DIY Wedding Invitations Tutorial

Materials:

• Martha Stewart scoring board (w/ 50% off coupon ~ $12.50)
• Fiskars paper trimmer (on hand)
• Aspire Petallics 8.5" x 11" 98#C-50 qty in Silver Ore ($22.50)
• Aspire Petallics A-7 80# envelopes- 100 qty in Silver Ore ($26)
• Exact Opaque 8.5" x 11" 65#C- 1 pkg in Yellow ($8.90)
• Single face satin ribbon in maize- 2 rolls @ 7/8" (~$3.50)
• Fiskars acrylic ruler (on hand)
• Fiskars self healing mat (on hand)
• Scotch permanent double sided tape- 4 individual rolls (~$20)
• X-acto knife (on hand)
• Scissors (on hand)
• Pencil & eraser (on hand)

Measurements:

Before we get into detailed instructions, here are the major measurements:

Pocket fold Instructions:

1. Cut your 8.5" x 11" card stock down to 7" x 11".

2. Score the paper parallel to the 7" side at the 2" (Fold A) mark and at the 7" (Fold B) mark:

3. Mark 1.5" left of Fold A and 3.5" down the edge of Fold A with a pencil.

Line up the two points with your ruler and cut. These cuts give you the angled flap.

4. Flip card over so the bump from the scoring is facing up and Fold B in, then Fold A in.

5. Using the same card stock, cut 4.25" x 4 15/16" for the pocket.

Score 0.5" from the edge on the 3 edges as shown.

6. Flip it over with bump side up and cut the dotted edges shown

Fold in.

7. Cut the double sided tape in half. Using .25" tape, affix on all tabs. If you leave it at 0.5", it will go over the edge.

8. Place pocket onto the right panel of previously made folder.

Ta da!

Border instructions:

1. Using your border color paper, cut paper to 4.75" to 6.75" (gives you 1/8" edges all around). This is for the main invite in the center of your pocket fold.

2. For your RSVP/Insert for the pocket, cut paper to 3.75" x 4 7/8"

3. For your Monogram, cut paper to 1.75" x 1.75"

Assembling/Final touches:

1. Cut ribbon to ~11"

2. Using 1/2" double sided tape, affix border mat onto pocket fold for the main invite, then invite onto the mat. Affix RSVP/insert onto its border mat and slide the matted RSVP/insert into its pocket.

3. Close the invite to put ribbon finish. Wrap ribbon around pocket fold snug, not too tight, and use double sided tape to hold together.

4. Put the border color paper behind the ribbon, against the pocket fold and tape down.

5. Put the monogram on top of the ribbon and tape down.

Voila! Now do this times 50, 100, or 200.

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