Card Patterns Sketch #145 - 12-10-11 Geraniums

Hi everybody!  Hope you are off to a great week.  I have some excellent news to share!  I am officially on the design team for Serendipity Stamps!  If you are not familiar with their stamps, let me tell you they are just GORGEOUS!  Although they offer a large variety of stamps, I just adore the flower designs.  They are natural, realistic renderings that almost have me smelling the flowers while I am working on the coloring!  Another neat thing about Serendipity stamps is that you can order them mounted on wood, cling foam, or not mounted at all. The choice is yours!

For my design today I am working  with the large geranium stamp.  I colored it with Copics and cut out only a portion of the design with my Spellbinders circle die.  For the background I embossed a diamond pattern with a Sizzix Texturz embossing plate (these are great for larger pieces of paper) and distressed it with a little sanding.   

If you'd like to play along, you can get all the details here:  http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/12/sketch-145.html

Supplies Used:  Finished Size is 5" x 7"
Stamps:  Serendipity Stamps Large Geranium #112J, Thanks Small #613B
Die Cuts:   Spellbinders:  Lace Circles, Circles
Patterened Paper:  Crate Paper Portrait Collection Pearls, Something Blue
Markers:   Copic
Embossing:  Sizzix Texturz Diamonds
Seam Binding:  Hug Snug:  Lipstick Red
Twinery Twine Maraschino
Ink:  Momento:  Tuxedo Black