I figured I could go in either of 2 directions - a bright happy theme representing Dorothy and her companions or a dark and mysterious theme representing the Wicked Witch. I decided the brighter theme would set a happier tone for the party and decided to create an invite from the man himself, the Wizard of Oz.
I started to look at a number of different types of invitations and took inspirations from designs such as those below: (all links to these photos are at the end of this post)
Design 1 |
Design 2 |
Design 3 |
Design 4 |
Wizard of Oz invitation 1 |
Wizard of Oz invitation 2 |
As I said before I wanted the invitation to be from the Wizard himself hence why it reads 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has requested your presence'. It would make sense that the party would be held at the Emerald City (with it relocating to the address of the party). 'Somewhere over the rainbow' was an absolute must and I added the 'Sorry no munchkins allowed' at the bottom as we didn't want any kids at the party.
Other thoughts:
I managed to incorporate a lot of things from the movie: The rainbow, poppies at the bottom of the invitation along with a little Toto silhouette hiding behind them, the red glitter of Dorothy's shoes, blue gingham ribbon from Dorothy's dress and the yellow brick road background. It can be a little difficult to see but the yellow card is actually embossed with a brick design (see further down for a better photo).
R.S.V.P's:
I wanted the R.S.V.P to stand out from the invitation, I made it smaller and used green glitter card (to represent the Emerald City). It was simply slotted in an envelope at the back of the invitation itself. Check out the cute Wizard of Oz lion stamp I used in the corner - stamped with green ink and dusted with green glitter whilst it was still wet. I teamed this with green ink too!
The back of the Invitation with the R.S.V.P in the envelope |
The responses were divided into 3 categories: Those who could come (both willingly and reluctantly), those who couldn't come and those who always say they will come but never turn up - there's always one!
R.S.V.P |
So how were they created?
The process itself was very simple. I used an XCut Big Shot Die Cutting Machine and various nesting dies to cut the shapes and a Docrafts Papermania Embossing folder to get the brick effect.
XCut Big Shot |
Nesting Dies |
Embossing Folder |
All of the invitations assembled |
The layers of the invitation |
Needless to say the invitations were a big hit! Everyone loved them and loved the comical responses of the R.S.V.P!
Wizard of Oz invitation pictures:
Design 1: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MommiesInk
Design 2: http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GwynnWassonDesigns
Design 3: http://www.loveitsomuch.com/stores/wizard-of-oz-ruby-slippers-handmade,403516.html
Design 4: http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/venspaperie
If you would like to use any of my photo's please link to my blog and let me know - thanks!
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