DCM - Let the music play!

This week's Daring Cardmakers challenge is definitely one for the music lovers! :D

Svenja wants us to feature sheet music on our projects, and well... this ended up involving quite a bit of sorting through my patterned paper collection for something that would work.

I mean, you almost got a Christmas card as that's the only paper I could find for the job until I came across a shabby chic print from an old My Mind's Eye collection.

 

 

Paper: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart (r)
Stamps: Ink Road Stamps - Pitch, Please, Lil' Inker Designs - All The Christmas You'll Ever Need 2
Dies: WPlus 9 - Conversation Bubbles
Other: Distress Oxides

The thing is, I had the elements I wanted to use but the paper wasn't a great match for my "Pitch, Please" stamp set from Ink Road that is inspired by the Pitch Perfect movies.

I tried to dull the greyness back a bit with some pink tones and splatters of ink and gold Gansai Tambi paint.

But it's not quite how I hoped it would turn out. Perhaps I should have used original Distress Inks in hot colours rather than the Oxides. As the oxides have also made the top sentiment go dull. And that sentiment is the result of my first ever stamp surgery - cutting up an existing stamp to use just part of the sentiment. It is originally from a Christmas set no less, but I don't think I'll ever use the stamp in its entirety anyway, and this trimmed section is a handy one to have. :)

But never mind. It's all a learning curve and I'm sure someone who enjoys Pitch Perfect will get the reference. ;)

Make sure you check out the other musical numbers from the design team over on the blog and play along if you can! :D

Happy crafting!

 

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Ink Road Stamps - Pitch, Please stamps Shop at: MISC | SBC | SSS	Lil' Inker Designs - All The Christmas You'll Ever Need 2 stamps (r) Shop at: MISC | SHC	WPlus 9 - Conversation Bubbles dies Shop at: MISC | SHC	Distress ink pad - Picket Fence Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Distress Oxide ink pad - Spun Sugar Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Distress Oxide ink pad - Worn Lipstick Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Gina K Designs - Obsidian Amalgam ink pad Shop at: EH | SSS	Lawn Fawn - Ballet Slippers ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC
Lawn Fawn - Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Lawn Fawn - Plastic flamingo ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS
Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Post-It tape White Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ | SBC | SHC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Royal Langnickel - Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Svenja]

This is lovely, Nat! And I like the term stamp surgery - I have done that (with a birthday stamp) and got a a stamp that I'm using all the time so maybe you'll be just as lucky?