I needed a birthday card for my teenage nephew. He enjoys playing in the band, so I wanted to incorporate some vintage sheet music into my design. I decided to use the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe for a masculine birthday design.
Also, one of my favorite sketch sources, PageMaps is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a card contest. They're asking you to create a Celebration-themed card using one of their sketches. I chose this sketch from March 2011.
Papers are My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue and sentiment is from Hero Arts Live & Laugh.
I did quite a bit of sponging with Wild Honey distress ink to help tie everything together and give it more of a grunged masculine feel. I finished with a bit of orange bling and a party hat … bring on the happy.
i love the color combo, its a great card for a guy…
Great take on the colours 🙂 injects a little slice of sunshine into your day this card! Thanks for playing along at the Play Date Cafe 🙂
So, super fun! LOVE that distressed, musical DSP and your sweet, little, party hat! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!
OH MY OH MY! I love this Steph! I love that sentiment–and that music–FAB! Thanks for playing along with us over at the PDCC:}
Really pretty! Love your design!
Love the sheet music on there, Stef! THanks for playing in the Play Date CAfe challenge this week.