Make Adult Birthday Invitations

These Invitations can be used for 40th birthday invitations, 50th birthday invitations, 60th birthday invitations, 70th birthday invitations... Well, you get the picture. These are essentially photo birthday invitations. To make these I actually used some picture frame scrapbooking embellishments. You could easily make some frames like this on your own though. All it takes is some pieces of pleather and a little bit of thin wire and such. All materials you could find at a local arts and crafts supply or fabric store.
I thought a very nice touch to give these a sentimental flair would be to use some photo software (click here to get download paint.net) to shrink a picture to insert into the tiny frames. It would be a good idea to use pictures from childhood, teens, and then into adulthood kind of like a time line. Pictures from the goodold times! You could even make it kind of funny by using some goofy pictures. Use the software to turn the pictures to black and white (for effect) and then shrink them and paste many to the same page. Cut them out and apply them to the picture frames for an adult birthday invitation and adult birthday party to remember.

Tools used to make adult birthday invitations:
8 1/2 by 11" cardstock
2 different kinds of decorative paper
2 different colored cardstocks or paper
scrapbook embellishments or materials to make make your own like Pleather, or other fabrics, thin wire, vinyl, tin foil, etc..
decorative scissors
gluestick
craft glue

To Begin: You will need to print the words for the adult birthday invitations invitation onto cardstock. There are a couple ways to go about doing this so just choose whichever suits you best.

A: Use desktop publishing software to set up the text in a 2-up layout (in other words two to a page - saves paper and money). This can also be accomplished using a word processor but it really is kind of a pain in the butt. The 2-up lay-out should be on the page so that the page is set to wide orientation. Set up the text for both the front and inside of the invitations. On the front I used the words "Another Birthday". If you can think of anything more clever than that by all means use it. The inside of the invite should be the "who what when where" of the birthday party. Print both of these pages back to back on a piece of 8 1/2" by 11" cardstock.
B: Have your 8 1/2" by 11" cardtsock cut in half (or cut it yourself) so that you have pieces measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2". When you open the document on your computer to create the text set the document settings to match those measurements. The page should be facing the long way up. Type in the text on the bottom half of each page and print these back to back.
C: Use either of the methods above yet print it onto plain white paper. Bring this print out to a local print or copy shop to have them copy the text onto some cardstock for you. If you choose to do this you can even have your papers cut while your there.
D: Simply print out the text file I have created for you. Go here to download the adult birthday invitations printable file.

Cut the papers to create the adult birthday invitations. For starters, you have options as to how to cut these papers. The easiest option is to have all of your papers cut at a copy or print shop on a hydraulic cutter. This is usually a very cheap service. Call around to find out who has cutting services and to get price quotes.
Obviously you can choose to cut the paper yourself. This is not too hard if you have a good personal hand paper cutter.
Another option that is good when you are cutting paper into smaller pieces like we will do here is to use a cutting mat and exacto knife.

Start by cutting the 8 1/2" by 11" cardstock base in half.
You should have chosen two decorative papers
as well. These should compliment each other and also the cardstock to make the adult birthday invitations look nice. Cut one of the decorative papers to measure about 1 3/4" by 4 1/4". This piece will be placed on the left side of the card as part of the base. The second piece should be cut to measure 2" by 2/14". After you have cut this square go back over the edges with some decorative scissors cuttin about an 1/8" all the way around.

You should also have chosen two other colored papers. These should also compliment the color scheme as well, of course. Choose one color to match the decorative 2" by 2 1/4" square and cut this at the same size of 2" by 2 1/4". Cut another colored square measuring 1 3/4 by 2". This colored square should compliment the card's colors and the picture frames. As long as all of your materials are in colors that go together than you are in good shape.

Build the adult birthday invitations picture frame photo birthday invitations. Assemble all of the pieces together. It helps to kind of just lay all of the pieces together first without any glue to see how you want to arrange them all and make sure it all looks how you want it to.
Start by using a gluestick to adhere the decorative square rectangle to the left side of the card. Next attatch both colored paper squares. Where you will place each color depends on which frames match which color. I placed the square with a coordinating decorative paper towards the left upper corner of the card. I overlapped the decorative rectangle to create some texture in patterns. Now attach the decorative paper square centered within this square to create a decrative frame of sorts. The other paper square I placed floated into the right bottom corner of the invitation.
Now all that need be done is to place on your picture frames. You should place one frame each into the paper squares and float the third into the bottom left hand corner.

If you plan on making your own little picture frames for the adult birthday invitations...
A little advice... Use materials like pleather and vinyl. You can find these in an arts and crafts supply or fabric store. The best way to create the square and oval shapes for the frames would be to either use a large paper punchor an exacto knife and ruler.
To decorate the frames try using thin metal wire to wrap around oval frames or pain accents on. Take your time looking around at the crafts store and be creative. You'll be surprised of what kind of things you can come up with when you put your mind to it.

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