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I am mother to four and my wonderful dil Lisa recently blessed us with our first grandchild. I share my life with my indulgent husband, and my love of hobbies

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Totally Gorjuss dt

This week on Totally gorjuss our challenge is "Pink".  For those of you that have played along with us since the begining, "Happy birthday to us", yes its our birthday this week, a whole year that we have been going and if you remember the first challenge on TG was Pink, so we are revisitng.
For my card this week i am using a LOTV image "mirror, mirror" and isnt she the sweetest little image?
I added a very large pearl flourish down the side of my card, and a few chery blossoms and roses, especially for the girly pinky feel of this card.  If you look closely i have also added a few teeny tiny pearls to her necklace.
Some of the local girls have been asking me to make templates for the flourishes i make down the side of my cards, you see all these flourishes that i use are not those store bought adhesive ones, i lay down dots of glue and then add the flat backed stones to them.  I have loads of colors and sizes so its not too difficult.  Must say that i am also enjoying decorating the insides of my cards and believe that the advice i was given that it finishes my cards off nicely was quite right.

Thats enough waffling from me, head over to the Totally gorjuss challenge blog and see what the rest of the team came up with to inspire you this week
smiles
Paola

19 comments:

  1. Oh WOW, those pearl flourishes are really something! And the necklace is precious. My friend, you truly are an inspiration :-)

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  2. Hi Paola, Stunning card! I was wondering about your flourish templates and or a how to video? Do you have anything like that planned for the near future to help those of us that are well...challenged! TFS

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  3. Hello!

    This IS a totally Gorjuss card! I love the pink and everything goes together so well in creating this beautiful card! Her pearl necklace is perfection! :<)

    Happy anniversary! Wishing you a great weekend!

    Barbara Diane

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  4. Just beautiful!! so soft and delicate! I love all the pearls! hugs Juls

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  5. Happy Anniversary sweetie! I just love this card. So sweet and I didn't realize you did all your own flourishes! Gooness, they look store bought. Fantastic!

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  6. Gorgeous card Paola - I do love your swirly pearls, they are so pretty.

    Beautiful colour combo too - one of my favourites.

    Hugs
    Penni
    X

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  7. Utterly charming Paola. Love the flourishes, and yes please to templates.....
    Many hugz
    Moz

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  8. This card is as cute as it gets.....soooooo precious!!!! Superb job on coloring this cutie patootie! You did a magnificent job showcasing her...so soft and feminine. The pearl flourish is gorgeous.

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  9. Awe this is so cute!!! I love it :D

    Hugs

    Amy xx

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  10. This is totally gorgeous Paola - and I too LOVE your flourishes - having all those sizes of pearls makes it fabulously fun! Awesomejob as always!
    xXx

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  11. This is totally aweseome, Paola! I love all the pinks you added and the different pink patterns! Your pearl flourish is a work of art!!! I always use the pre-fab ones with adhesive on them - your's are so much more artful. Your little LOTV image is tooooo cute! Love the grey hat! The inside is just gorgeous! What beautiful paper you have used on this card, inside and out!
    Hugs,
    Barb

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  12. OMG! This is just beautiful. I love everything about it. And, it brings back memories of playing dress up. Thanks for joining us at I Did It Creations. Isn't amazing you can visit all the way from South Africa.

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  13. Beautiful card - love the pearly swirlies - thanks for joining us a IDIC this week xx

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  14. Paola this is so beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to join in the challenge at I Did it Creations this week! Gemma :)

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  15. love what you did, thanks for playing along with IDIC.
    Trish

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smiles
Paola