Squirrels Go Like This

We LOVE burgundy.

So once we had a basic idea for the invitations (burgundy, square, with a ribbon accent that would prove to be useful and small cream-colored contrasting LOVE* embossed square) we started to play.

Step 1:

Main invitation shape. I folded the 8.5x 11 cardstock into two, folding by the longest length, resulting with an 8.5×5.5 invitation.

Step 2:

Cut! Using a guillotine (oh, so much fun!), I cut the excess so that I would get 5.5″x5.5″ invitation. We rounded the corners using one of those punch rounders to make them look a little bit more finished.

Step 3:

Measure the ribbon around the front lap of the invitation, allowing for about 1/2″ overlapping area (the ribbon has to over lap to allow the two ends to be glued together).

To keep the ribbon in place before you glue the LOVE square, use double sided tape.

Step 4:

Emboss a small square (in our case 1.75×1.75) with the LOVE embossing template*.

Place the LOVE square in position (we centered it in the square) and glue the LOVE square onto the ribbon using rubber cement. Let dry.

Step 5:

After letting the rubber cement dry, we then proceeded to glue the information in the inner part of the invitation. The Philadelphia skyline that was used as a header was done by Thad (perhaps we’ll add a picture of that)

Step 6:

Stuff information in (RSVP card, reception information, maps, etc)**

Step 7:

Stuff in addressed envelopes.

Easy? Hmm…well, not THAT easy. Fun? Definitely! Worth the effort? I think so.

…well, we could have done without so much ribbon drama.

*How I made this embossing stamp will be shown in another post.
**Another small tutuorial on how to make the extra info stay “together” to come soon.