! This team was started by Flourishes to truly showcase 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. Today kicks off the challenge team's first challenge with a look at one of the things that can evoke a lot of beauty in card making – COLOR!
FIRST Here’s your challenge: pick your favorite medium – watercolor, colored pencils, markers, Copics, alcohol inks… the sky is the limit! Show off your color and join us! Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creation here on the BBB post using the Inlinkz linky to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB01. You have until August 31st to enter!
Now.. to my creation... I picked up my Copics for this one along with a brand new special edition stamp set just released yesterday by Flourishes called Fuschias in Bloom. This set is available now ONLY to FLIP members but will be released in mid-september during our September release.
I stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then picked up the Hollyhock, Peony and Petunia, and Evergreen Collections grouped by Flourishes. I just love these beautiful colors -- hot pink is one of my favorites in life!
After I colored it up, I added a sentiment from the Around the Arbor set, a punched border, some fun lace trim, cotton linen ribbon and, of course, bling! The paper is from the Green at Heart Collection from Basic Grey.
Here's a close up....
And, now to our "beauty" of a team! All of these women put their own personal and beautiful spin in their creations!! You can look for the challenge the first Monday of each month!Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner
Yvonne Hagane
So grab your favorite coloring medium and get those creative juices flowing! We'd love to see how you Bring Back Beautiful in your own creations!
15 comments:
Oh My Word!!! How totally BEAUTIFUL are those Fuchsias!! Such perfect, delicate colouring!!!! Love that sentiment too!!! :)
Gorgeous card, Julie!! Love your beautiful coloring...the Fuchsias looks so real!
Superb!! Your coloring on those fuchsias is magnificent!! Stunning card Julie!
GORGEOUS Julie.
I knew you were going to do something that would definitely knock our socks off and you sure did bring it on! Beautiful card Julie.
Oh Julie! Your image is colored soooo beautifully! I LOVE it! Gorgeous card.
Hugs and smiles
So pretty, your coloring is perfect...I love that set, can't wait to get it:)
Absolutely beautiful, Julie! The Fuschias are just stunning! Your coloring is wonderful! Beautiful card!
GORGEOUS girl! Can't wait to see this set in person.
You've assembled an amazing team Julie!
These beautiful fuschias and your card are the epitome of beautiful! Love it, and can't wait to get my hands on this stamp set! All these challenge cards are so very inspiring. I'm all for bringing back beauty!
Your card is beautiful. What wonderful coloring of the flowers!
What a fun surprise...I love this new challenge and the fabbo team!!! You guys rock Julie!!!
May I just say I'm in l.o.v.e with this new image!!! Absolutely gorgeous and your coloring is perfect!!!
Travel safe..Thelma & Louise...LOL!!! Hugs ~S~
Beautiful coloring and details, Julie!!
Congratulations on being another Flourishes team! Way to go, girl!!
Gorgeous!! Are you back?? How is your Mom??
Oh Julie ~ This could not be more beautiful...you have captured that image in the best way possible...absolutely stunning girl!!
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