Album Inspiration

We’ve got a fun fortnight of Design Team posts over at Visible Image with the theme of using our fave music album cover as inspiration.  I’ve picked Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi, which I had on repeat throughout my teenage years and I still love it now.  The original album cover featured a busty woman in a wet T-shirt but apparently the record execs thought that shops would refuse to stock the album due to the cover being sexist and wanted a different design.  At the last minute, Jon Bon Jovi got a black bin liner, sprayed it with water and wrote the title in the water with his finger and the iconic cover was made.

Image ©PolyGram Records, Inc.

For my non-card make, I began with the letters across the top and stamped ‘CELEBRATE’ from Birthday Wishes in Versafine Clair Strawberry ink, heat-set with clear embossing powder and then trimmed each letter leaving a thin white border all around. 

On a 5¼” square of white card, I blended Worn Lipstick, Stormy Skies and Shaded Lilac Distress inks using brushes.  I didn’t worry about it being perfectly blended as it was going to be covered up.

Next, I used Black Soot Distress ink and applied the pad directly to the card, applying enough ink to make it black but not enough to obliterate the colours underneath.  At this stage, I wasn’t entirely convinced that my plan would work!

For the diagonal writing, I used sentiments from Best Birthday Ever, stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat-embossed using black powder.

To make the wet look, I used the rain stamp from Sparkle In The Rain with Versamark ink and clear embossing powder.  I repeated the process in places using a clear sparkle embossing powder.

Lastly, I used a Distress Embossing Dabber and the Bubbles & Fizz stencil all over the panel and heat-set using clear embossing powder.

The panel was mounted on a square of red card and then onto a white background and placed in a box frame for a fun gift for a music lover.

We’d love to see your album inspo works so don’t forget to share them in the VI fans group, which you can join here.

 

 

 

Note:  The original album artworks included in this post are shown strictly for reference and educational comparison. All album imagery remains the property of their respective copyright holders. These reinterpretations are non-commercial fan works and are not endorsed by or affiliated with the original artists or labels.