Today I’m sharing a quick-and-easy card I recently made with my club members. The card features a fun fold that you’re going to love and a stamp set you’ll love even more. Here’s a look at the classy card we made:
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Music from the Heart. If you have a music-lover in your family or know someone who lives for music, then there’s no way you can turn away from the Music from the Heart stamp set. The set is Dawn Olchefske’s $1 million sales stamp set, honoring her life-long love of music. There’s so much to love about this set – here’s a closer look:Don’t miss this! If piano isn’t your instrument of choice (but really, who doesn’t love a little piano music?), there’s also a guitar hidden in the set – see the guitar handle in the bottom, right corner of the picture above? Stamp that right on the treble clef to build an awesome electric guitar. This is showcased in the top, right corner below:
- Fun Fold. This card is built from a half-sheet of cardstock. The base is 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 4-1/4″ and again at 2-1/8″ (folding the opposite direction of the first score). I used a bone folder to burnish the folds. I added a strip of black-and-white striped paper from the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper to the panel. I love this paper, but I also thought it resembled a keyboard (although not exactly). How fun! Here’s how the card looks when it’s folded shut: And here it is a little bit opened: Assembly Tip: The piano is stamped on Pool Party cardstock and cropped with the Layering Squares Dies, framed with Whisper White and then framed again with a scalloped square from the Layering Squares Dies. All of this is popped up from the panel with Stampin Dimensionals. I added Dimensionals behind the focal squares along the left side and then added Dimensionals to the right edge of the folded panel (to make sure none of the Dimensionals hung over edge.
- Color Combination. I love Pool Party, and I think it looks sharp when paired with black and white. My card features a black-and-white panel from the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper:If you like this mix of Basic Black, Pool Party and Whisper White as much as I do, please save this for future reference:
Stamp Sets: Music from the Heart Papers: Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper, Basic Black, Whisper White Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Accessories: Layering Squares Dies, Bone Folder, Stampin’ Dimensionals
What do you think? Do you love this stamp set as much as I do? How many ways can you think of to make projects with this fun fold?
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
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You even tickled the “ivories” with the black and white stripe. Crisp and cool!
🙂 Thanks, Mary!
The special fold on this card is FANTASTIC!
Isn’t it?! So glad you like it, Kadie! Thanks for always being so sweet to me. ♥
Hi! I so loved this card that I decided to case it but wondered about the measurements . I’m probably doing something wrong but half of a sheet of card stock at 11” x 5 1/2”? I couldn’t get it to work. Could you advice me. I love the pool party with the black. It is so crisp and clean! Thanks Brian! You are the BEST!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this card Brian! Crisp and Beautiful… loving the “Brian layers” too!
Sweet card..love the pop of blue!
Thanks, Windy! ♥
SUCH a great card Brian, love that sweet “heart note”….
Thanks, Dawn! I was happy to have that little note – needed something there. Glad you like it.
Love the fun fold and the scalloped layer of this card. Great design. Have a great day!
Thank you so much, Hilda! I had a lot of fun making this card. Glad you like it. Hope your day is wonderful.
A wonderful card to do with a club. Enough detail to keep everyone happy but elegantly simple. I love how you always make that happen. Plus a great color combo=perfection.
Agree! It was a quick-and-easy, which gave us time for a detailed, complicated card that I’ll be showing later this week. 🙂 Thanks, Linda!
I think this is such a cute stamp set . Lots of ways to use the different stamps . Your card is one way to show off that cuteness ! Yes, I also agree with the Pool Party . It is just ahhhhhh……
🙂 Thank you so much, Sonny! I’ve been a fan of Pool Party from DAY 1, but I especially love it with black and white. ♥
The black and white is perfect for a piano card! And I love the fancy fold!
♥ Thank you so much, Linda! That paper was a big “aha” moment for me.
Brian they don’t get much sweeter than this ????
Awww…thanks, Katrina! ♥
Ooooh…..yes Now that’s music from the Heart ♥️
Love it
Hugs Frenchie ♥️
I adore you, Frenchie! Thank you so much! ♥
Your color combination is perfect for this card. Sleek and sophisticated! I love it!
Thank you so much, I love a black-and-white card. The Pool Party makes me so happy. Glad you like it.
Great looking, crisp and clean card. Really appropriate for a musician, especially a pianist.
Thanks, Dorothy. I’m so happy you like it.
So nice, love the color combo.
Thank you so much, Robin! I LOOOOVE Pool Party. ♥