Summer in January Challenge

Are you ready for some sunshine? Some warm weather? Anything but winter??? I know I am! That's why I was more than happy to play along with this week's Squigglefly Challenge. The challenge, should you decide to participate, is to create a summer card. Yes, I know it's January, but the challenge takes away the winter doldrums and let's the sunshine of summer in.

I used the Squigglefly Stained Glass Bee image for my card.

The pictures just don't do this card justice, I'm sorry. I printed out two of the digital images and cut out the square with the bee of one of the images. After coloring it with my Copic markers, I inked it entirely with Versamark and dipped it in Extra Thick Embossing Enamel and heat set it. I repeated this embossing process three times to get a really thick coating of enamel. It's quite striking, but the photo doesn't show that.

After coloring the main part of the image, again with my Copic markers, I added some detail with a gel pen and used a stipple brush to add some ink to the edges.

Putting the card together with many layers and a touch of grosgrain ribbon completed the look.

How refreshing... a Summer card in January!

Image: Squigglefly Stained Glass Bee

Ink: Copic markers and a gel pen

Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Elegant Eggplant and Sage

Designer Papers: from my scrap file

Embellishment: Stampin' UP! Eggplant grosgrain ribbon