Sound Cards - Every Grandmother's Dream

When I saw the Sound Cards in the Holiday Mini, I knew instantly that I would be purchasing some just for my mother's and mother-in-law's birthdays.  We recorded, "Happy Birthday!  We love you!" on the cards.  They were a huge hit. 

As you can see in the catalog, the cards come plain with no embellishment.  The easiest way to decorate is to create a card front and pages for the inside separate from the card and then adhere them to the sound card.  You'll want the speaker and play button to be visible.  To do this, create a template using a clear piece of thin plastic like a window sheet or discarded overhead transparency.  You can even use wax paper.  Cut your template to size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches).  Lay over the inside of the card where your speaker and play/record buttons are.  Use a marker to mark the locations of the buttons and then speaker holes.  Use a circle punch to punch out the areas for the play/record buttons and then use a paper piercing tool to punch the holes for the speaker area.  Now you have a template.  Overlay this template onto the card stock you select for the inside and punch the areas.  Note, you can opt to not punch out the record button if you intend to have a pre-recorded message for the recipient.  However, if you are giving the card to someone who will send on their own, leave the record button visible. 

First, my mother-in-law's card-
Supplies:

• Stamp Sets:  Because I Care, Occasional Quotes
• Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Garden Green
• Designer Series Paper:  Newsprint 
• Ink:  Not Quite Navy, Basic Black
• Tools and Accessories:  Clear Embossing Powder, Hemp Twine, Basic Pearl Jewels, Dimensionals, 1/2" Circle Punch, Small, Paper Piercing Tool

And the inside:

Now for my mom's card, I used the owl from Aviary, each stamped in a different color to represent each member of our family-
Supplies:

• Stamp Sets: Aviary, Occasional Quotes, Paisley Prints, Pick A Petal, Full of Life
• Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight
• Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Concord Crush, Peach Parfait
• Tools and Accessories: Twill Tape, Dimensionals, 1/2" Circle Punch, Small, Paper Piercing Tool, Modern Label Punch, Crimper

 

 

 

And the inside:

 

The sound cards are well worth the $5.95.  I plan to buy extras to have on hand as we have more birthdays coming- Grandpas, aunts, etc.  The card itself is a gift!

God Bless and Happy Stampin'!
Charity

B is for Birthday

I was in a birthday card mood today and created a small stack of birthday cards, so you'll be seeing a few birthday cards this week.  We can never have too many ideas for birthday cards so I'm guessing you won't mind.

The first card is a very simple card, great for a quick card when you are on your way to a party or realized you forgot somone's birthday and need to get a card in the mailbox before the mailman arrives!



 The ingredients for this card are:

• Stamp Sets:  Party Hearty, Full of Life
• Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron
• Designer Series Paper:  Sweet Pea
• Classic Stamp Pad:  Bermuda Bay

As I said, this card is as easy as it looks.   Cut your Very Vanilla to  size and stamp the b is for birthday stamp using the Bermuda Bay and then layer it onto a slightly larger piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock.  I distressed the card stock with my fingernails.  I glued a piece of Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper to the front of the card and added the image to the left hand side.

For the inside, I layered some of my scrap pieces and stamped the birthday sentiment from Full of Life. 

See, pretty simple. 

God Bless and Happy Stampin'!
Charity

That's a Whole Lot of Candles Grandpa!

My father-in-law is celebrating his 65th birthday later this week, a perfect chance for me to use the Sale-A-Bration Whimsical Words set.  The more the candles, the bigger wish, well, he has a really big wish coming this year, at least according to his grandchildren!

For this card you will need:

• Stamp Sets:  Party Harty, Whimsical Words
• Card Stock: Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, and Whisper White
• Classic Stampin' Pads:  Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay
• Tools and Accessories:  Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

This card is very simple, but a little time consuming.  I wanted to stamp 65 candles on the front of the card and I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to help me line them up.  I stamped more candles in the first two rows so that I had space for the sentiment in the lower right hand corner.  I stamped the sentiment in Bermuda Bay onto Whisper White and then layered this at a slight angle onto another piece of Bermuda Bay.  This went in my lower right hand corner.  I stamped the little presents from Party Hearty using Bermuda Bay onto Bermuda Bay card stock and then cut around the presents.  I wanted these to pop up a bit but I was out of Stampin' Dimensionals so I used some sticky strip folded over on itself a few times. 

I think I might try another version of this design but I might tear the upper edge and brush it with some Chocolate Chip ink to make it look like the card caught fire from all the candles.  Lots of potential with this sentiment. 

God Bless and Happy Stampin'!
Charity