Invitations are out, and RSVPs are rolling in!
I don't think I will stop saying this for every age, as each year passes. I can't believe my little girl is turning 2! 2! Seriously? Ok, picking myself up off the floor here. I thought I'd share with you my homemade birthday invitations, as I'm a believer that invitations set the mood for the party.
Cute, right? I got to use my new Silhouette Cameo for the first time, and I LOVE it! I'm not even sure that I really know how to use it fully, but it definitely did the trick for cutting out the shapes on the invitation. The pink frame and Elmo head you see were cut using this crafting must-have. It was a bit of work to assemble all of the Elmo pieces together, but really, wasn't that bad at all.
These are all of the elements that went into assembling the invitation.
I essentially used the same layout that I did for Little Miss' first birthday invitation, but instead of printing up the card, this version called upon my traditional scrapbooking skills. Cut. Glue. Layer. Elmo came from the same Free Printables that I used here. You can definitely just use the one that comes in the free kit. I took bits and pieces of it, and adapted it into my own design to make it more girly.
And the wording is just too cute not to get a close-up. Thanks to WH Hostess for the inspiration.
Like this digital version? The paper & frame (which I ultimately used as a template to cut out) can be downloaded, for free of course here by Smitten Blog. The font for the birthday girl's name can be downloaded here. Also, for free. That's how I roll.
The finished product was a 5.25" square card. Here's a tip: Find envelopes before you decide on your card size. I did not, so ended up having to make my own envelopes as well. If you're up for doing that, here's how I did it.
1. Using the Martha Stewart Scoring Board & Envelope Tool that I picked up on sale a while back at Michaels on Boxing Day, I cut out an 8"x8" square piece of white cardstock (not too thick, so as not to incur extra postage).
2. Score it at 3 1/4" on all four sides.
3. Fold the sides in, and adhere with double-sided adhesive.
Et voila! I didn't have any envelope glue, so my card was closed with an envelope seal, printed up by Sticker You.
The party is next week! Eep!
Your invitations are too cute-- I love that you made them. I'm planning a party for my soon-to-be-2-year son. I have a (probably basic) question about the Elmo file and your Silhouette. How did you get the colors to ungroup so you could assemble the red, black, white and orange yourself without using the print and cute feature? Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment Katie.
DeleteI'm not sure if this is the correct way of doing it. All I did was took the eraser and erased out the parts I didn't want to cut in the Silhouette Design Studio. Then, I just repeated it with each of the colours I needed, and assembled afterward. It was a bit of work, but was so cute in the end.
Hope that makes sense. Good luck with the party plans and thanks for finding my blog!
This is ADORABLE!! I too am getting ready to send out invited for my son's 2nd bday and just got a Silhouette...now I am a TotAl newbie to my silhouette....this is probably a silly question but how did you get Elmo to you silhouette??
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Hi Colby,
DeleteDo you have Silhouette Design Studio as well? It's software I bought with the Silhouette Cameo. Basically when you open a new page, you can open the image within there, erase out the parts you don't want to cut, and send it to the machine to cut. Repeat for each part of Elmo so that you can change the color of paper. I'm not sure if this was the best way to do it, as I'm a pretty new Silhouette user, but it did the trick.
Good luck!
Alison, thank you so much for getting back to me!! I think I have the design studio? It's the cd that came with it?... Any way I'll give it a try and see if I can make it work! Lol I'm a total novice when it comes to this stuff ha ha. If I can get it to work I'll try and send you a pic of my inspired invites from you!!!
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Hi! I came across your invite as I was doing a search for elmo invites for my daughters second birthday. I absolutely love this! Is this still available for digital download? I know this is alot later than previous comments. Please let me know as soon as you can! Thank you so much.
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DeleteI believe the links in my post above still work to download the papers, shapes, and Elmo. They aren't in one place. I pieced it all together in Microsoft Publisher to get the final look and wording I wanted. Good luck with your party!
Alison,
ReplyDeleteI love everything about your party! I'm planning my daughter's 2nd birthday and love your invitations. Can you tell me the name of the font you used? The link doesn't go to the actual font, just the homepage.
Thanks so much and I'm sure I'll have more questions for you. :)
Tiffany
Thanks Tiffany. Sorry, the link used to work. The font is called Budmo Jiggler.
DeleteHow did u do the elmo cut that way? even if i erase its no as perfect as urs ?? :(
ReplyDeleteIt's me again Alison! :) Where'd you get the paper for the invitations and is all of it cardstock? I have a Cameo, but the thought of trying to cut that Elmo head terrifies me.
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
Yes, most of it is bazzill cardstock that I picked up from Michaels (the kind with a waffle sort of weave). The polka dot cardstock is from Michaels as well. Not sure what brand it is. I just went in and picked out the colors I felt worked. Sorry to not be of any more help.
DeleteThanks Alison! I was at least going to the right store, so now I'll know what to look for.
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