LEGO to A Party Invitations

Our nephew Eli requested LEGO themed invitations for his 7th Birthday Party, he approved the colors and the prototype before I mass produced these little beauties, all 20 of them. The following is the full recipe, links where available

Recipe

• Standard A2 size card (4.25x5.50 inches) printed on Staples 110 lb 92 bright White cardstock
• Black layer 4x5.25 inches cut from Dollar Tree Black Poster Board (5 - 14x10 inch sheets)
• Green & Blue textured paper is from Core'dinations, each square is cut to 1.25 inches
• Green & Blue dots are punched with EK Success 1/2 inch punch
• The glare technique on each dot is White Gel pen in a small curve, it fades slightly as it gets absorbed into the paper which is just the right element for making it look like a little plastic toy
• LEGO to a Party is printed on the same Staple white card stock with what is hard to see in the photo - in light grey ink is a repetitive statement - Eli's Turning 7
• Adhesive used - 1/2 inch ATG (base layer), Daiso double sided tape (1.25 inch color squares), Stampin Up Dimensionals (dots on LEGO)

Recommendations on Mass Production

• Keep organized
• Stash cut pieces in lidded containers to avoid disasters (trust me)
• Do a math count on how much of each piece/color you need to avoid waste or running out before completing the invitations. I knew I needed 20 invites, each has 3 squares in 2 colors and each square needs 4 dots so that's 60 - 1.25 inch squares in each color and 240 dots in each color - 480 total.
• Bread down each portion of the process into a daily task to prevent getting overwhelmed:
  ~ print invitation details on the 8.5x11 card stock
  ~ cut apart printed invitations, I use the Zutter Dreamkuts which I swear by
  ~ print cover message
  ~ cut the squares, stash in a container
  ~ punch out the dots
  ~ add adhesive to the squares
  ~ add dimensionals to dots
  ~ assemble the dots to squares * HINT - use tweezers to position evenly
  ~ assemble all the elements
  ~ stamp Made By on back of card
  ~ pack envelopes and prep for mailing/distribution

work in progress
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