Tutorial: Maksim's Birthday Party Invitation!
For my son Maksim's Birthday Party I already knew I wanted to make him boombox invites, and after going through tons of designs at gabbafriends.com I finally settled on the design.
Here is the final product.
I created all the graphics with adobe photoshop here at home. (Images were modified to fit on the Gabbafriends website; click on image for the full-size version.)
The boombox image and inside message image should be printed to 4x6 in size, while the two images of the gabba friends should be 3x4. As for the mini inserts for sizing, I just printed them wallet size.
You can print them in the convenience of your home, or go to your local staples/office depot to get them printed.
Once I got the images printed I cut each out so everything was separate before starting on the invitations.
First I got the scrapbook paper and with a ruler drew out the lines. 1 piece of paper can make 3 invitations. I then cut the paper into 3 4x12 strips. Once they were in strips I then drew a line in the middle of each (at 6 inches) and folded the sides in to the line. And with that, the invitation base is complete!
Next, I glued everything on the inside of the invitation.You can use glue stick or liquid glue, whichever you prefer. This was Maksim's favorite part because he got to help me glue everything down.
For the boom box on the outside, I made sure each piece was cut individually and also cut the buttons right through the middle where the boombox is supposed to open. Instead of gluing them down, I used doubled sided scrapbook tape to give it a 3-D effect on the outside, this is to me the best part of the invitation.
I hope everyone enjoys making these invitations as much as I did.
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy!
Insert 1:
Insert 2:
Inside Copy:
Invitation Outside:
Left Side:
Right Side:
How did you get the texted in the picture? Anybody who knows please let me know. Thanks!
how did you get the text in the picture?
love it, ur awesome
Thanks Maksim's Mommy! These invitations are AWESOME and I plan to use them for my daughter's birthday party. I did find a couple of good YGG-ish fonts at
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081021115622AA3mhEr
Also found some silver pearlized scrap paper book pad at Walmart.
Hope this helps!
Hi! The moment I saw your invitation, I knew that was the invitation I wanted to do for my son's 1st birthday party. I am having trouble finding where to get the paper, could you please let me know where I can get them? Thanks! sheree408@gmail.com
Hello...I am with everyone else...what font did you use...Help emaile me at duckie69@cox.net Thx so much
did anyone ever get a response on the font???
Does anybody know what FONT she used and also where did she get the silver paper? please let me know ... lgmerces@hotmail.com
i really love this invitation and I would really love to make it but my question is where did you get the silver paper for the base and the font you used...? and my other question would be, so these downloads u have provided are just printed cut out and then glued...? Right..? well thank you so much for this great idea...! plcruz2@miners.utep.edu
Hello! I know you've probably answered this question a million times, but where can I find the font and the paper? ameliareller@yahoo.com
thanks for the awesome idea!
Mel
I love your invitations, although I have the some of the same questions as below. Where did you find the silver paper and which font did you use? My email address is kgaines82@hotmail.com
Hello! I truly love these invitations!!! i would like to ask you which font did you use and where did you get the grey/silver paper from? if you would please email me lilliegracia@yahoo.com.
Thank you.....
How did you get the font to match the YGG font? Please email me: married2adj@aol.com. Thank you!
I am wondering what font you used and how you entered the font into the starburst. I cannot seem to get a text box inside. can you help me? firefly@cfl.rr.com
I really love these invites and im trying to use your center but i cant but im having some trouble i was wondering if you could help please! please email me back at jolesaz06@aol.com