Birthday party coming up? Lots of leftover scrapbooking paper lying about? You know what to do! Follow designer Stephanie Rahmatulla's lead and uses your scraps to create fun invitations and party favors! Materials: Plain birthday invitation panel card
Scrap paper or cardstock
Envelope
Sticker remnants (borders, characters, etc.)
Tape or glue
Candy bar favors
Letter stickers
- First, check the largest part of the invitation (this would be the backing added to the panel card, or if a backer isn't used, the panel card itself) to make sure that the card will fit your chosen envelopes.
- Then, use a fun computer font to print the birthday invitation onto the plain panel card. Leave room at bottom for larger stickers or embellishments. Mount to backing, if desired.
- Use leftover stickers to add borders along the invitation edge.
- To the large space left at the bottom of the invitation, add a fun sticker to embellish (figure A).
- To create favors, trim paper to fit a flat, wrapped candy bar (figure B). Leave a little of the wrapper extending beyond the paper to add color to the overall presentation.
- Embellish the scrap paper wrapper by adding sticker borders. With paper lying flat on work surface, begin applying stickers along the sides of the paper. Tip: For best results, hold stickers tightly at one end, while pulling and pressing with the other hand. Press excess sticker under edges of custom wrap.
- Use letter stickers to add guest's name to center of new wrapper (figure C ). Wrap custom labels around the candy and adhere edges with glue or tape.
Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources. Click here for DIY's Scrapbooking Glossary.
RESOURCES :
Hit of the Party: The Complete Planner for Children's Theme Birthday Parties
Model: 0788160842
Author: Amy Vangsgard
(August, 2000)
Diane Publishing
Clever Party Planning : Party Planning Ideas and Themes for Kids, Teens, and Adults
Model: 0966125320
Author: Suzanne Singleton
Creative Scrapbooking: Over 300 Cutouts, Patterns & Ideas ...
Author: Sandi Genovese
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
Die-Cuts and Templates (Ellison Craft & Design)
Cropping and cutting system are not available
Ellison
Website: www.ellison.com
Birthday Stickers: 32 Pressure-Sensitive Designs
Model: 0486280721
Author: Lisa A. Greene
(1997)
Dover Publications Inc.
Website: www.doverpublications.com
The Simple Art of Scrapbooking: Tips, Techniques and 30 Special Album Ideas ...
ISBN: 0440508398
Author: The Scrapbook Guild
(1998)
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing
Website: www.randomhouse.com
Birthday-themed stickers, paper and border stickers
Me and My Big Ideas
Website: www.meandmybigideas.com
Free, Downloadable Fonts (PC Crafter)
Free, Downloadable Fonts (One Scrappy Site)
One Scrappy Site
Website: www.onescrappysite.com
Free, Downloadable Fonts (Mom's Corner 4 Kids)
Mom's Corner 4 Kids
Website: www.momscorner4kids.com
Free, Downloadable Fonts (Scraplink)
Scraplink
Website: www.scraplink.com
Free, Downloadable Fonts (Creative Scrapbooking)
Creative Scrapbooking
Website: www.creativescrapbooking.com
Designer Die Cuts (Scrapbooking Made Easy Series)
Model: 1891520296
Author: Jill A. Rinner and Jeff Johnson
(1998)
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
Red Point Publishing
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
Fax: 801-785-8511
New Paper Styles
Model: 0806936517
Author: Mimi Christensen
(2001)
To order this title from Amazon, click here.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
GUESTS :
Stephanie Rahmatulla
Owner
Me and My Big Ideas
30152 Esperanza Parkway
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Website: www.meandmybigideas.com
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