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Handmade Birthday Invitation - Motorbike Theme

by Christine on April 24th, 2008

It’s been so long since I handmade a card let alone a full-blown invitation or horror of horrors, a scrapbook layout! Life has just gotten in the way….but my husband’s 50th birthday did allow me to spring into action!

My Husband’s motorbike mad so it’s only appropriate that I theme his birthday invitation around his first love :-)

It took me almost 2 days out of our 4-day Easter weekend to make the invitations but they’re totally worth it. So pleased with the outcome. It won’t win any Scrapbook awards but it won my husband’s heart…awww!

Instructions on how I created my masterpiece after the jump:

1. I surfed the web for ideas (of course). When I found one, I made a sketch of its layout.

2. I measured the sizes for each element (photo, patterned paper, etc) and cut them one by one. Yes, even that Route 50 marker, I had to cut them individually. It wasn’t easy!

3. I printed the text onto the paper (cutting it to size AFTER I printed). I did a few trial and error before I printed the text on the paper that I used for my invite.

4. I started adhering the elements into the card (I used double adhesive tape). To create the 3-D effect for the ‘Route 50′ embellishment, I used those foam tapes.

Ta-da. The final product :-)

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