Make "Real" Footprint Baby Shower Invitations

I used a 5" by 7" blank card to create this invitation. You can easily just have some card stock cut to size to create your postcards. You could buy blank folded cards and cut them down the middle, or even simply make this invitation into a folded card style. Whichever best suits your needs. That's the beauty of making your own invitations!

I started by cutting my decorative papers down to size. Whenever I have a large quantity of invitations to make I bring the paper to be cut at a local copy or print shop. It's super fast and inexpensive and cuts out a lot of tedious work. They generally cut an entire stack of paper to whatever specifications I give them, in under 10 minutes and less than $10.00. Not too shabby!

For this invitation I had four stacks of paper cut. The first was the bottom layer of decorative paper which was laid directly on top of the postcard. I had this paper cut to 6 3/4" by 4 3/4". I attached this paper to the postcard using a permanent adhesive glue runner and attached it to the card centering it as best as I could.
For the next layer I used a coordinating colored decorative cardstock. I chose this paper because it had some sentamental wording on it. "Boy Oh Boy" and "Announcing Baby Son" and so forth. Quite fitting for the theme! This paper I had cut to 6 1/4" by 4 1/4". I attached this on top of the first layer of paper in the exact same manner.
I also had some plain white cardstock cut to measure 4 3/4" by 3 3/4". This cardstock is the paper I used to set the stage for the main centerpiece of the footprint baby shower invitations. On this white cardstock is where I created the faux baby footprints using some green stamping ink in the manner I described above. I then attached the white cardstock to the invitation centering it from the left top and bottom sides of the upper most layer of paper, leaving about a 1/4" margin about the edges.
The last piece of paper I had cut was the green polka dotted paper which I had cut into strips measuring 3/8" by 5". I attached this strip to the card using an adhesive runner, and placing the paper vertically over the right edge of the white cardstock piece with the baby footprints. Next I used the glue runner to apply some adhesive to the back of some ribbon and placed this vertically overlapping the right edge of the green polka dot strip of paper. I made sure the ribbon overlapped a bit on the top and bottom, then trimmed the excess away using a craft knife. I topped it all off by tying a bow with the ribbon and then attaching it to the front of the card using a few glue dots.
The last step is to add the "It's a Boy" lettering to the front of the baby footprint invitations. I used my Cricut Expression to make the lettering out of some blue card stock. If you do not own the Cricut there are several other ways to add lettering to the card. Before I had a Cricut I used to print the lettering I would use onto the back of some decorative paper or onto cardstock so that the letters were facing backwards. I would then cut them out by hand using a craft knife. This is super tedious if you have a large quantity , however. But Don't fret! There's also Rubber stamps! Clear stamps come so that you can arrange the lettering to say whatever you want and position it how you want as well. This is a great alternative. You can also by lettering stickers or chipboard.

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