Category Archives: Invitations

Ninjago party invitations

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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We’ve spent this afternoon making birthday invitations for my son’s upcoming birthday party.  He decided on Ninjago invitations (for those not up with small boys, that is a type of Lego based on ninjas!) His favourite Ninjago is Kai “the red guy”. 

 
I had a grand vision for how these might look, but then had to tone it down to match the vision of the birthday boy.  Which is after all the point (allegedly!!)

I was planning on using the top note die to get a nice curve on the yellow mask top and bottom, making the eye brows from the branch of the bird punch as the eye brows, and layering black and white circles from the owl punch for the eyes.   However small boy was most insistent that we should draw the eyes and eyebrows ourselves, and it turns out that dropping liquid paper onto the eye balls to make the whites of the eyes is super fun when you’re 5!!

So, here they are in all their glory. Perhaps not as glossy as I’d planned, but made with love by the birthday boy 🙂 

  

Next challenge: Ninjago cup cakes for the big day.  Red icing anyone? 😉

Thanks for reading. 

Caro

Btw I cut the yellow strips with one of the labels from chalk talk framelits.   I was very happy with the pretty rounded edges but he decided they should all be chopped off!

  

Super hero party invitation

25 Thursday Sep 2014

Posted by in Cards, Invitations, Kids cards, Kids craft ideas, Kids party, Owl, Punches, Word Window

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Hello!   Sorry it has been such a long time between posts.  Life just gets busy!  In my last post I showed you the card I made for my Frozen obsessed son’s 5th birthday.  I’m pleased to report he loved it 🙂

Today I want to show you the invitations I made for his birthday party.  He wanted a dress up party, but he (and I!) were going as super heroes, so he wanted to have super hero themed party invitations.   So here’s what I came up with – super hero owls!

Super hero owl party invitation

They looked pretty cute all lined up together:

Super hero owl invitationsHere’s a closer look at the super heroes, made from the Stampin’ Up! owl builder punch:

Super hero owls Here are a few pictures of how I put the owls together.   Basically I just used various colours cut from the owl punch, and the yellow belts are made from the word window punch.

Making super owl:

Owl punch cut outs

Building super owl!One tip – it’s easier to cut the yellow belt to size from behind:

Building super owls - reverse

Super owl - just needs goggly eyes!

Making spider owl:

Building spider owls(the black circle is also from the owl builder punch)

Building spider owls

Spider owls

Making bat owl:

Building bat owl

Making bat owls

Bat owl belts

Put them all together and you get some cute little super heroes!

Super hero owls

I have to say I was a little sick of making owls by the end of this process though!

Thanks for reading

Caro x

 

Elmo invitation

29 Wednesday May 2013

Posted by in Big Shot, Circles #2, Dies, Invitations, Kids cards, Large Oval, Scallop circle

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The other day I showed you the invitations I made for my son’s 4th birthday party this year.   I’ve already had some great feedback about how excited the kids were to open the card and see a big ball pop up!

That all reminded me of an invitation I made for his birthday party when he was 2 and obsessed with Elmo from Sesame Street.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Scallop Circle Die with my Big Shot to cut out all Riding Hood Red circles for the invitations.    The white eyes were cut from the Circles #2 die and I think I used my smallest circle punch for the black centres (you could also use the larger circles from the Stampin’ Up! Owl Builder punch).    The nose was cut from Tangerine Tango (but Pumpkin Pie or More Mustard would also work).    The black mouth was half of the largest circle from the Circles #2 die.

I stamped a basic invitation block on the back and I was done.

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Too easy – and the kids adored them!

Pop up rugby themed birthday party invitations

21 Tuesday May 2013

Posted by in 3D / pop up, Invitations, Uncategorized

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My 3 year old son is obsessed with rugby union.  And I mean obsessed.  Instead of a story, he wants me to read him the Brumbies rugby season guide most nights.    And for his birthday party he wants a – you guessed it! – rugby themed birthday party, with rugby themed invitations.

After much thought, I came up with a pop-up rugby themed birthday party invitation for my little rugby obsessed munchkin.    I thought I would share the steps in case anyone else needs to come up with a football related card or invitation anytime soon.

I made a C6 sized card blank in Stampin Up! Night of Navy, which is pretty close to the Brumbies team colours of navy, white and yellow.   I cut and pasted some rugby jerseys on Whisper White card stock for the front of the card – and we wrote the names of the people invited on the jerseys.

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For the pop up card I cut a 20.5 x 14 cm piece of Stampin Up! Old Olive card stock for the inside ‘pop up’.   Here is a photo of my rough sketch in case my instructions aren’t clear!

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I folded the Old Olive piece in half and scored it, then made a 2cm cut at 6 cm and 8cm to make the pop up.

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Now for the “field!”

I used my white Signo pen to mark the side lines – 0.5cm all around the inside, and then try lines, centre lines and “22” lines as shown in this photo (I did the solid lines with a ruler and the dashed lines by hand)

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I added 2 Stampin’ Dimensionals onto the pop up to hold the “piece de resistance” – the pop up rugby ball!     I made this on my computer so I could add his name on the ball, but you could equally use an oval cut from the extra large oval punch or an ovals die.

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James had a fantastic time sticking on the dimensionals and adding the balls to the inside of the cards.   Just like magic!   One tip: make sure the base of the rugby ball is just touching the base of the pop up section so it can close easily.

We wrote the party details on the “field”, stuck the Old Olive insert inside the Night of Navy card base and we were done.

I’m posting them tomorrow so here’s hoping they’re a hit!

Enjoy!