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Materials needed:

  • 4½" x 6½" white text or cover weight paper—Yours Truly (two per 8½" x 11" sheet)
  • A7 bluebell gatefold—Yours Truly
  • VersaMark ink
  • White Soufflé pen—Sakura
  • Black grosgrain ribbon (3/8" width)
  • Dry adhesive, such as a tape runner

Suggested tools:

  • Bold Blossoms clear stamp set—Stampendous
  • Clear acrylic block or stamp press (to use with clear stamp)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Scissors

Instructions:

  1. Begin with a vertical (portrait) letter-sized document in a word-processing program. Adjust margins to 1" on all sides. You will be able to fit two invitations worth of text in the space, one at the top and one at the bottom. Type and format text.
  2. Print text on white paper and trim on all sides to create two 4½" x 6½" pieces.
  3. Stamp image repeatedly on gatefold. Use white Soufflé pen to dot flower centers.
  4. Adhere white paper inside gatefold.
  5. Wrap ribbon around closed gatefold and tie in knot. Trim ends at an angle to desired length.

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