Stampin’ Up! Music From The Heart Sneak Peek Fun Fold

Hey y’all!  It’s three day before Christmas and all thru the house….

No wait.  Too early.

Sorry!

If you were able to join me last night for my Facebook Live  – I appreciate you spending part of this weekend with me!  And – it all worked this week!  Whoo-hoo!!  If you weren’t able to watch, but you’d like to see how to construct this easy easel card, here’s the replay on YouTube!

This card uses the truly wonderful new Music From The Heart stamp set – which is Dawn Olchefske’s $1,000,000 Sales Stamp Set!  When Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators hit that sales mark, they get a trip to the Main Office in Utah and…they get to design a stamp set!!  How cool is that?

Well – this is Dawn’s and she demonstrated it at OnStage in November.  One of the cards she shared was a fun easel-fold….made to look like a grand piano!  There was a collective gasp in the room when she pulled it out – and I knew I had to make one!  I changed my color scheme up a bit – she did an ebony piano and I did white (creme).  Take a look-see:

It lays flat so it mails in a regular envelope!  Cool, huh?

The card base is just a piece of Thick Very Vanilla – scored and folded at 1 7/8″ and again at 4 1/4″.  Fold the 1 7/8″ score line in the opposite direction from the middle line – and you’ve created the easel!

I used the keyboard image in the Music From The Heart set to stamp the card front (above the easel fold on the right side) multiple times in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

Yes, yes – I know – and my grandmother is spinning in her grave!  The keyboard is upside down on this one.  Don’t be like me – stamp it with the black keys ON TOP!  Like I did on the video card!

To make the piano, I used the largest Oval Layering Die to cut the curve from the top of a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ piece of Very Vanilla cardstock.  Then I trimmed the leftover “points” with my Paper Snips.  On the video – you’ll see that I rounded the corners.  And I used the Corner Rounder part of my Detailed Trio Punch to round the opposite top corner.

I wrapped a length of Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon around the “piano” – securing it in the back with Glue Dots.  Then I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to the “easel” portion of the card front.

I made the keyboard with a 2 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ piece of Basic Black, to which I adhered ten 1/2″ x 2″ pieces of Very Vanilla with Liquid Glue – spacing them evenly on the panel.  Then I used Mini Black Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop on seven 3/8″ x 1 1/4″ pieces of Basic Black – which made the black keys.

I stamped a sentiment from Music From The Heart on the inside of the card in Cherry Cobbler.

The front “sheet music” is a 2 3/4″ x 3″ piece of Very Vanilla, scored at 1 7/8″ down the short side.  I added the score lines from the stamp set in Tuxedo Black, then the treble clef in Cherry Cobbler.  I used the notes stamps to stamp a little ditty in black.  Hum it – it’s Happy Birthday! (Thank you, Dawn, for that idea!!).

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the small flap of the sheet music to the back of the keyboard – and then more Glue to adhere the whole keyboard and sheet music into the bottom of the card base.

To finish off the card, I used the Garden Gateway dies – coming on 3 Jan, bundled with the Grace’s Garden stamp set – to cut a Pear Pizzazz leaf and a little Cherry Cobbler flower – which I adhered to the “top” of the piano with Liquid Glue.  Then I used a short piece of the Petal Pink 1/4″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon around the longer length and tied a knot to create a “faux-bow”.

All that remained was to decorate my Very Vanilla Medium Envelope.  On the front I added the treble clef in Cherry Cobbler…

…and the keyboard (keys right side up!) on the envelope flap.

Et voila!  I think this is one of the most clever cards I’ve seen in a long time!  And – the Music From The Heart stamp set that Dawn created is…wonderful!  I hope you like – and have added it to your list!

Now – in case you were wondering – the Music From The Heart stamp set AND the Grace’s Garden Bundle are both available as a part of my Bundle #6 – The Say It With Ink Bundle!  Whoo-hoo!!  Check it out!

Happy bundling!

TTFN

M

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Card Cuts Used in This Project:  

Thick Very Vanilla Card Stock:  5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″  (card base, scored and folded at 2 1/8″ and 4 1/4″)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″  (“piano” card front);  1/2″ x 2″ (x 10 – white keys); 2 3/4″ x 3″ (“sheet music” – scored at 1 7/8″ on the short side)

Basic Black Card Stock: 3/8″ x 1 1/4″ (x 7 – black keys”); 2 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (“keyboard)

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

A perfectly pathetic picture of puppy pitiful-ness.

I bet you’ll NEVER guess what his Dad is doing… 😉

TTFN

M