I wanted to make a "piano" card for my very gifted musical friend ... I pictured a red rose on a grand piano.
I did the piano shape with a silhouette file which I compressed so that the curve would start higher up. One of the great advantages to Silhouette - you can change the size and proportions of the shapes.
I got the inspiration and measurements of the piano keys from Dawn. She has a video too which is very helpful.
This is the front of the card ...
It opens up into an easel card as a grand piano with the "musical score" holding it in place.
But you can leave the message on the inside and the easel still holds.
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... Altenew September Inspiration Challenge
... CAS Colours and Sketched #387 I flipped the design, and if you take the easel position, the piano keys are the smaller section, and the black piano top is the larger section.
... Love to Craft : Anything Goes
When I spotted the light and lovely card by Amber, I got itchy fingers to case her card! (Thank you Amber for the wonderful inspiration and tips!)
It will be a while before I can get my hands on the new Build-a-Flower : Primrose set that she used, so I dug in my stash to find a substitute. I decided on a flower from the Build-a-Flower : Anemone Coronaria set. I used the Uniko Birthday Wishes set.
When I was making another, I didn't realise that my card was upside down! So I had to cut and thought that since it was no longer a one layer card, I might as well change it up a little. I mounted it on matching blue card stock.
I think I still prefer the plain white.
Altenew was very clever with this washi tape ... it coordinates with the Floral shadows stamp and die cut sets!
I did brush the stencilled background with Perfect Pearls, but so difficult to capture on camera.
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I was inspired by Zsoka's ombre cards to make this set. She used the Altenew A Study in Watercolour set, but I used the Floral Shadow set. I mixed it up with a sentiment from the Uniko Birthday Wishes set.
I've done both heat and dry embossing on this card.
- I embossed the flowers with clear embossing powder on black ink ... makes it easier to colour in the lines! ;)
- I used a die cut to do dry embossing on the background.
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Some ombre stamping ...
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