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Materials needed:

  • 1¾” x 9” black text or cover weight paper—Yours Truly (four per 8½” x 11” sheet)
  • 3” x 7¾” silver text weight paper—Yours Truly (three per 8½” x 11” sheet)
  • 3½” x 8¼” black text or cover weight paper—Yours Truly (three per 8½” x 11” sheet)
  • 8½” x 11” shimmer black swirl patterned paper—The Paper Company (one per 12” x 12” sheet)
  • Silver and black sticker—The Paper Company
  • Black StazOn ink
  • Dry adhesive, such as a tape runner

Suggested tools:

  • Wedding Corners clear stamp set—Stampendous
  • Monogram Alphabet clear stamp set—Hero Arts
  • Clear acrylic block or stamp press (to use with clear stamp)
  • Scoring tool
  • Bone folder
  • Paper trimmer
  • Pencil
  • Ruler

Instructions:

  1. Begin with a horizontal (landscape) letter-sized document in a word-processing program. Adjust margins to ¼” on the top and bottom and 1” on each side. Create three columns. Type and format text in each column.
  2. Print text on silver paper and trim on all sides to create three 3” x 7¾” pieces.
  3. Adhere silver paper to 3½” x 8¼” black paper.
  4. Use scoring tool to score patterned paper twice, creating three equally sized sections.
  5. Adhere black paper to middle section of invitation.
  6. Stamp images in corners of inside left and right panels of invitation, as shown.
  7. Stamp letter on silver sticker.
  8. Wrap 1¾” x 9” black paper around closed invitation, using a bone folder to create a crisp edge. Add sticker where ends overlap, creating a band.

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