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Materials needed:

  • 2¼" x 4¼" opal text or cover weight paper—Yours Truly (eight per 8½" x 11" sheet)
  • 4½" x 5¼" circle patterned paper—Reminisce (four per 12" x 12" sheet)
  • Blank Flower rub-on—Reminisce
  • Flower—Prima
  • Pearls
  • Dry adhesive, such as a tape runner

Suggested tools:

  • Scoring tool
  • Bone folder
  • Paper trimmer
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Craft knife (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Begin with a vertical (portrait) letter-sized document in a word-processing program. Create two columns. You will be able to fit four place cards worth of text in each column. Type and format text, leaving room for embellishment.
  2. Print text on opal paper and trim on all sides to create eight 2¼" x 4¼" pieces.
  3. Score patterned paper in half using a scoring tool. Fold, using a bone folder to create a crisp edge.
  4. Adhere opal paper to front of place card.
  5. Apply rub-on on the left side of opal paper, as shown.
  6. Add flower and pearl as shown, using a craft knife to assist you, if necessary.

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