Our first task was to create some pretty invitations for her friends and family. We had a look on Google and she loved the picture of a clam-shell shaped invitation that she saw. So I dusted off my trusty Cricut machine and set to work. The outside of the card was relatively easy, being a simple cut on the machine, but the inside was a little bit tricky.
I wanted to print the party details on the bottom part of the shell and a picture of Ariel on the top part of the shell. As my Cricut machine only cuts and doesn't print, I had to print the text and picture first through my normal printer and then try to line up the printed area with the cut area. I worked out that by cutting a template on the Cricut first and then holding the whole page (with the cut out piece removed) over my computer screen with the Word document open and zoomed out to exactly match the paper size, I could line it all up and once it was printed I then put it through the Cricut and it cut perfectly!
After gluing the 4 "shells" together, I decorated the front of the shell with silver Kindy Glitz along the ridge lines of the shell to give it a bit of dimension. My daughter was very happy with the result, especially as pink and silver are two of her favourite colours.
Here is the front of the invitation:
And the inside:
And a close up of the glitter on the front:
I will post some pics and details of the birthday cake shortly.
how big did you cut the shell? do you still have the template avail. for the inside, I was wanting to do the same thing. Wondering if you could possibly email it to me...theberens@sbcglobal.net Thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat Cricut cartridge did you use? I am wanting to do something like this for my daughter's birthday! My email address is katy.mclaughlin@ymail.com
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This is my sister's favorite theme. It's sweet, colorful and just suits a kid's innocence. Glad to be exploring the net and found great Little Mermaid birthday party ideas like this. THis is going to be my niece's party theme next year. yehey <3 God bless always! I would love to pin some photos from this post hope it's find with you.
ReplyDeleteWhat Cricut cartridge did you use? My daughters bday theme is little mermaid and I'm having trouble finding the shell cartridge....my email is Mylinecabico@gmail.Com
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Hi i love your party card invitation for your little girls birthday party. Would you be so kind an email me what cricut cartridge did you use. Thank you very much. mstaalem@gmail.com
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I would also love to know what cartridge you used. I've been looking everywhere for something like this. I would very much appreciate your help. :)
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I would also love to know what cartridge you used. I've been looking everywhere for something like this. I would very much appreciate your help. :)
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Hi! I'm doing a mermaid themed bridal shower for my youngest daughter and I would also love to know what cartridge that you used. My email is mgriffin0137@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, just wanted to let you all know that I used a custom image via the SCAL software and then cut it with my cricut machine. You may be able to find a similar shell shape on the Cricut design software or another cartridge. If you make some invitations please share them with me, I would love to see what you have made!
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