Greatest hits birthday...

You know those masculine cards most of us find difficult to make? Well I got this "Greatest Hits" stamp and die set specifically to make some masculine cards. Here's one of the cards I came up with:

I made the album cover myself (it wasn't part of the die set), inked around its edges and stamped it with the "Greatest Hits" sentiment from the stamp set.  The semi-circle divot at the top of the album cover was done with a small circle punch.

I used the volume equalizer stamp from the set to create a background behind my album.

My LPs were die-cut from some heavy, glossy cardstock. I love how they turned out. The little centers are stamped and cut out separately and then glued to the record.

To finish off the front of my card, I stamped a few scattered notes.

On the inside I stamped one of the greetings included in the stamp set and a few more notes on a stamp-edge rectangle.

This card was really fun to make and reminds me of the days we all played LPs and 45s on our record players.

When I was 12 or 13, I saved some babysitting money to buy a 45 record which had Elvis' hit song "Return to Sender" on its A side. I honestly don't remember what was on the B side. I took my prized record up to city hall one night where they let us roller skate to music from a record player. Everyone brought their personal records to play. At the end of the evening I went to pick up my Elvis record and IT WAS GONE! Someone else had really liked it, too, I guess, and had decided to take it home with them before I had a chance to pick it up. I never saw that record again, but I still know the words to that song.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl