I thought I would start this week by sharing with you an invitation to a wedding. I think I might have mentioned I have been working on a sample wedding invitation for one of my daughter's friends. I think I will just jump in and start.
I went with the square card for this one. I started with a piece of Night of Navy card stock cut at 5 1/4" x 10 1/2", scored at 5 1/4". I added a layer of Old Olive to this cut to be 5" x 5". The final layer on the front is a 4 3/4" square of Whisper White. I stamped this image from the retired stamp set called Wedding Sweet onto the white using VersaMark ink and Night of Navy ink. First ink the stamp with the VersaMark and then the navy. Once the image is stamped, I added clear embossing powder to it and heat embossed it. I took a 4 3/4" strip of navy and used my eyelet lace punch to punch both sides of it. I attached it and all the layers together using runner adhesive. I added a few pearls to the eyelet lace for added effect. For the final touch, I typed the saying on my computer and printed it out onto white card stock. I punched this out using the full heart punch, sponged the edges with olive ink and layered it onto a navy scallop heart made using my big shot and an embosslit. It was adhered with runner adhesive to the scallop heart. The finished heart was attached to the card using dimensionals.
This would be the left hand side of the inside of the card. I created a pocket on this side with a strip of navy card stock. I used sticky strip to attach this so it was really secure. I put a layer of olive and then white card stock onto this to keep the theme. I added the stamp from Wedding Sweet (retired) to this using olive ink. The pocket will hold the RSVP card and an envelope for it to be returned, It will also contain the reception information and a map. The words on the front let recipients know when to return the RSVP card by to the couple. I always have my brides include the return envelope and encourage them to address them and add the stamp. You have a better chance of people actually returning these if you make it easy for them.
The right hand side contains the wedding info itself. Again I added a layer of olive to the base using runner adhesive. I then took a piece of white and stamped the image of the tree from the set Thoughts and Prayers using olive ink. The heart is from the retired set called Tiny Tags. They are stamped using navy and olive ink. The information for the wedding is printed out onto vellum. The vellum is cut to match this white layer. I attached it to the white using brads. It softened the look of the stamps underneath. The white is attached to the olive using the same runner adhesive.
Well that's it for today. My plan is to be here every day this week. Thanks for all your understanding and thanks for stopping by today to visit. I will see you all tomorrow.
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