Hello Honey Bee friends! Leanne here and I have a couple of cards to share that were inspired from a music recital invitation I had seen on Pinterest.  I used some of the images from the new Music Speaks stamp set and came up with an elegant design that is sure to be a hit with any music lover.

The music recital invitation I had seen had a partial image of a grand piano and text overtop.  I thought I could easily replicate the look on a card.  I started with A2 sized panels of white and black card stock and then hand cut the curve on the right side to resemble that of grand piano.

I stamped the piano keys image from Music Speaks in black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a nice glossy finish.  I fussy cut the image, adhered to the bottom of the piano panel, and trimmed off the excess.  I added the piano panel to an A2 card base.  For the black piano card, I wanted a clean and elegant look.  I kept it simple with a gold embossed sentiment and music notes from the Music Speaks set.  I also added just a few Crystal Prism Gems for embellishment.

I decided to kick it up a notch with the white piano card.  I layered the piano panel over a stenciled background. I created the black and white music note pattern with one the new stencils from the Sheet Music stencil set and some Moonstone Glimmer Paste.  **One tip for getting an opaque stenciled look is to stencil with white pigment ink first before applying the Moonstone Glimmer Paste**  Next, I white heat embossed the trumpet, violin, and a few music notes onto black card stock.  I colored the trumpet and violin with some metallic watercolors –KURETAKE – Gansai Tambi Water – 6 Color Set – Starry Colors.  I stamped a greeting from Rockstar Sentiments directly onto the piano and then adhered the music instruments and notes around it along with a few Crystal Prism Gems.