Border tattoo ideas

64 photos and flash · 27% Botanical, 27% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Three upper arms show matching ochre and black armband tattoos with classical figures and palmette borders, in a vase-painting style.
Greek vase-style armband on three upper arms
Three metallic gold ornamental scroll borders with leaf and curl motifs on a cream background, shown as a design sheet with no body placement.
Three gold scroll border designs on cream
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Fine teal line drawing of a symmetrical geometric emblem with a diamond, concentric circles, dashed arcs and small stars on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design.
Geometric teal line design with diamond and arcs
Sheet of seven hand-drawn black ink border designs with swirls, dots, leaves and vines, with a handwritten note reading to start left to right.
Hand-drawn ornamental border designs
Fine silver line drawing of a geometric eye with stacked moon phases, chevrons and diamonds on a black background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Geometric eye with moon phases design
Two pen drawings of lotus and mandala-style band designs with dotted and triangular borders, drawn on cream paper beside two pens.
Lotus and geometric band designs on paper
Black line-art flash sheet of henna-style flowers, leaf sprays, dots, scrolls and geometric border strips, shown without any body placement.
Henna-style flower, leaf and border flash sheet
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
Two matching tarot-style tattoos in black and grey dotwork on the inner forearms, each showing a figure inside a patterned border.
Tarot card style forearm pair
Black ink line drawing of a mandala-style design with a scalloped band and a teardrop below, shown on a white card against weathered wood.
Mandala design with scalloped border
Dark brown henna floral design with dotted borders, swirls and leaf motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, styled as a botanical design.
Henna floral design across the back of a hand
A product sheet of metallic gold, silver and black temporary tattoo designs, showing geometric chain, diamond and zigzag bands, with no body part visible.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with geometric bands
Black and grey ornamental band tattoo with paisley and lotus-like motifs wrapping the upper arm, below a dark top with embroidered flowers on the sleeve.
Ornamental band tattoo on upper arm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheets with vine, leaf and dotted border designs, shown partly out of a pink envelope on a grey surface.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheets
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver, copper and black temporary tattoo designs, including feather borders, butterflies, doves and rose bands, shown without any body placement.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork border on a tanned shoulder, with a beach and sea behind.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder at the beach
Flash sheet of geometric temporary tattoo designs in gold, silver, copper and black foil, showing triangle panels, diamond bands and dot borders, with no body part visible.
Metallic geometric tattoo flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a stack of pancakes with syrup, blueberries and strawberries, beside a red rose, inside a floral border, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Pancake stack, strawberries and rose on upper arm
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, showing an elephant with a mandala, a hamsa hand, a mandala flower and chain-style borders.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with flourished phrases, scroll borders and a small ornament, shown on white with no body placement.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black line drawing flash sheet of three rows of ornamental hanging drops and dangles, with scrolls, dots and teardrop shapes, shown on white.
Drops and dangles flash sheet
Black and white drawing of a tree of life woven through interlaced knotwork inside a Celtic knot border, presented as a tattoo design.
Tree of life in a Celtic knot ring
Sheet of metallic gold and silver festive temporary tattoo designs on white, including snowflakes, stars, beaded chains, swirls and a Christmas tree border.
Gold and silver festive temporary tattoo sheet
Black flash sheet of a bird, floral sprigs, scroll ornaments, a lace border and a flower, drawn as tattoo designs in a stencil-like style.
Floral and bird flash sheet in black
A white sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs, with chain links, flower medallions, lace-like bands and scrolls, laid on a black case.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo border sheet
Four horizontal black line-drawn bands of interlocking spiral and scroll motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Four spiral border band designs
Black script lettering reading Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, with a solid black cross above it, on a person's upper back.
Cross and script quote across upper back
Four vertical black barbed wire tattoo designs of differing widths and wire twists, drawn on a white sheet with no body placement shown.
Four vertical barbed wire designs on white
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a small perched bird on a faceted diamond, framed by flowers, leaves and scrolling ornament.
Wren on a diamond with flowers and scrollwork
Sheet of white lace border and star design temporary tattoos on a pale blue backing, with no body part shown.
White lace and star temporary tattoo sheet
Black ink flash design of a horizontal scrolling border with stylised flowers, buds and leaves on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Black scrolling floral border band
Traditional style flash drawing of a red sacred heart with a flaming cross on top, framed by purple flowers and green leaves on a cream background.
Flaming sacred heart with cross and flowers
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic geometric tattoo designs with quatrefoils, diamonds and starbursts, shown flat with no body placement.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
White stencil of a Celtic knotwork tree of life with interlaced roots and branches, set against weathered wood panels.
Celtic tree of life stencil
Grid of sixteen numbered metallic gold and coloured temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, chains, triangles, chevrons and a dreamcatcher, shown on white backgrounds.
Sixteen metallic gold temporary tattoo designs
Reddish-brown mandala and floral ornament design covering a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a fine linework style.
Henna-style mandala sleeve on arm
Black linework flash design of an ornate hourglass with a candle inside and a peony, drawn on grey paper.
Hourglass and peony design sketch
Flash sheet of boho tattoo designs in gold, grey and black, including feathers, arrows, a hamsa hand with an eye, a play triangle and the words WILD HEART.
Boho arrows, feathers and hamsa hand design set
Maroon scrolling leaf and flourish border design repeated across a horizontal strip on a white background.
Scrolling leaf border design
Flash sheet of black line designs on white, including an om symbol, a hamsa hand, mandalas, paisley motifs and decorative borders.
Henna-style flash sheet with om and hamsa
Grey circular medallion tattoo with a face-like figure on a person's upper back, beside colourful beaded straps and an embellished garment.
Circular medallion tattoo on upper back
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including a pair of wings, dreamcatchers, crossed arrows and geometric borders.
Metallic flash sheet with dreamcatchers and arrows
Black fine line tattoo of a heart outlined with a lace-style scalloped border, placed on a forearm against a white background.
Lace-edged heart outline on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a tree of life with interlaced branches, flanked by two wolves and framed by a Celtic knotwork border, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Tree of life with wolves in a Celtic knot circle
Black ink flash sheet of six Celtic-style interlace designs, including animal knotwork bands, a round knot and a rectangular panel with a triskele.
Celtic interlace flash sheet
Black line drawing of three tribal-style heart and scroll border designs on a white background, shown as tattoo flash.
Tribal heart and scroll border designs
Traditional style tattoo of a pink flower and orange leaves in a black cuff band with orange dotted borders, on the forearm near the wrist.
Traditional flower cuff on a wrist