"Ultimate" Card Gift Set

I've been wanting to make this gift set for months now, and since I wanted to get my BFF a gift for Mother's Day and wasn't able to go to the mall because of my migraines (and now vertigo), I thought this was the best time to finally make this set. I wasn't sure what to call this kind of stationery, so for now I'm calling it "Ultimate." Here's the reason for that name -- and I'm not sure if this idea already exists; if it does, can someone please let me know because I'd love to see how the others look.

The idea for this card set is simply this: to always have the appropriate card available for the right occasion. Here's how it works: The set comes with decorated card fronts, but without sentiments. All you do is choose from a variety of pre-stamped self-adhesive labels which are included in the set, attach it to the card front and you've got yourself an original handcrafted card!
The set includes 8 blank note cards, 8 envelopes and 3 mini boxes. Inside the boxes are postage stamps and several self-adhesive sentiments in two different border colors.

I purchased the box purse at Michael's last month for about $2 or $3. It's a wooden box with a bamboo handle and brass hinges and latch. I simply covered the outside with Soft Sky and Close to Cocoa DS paper and 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon using Tombow Mono Adhesive. After taking these pictures, I decided to add more embellishments to the front of the box because I thought this one looked too plain. I had added corner elements and my favorite Dew Drops near the round "Always" label. For the inside lining, I used the same coordinating colors. I made the three mini boxes (1-1/2" x 1-1/2") using Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky card stock.

As an afterthought, I decided to rig the box so that when my friend opened the box, it would play a rock song (if you look closely, you can see the opening in the middle where I rigged it on the inside top lid). Okay, the story behind that -- two weeks ago she gave me my birthday present in a gift bag, but not just an ordinary gift bag! It had a flap and when I lifted the flap, a loud rock song played which of course scared me! So, in the spirit of recycling, I took out the mechanism from that gift bag and somehow rigged her stationery box so that when she opened it, the same thing would happen to her. It worked! She called me after opening it and had a great laugh with her son. The only problem, I must not have taped that thing well enough because even when she closed the box, the annoying song kept playing! We had such a good laugh... what are friends for anyway, right?
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