Wedding Invitations - VI

I am back with the final version of the Wedding Invitation Series (although it depends - maybe my brother and his fiance will not like any of them).

Here is the outside of the invitation. I simply put a leaf on one end of twine and glued the twine onto the invitation and wrap it around the invitation. I handed this to my Hubby and he handed it right back and said I don't even know where to start opening this one (he had trouble opening the last invitation). So I am now rethinking the string closures ... who knows how many others would have trouble opening them!

Here is the inside of the invitations. The invitation itself was so simple - that I got to thinking about adding a side pocket and putting the Reception information there. So I put the Reception and Rehersal Dinner information on 'Leaf' cards which could be put into the side pocket. At first cut the 'Leaf' cards out in different fall colors, but thought it looked too busy - so ended up with these.

I mailed all of these invitations out to my Brother and his Fiance this week - so it will be interesting to see which ones they liked and didn't like - or if I need to go back to the drawing board.

Wedding Invitations - V

Here is my fifth attempt at a Wedding Invitation. This invitation has a string closure to it. The closure is pretty easy feature to incorporate - just 2 eyelets, 2 red circles, and some string. I had to laugh when I handed this one to my Hubby, he wasn't too sure how to open the card. He kept thinking that the invitation was supposed to slide out.

The invitation portion is very simple on the inside. I used a touch of red and incorporated some dry embossing of a branch with leaves.

Here is a close-up of the dry embossing.

This dry embossing is fairly simple to do if you have a cuttlebug! I made a 'template' by cutting out 2 branches in heavy kraft paper and glue them together. I then put this 'template' on the invitation where I wanted it embossed and than it thru my cuttlebug. If you would like more details on this see my 'Angle Wings' entry.

Wedding Invitations - IV

Here is take four on the invitation series.

So you can tell I didn't exactly keep with the simple request here. But I already had the monogram made from another project (see aperture card). I think if they liked this card but didn't like the fancy scroll work around the monogram, it could be paired down to a simple circle with the monogram inside.

Wedding Invitations - III

I back with a third Wedding Invitation...

I am trying to keep with the simple request with this invitation! I used some very pretty red paper that has a glittered pattern on it. This red paper could get is expensive so I tried to use it sparingly. I am not too sure if I like this one, but it was fun to try and incorporate this pretty paper.

Wedding Invitations - II

Here is the second invitation that I came up with. I was told to keep the invitations 'Simple' - so here is my take on a simple invitation. I was also told the colors are Red and Champagne and the theme was 'Fall.' This is a 5x7 invitation made from red and champagne cardstock. The falling leaves were designed in Inkscape and cut using the Sure Cuts A Lot program and my Cricut machine. I did use a shimmery brown paper under the leaf cutout to help define them more.

Wedding Invitations - I

I have been working on a few Wedding Invitations this week. My little brother is getting married this fall, and I volunteered to make the invitations. So for the next week I will be posting a different invitation each day - so drop back by to see all of the invitations!



Here is a very simple invitation with a 'fall' theme. The invitation is a 5x7 gate fold card with a red belly band. The outer layer is made from Kraft paper and the inner liner is a cream colored cardstock. I put a shimmery brown cardstock underneath the leaf cutouts to make them pop a little more.

April Calendar

Well I am a little late with the April Calendar ... I have been playing in the garden lately!! Here are my boys out looking for eggs Easter morning. On this layout I used Inkscape and designed the Easter Bunny Flying an Airplane. I took a fine tip marker and simply drew in some details of the plane and around each of the letters in the banner. The letters on the banner were cut out using some 'pinky dies.' After I had everything glued down and in place I drew in some clouds.

Wish my photos of easter morning were better! I found out when your kids wake up with the sun, it is difficult to get enough light for your photos -- and there was no telling them they had to wait until more daylight!!

Well I am off to finish playing my garden - my asparagus and lettuce are ready for harvest!! See-ya

Cri-Kits - embossing pen

If you go to the Cri-Kit.com site - you will see that they are coming out with a new pen for your Cricut machine that will emboss. I LOVE embossing! I am very curious to see what this new tool will be able to do.
I also learned that the Cri-Kits company that they will be at Mesa Convention Center from April 16-17th for the Creating Keepsakes Craft Show.

Egg Cards

Here is a couple of egg shaped cards that I made for Easter. I thought I would share the file in case you wish to make some for Easter! If you would like to have the SVG for this Egg Card, Click Here. I used some gel pens to draw the colors on the eggs. A stamp was used to print out the Happy Easter - and then I just hand cut around the words to make a 'banner'.

Stacked Eggs

Here is a card that I have been playing with for Easter. I thought that I would share the file in a SCAL2 format. If you would like to have this file, Click Here. I have all the colors in 4 different layers so it is easy to use with your pens. I hope everyone has a joyous Easter!

Canary's Capcake

I meet a fellow craft blogger (Bryanna Lenan - the canary's cupcake) the other day, and she gifted me with a box that looked like real cake! Honest to goodness it looked so good I wanted to eat it!! I hate to admit it but it looked better than any cake I could bake. I didn't take a photo of it - now I am thinking that I should have. The 'Frosting' was made from spackle. Run don't walk - and go check out her boxes!

Inside the box were a few bits of odds and ends. So I have been playing with the pieces and came up with a few cards. A little differant type of card than I have done in a while -- but the pieces were so fun to play with -- Thanks Bryanna!!