Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Birthday invites and thank you's

Evan's birthday is coming up this Friday...he's going to be 7!!! We had his party this past Saturday at Metro Sports Center in Evansville. We had a blast! The kids got to run and play games for an hour and then sit and enjoy pizza and cake. We even played a game of dodgeball...parents vs. kids. That was fun but I'm still sore. LOL Evan wanted an Indianapolis Colts themed party. I was able to find plates and napkins and goodie bag items for the party but they had no invites or thank you's so I made my own.

Invites: I used my Cricut and Gypsy (of course). I used Sports Mania, George, Create a Critter, and Old West for these. I welded the football shape to a rectangle from George and cut that in white. I then cut the football using Sports Mania in brown and embossed with my Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles folder to make it look like the texture of a real football. I then used Create a Critter for the horseshoe and stretched it a bit to resemble the real Colts logo and added the circles from George. I put that on the invite using pop-dots. I used Old West font for the PARTY title. It was the perfect Colts font. I stamped all the info on the inside.
Thank you's: I kept these a little more simple. I used Sports Mania and Create a Critter for these. I used Sports Mania for the football helmet and Create a Critter for the horseshoe and a white get pen for the dots on the horseshoe. I used my Cuttlebug Thanks folder for the background. Evan just wrote the last of his thank you's today while he's home sick from school. TFL

6 comments:

AuBien said...

Jennifer - these ROCK!! Totally LOVE the invites and the TY's are GREAT!! S. is just now getting interested in the Colts! I can hardly wait to show him these - I know he'll love them too. You are such a great mom and such a creative gal!! Hope Evan is feeling better and back to school soon - I'm sure he's missing it.

Amber said...

I love the invite and thank you cards and the way you incorporated the cuttlebug is awesome! It sounds like everyone had a great time. I can't wait to see what you create next.

TraciVee said...

These are SO super cute!!! Of course, *ahem* they'd have been better if they were Chicago Bears...but still SUPER cute! lol Just kidding! I'm in Northwest Indiana, but hail from Chicago, so I'll be a Bears fan forever. What a clever idea. I look forward to seeing more of your projects!

The Cropping Canuck said...

These are awesome!

Sonya said...

Super cute!!! And such a great way to use your Cricut!

AuBien said...

I'm pinning your cards on Pinterest! Love them.