Easy Celebrate Invitation

Glitter makes this invitation shine, but the ribbon and embellishments are what pull it together. This is such a fun invitation that any little girl would love to get for a birthday party
 

Materials:

• Cricut Expression® Personal Electronic Cutter with Plantin SchoolBook and Accent Essentials® cartridges [290300]
• Cricut® Once Upon a Princess cartridge [2000096]
• Cardstock: dark pink, light pink, brown, green polka dot
• Ribbon: sheer white
• Glitter
• Paper trimmer
• Scissors
• Foam dots
• Adhesive

Steps:

1. Cut invitation. Using Once Upon a Princess cartridge and light pink cardstock, cut one 5" <Invite1>. Fold on score lines. Cut one 1" x 5" strip of green polka dot cardstock. Adhere behind princess party. Adhere ribbon around invitation, beneath princess party.
    
2. Cut one 8" length of ribbon. Adhere to back of invitation on left side so ends are free. Cut one 4" x 5" block of dark pink cardstock. Adhere to back of invitation, covering ribbon. Cut another 8" length of ribbon. Adhere to front of invitation on left side so ends are free.
    
3. Cut Celebrate. Using green polka dot cardstock, select Phrase feature and cut one 2 ¼" <Balloons>. Using dark pink cardstock, select Phrase, press Shift, and cut one 2 ¼" <Baloon-s>. Cover dark pink cut with glitter. Using brown cardstock, select Base Shadow/Phrase Shadow feature, press Shift, and cut one 2 ¼" <Baloon-s>. Layer cuts together using foam dots. Adhere to front of invitation, over ribbon.
    
4. Tie ribbons in knots at each side of invite.