By Anna Escalada York

– Summertime means wearing sunglasses here in the Pacific Northwest and getting ready to spend time out of doors! I wanted to celebrate the return of the warm sun and the 4th of July with this red, white and blue card that could be used anytime during the summer. 

Skill: Intermediate 
Time: 1.5 hours 

Directions: 

Step 1: 
After die cutting the three pairs of sunglasses as well as their lenses (which are separate in the die set), color part of the lenses’ elements with Danube Blue Memento Dual Marker. 

Step 1.5: 
Remember that you need to color all of the parts of the lenses that you intended to color with the Danube Blue Memento Dual Marker. (Whoops!) 

Step 2: 
Press other parts of the die cut lenses into the Arctic VersaFine Clair ink pad. Heat emboss the larger die cuts with clear embossing powder if desired. (I chose not to heat emboss the letters since they were so small.) Then assemble all of the lenses using washi tape on the back of each lens to hold the pieces together. 

Step 3: 
Press the three die cut sunglass frames into the London Fog Memento ink pad. 

Step 4: 
After die cutting the striped background panel, color the stripes with Poppy Red Fabrico Dual Marker 

Step 5: 
Spray all of the components of the card–the sunglass frames, the lenses and the striped background panel–with Frost Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and allow to dry. 

Step 6: 
Assemble the card. Adhere the striped panel to an A2 white card base, then inlay the red die-cut stripes. Then glue the three frames onto the panel and inlay the frames into the frames. Glue clear rhinestones on the lower left and upper right part of the card to finish the card. 

Art Supplies 

Imagine 
Fabrico Dual Marker – Poppy Red 
Memento Dual Marker – Danube Blue 
Memento Ink – London Fog 
Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Frost 
VersaFine Clair Ink – Arctic 

Other 
Concord & 9th – die set – Spectacular Shades 
Crafty Meraki – rhinestones – Meraki Sparkle Magical Iris 
Honey Bee Stamps – die set – Watercolor Lines Coverplate 
Clear Embossing Powder 
Heat tool 
Glue