Mickey Mouse Birthday Invitations

I've had several inquiries on the Mickey invites I posted HERE.  So here are the sizes/cartridges I used to create these:

1. Black invitation base: Mickey Font Cartridge

-Cut the Mickey Tag at 5 1/4"

2. Red "Shorts": Plant. Schoolbook Cartridge

-Cut the circle with shadow feature at 4"

-Cut circle in half with paper trimmer...this provides the front half circle where you adhere the buttons, and the back pocket where you include the party info.

3. Buttons: Wild Card Cartridge

-Cut the button (icon feature) at 9" (sounds huge, but they obviously come out small!)

4. Letter "K": Mickey Font Cartridge

-Cut the white using the "shadow" feature at 1 1/2"

-Cut the yellow in regular mode at 1 1/2"

I glued the front red half-circle on with tape runner and then added the buttons with foam dots to make them look dimensional.  On the back, I used Scotch Quick Dry to put a small strip of glue along the bottom edge of the half-circle, leaving the middle and top open to slide in the party details:

(I used the Mickey and Mouse Deco fonts, downloaded from dafont.com)

At this size, the invitations will fit into a standard invitation-size envelope.  There will be room on each side in the envelope, but the size was needed to acommodate the height of the ears.  You could make your own square envelopes, but who wants to pay the additional shipping???  :)

The Noisemaker's MICKEY PARTY!

My "baby" boy turned two and because of his intense LOVE of anything Mickey Mouse, we went with it for his party theme.  We have an AMAZING park close to the home we'll be closing on in just one short month...and we invited all of the Noise Maker's and Mess Maker's friends to help up celebrate!

In true Household CEO fashion, I did make a lot of the things we had at the party, most with a little inspiration from the web...

Invitations:

The details are on a piece of carstock stuck into the back pocket (on the other side).  I got this idea from Lisa at Lisa's Handmade Cards (truly talented lady!).  With the help of my Cricut and Mickey Font catridge, these were a breeze!  The buttons were cut from the Just Beacause cartridge.

Cupcake Toppers:

The inspiration from these also came from Lisa's Handmade Cards.  I used the Mickey Font cartridge on this one too, and attached the pieces to lollipop sticks.

Mickey Shirt:

I wanted a special birthday shirt for The Noisemaker so I whipped up this one with the help of (once again) my Mickey Font cartridge and some freezer paper...I cut the image from freezer paper, ironed it on, painted, and ta-dah!

Treat Bags:

I cut some black cardstock to fit the tops of the bags and added a strip of red polkadot paper.  I printed the journaling on my printer and attached it on top.  Then I cut some "gears" from my Accent Essentials cartridge to mat the Mickey Mouse heads on (printed from the web) and attached them with a foam dot.  Fun Mickey toys and treats for the party guests!

We also had a book exchange in lieu of gifts...what fun!  He definitely had a good time...even if he won't remember it!

Just Buggin Challenge #18: Mickey & Friends Centerpiece (AND a Minnie Mouse Cake, Too!)

This week's Just Buggin Challenge #18 is called "In The Shadows":  use the shadow or blackout feature on your project.

The Mess Maker's third birthday party was this past weekend and she just HAD to have a Mickey theme!  I borrowed the Mickey Font cartridge from my AWESOME and talented friend and got to work on this centerpiece.  I used the shadow feature on the "3"s to add definition, and then punched some holes in white cardstock using a standard hole punch and added those circles to the "3"s.

Then, using the blackout feature, I cut each character's face from black cardstock.  I used the facial details feature for each character's face in the appropriate colors of cardstock.  I also cut an additional blackout of each character's face in black so that when I attached the faces to the lollipop sticks, I could cover up the stick by adhering the additional layer on the back.

I inserted each stick into floral foam inside the red pot and added a silver spray and twisted pipe cleaners (wrapped loosely around a ballpoint pen and then attached to lollipop sticks).  For additional detail, I added large red sequins to the twisted pipe cleaners.  Lastly, I tied a black and white polka dot bow around the pot.

In addition to the centerpiece, I also altered some plain red paper plates by adding a Minnie hat to the edge, and made a Minnie Mouse cake, inspired by this cake I found while doing a Google Images search for Minnie cakes:

The white circles, black Minnie mouse heads, mini red bows, large black circles (ears) and large white bow were all formed out of gumpaste (by hand, not Cricut....though I TRIED and TRIED to get my Cricut to do this for me!!!).  The black balls around both layers of the cake are Sixlets that came in a bag of just black, also available in other colors, at Hobby Lobby.  This project made me realize that I am DEFINITELY not a cake decorator...HAH!  Think I'll just stick to paper projects!!!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Minnie Mouse Birthday Invitations

The Mess Maker is getting ready to turn three (where has the time gone???) and she requested a Mickey/Minnie theme for the party we had while visiting family out of town.  Before we left, I searched the internet for some ideas and came across this example which was oh-so-cute and oh-so-EASY...so I decided to scraplift (my results are pictured above)!

To make the invites, I cut a Mickey Head from the Mickey Font cartridge, then cut a smaller red circle using George to mat the wording.  The wording was done in Word, printed on white cardstock, then cut out using a circle cutter, slightly smaller than the red circle.  I found these great Mickey Fonts by searcing Google (can't remember the site!).

To finish the invites, I tied a red polka dot ribbon in a bow, cut a small white cardstock flower using George and attached them with a red flower brad.  These were the quickest invites I've ever made!!!

Thanks for looking!  :)

P.S.  Be on the lookout for a Mickey & Friends centerpiece and a Minnie Mouse cake...to be posted next weekend!