Birthday Bowling Invitations

Phew am I one happy crafter that we limited the amount of kiddos my son could invite to his birthday party!

He's been asking for a few months to have his party at the bowling alley. Which if I am being honest is a step up from chaotic Chuck E Cheese! Unfortunately being a November baby, there's limited options for fun around here for a birthday so here we are doing bowling again!

However, I decided to have some fun with his invites. I wanted to do a slider card that looked like a bowling lane. So I got to work...

To start with, I grabbed a simple bowling file from Silhouette's Design Store

Then I created the card base from a 10 x 7 rectangle. Added in a few slices here and there with some places to fold and create the pull tab.

Then I was able to assemble and boy am I glad what I had in my head actually worked the first time!

When the pull tab is pulled, it brings the pins up to the back of the lane to reveal the inside. 

 I decided to emboss the lane enclosure for a little bit of extra texture with my Sizzix Bigshot and Darice swirly embossing folder.

For the inside information, I used the print and cut feature on my Cameo 3. 

He happily took the invites to school today to hand them out!