{"id":3954,"date":"2010-03-11T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2010-03-11T00:01:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T05:01:25","slug":"handmade-handstamped-wedding-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/handmade-handstamped-wedding-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Handmade &amp; Handstamped Wedding Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3957\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-version-outside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3957\" title=\"Handmade Wedding Invitation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-version-outside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-version-outside.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-version-outside-155x300.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handstamped Wedding Invitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was asked to come up with some wedding invitation samples the other day.\u00a0 I thought I would go ahead and share this one with you because I like it so much!\u00a0 (I don&#8217;t think the bride will mind as it&#8217;s nothing like the final invitation will look like.)\u00a0 I wish it wasn&#8217;t so hard to photograph but with all the white it gets a bit difficult!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3959\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-brads-cu1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3959\" title=\"Stampin' Up! Wedding Sweet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-brads-cu1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-brads-cu1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-brads-cu1-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wedding Sweet stamp set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The invitation is 9 1\/4&#8243; x 4&#8243; in size so it will fit a #10 size envelope (business size to most of us).\u00a0 I used clear rhinestone brads at the top of the invitation to hold the two sheets together.\u00a0 Half pearls look very pretty there as well, however, they do nothing to keep the pieces together!<\/p>\n<p>The swirlies you see are from the Wedding Sweet stamp set and embossed in Iridescent Ice.\u00a0 Iridescent Ice is a clear embossing powder with fine glitter in it.\u00a0 The embossing gives a hint of texture and sparkle to the invitation without being overwhelming.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3955\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-cu-medallion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3955\" title=\"Stampin' Up! Vintage Label\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-cu-medallion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-cu-medallion.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-cu-medallion-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-cu-medallion-435x264.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Label &amp; Warm Words stamp sets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.\u00a0 The medallion is being held in place with our lovely organza ribbon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-inside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3956\" title=\"Handmade Wedding Invitation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-inside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-inside.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/wedding-invitation-Becky-Version-inside-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the wedding invitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid I don&#8217;t actually have writing inside the invitation but I think you can picture what it would look like.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I really should have trimmed down the Bride specialty paper a little more, it didn&#8217;t need to take up quite that much of the page.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is inspirational to you!\u00a0 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!\u00a0 Sometime I&#8217;m going to find a big chunk of empty time in my schedule to sit down and come up with lots of ideas . . . !\u00a0 (Probably when my children, ages 5, 4 &amp; 2) are ready to get married!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for stopping by to look!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to come up with some wedding invitation samples the other day.\u00a0 I thought I would go ahead and share this one with you because I like it so much!\u00a0 (I don&#8217;t think the bride will mind as it&#8217;s nothing like the final invitation will look like.)\u00a0 I wish it wasn&#8217;t so hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-handmade-wedding-goodies","category-occasions-mini-catalog-2010","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}