Pop Art Greeting Card

Hello! For my 4th AECP card, I created a Pop Art inspired greeting card. The layout and colors of my card are inspired by the card shown on the photo below. 

Inspiration Credit

I love the colors of the keyboards on the card that I was inspired to re-create it using stamps from Altenew Happy Birthday To You stamp set. I also like its simplicity and for it not being gender specific. 

I trimmed different colored cardstocks at 1" and 1 1/2". The music clef stamp is 3/4" height which will perfectly fit on the inch cardstock. For the 1/2" length, just like the inspiration card, I want the colored cardstocks laid from left to right of the card. I could have used an A2 card but it will be more of a hassle to divide 4 1/4" into three. Thus, I created an A6 card which is 4 1/2"  wide, when divided into three is 1 1/2". 

Using the Misti Stamping Tool, I stamped the music staff on each colored cardstock using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks:

• Picked Raspberry on yellow
• Wilted Violet on blue
• Candied Apple on green
• Prize Ribbon on orange.

I heat set this to speed dry it.

I stamped the music clef and notes next using the same inks, and also with the use of the Misti Stamping Tool. This time, I prepped the area with an anti-static tool, stamped the images, poured clear embossing powder to it, then heat set it. 

Once I am all done, I trimmed a white cardstock into 9" x 6.25". I scored it on the long side at 4.5" to create an A6 card. I adhered the embossed colored cardstocks. For some variation from the inpiration card, I adhered gold cardstock strips on the top and the bottom of the colored cardstock collage, to give it an outline. Another variation I made is I stamped a sentiment on the front of the card. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. 

To complete the front sentiment, I stamped the rest of the sentiment inside the card. I am planning to give this to my son who's birthday is next month but you can easily customize this card to any occasion. 

This is a very simple card, not quite a single layer but can be re-created into a single layer card. Instead of using colored cardstocks, you can do masking and ink blending to achieve the same look of colored backgrounds for the music images. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.