Baptism Invites

My high school friend from the East Coast asked me to make invitations for her daughter's baptism and 1st birthday.  I have made invites for her a few years ago, and the colors we used for those are more traditional (click here to see).  This time, they want something out of the norm.  They are die hard 49ers fans, so she wanted to have the team's colors as the theme.  

For these invites, I opted for a tri-fold base.  I worked on the contents first.  80 of them.  With Photoshop, I just had the details laid out on a 8.5 x 5.5 size, and printed them directly on card stock. It took several tries to get them to print in the right spot.  After printing, I folded each piece, followed by the tedious part of inking the edges of each fold.

After that, I started working on the front.  This involved several layers which required embossing and edge punching.  I worked on each layer, then put them all together.  I have to admit, I had a hard time figuring out how to execute the acronym.  I wanted to use die cut letters, but I got lazy, so I stamped and embossed instead.

How long did this take to make?  Definitely NOT one day.  For big projects like this, I take my time and do one portion on separate days.  That way, I concentrate on only one thing, so as to make sure all cards look really good and the same.

'Til next blog!

You're Invited

Happy Saturday, crafty reader!  Earlier this week, I mentioned about a project I've been working on.  Well, I finished it just a few hours ago.  I made 30 birthday invitations for a special girl who loves horses.

The stamp used in the front is from the "Easier With You By My Side" set by Unity.

The sentiment is a dollar stamp by Imaginisce.   I'm not sure if this is still available from the market, but this is one of my favorite invitation sentiment stamps because it goes well with almost any Spellbinders die.

For the inside, I used the image from "And For A Moment" set by Unity.  I used Photoshop Elements to print the party details.

I also put a pink punched paper piece in the bottom right corner for the celebrant to write her name to personalize the card (not shown).

The invitations are now in the hands of the celebrant.

Have great weekend.... 'til next blog!

Baptism Invitation

Recently, I was organizing photos in my computer.  During the process, I realized that I wasn't able to post about the Baptism Invitations I made for my high school friend's baby earlier this year.  I must have been busy making the wedding invitations for my college friend.

Anyway, today's a good chance to share it with you.

This card uses Sandy Allnock's Adapted Tri-fold Shutter Card.  You can see the video tutorial here.

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite version of the Shutter Fold.  I did enjoy making these cards.

'Til next blog!

Wedding Invitation: Final Chapter

I can say this is my biggest paper crafting project ever.  I actually had cold feet at some point, but with encouragement from the bride herself, I went on with it.  I was asked to make 80 invitations, and the goal was for the invites to get to the Philippines by first week of May.  Thanks to the USPS, that goal was achieved.

So without further a do, here's my best friend's wedding invitation.

This is how it looks when received by the guest.

Showing back of slider:

The invitation opened, without the slider.  The name of the recipient is put on the orange shape on the top flap.

 

The wedding went really great, and I'm so glad to be a part of it. 

'Til next blog!

Wedding Invitation Part 4

I forgot to mention that my college friend's job involves a lot of travel.  That's why she wanted her invitation to look like a traditional plane ticket bought from a travel agency.  That's why there is no need for the traditional wedding envelope.

 

The base (Part 1) and the slider (Part 2 and Part 3) have been made.  Now it's time to show you the inserts, which features the details of the wedding.

With Adobe Photoshop, I typed the details of the wedding, making sure they fit in an 8.5 x 11 cardstock.  The tricky part of this process is selecting the font, and making sure no words and names were misspelled.  When everything was good, I started printing.

I cut the 8.5 x 11 sheets in thirds, making three inserts for the invitation.  Each insert has different lengths as well with a difference of 1/4 inch.  I also rounded the top left corner of each insert.

The next step was to ink the left edge with black ink.  The stamped a ship image by Tim Holtz on the right side.

 

When the three inserts are stacked together, this is how it looks:

I'm excited to show you the final product.  And that's for the next blog...  'Til then!

Wedding Invitation Part 3

Hello crafty reader!  I have been blogging about my latest big craft project.  I made the wedding invitations for my best friend from college.  You can see Part 1 by clicking here, and Part 2 by clicking here.

Now it's time for the topper of the slider for the wedding invitation.

The bride has decided to have monograms of their first name initials on the topper.  And since it's the focal point of the invitation as it is received, I heat embossed the monograms on orange cardstock.

After heat embossing, I cut around the monograms with a Spellbinders die.

 

 

I cut two more layers, in black and orange, using two different dies.

 

After that, I adhered mounting tape on all three layers.

Then the topper is assembled.

When the toppers were done, I adhered them to the sliders (click here on how I made the slider).

Here's the monogram up close.

Now the slider is officially done.  We move on to the inserts or the actual invitation.  And that I will share with you tomorrow.

'Til then!

Wedding Invitation Part 2

Yesterday I shared with you how I made the base of the wedding invitation I made for a dear friend.  What's so special about this invitation is that there are no envelopes involved.  The bride really wanted something different.  

For enclosure of the base, she wanted a slider.

So I cut two strips of cardstock, one in black and one in orange.

The black layer was punched with the Martha Stewart Circle Edge Punch.

As for the orange layer, I scored it in three parts, then stamped the middle with my mark.

Then the orange layers were folded like so, making sure that my mark is on the inside once assembled.

Then I adhered the black layer to the orange strips, and folded and assembled like so.  Now the base of the slider is done.

Tomorrow, I will share with you the topper of my slider.  'Til then!

Wedding Invitation Part 1

Earlier this year, I was mentioning about making wedding invitations for a very dear college friend of mine.  I've been itching to share it with you, but I had to wait 'til after the wedding.

The wedding has taken place, which is the reason for my absence from Tinker Planet.  I was in the Philippines for about three weeks, and that sure was a short, sweet and memorable visit.

Now, I'd like to share with you the wedding invitations I made.  I will post as I made the invitations, step by step.

The wedding's theme was orange and black.  So we opted for a black base and orange inserts.

The first step was to score the base.  I stuck to 8.5 x 11 cardstock (Recollections in Black). 

After scoring, I rounded the top left corner of the base.

Then with a bone folder, I started folding.  The rounded corner is in the inside of the base.

Then I cut strips of orange cardstock (Stampin' Up in Pumpkin Pie).

Then the orange strips were punched with EK Success Deep Edge Puncher in Swirls.  Notice that I also scored a line below the swirls.

After that, I adhered the orange strip to the inner flap of the base.  Now you have an idea on how the base looks like.

 

You must be wondering how this base is going to close.  I'll share that with you tomorrow.

'Til next blog!