This was a card commissioned for someone at work, whose friend was performing for the first time in an opera.
![Opera card](https://i0.wp.com/www.synaesthezia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Opera-card.jpg?resize=208%2C300&ssl=1)
Stamped theatre masks image layered on purple cardstock, then metallic cream, and then onto printed music paper that has been aged around the edges. Base card has been aged with a texture block before papers attached. Flower has been stained around the edges and gem attached to the front.
![Opera card inside](https://i0.wp.com/www.synaesthezia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Opera-card-inside.jpg?resize=300%2C217&ssl=1)
Inside:
Stamped text and aging around the edges
![Opera card envelope](https://i0.wp.com/www.synaesthezia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Opera-card-envelope-300x185.jpg?resize=300%2C185&ssl=1)
Envelope:
Music stamped down left side. Aging block stamped down right side. Ink swiped down left edge. Flower swiped with ink and attacked, with gem placed at centre.
And I forgot to say originally:
The quote is latin and translates as Art is long, life is short.
Really lovely
thanks Jo 🙂 I thought it would suit any musical or theatrical occasion really. I was really pleased with how the colours came together.