Outdoor Barbecue Pocket Card Invitation

It is still winter, but I am dreaming of the warm summer months when my husband and I can grill outside in the backyard! My husband's favorite food to grill is steak. I like grilled zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, and flatbread pizzas! I can smell the char from the grill marks already! Yum! In my mind I am planning our first cookout...

 ...and designing the invitations!

I was inspired by the pocket card invitation sample featuring the Outdoor Barbecue stamp set in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.

I mimicked the angle of the pocket card above by angling the Whisper White cardstock on the Pacific Point designer series paper on the front of the invitation base.

I stamped each of the grilled food stamps in Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, and Garden Green inks across the Whisper White cardstock. I imagined a gingham tablecloth with all of the grilled food spread out on the table with my family and friends gathered around to share a meal together.

The base of the pocket card is created from a 9-1/4" by 6" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock. I scored it parallel to the 9-1/4" side at 5/8" and to the 6" side at 2-3/4" and at 7".

Remove the lower left and lower right tabs as shown in the template above. Then notch the lower middle tab as shown in the template above. Fold and burnish the scored lines well.

Add strong glue such as Tombow multi liquid glue or Tear and Tape Adhesive vertically from the topmost right edge to the bottom most right edge on the back of the card base (on the rightmost panel between the 7" score line and the rightmost edge of the cardstock) and horizontally along the back of the middle lower tab. Remove the adhesive backings.

With the back of the card base facing up, fold the left panel in to the center of the card base. Then fold the right panel in to the center of the card base. Finally, fold bottom tab up and press into place.

For the pull tab at the top, I sandwiched two Crushed Curry cardstock circles between the front and the back of the card for added strength and stamped the "You're Invited" greeting with Memento Tuxedo ink at the top of the circle, so it could be seen when the card is inside the pocket.

After your cut the Whisper White cardstock for the card, you can either print the cookout party information by hand or print it out from the computer using a word processing program.

 
If you are going to print out the cookout party information using a word processing program, I recommend creating a new document and placing 3-3/4" x 5" text boxes evenly spaced on the page. Then type your party details in the text boxes. Print as many of the text boxes as you need for your invitations. Next cut them out and adhere them to the 4" x 5-1/4" Pacific Point designer series paper.

Punch 2 1-1/2" Crushed Curry cardstock circles. Stamp the "You're Invited" greeting on the top of one circle and adhere one to the front of the card and one circle on the back directly behind the circle on the front. Side the card into the pocket card base. And, you are all ready to send off your invitations!

I hope you enjoyed today's Outdoor Barbecue invitation project! If need any of the supplies, to recreate this invitation, please use the supply list below to purchase from my online store. I would love to earn your business and be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Outdoor Barbecue Masculine Birthday Card
Stamps	#151553 Outdoor Barbecue (Cling-Mount)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White Cardstock #120953 Crumb Cake Cardstock #131199 Crushed Curry Cardstock #149613 Brights Designer Series Paper
Ink	#132708 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad #149165 Basic Gray Ink Pad #147083 Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad #147087 Crushed Curry Ink Pad #147089 Garden Green Ink Pad #174115 Soft Suede Ink Pad
Embellishments
Tools	#152392 Stampin’ Trimmer #102300 Bone Folder #126200 Stampin’ Scrub #102394 Stampin’ Mist #110755 Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue #138995 Tear and Tape Adhesive Corresponding Clear Acrylic Blocks #138299 1-1/2” Circle Punch

 

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