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4/16/15

Homemade Invitations

I finally finished making some homemade invitations for my grand kids to pass out to their friends for their yearly pirate party that I host for them. Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh~
While searching the web for idea inspirations, I came across a pop up card that had a ship in it! It was love at first sight. I decided to incorporate that into an invitation. I had a book of maps that I pulled sheet after sheet from to use as the base of each card. Here is the inside of each card. I think they turned out pretty cute!

I used the template from Robert Sabuda, he not only has the pop up ship, but a lot more to choose from too *free of charge* I printed out his template and cut the pieces out and then I made my own template to suit my needs a little better. For example, I traced as many sails as would fit on one sheet of paper and then I used Picmonkey to add text to the sails to create the invitation information. Then it was just a matter of printing and cutting out everything. Easy peasy.

I was at a loss as what to put on the front of each invitation. I didn't want it to be really grand as it would take away from the awesome pop up ship on the inside. So I kept it very basic. I used a large skull stamp my friend gave me and then just added some red glitter to the heart shaped eyes. (I am determined to use more glitter this year) I also crinkled up the paper and then added some ink to make it look old. I tore the edges and just glued each one in place....

Lastly, I tied each one up using some raffia. I added a beautiful bling-ring to each invitation along with hand written tags my grand kids wrote. Taaaaaaaaa- daaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Invitations finished -check!
Forty five more days... not that I'm counting.
big hugs,

8 comments:

  1. That is sooo cute ,They will love
    very creative project
    Hope you have a good week end.
    Laura

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  2. So Cute! I know your Grands' friends love the party every year.
    Enjoy your weekend.

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  3. All I can say is that I hope your grandchildren appreciate you! Adorable!

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  4. Those are absolutely amazing. Their friends must be so excited to head to the party! Aye Matey!

    www.japolina.blogspot.com

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  5. These are even cuter in person! Thanks for bringing them over to work on last Tuesday night!

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  6. So very creative and cool, they are so lucky to have such a talented grandma!!

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  7. You are amazingly creative! I can't even imagine either set of grandparents hosting a pirate party for me and my cousins. What fun!

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  8. Every time I visit your blog, I am reminded of how over the top creative you are - you could have worked for Disney or the movies, or theater, or in some kind of way like that. Have you watched the videos on youtube by Hollywood Haunter? https://www.youtube.com/user/HollywoodHaunter They do sets for Halloween, an old Ghost Town, other things. The kids must think your house is sooooo cool!

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