Halloween Party 10.27.12

Ouija Board Invitations

For the outside of the invite I used the Cricut Halloween Chic cartridge

I saw these invites on Etsy and was determined to make them.
The layout for this invite is Portrait.
I downloaded a jpeg of a Ouiji board and cropped the images out.
Under insert tab I inserted each of the 4 pictures at a time. Sized them to fit half a page.
I clipped on the image and recolored it black and white and went to the page layout tab
under text wrapping on the right hand side. I set the images to "Behind Text" so I could move them
around the page as I wanted to.
For the Yes and no I used text boxed and an Arial font Bold size 20
For the "Your Spirit is requested to Materialize"
was done in copperplate Bold size 14.
The I Downloaded 3 fonts Nymphette Font size 36 for the accents by the RSVP. Letters A and B
http://www.fontspace.com/nymphont/nymphette
The RSVP was done in  JFRingmaster size 36 and
http://www.fontspace.com/jester-font-studio/ringmaster

The Halloween Soiree was tricky to firgure.
Under the insert tab in word there is a heading called word art.
This is where you go to shape the letters in a circular fashion.
I used the font CarnivalMF All donwloaded for free from
http://www.fontspace.com/rick-mueller/carnival size 36
"Don't be caught Dead..." copperplate Bold size 13
"Lakeville, MN" was Arial size 24.
I cut the invite in half on Certificate paper I found at office depot and glued it to a
black piece of cardstock paper that I folded in half.

Bon Voyage 29 Party

 My  gorgeous friend Jen has been telling her husband for 7 yrs that 

when she turns 30 she wanted to be on a 

cruise ship away from everyone 

so she does not have to be home reveling

in the fact that she is "Old"

 Unfortunately, they are saving for a house and 

cannot do both the cruise and the house

so I decided to throw her a "Boy Voyage 29" Party

with a cruise theme.

For the invites I used a clip art of an anchor

I clicked on the picture set text wrapping to be behind text

recolored the anchor to blue tint to match the blue on the invites.

I cut the  dark blue paper long ways in half at 5 1/2 inches  and 

did the same to the light blue paper...cut it in half first and then shaved an extra 

1/2 " off each side to create the graduated border.

I used the Cricut cartridge "Pack your Bags" which was on sale

this week for 19.99 at Michaels this week.

The wheel was cut at 4" 

The party is in October and there will be more 

pictures/ideas once that party is over

Invitation Text

Envelopes

Sound Like a Cruise

to make sure that the guests heard the ocean we brought in

the noisemaker that we have in my daughters room to 

create the sound of waves crashing as we chattered about.

I know we think of Hawaii when we think of Leis but I thought that we should 

give them out at the door to everyone when they boarded when "Ship" to help them 

get into the spirit of the party.

When I set up the table I created a Nautical theme by adding 

shells, black and blue table runner for only 3 dollars each at

tableclothfactory.com.

I had the oblong tablecloth and used boxes underneath to give height to the 

food and decor.  I bought these 2 boats on eBay for 12.00 ea 

and the shells napkins and plates and packs of star fishes were 50 cents a pack on clearance at Michael's.

Food was provided by Aldi for 50.00 including fruit, croissants, cheese,veggies, chips, dip,

pickles & condiments

  

I used my cricut cutter for Pack your bags...

the same cartridge I used for the invites to cut out

dolphins, and captain's wheels, at 2" glued them

to toothpicks and places them in the food trays

My co-host Nicki made the sign for her party for under 2.00

with paper supplies from Michael's.

Already had the cups so I bought a bag of oranges at Aldi

sliced them up and added a little umbrella to eat cup

to dress them up.

Finally,

using my cricut I made a sign with 2 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" 

card stock paper.  Using my paper cutter I cropped the darker

brown sheet of paper 1/2" smaller for demension to frame the letters on.

Using the "Pack your Bags" cricut cartridge

I cut out a camera and then the "School Book" Cartridge and the Roly Poly font.

The "P" and the "B" at 3" & the rest of the letters

at 2" glued them to the paper

Bridal Shower Invites

Invitations

I Found a pack of invites on Sale at Michales

for 9.99.  I had a 25% off coupon off everything 

including sale items so they were only 7.50 for 40.

I used my cricut cartridge to cut out the letters 

from the "School Book" disk set at 2"

The hearts were set at 2 1/2"

For the invites I used a clip are of a umbrella

I clicked on the picture set text wrapping to be behind text

recolored the umbrella that had a green

tint to it to grey scale and centered it on the page.

Then I used butterfly cutouts that I have from Martha Stewart

bent them in half & glued them to the page.

For the Wrap around, I cut the card stock at 1" for the 

brown and 1/2" for the pink.

RSVP envelope template

RSVP envelope