Fabulous Beautiful You Party Invitations

One of my dear customers asked me if I could help her put together some invitations to her sister's birthday party. She had a specific design and stamp set in mind. The invitation is a slightly modified CASE of a card created by Michelle Carter. I love this layout!

Her sister's favorite color is purple. So, we changed the color to Elegant Eggplant. We also added a 75 and fabulous embellishment made by my customer on her computer's word processing program and then cut out using the Layering Circles Framelits.

The pattern in the dress and in the hat were created by stamping the lady in the hat's image twice - once on Whisper White cardstock and once on Elegant Eggplant Designer Series Paper. Fussy cut  the dress and hat from the Elegant Eggplant paper and adhere on top of the lady in the hat image on the Whisper White cardstock.

This technique is also called paper piecing. It takes a small bit of time, but it is definitely worth the effort! So striking!

On the inside of the inviation my sweet customer typed the party information on her computer and printed it onto Whisper White cardstock. We trimmed the edges to fit inside the invitation.

Beautiful You Invitation Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Elegant Eggplant	5-1/2” x 8-1/2”; scored at 4-1/4”
1st Front Mat	Whisper White	5-1/4” x 4”
Rectangular Strip	Regals Designer Series Paper Stack (Elegant Eggplant Flower Pattern)	5-1/4” x 2”
2nd Front Mat	Elegant Eggplant	4” x 2-3/4”
3rd Front Mat	Whisper White	3-3/4” x 2-1/2”
Inside Mat	Whisper White	5-1/4” x 4”
Balloons	Elegant Eggplant	2” x 4”
	Regals Designer Series Paper Stack (Elegant Eggplant Flower Pattern)	2” x 2”
Dress	Regals Designer Series Paper Stack (Elegant Eggplant Flower Pattern)	2-1/4” x 3”

I can't wait to hear what my customer's sister thought of her birthday party invitations!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Beautiful You Invitations Project Supply List
Stamps	#143004 Beautiful You (Wood-Mount) #143637 Beautiful You (Clear-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White #138436 Regals Designer Series Paper Stack #105126 Elegant Eggplant
Ink	#140931 Basic Black Archival #100082 Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker
Embellishments	#119246 Rhinestones #104430 Dimensionals
Tools	#143263 Big Shot #126199 Stampin’ Pierce Mat #141705 Layering Circles Framelits

 

You Lift Me Up!

The Lift Me Up stamp and thinlit set reminds me of my first trip to Australia. My friends and I took a sunrise hot air over the Hunter Valley.

We floated over vineyards and fields with grape vines and kangaroos. The mountain views were absolutely stunning. We had such an amazing day that I recreated my hot air balloon ride with this thinking of you card.

The green and blue color block was made by applying markers to clear acrylic blocks and spritzing them with water before "stamping" it onto cardstock. I used Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, and Pacific Point on an H block.

The sentiments in Lift Me Up are so lovely and heart-warming. 

Looking at this card I thought the layout and color palette would work well for a masculine card. I changed the greeting to create a masculine birthday card for my husband's birthday next week.

On the inside of the card, I stamped the small and medium sized clouds. I sneaked/snuck in a little love cloud too. I think he will really like his birthday card!

How have you used the Lift Me Up Bundle? I would love to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

You Lift Me Up Card Project Supply List
Stamps	#144712 Lift Me Up Bundle (Clear-Mount) #144711 Lift Me Up Bundle (Wood-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White #138336 Tip Top Taupe
Ink	#126970 Night of Navy #126952 Tempting Turquoise #131259 Brights Stampin’ Write Markers
Embellishments	#124262 Whisper White Baker’s Twine #119246 Rhinestones
Tools	#143263 Big Shot #118490 H Acrylic Block #126185 Spritzer