Handstamped Wedding Invitation
I was asked to come up with some wedding invitation samples the other day. I thought I would go ahead and share this one with you because I like it so much! (I don’t think the bride will mind as it’s nothing like the final invitation will look like.) I wish it wasn’t so hard to photograph but with all the white it gets a bit difficult!
Wedding Sweet stamp set
The invitation is 9 1/4″ x 4″ in size so it will fit a #10 size envelope (business size to most of us). I used clear rhinestone brads at the top of the invitation to hold the two sheets together. Half pearls look very pretty there as well, however, they do nothing to keep the pieces together!
The swirlies you see are from the Wedding Sweet stamp set and embossed in Iridescent Ice. Iridescent Ice is a clear embossing powder with fine glitter in it. The embossing gives a hint of texture and sparkle to the invitation without being overwhelming.
Vintage Label & Warm Words stamp sets
At the bottom of the invitation I used the Bride Specialty paper and then made a little medallion using the Sale-A-Bration Vintage Labels and Warm Words stamp sets embossed in silver on brushed silver cardstock. The medallion is being held in place with our lovely organza ribbon.
Inside the wedding invitation
I’m afraid I don’t actually have writing inside the invitation but I think you can picture what it would look like. Across the bottom of the top page I used the Sale-A-Bration Scallop Trim Border Punch and then when you open up the invitation the medallion is still visible. I really should have trimmed down the Bride specialty paper a little more, it didn’t need to take up quite that much of the page.
I hope this is inspirational to you! I think there is a big trend to make your own wedding invitations, reply cards, favors, save the date cards, and wedding bulletins these days and there is so much you can do to individualize them! Sometime I’m going to find a big chunk of empty time in my schedule to sit down and come up with lots of ideas . . . ! (Probably when my children, ages 5, 4 & 2) are ready to get married!
Thank you for stopping by to look!
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I totally forgot to show you this box I made before going on vacation. What was I thinking? I wanted to give a set of cards as part of a wedding shower gift and I thought I’d make a box to put them in.
The base of the box is made out of Brushed Gold Cardstock on which I stamped the large swirly from the Wedding Sweet stamp set using Gold Encore Ink. For the top of the box I used an overhead transparency so the lid is transparent.
elegant. It’s not very often that I make cards without any layers but this is one of those times. The cards are Whisper White cardstock which I ran through the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder. Around the fold in the card I used the Gold Elastic Cord available in the Mini Catalog. The “Thank you” is from the Fresh Cuts stamp sets and stamped with the Gold Encore Ink.
I hope you’re looking forward to the Holiday Blog Tour as much as I am! I created one of the projects today that I’m planning to show you. You’re going to like it! In fact, we might even have to have a class for this one. With the tour there will be four days when each demonstrator featured will have a new Christmas project to show each day. Each demonstrator will then link to the next demonstrator on the tour. Therefore, if you visit my blog on the 10th you’ll see my project and then you can follow the link I give to the next person and follow their link to the next person and so on. We’ll post new projects on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
Here is another wedding card I made in the past. I used the To Have and to Hold stamp set along with Together Forever to make this card. A few of the items you see here are retired such as the DSP, the To Have and to Hold stamp set and the heart stamp which is from the Merci stamp set.
My sister had me digging up past hand stamped wedding creations for a project she’s working on. I thought I’d share this wedding invitation I created a while back for someone. The bride and her family loved the idea and used it almost exactly.
sample is blank.
