Handmade Invitations Contest Winter 2009

Our Gallery of Handmade Invitations Submitted By Our Readers

For Fall/Summer 2009 we held a handmade invitations contest with an open theme. We asked our readers to submit pictures and tutorials for their best handmade invitation ideas. This contest was open to any theme. From handmade wedding invitations and baby shower invitations, to holiday and party invitations. Contestants were competeing for a chance to win some really cool prizes from our sponsor Custompaper.com and Scrapbook.com.

The Judges - Dulcie Jackson from Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine and www.wildrosestudio.co.uk, Susanna Boyd from Paper Crafts Planet and Cardoftheweek.com, and Keri Lee Sereika from Pink Lemonade.

The Prizes - A $200 gift card to Custompaper.com, a $75 gift card to Scrapbook.com, and a random prize drawing for a HUGE treasure box chock full of cradmaking and paper craft supplies.

1st prize winner: Handmade Beach Wedding Pocket Invitation by Samantha Anne in West Babylon, NY

2nd prize winner: A Royal Wedding Invitations by LaTasha Singleton, in Baton Rouge, LA

Random Drawing: Tanya Wheaton in Coalora, NM

Contest Entries

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

A Royal Wedding Invitation
I chose this design because it has a vintage edge to it but it still looks elegant all at the same time.
I started with black and white cardstock paper....

Spongebob Squarepants Invitations
I made these invitations for my niece recently for her Spongebob themed birthday party. She LOVED them!
They were really easy to make...

I used some ...

Handmade Beach Wedding Invitation
This invitation was created using some craft paper and also one of the printable wedding invitation templates form this website. I used the template to ...

Baby Girl Shower Invitation
I first cut a 6 x 12 piece of Blush Cardstock from Close To My Heart. I scored these at 3 inches at each end and folded toward center. I then punched ...

Baby Boy Shower Invitation
I first cut a 4 x 5 1/2, a 1 3/4 x 4 1/4, a 1 3/4 x 1 3/4, and a 1/2 x 1 3/4 pieces of Indian Corn Blue Close To My Heart Cardstock. I then used the My ...

Elegant Wedding Shower Invitation
I cut a piece of 4 x 5 1/4 Sweet Leaf Cardstock from Close To My Heart. I then cut 2 1/4 x 1/2 inch of White Daisy Cardstock from Close To My Heart. I ...

You're Invited Floral Invitation
I began by cutting a piece of 12 x 6 inch Vanilla Cream Cardstock from Close To My Heart. I then scored each end at 3 inches. Fold that in toward center....

Special Event Invitation
First a photo was taken of the birthday girl by a very good and professional photographer Nicolas Melendez and the text (invitation wording) was added ...

Baby Sprinkle Invite
I hosted a second baby shower for my sister. Because she already had a child I named it a baby sprinkle....the little poem on the back gave guests an ...

Recipe Card Wedding Invitations Not rated yet
To Create The Recipe Card Invitation:

Tools and Materials:
white card stock paper
paper cutter
tea bag & water
chopstick

My fiance is a chef,...