Design Projects

Summer BBQ Invite

by Pete Hughes

Having a party? Why not make some of these great invites and send them to your friends? With invites as good of these you bbq can't fail to be a success!

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You will need:

• Sizzix Originals - Dog Tags
  
  
• Sizzix Originals - Sun #2
  
  
• ellison design Decorative Strips - Strips


• ellison design Thin Cuts - Glasses & Straw


• ellison design Thin Cuts Alphabet Set - Sunset
  
  
• Assorted cardstock


• DCWV - Textured Stack


• Clear & yellow vellum


• Gold mirror card

How to make the card:

1. Cut a folded DL sized cardblank from orange card. Next cut away half of the front-cover on a diagonal before adding a thin line of PVA glue top and bottom to form your invite pocket.
2. Die cut the zig-zag decorative strips from gold mirror card to decorate the mouth of the pocket and top edge reserving some for your tag.
3. Die cut the letters 'BBQ' from yellow cardstock and attach to your invite pocket. Die cut a yellow sun and fix a piece of pale yellow card to its rear before attaching to the top left of your invite pocket.
4. Die cut your glasses & straw from yellow, pale yellow, white, orange and clear vellum, paper and card and assemble as shown, using 3 ice cubes and two straws before attaching with a staicky pad.
5. Use a PC to print your bbq invite onto yellow vellum paer. Place the vellum face down onto your dog tags die before die cutting.
6. Die cut a large brown dog tag, cut away part of the vellum invite and attach in place onto the brown tag using the gold decorative strip. Place a strip of pale orange card through the hole in your tag, fold in half and fix in place with a staple gun before inserting into the invite pocket. Finally, pop your invites in the post, spark up the Barbie and pray for fine weather!