New Invitation Ideas

I'm participating in an "Opportunity Party" this weekend and trying to figure out how to market what I do. Usually, I make gifts with my cards and occasionally I make a gift of invitations for my friends. Here are some "sample" invitations I made for the event to give folks a little idea of what I can do.

Caterpillar

(with complimentary green envelope)

Pink Cupcake Cloud

(with chocolate text and corresponding chocolate envelope)

Rocket Ship

(with green envelope)

Classic Car

(on natural cardstock, rather than white)

All the cards are flat A2 size (4.25 x 5.5).

On the Fly

Here's a card I put together on the fly. It's just like me to make cards as my passion and yet to not have one to accompany a gift (typically cards) that I'm giving!

I just made one of these. It's a folded card: pink card stock (rounded corners), green scalloped square, and a tiny pink and cream silk flower fastened with a green "button" brad. I could easily see this card personalized in a set with a name or "Thank You" printed or stamped. Of course, plain is quite nice too! The envelope is white with a matching pink scroll stamped along the edge.

Happy 4th Birthday!

Geneva (my 3-year old) was invited to her first "Chucky Cheese" birthday party a couple weeks ago. Wow. She was excited and overwhelmed. It was great!

The base is pink card stock (horizontal fold).

It's embellished with a green scalloped circle under the butterfly graphic circle.

The card is finished with a black satin ribbon.

This set I put together with matching pink envelopes and the storage box (right).

Preschool Cards

These were also done during "Teacher Appreciation" week.

I put this simple design together for the Director, Teacher Michelle.

Teacher Appreciation Day III

These are for Geneva's primary teacher at school, Teacher Jessica.

The cards are in the stack on the left; the gift box I made is on the right.

I used some nestibilities in the scalloped circles to make the center cutouts. The white circle is punched through the middle with the apple so the red circle shows through the center.

The green ribbon and text were not quite enough...

... so I added some green dots to the scallops. They don't show up very well in the photo, but I think the overall effect is really cute.

Teacher Appreciation Day II

These are some simple cards I have made in the past that turned out really well. I have a set that I made for myself.

These are for the teacher that does all the wonderful, organic cooking at Geneva's preschool.

The graphic is another clip art. I added her name in chocolate brown script and paired it with brown envelopes.

Somewhere along the way, I picked up some gold pear seals.

Teacher Appreciation Day

My 3-year old is in preschool. 

She has several "teachers" depending on the situation.

These are some flat cards I made for her music teacher.

The graphic is clip art and the text reads:

"A little 'note' from Teacher Kara"

Here's a close-up of the graphic.

I decided to do two cards in each of the colors that were represented in the graphic by mounting the white card stock to separate sheets of colored card stock with matching envelopes.