Flickering candles in a dimly light room, people singing along with the guitar man, these are the cues for this birthday card for a musician.

Using Paper Discovery dies and stamps designed by another musician, Olga Direktorenko, this was a quick card to make. The large guitar face die cuts a shaped folded card base using an 8.5-inch by 11-inch piece of kraft cardstock folded in half and then cut with the long straight edge of the die jutting out slightly over the fold. Using a specialty paper-backed wood, I cut an additional card front and adhered it to the shaped cardbase with double-sided tape. The details of the pick guard, bridge and soundhole are die-cut from cardstock with the six strings cut from pearlescent vellum.

Sentiments from two different stamp sets by Olga were used inside the card. “Life is a song. Sing it” and ”Happy Birthday.” Musical notes were also used from both sets on the envelope flap.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

• Paper Discovery by Olga Direktorenko – Music -play On – Guitar & Violin Card Front

Stamps

• Paper Discovery by Olga Direktorenko – Music -play On – Sentiments
• Papercraft Society Box 9 – Paper Discovery by Olga Direktorenko – Music

Papers

• American Crafts – 12×12 Specialty Paper Backed Wood
• Lawn Fawn – 8.5×11 Pearlescent Vellum
• Black and Kraft Cardstock
• Catalog 6×9 Envelope – White

Ink

• StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Walnut Stain

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Scrappy Tape – Double-Sided Tape -1/2-inch wide

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Stamping Platform
• LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamping Cloth
• Sponge Dauber
• Craft Mat
• Scissors