8.29.2011

You're Invited


This week The Bubb turns one, yes ONE. Amazing how fast the time has gone, so much has happened in the past 365 days. They change so quickly at this age and it seems that every hour he is learning and doing something new and different.


We decided to have a little party for him next weekend and theme it after the card game UNO. In order to accomplish this the first thing we needed was to have invitations. Using a classic UNO card as my model (not those new fancy ones, but the vintage kind) I scanned it and then changed it up in Photoshop so that the back of the card would be like the back of the playing cards and then the front is the same as the 1 card for the game.


I shifted the 1 away from the center and added all the party information. I had them printed on cardstocky paper at Kinkos (or are they called FedEx now?) as our 15 year old home inkjet printer wouldn't have been able to produce the quality that I wanted. They were printed so that when cut the front and back image would line up resembling the playing cards. I cut them myself and then round the corners so that they looked like the cards from the game.



Then I sealed them up in some brightly colored envelopes that I found in the clearance section at Michaels, cause they get tossed anyway!

10 comments:

  1. such a cute idea, and your cards look great!

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  2. Absolutely adorable. They really turned out well! Happy birthday to The Bubb. And, congratulations to you for accomplishing the first year!

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  3. Very cute idea. Congrats one one year Bubb!

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  4. These are ADORABLE!!! Happy Birthday to The Bubb! I hope you post pics from the party!!

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  5. SO, SO cute! i love it! and i always loved UNO. we played it all the time with our grandparents when i was a kid.:) Happy birthday to your cutie-pie!

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  6. do you have a template for this card?

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    1. Hi :) I scanned a 'vintage' uno card and then altered it in photoshop to fit the details I needed. So no, no template...

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  7. I love these and am trying to make them for my son's first birthday too! But I cannot find a vintage game anywhere, so I may get stuck using the new cards (which I think are actually less visually appealing because there isn't as sharp of a contrast). Thanks for the inspiration, wish me luck in tracking down the right images of cards!

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  8. Oh my gosh!! These are awesome! I noticed that you have an Etsy shop, are these invitations available for purchase? If not, would you be interested in making a mock up for me??

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    1. Hi Kenya! Thanks :) So unfortunately I can't sell them as UNO is a licensed copyright...but they are pretty easy to make, you just need to find an old set and then scan one of the cards (or take a picture) and change it up in Photoshop/InDesign to suit your needs :) Hope that helps!

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