Orange Pattern Card - Rescued

I made the patterned paper with two hand-cut rubber stamps (a circle and a square) and three colors of liquid watercolor ink. I wanted to rescue it from my scrap pile, and so today I used it for a birthday card. Posted for Illustration Friday's word for the week, "rescue."

• Copic marker colors used: G14 and BG49 on ribbon
• Watercolor pattern: Dr. Ph. Martin's radiant concentrated watercolors - 1A lemon yellow, 3A persimmon, 12A juniper green. For more information about the watercolors, including my color chart, see this post.
• Stamped with: Hand-cut stamps made from Staedtler Mastercarve Artist Carving Block.
• Ribbon: White twill ribbon (3/8") colored with G14 (darker along the edges) and a center stripe of BG49.
• Paper: Top layer- Neenah; Middle layer - Papertrey Ink Perfect Match card stock (Orange Zest, from the 2009 cardstock sampler); Base layer - Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select note card, 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

Geranium Birthday Card

I made this card for a friend's birthday. At her request, I colored my May 2009 geranium drawing for her, using soft colors.

• Click here for the geraniums with their original coloring.
  

I used the "before coloring" scan of my May 2009 drawing, shrank it by about 1" in both height and width, printed it on a full sheet of Neenah, and colored it. I then cut it down to size for the top layer of the card. See below for more details.

• Copic marker colors used: V000, R000,00,32, RV10,17,32,91, G000,07,21, YG21,23,63, Y19, YR15.
• Ribbon: White satin ribbon colored with RV32. The bow looks very flat from the scanner, but in real life it's more rounded.
• Paper: Top layer- Neenah; Middle layer - Papertrey Ink Perfect Match card stock (Berry Sorbet, from the 2009 cardstock sampler); Base layer - Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select note card, 4.25 x 5.5" when folded