Groom's Dinner Invitation Card

For the past few days I have been working on making the Groom's Dinner invitation cards.  It really didn't take two days but it spewed into two days because I had other things I had to attend to.  One was a bridal shower and the other was a class I taught on Sunday.  Sunday night I finished the cards.  They are all addressed and will go out in the mail today!  One less thing off the HUGE list of wedding stuff to attend to!  I still need to contact the caterer and order the food and then I can tend to the little detailed stuff. 

Anyway, lets get back to my fun card. There is absolutely no stamping done on this card.  The words for the invitation part were done on the computer.  Scissors, punches, Dimensionals, glitter and glue was used to make this invitation. 

I had seen a card done something like this but they used real buttons. I believe it was a card by Lynn Pratt.  To save on postage I didn't want to use real buttons and I didn't have a bunch of black buttons so I went with the punched ones.  I believe it was a Martha Stewart punch. It punched the button and embossed the raised edge at the same time.  And the best part about this card is I wrote down the measurements for you!

I started out with a 9-1/2" x 5-3/8" piece of black card stock.  I then scored it on the long side at 2-3/4" and 6-7/8".  For the lapel I made a little mark about 1-11/8" from the fold and then folded the lapel tip to the left fold.  I repeated this for the other lapel.  I taped them in place with glue dots.  I needed something that would hold the lapels down.  The lapels may not be perfectly even but that's ok.

I punched out the buttons and then I used some ultra fine black glitter on the lapel and buttons.  I set these aside to dry.  The bow is just a small square I punched out and then cut into a triangle.  I put them together on top of a 1/2" circle and then I added another 1/2" circle on top of that.  Once I was done making them I added the glitter to them too.  

The "shirt" piece actually has the invitation on it and it pulls out from the top of the card.  Under the bow there is 2 small punched circles to represent buttons.  I don't know if it will show up if you click the photo.  I think the flash bounced back too much.  But trust me, they are there!!

I set the jacket buttons on Dimensionals to pop them up and I used them on the bow tie too.  

I have them all addressed and they are ready to be mailed!!!  Color me happy and one less thing to do!!! And the best part, they weighted less than one ounce and they fit through the little slot so it won't cost more than the $.44 to mail them!!!  

These were fun and I'm sure those receiving them will like the looks of them.  I did make one for myself to keep!  I will probably have it on display in my workroom for a while and then put it in a scrapbook!  

Now I can move onto some of the other fun Christmas things I want to make for stocking stuffers and gifts!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Here Comes the Bride!

I have been working on designing wedding invitations for a neighbor. This is what I came up with and she LOVED it. The wedding is next fall but the "Save the Date" cards needed to be done so she could get them out. Now I have several months to work on the invitations. It is nice to be able to work on them a little at a time at my leisure. Gotta LOVE working like that!!! It won't make it feel like a chore or a job at all. And in no time they will be done!

Aren't they just pretty and they have such a wonderful "fall" look to them. Exactly what the bride wanted!!! She had to show the sample to the neighbors!! A sign that she REALLY liked them!!!

I will take a week off from them and then start the computer printing part and go from there! It's all that sponging that is going to take the most time. But without it the card was not as pretty!!

Wow, one of the few times my photos exceeds the length of my writing!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

You Are Invited!!

One of the swaps for the DIVA event was to make a wedding invitation. This wedding invitation layout holds it all. I had used one of the SplitCoast Sketch Challenge layouts for the front. I had gotten the invitation layouts from my friend Katie who was working on her own invitations for her son's upcoming wedding. She had used the Stampin' Up! "Artfully Asian" set on hers. It's VERY beautiful.

On the front of the invitation below the bow I used my computer to do the wording in the circle/arch form.

When you open the first fold you see the RSVP card. I think I would turn it around so those receiving it would see the postage stamp and know this is the card to be mailed back in. I set it in place with photo corners I made using a Marvy photo corner punch. This can be done with decorative scissors and scoring or you can also purchase photo corners. That would be much quicker if you're making LOTS of invitations.

The next part of the invitation you see is the actual invitation itself. With the date, time, place part. The designs on the sides were stamped on. The rest was done on the computer.

When you open the bottom flap you see the reception time/place card and the map to the church and or reception. I like having all the pieces on one card. Though as I look at it I'm thinking that the invitation part itself should be on top and then the RSVP card should be the 2nd thing they see. Then open it up and show the reception and map pieces.

Most of the card was done on the computer which really does save LOTS of time and not to mention how much money you save doing it yourself. And since most weddings are booked so far in advance you have plenty of time to work on them yourself or hire your Stampin' Up! demonstrator to do them for you!!!

This is a very elegant wedding invitation and would be pretty in almost any color. I chose these colors because I just like them together.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda