My mom and I each chose a paper with similar, warm, fall colors and then two solid colored pieces of card stock to accent the prints.
A lot of the embellishments that we used were already in our craft supplies. That's one thing I really love.. coming up with ways to use what you have in order to create something you are envisioning!
We started out by sizing, cutting, and layering our papers. We both used one of our pieces of solid color card stock as the actual card, folding it in half. Next, we took our other piece of solid colored card stock and cut it just a little smaller than the front of the card and pasted it there. Then, we cut the paper with the print slightly smaller than the second piece of card stock and pasted it on top.
To add decoration, we decided to emboss! This is such a fun take on rubber stamping. There's just something about it that seems so elegant! If you have never embossed before, it is simple to do! All you need is a rubber stamp, embossing ink, embossing powder, and an embossing heat tool, all shown below.
Once you've rubber stamped onto paper using the embossing ink, you sprinkle the embossing powder all over it, dust away the excess powder, and then heat until it creates a metallic look. For this project, my mom and I both cut out a small piece of our colored card stock to emboss the tea pot rubber stamp (which is from Hobby Lobby if you are interested in purchasing one for your own tea party invitations!) onto the front of our cards. We each used another piece of the same card stock to emboss the fall leaf rubber stamp a few times for the inside of the cards.
We both used the little flower adornments, but my mom chose lace ribbon, and I went with a paper doily. I love how these look like a set, but you can see they are both still very unique!
Here's what the inside of the cards look like. These particular invitations are for close family so we didn't get very specific with the information as you can see, but typically, you'll want to include more details like the address for the event, contact information to R.S.V.P., etc... Also, consider signing or initialing the back of the card as to show that it is handmade and to give credit to yourself.
Finally, I would like to recommend using clear envelopes. It's the perfect way to show off your work! And who wouldn't love to receive such a beautiful piece of art in the mail?! Simply write your guest's address and the return address onto a piece of paper the size of your plastic envelope and slip it inside on the back side of the card. Stick a stamp on it and it it's good to go! And then flip it over to admire your card even on the way to the mailbox!
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