Make Your Own New Years Eve Invitations

Having a New Year's Eve Party? A cocktail party? These New Years Eve invitations will help fit your party's theme and are a perfect excuse to make your own invitations!
You can change the text on the invitation to make it a cocktail or dinner party invitation.

Tools you will use to make New Years Eve invitations:
8 1/2" by 11" card stock
construction paper or colored paper
decorative paper or wrapping paper
craft scissors
adhesive runner or glue stick

What I used: 8 1/2" by 11" lilac purple card stock as the base of the card, Dark/navy blue card stock, scrapbook background paper, construction paper, craft border scissors, glue stick and craft glue.

Step One: Lay out your text. I used desktop publishing software (could also use manual layout ) to layout out the card's text as a 2-up or two to a page format. I made sure to align the text on the front of the card in a centered position, yet flushed to the left side of the card.

Step Two: Printing it! You have two choices to get your New Years Eve invitations text onto paper. You can A. Print your text onto plain white printer paper and then take it to a local copy shop to xerox copy onto your chosen papers. This will help save on your computer's printer toner or inkjet.
or B. Print straight onto your chosen card stock.
If you do decide to bring it to a copy shop keep in mind that they do have an array of colored papers and card stocks for you to chose from.

Step Three: Cutting. If you are planning on utilizing a copy shop I would have your base card stock cut in half after your invitations are copied. This would be the quickest and easiest way to start the process of making these New Years Eve invitations.
If not, then you will want to start by cutting your base card stock in half by hand. To do this you will need a good personal paper cutter. Cut the card stock in half to create two 8 1/2" by 5 1/2 " pieces to fold in half to create a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" card.
The next cut you will make is your construction paper. This does not have to be construction paper of course. You can use any solid colored paper you wish. I cut mine into squares measuring 3 1/4" by 3 1/4". You do not necessarily need to stick with these measurements either. Just make sure to cut squares slightly smaller than the margins of the card, and also allow room for the text on the front of the card.
You will next cut another even smaller square using a different paper. I used a scrapbook background paper. This time you will use craft scissors (with a decorative blade) to cut out the squares. You will want these to be just slightly smaller than the last square. Again no need to have a strict measurement, as long as they are square and smaller than the square they will sit on top of.

Step Four: Make champagne bottle and champagne glass embellishments! There are several ways to do this. What I did was simply draw the desired shapes on the back of a thick piece of paper. I then cut them out and used it as a stencil.
Another way to do it, for the less artistically inclined, would be to just find pictures of these object (use image search on any search engine) then print that image several times onto the back the paper and then cut them out.
The easiest option would be to purchase a paper punch or stencils in the desired shapes. You can find these paper punches at any craft supply store, usually within the scrapbooking aisle. They come in many different shapes and sizes.
To make the confetti embellishments (above and below the text on the front of the card) I used my craft scissors to cut strips up and down the side of my scrapbook paper, and then just cut them out.
If you choose to make this a cocktail party invite instead of New Years Eve invitations try making different glasses. Maybe a martini glass or margarita!

Step Five: Glue it all together! Now all that need be done is adhere it all to your card stock base of the card.
I would recommend setting up a little assembly line for this.
I started by gluing the two front squares down with a good glue stick. I centered the first larger square between the text and border of the card. I then glued the next smaller square down placing it askew.
A quick tip for using glue - for lighter weight papers a glue stick works wonderfully. If you have a thicker surface try using craft glue. If you use craft glue on a light weight paper it will appear wrinkled.
Next just glue down your champagne embellishments on top of it all! Make sure to place them slightly askew as well.
To finish, just glue down your confetti pieces above and below the text! Viola!

More Tips and suggestions for New Years Eve invitations

* Try switching up the papers and colors. Use colors to match whatever your theme might be!

* Use different text verses or fonts. This can change the whole theme or tone of the invitation.

* Instead of using confetti around your text switch it up! try using glitter! draw with art pens! glue on real confetti!

See Also...

Make invitations using blank cards

Printable New Year's invitations

The best glues to use for making cards and invitations

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