A classic red, black and white color scheme makes these New Year’s Eve party invitations especially elegant—and especially simple!

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Skill Level: Easy

What You Need

• black card stock cut 5 ½” x 4 1/4”
• white printer paper
• scraps of red cardstock
• adhesive, such as a glue stick
• scissors
• box-cutter and ruler
• marker or computer and printer
• small round silver stickers

What You Do

• Using your computer, print off your invitation details. Use a simple font, and black and red ink. Or, handwrite your details. Double space each line so you have lots of room in between.
• Use the box-cutter and ruler to cut each line apart. Vary the angles a bit so the strips aren't straight rectangles.
• Glue the strips onto the black cardstock, starting about 1 ½” from the top.
• Cut three triangles, about ¾” high, from the red cardstock. Glue to the top of the black cardstock and add round stickers for the pom-poms on the party hats. 

Helpful Hints

• To get four rectangles of black cardstock, cut an 8 ½” by 11” sheet in half lengthwise and widthwise.
• Make sure to put a thick layer of newspaper, an old magazine or a cutting board beneath the paper when you're using the box cutter.
• You can use a paper trimmer to cut the strips, but it's a bit more difficult to cut on an angle.
• To make a large number of these cards at once, precut your paper and then put the cards together in an assembly line.
• Put a bit of sparkly confetti in the envelope.

Quick switch For a different occasion, use stickers, such as martini glasses, snowflakes or whatever else suits your theme. Or, try a stamp with white or metallic ink.

Find out more about card display, personalizing store-bought cards and creating one-of-a-kind photo cards.

Plus, don't miss our selection of handmade gift ideas in our Christmas activity guide and gift guide.