Theme week at Less is More, and we’ve been set ‘music’. Despite the fact I play the clarinet, massacre a tenor sax piece and know where the notes are on a piano, I’d not say I was a musician! (Just ask how well I can play a syncopated rhythm…) I’m also not an avid listener of music – it is on in the background for most of my working day but I don’t choose to listen to it in my down time. So this theme was a bit of a challenge until I realised just how many ‘classic’ music-themed stamps and embellishments I had in my stash. This is my design team card for your inspiration, but don’t forget to check out the rest of the cards the team have created.
Used for this music card
- Darkroom Door rubber stamps: Watery Brushes [DDRS162]
- Darkroom Door rubber stamps: Harmony [DDRS010]
- Artemio Cling stamp: Music Score [10006029]
- Ranger / Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Old Paper
- Ranger Archival Ink: Sepia / Jet Black
- Quaver: Silicone mould (generic) cast paintable polyurethane resin (MB Fibreglass)
- Viva Decor Rusty Paper
- DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Raw Umber / Quinacridone Gold
- DL card blank
- Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue
Stamp the watercolour wash stamp onto peelable post-it paper with archival ink and cut out to make a mask. Clean off stamp and use it again to stamp in place direct-to-card using the distress ink – I stamped several times to build up the colour, using a stamping platform. For the final stamp, mist the stamp with water to give more of a watercolour effect. Mask off the rest of the card and stamp over the image with the music score using archival ink. Before you remove the mask, blend a little more of the distress ink around the edges.
Stamp the quote onto white card using archival ink, cut out and mount to the card using foam pads. I moved the text around to several positions before settling on the final resting place and deciding on the addition of the embellishment to establish a focal point.
Pounce the rusty paper paste onto the embellishment using a cotton bud and dry off with a heat tool before dabbing on the raw umber and quinacridone gold paints for some shading and layering of tones. Dry off with heat tool and glue to the card.
I initially wanted to do a colourful background to reflect the ‘joy’ of the quote… but I couldn’t decide on how to achieve this using the watery wash stamp. Then I tried to add various colours to the quaver embellishment – that didn’t work either. Thus, I ended up with a monotone card that isn’t exactly joyful but works despite that 🙂