our dreary weather lately sure has me craving for some sun and warm temps. So I decided to take a break from my gardening work and retreat to the studio to see if I could infuse some summer into my day with some summer themed cards.
First I went through all my paper scraps and picked ones that make me think of summer. I also grabbed some rubber stamps with a tropical/nautical theme. I rummaged thru many art supplies and picked out a few I haven't used in quite awhile: vellum paper, eyelets, and my crop-o-dile tool (for setting the eyelets).
I stamped the beach scene stamp on vellum using Archival black ink. Then I turned it over and colored in the image using copic markers.
The copic markers flowed over the vellum paper and gave it a watercolored look (kinda hard to see in the photo). Using eyelets, I adhered the vellum piece to a white piece of cardstock (which really made the image stand out) and then on colored cardstock and finally glued to a folded card base.
added some lettering and the card is finished. I did the same thing with a lighthouse rubber stamp.
When coloring the sky I left blank areas as clouds. Everything was colored in on the back of the vellum.
I used eyelets and layered this image onto cardstock and then onto a folded card.
So even though it's cool, cloudy (and starting to rain again) I have a bit of the tropics in my studio. And I know a few people who will appreciate getting these summer inspired cards.
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