Under a Blue Moon

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Halloween Party Invitations

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(Links to all products, images and font listed at the bottom)

I'm in charge of sending out the annual Halloween Party Invitations, a task I took upon myself years ago.  Each year I try to do something a little different.  Some years I rely on the creativity of others and order the design from Etsy but this year I created my own.  

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Whenever I do a project like this I hop over to the Graphics Fairy and search for images to use.  I found a skull image I liked and resized and cropped it to fit my 5" x 6 1/2" card.  I also found the banner image.  It was a little bit wide so I edited in Photoshop Elements using the transform tool.  I also pulled in the skull image and, using the color picker, made the banner the same color as the skull.   I added the word "Beware" using the font Wretched.  

I inserted the updated images in a Word document and printed them out on Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte.  Cutting out the elements actually didn't take that long. 

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I hand address the envelopes using white ink and generally do the return address too but this year I decided to make it easier on myself and printed up address labels using a witch silhouette.  Again I cropped and edited the image to suit my need.  

For the party details on the inside of the card I used a beautiful frame graphic with the addition of a few carefully placed bats.  

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My favorite element is the glittery frame around the image.  I used my Sizzix Big Shot with a Spellbinders label die.  The glittery paper I used is Solid Glitter – Titanium by the Paper Studio.  It is the perfect warm silver color, like old German glass glitter.  I got three frames out of each 12" x 12" sheet.  I saved the cut out from each frame and will use them in another project.  Christmas cards, perhaps…

A couple of tips for cutting out glitter paper using a die.  First tape the die to the back side of the paper, cutting side down.  The tape keeps the die from shifting when you run it through the Big Shot.  I folded over one edge of the tape so it was easy to pull off.  I used the same piece of tape for each frame.  Secondly, when you run the paper and die through the Big Shot make two passes to ensure the die cuts through the thicker paper and glitter.

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I added eyelets to each corner of the card using a tool called a Crop-a-Dile.  It's pricey but when I bought it, it was 50% off.  It both punches the hole and smooshes the eyelet.  And it does both 1/8" eyelets (like I used) and a larger 3/16" size.

The final step is to attach the cut out images to the front and the invitation details on the inside of the card.  Its perfectly represents my love of glitter and spooky Halloween imagery.  

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