Scare Mail
Frightening fetes call for equally spirited invitations. This Halloween, tempt nocturnal visitors with a menacing wide-eyed owl.
The creatures have movable body parts, attached with miniature brads, which make them compact to send and spook-tacular to receive.
Invitation How-To
Get the Owl Template.
1. Color-photocopy templates at 125 percent (or download images and print) onto white heavyweight matte paper. Cut out parts with scissors. (For thicker invitations, affix copies to black card stock with spray adhesive, then cut out parts.)
2. At joints, make holes using a microhole punch. Secure wings behind body with black miniature brads.
3. Write details using a pen. Fold in parts; enclose card in an A6 envelope.
See instructions for the Skeleton Invitation.
I just sent about fifteen of these out. They turned out nicely. I did replace my ink and they looked great.
I always add a packet of TickleMe seed to our Halloween
invitations. The TickleMe Plant is the only plant that seems to play dead when you Tickle It!. The leaves fold up and the branches droop when Tickled!. Then minutes later it comes back to life and the leaves re open
These are best cut out with deckle scissors in order to get the wavy effect. Also, because the black background is so solid, it prints out with a bit of a stripe (I even changed my printer ink and it STILL did this). The best way to remedy this is to cover the black areas with black glitter glue (using a brush), which also gives the invite a sparkly, comehither look.-