Sassy in Stripes

Last, but not least; the final edition to Lauren's birthday invite collection. This was one of my personal favorites. I loved the use of the different patterned papers in stripes and circles and the brown and pink color palette. Will this be the invite she chooses... ? (Oh, and you guessed it! This was made using the Forever Young Cricut cartridge!)

Pretty in Purple

Here is another invite in the Lauren's Birthday 2010 line. :-) Not a lot going on with the sample, but the pink space was left for the invitation wording. The girl was cut from the Forever Young Cricut cartridge. I added little jewels to the clasp of her purse and the center of her flower to make them pop. The final invitation will be revealed soon...

Fashion Diva

This sassy gal was my absolute FAVORITE! I chose a green, blue and purple striped print paper for this, and then found the Bazzil cardstock paper that matches. I had made several of the girls from this Forever Young Cricut cartridge, but had yet to use any of the accessory pieces, so I knew I wanted to somehow incorporate those. As you can see, I made four squares, alternating with the green and dark purple and then cut the accessories to fit in the boxes. I was able to tie the patterned paper back in with the shoes, which I might add, I would love to have in my own closet! Keep watching to see if this card was a winner for the birthday invites...

Simply Sweet...

Now this card is not a favorite of mine by any means. Tried to add flourishes, but they didn't turn out so well... However, since the idea of these was to show my niece examples of what her birthday invites could look like and to give her many different options to choose from, I went ahead and put this one on display. This invite was also created using the Forever Young Cricut cartridge.

Pretty in Pink

This week I will be featuring invitation samples that I created for my nieces birthday party. This one was an overall favorite with the adults, but not my 10 year old niece. Stay tuned later in the week to see how she customized the invitation samples to create her dream invite!
This invitation was created using the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge. I used a two different colors of the pink Bazzil cardstock, one for the upper part of the dress, and one for her bottom ruffle. I dry embossed the bottom half of the card with dots and added a pink printed paper from The Paper Studio to the top. I split the middle with an elegant plack ribbon to tie in the black of the mannequin. A paper punch and a Hero Arts You're Invited stamp finished it off.

Can you relate? I can!

Thought this card was a perfectly humorous way to celebrate a female birthday, especially the birthday of a chocolate lover! I loved the vintage patterned papers in contrasting patterns, but coordinating colors. All of this on a black mat, really popped. This card is sure to bring a smile to the faces of women everywhere!