This week's SCS Inspiration Challenges comes from the Project Thirty-Three, a website celebrating album covers … specifically the seemingly infinite number of vintage record jackets that convey their message with only simple shapes and typography. I grew-up in a home that housed thousands of record albums that were played every day, so I have always had a special appreciation for album cover art.
Project Thirty-Three is a shrine to circles and dots, and their less jovial but equally effective cousins, squares, rectangles & triangles … and the brilliant designers that make them come to life on album covers. Other categories featured are arrows, abstract shapes, lines, and typography-only.
I chose this wonderful album cover from Franz Liszt's Two Piano Concerti to inspire my design.
I incorporated the dual hearts and simple text into my valentine design, as well as the colors from this week's ColorQ Challenge.
I used K&Company's Smitten paper with two big punched red hearts. I added a few tiny puffy hearts, also from the Smitten Line, as well as a stamped sentiment from Serendipity Stamps.
I hope you find inspiration.
Pretty card. Merry Christmas!!
I miss record albums – there’s just something about them you don’t feel with a CD. Your card is just lovely – Thank you for your blogs – they’re so full of good ideas – I really look forward to seeing them in my in-box. May you and your family have a very blessed Christmas
VERY cool—a great use of the inspiration piece! Thanks for playing with us at the CQC this week!
What a great card! Thanks for playing the ColourQ challenge this week!