How to - invites

These invitations are for my niece's pre-engagement party.

Here's how:

Supplies

Basic Grey patterned paper

Plain vellum

Flourish vellum

Mulberry flowers

Diamond brads

Matching envelopes

Basic Grey stitches rub ons

Xyron

Here's how:

• Measure your envelope.
• Cut your patterned paper slightly smaller than this.
• In Microsoft Word set up a template for doing your invites. Make the template about 1 cm smaller than your patterned paper. Make sure you do a test run before you print out on vellum.
• Cut your invites to size.
• Tear rectangles of flourish vellum and run them through the Xyron.
• Attach these to the back of the vellum invite to highlight any part you especially want noticed.
• Layer the vellum invite on the patterned paper, make sure it is centred and then prick with a paper piercer.
• Use a diamond brad to attach a flower to each invite.
• Attach a strip of rub ons to your envelope. Further details follow.
• Slip your invite in and seal your envelope.
• Write the person's name on the front with scrolly handwriting.
• Tear patterned paper strips about 2 inches x 1.5 inches.
• Tear flourish vellum strips about 1 inch square.
• Slip both through the Xyron and then layer the vellum over the patterned paper.
• Attach to the back flap like a seal.

Here's how to apply rub ons:

• Push the rub ons sheet up until you have exposed one row of rub ons.
• On the back, rub on some of the rub on from the left edge of the envelope almost to the centre.
• Then do the same from the right edge. You will be layering a seal over this so leave a space in the middle.
• Use the left over rub on to add interest to the front of the envelope.