Here is a sampling of the Halloween invitations I made for my co-workers. By using scrapbook paper, assorted brads and stickers (along with the invitation stamp I used to stamp the information onto the back) you too can make simple invitations.
I didn't really take pictures of my process, but here is essentially what I did. I got this paper stack from JoAnn Fabrics and cut about a third of the paper off. I then took a corner rounding stamp and stamped all of the edges.
The rest is really up to you, but here is the rule of embellishment. It is that you usually want to have no more than 3 types of embellishments on your card. Sometimes it's only two if you are using patterned paper. As you can see from the center card above, I used the skull print paper, two black stickers from the same pack (to give it unity) and I used a needle and thread to stitch some stitches along the top. As you can see from the card to the left, I didn't add much because the paper pattern was so cute all I added were some studded brads and the one on the right had a beautiful printed pattern so I only added a lace trim and a small bat button.
The cards above were a few that I used leftover paper on and completely ignored the patterning rule on, but they still came out looking cute as they are all uniform. This was also a double sided stack of paper, so the piece of paper that I glued to the front of these invitations have the same print on the opposite side so that they aren't really mismatched.
On average, one of these cards took just around 5-7 minutes for me to make. Just have fun with it and make them fun for you and your guests!
I love them!
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