Peppa Pig Invitations

I recently created Maclayne's 4th birthday invites on the silhouette. She loves Peppa Pig and decided on that theme for her birthday. This is a very simple invite and took very little time to make.

First, I decided on the colors that I wanted for her party-pink and yellow. Next, I found an image of Peppa Pig that was good enough quality to print on the invite. I began by creating a square with rounded corners. It is a shape that you can select from the upper left side. I filled it in the dark pink that I wanted. Next, I found a shape that I wanted to use to put the text in. I was able to expand the line thickness and make it yellow. Then I placed the image of Peppa Pig at the top. The banner at the bottom is also a shape that I already had. I added the text to fit in the banner. If you double click on the text, there will be a little black cross or x that appears. You can move it around to make the curve needed for the shape. Finally, I added the text in the center of the invite using the Miss Smarty Pants font.

Now it's time to get it ready to print. Click on the cut icon to make sure that only the large square is set to cut. Then go to the open registration marks icon at the top right of the program. Add your registration marks and make them as small as they will go. I was able to fit 2 invitations on one piece of 8 1/2 by 11 paper. After you have set the registration marks, you can either click on send to silhouette or print. After it has printed, load it onto your mat and into the machine. Click detect registration marks. Once it says it has been successful, click cut. Voila! You can either send them as is, or make a square a little bigger than the original, cut it, and paste the printed invite on top. That is what I did because I like the sturdiness and contrast it gives. Hope you like it!