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When I think about 21st Birthday Invitations I think of what is on most minds of those celebrating their 21st birthday. PARTY! Their first time being able to set foot in a bar or liquor store and legally have a couple beers or cocktails. The majority will be celebrating with a keg party or drinks out with the guys in some form or other. So I put together an invitation to match that theme!
I made these invitations using scrapbooking embellishments for decoration to show how they make a great quick and easy
invitation that looks great with half the effort. You still get to customize your invites to match your party to a T. Of course these embellishments are something you could also create yourself if you are willing to put in a little extra work and really get creative. I will give my tips on how to create these below.
Tools needed to make 21st Birthday Invitations:
8 1/2 by 11" card stock
Plain white paper or card stock
beer scrapbooking embellishments
glue stick or glue runner
Step One: Printing the words onto paper. To pinch pennies to their most extent set up the text for this invitation using desktop publishing software
as a 2-up (or two to a page) text layout to print onto 8 1/2" by 11" card stock.You can also choose to set up the text to be printed onto blank invitation paper.
Print the text on both the inside and outside of the card by printing onto the card stock or blank invitation back to back.
Step Two: Fold the 21st birthday invitations. Fold the invitation in half to create a card. If your card stock is a thicker paper it may not fold well. If the crease is coming out wrinkled or messy just run a straight edge over the fold to clean it up. I usually do this with a ruler or something similar.
If you are using blank invitations they are usually already scored for a perfect fold.
Step Three: Cut the invitation papers. If you chose to go with a 2-up format then you will be cutting the card stock in half. Otherwise all you must do is cut squares for decoration on the front of the card. I used a plain white card stock for this. You can choose any weight or color of paper you want. Based on a card measuring 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" the squares should be cut to measure 2 3/4" by 3 1/2".
Step Four: Attach the decorative paper square. Apply an even coat of glue using either a glue runner or glue stick to the back of the cut paper squares. Attach a square to the front of the card aligning it to the right side of the card, centered from top to bottom.
Step Five: Attach the embellishments. Most of these types of scrapbooking embellishments have an adhesive applied to the back of them. Unfortunately the particular ones I chose did not. So i used a good craft glue applied just to the top and bottom of the heavier beer mug embellishment. I used a glue stick on the beer bottle. These embellishments were made by Jolee's Boutique. They make the best embellishments in my opinion with the most detail and different materials.
* click here for more about the Jolee's Boutique Beer embellishments and where to get them.
Thinkin' about making these beer decorations yourself? It's not too hard. What's a 21st birthday invitation without the beer? Use frosted vellum to create the beer mug with a little bit of yellow or brownish vellum to create the beer in the mug. Attach a little bit of cotton to the top from behind the vellum and you've got yourself some beer foam.
Use green vellum to make beer bottle. Just cut out the shapes yourself. You can even find a picture of a beer bottle or beer mug online and print it onto card stock. Cut it out to create a stencil for cutting them out of vellum.
Make the beer bottle labels out of colored paper using art pens to write in the words. You can even create little tiny labels on your computer and cut them out. Finish the design with art pens. Use tin foil to make the beer cap.
See Also...
21st B-day invitations cocktail party invites
Make your own invitations using blank cards
Printable birthday postcard invitations templates
"You're Invited" postcard invitations
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