DIY – Use an edge punch to dress up a simple invite and my wedding invitation with edge press and heat embossed images

I only had a week to design our invitations (with no background). I knew they would be:
– super simple
– have an interesting textural element
– have a slightly vintage feel
– only one page

I knew I wanted to heat emboss some images to create texture. I also found Martha Stewart Edge punches at Michael’s. I edge pressed all the invites and I thought that gave the paper a vintage vibe as well. I used this with our thank you card (which are in NYC now!) and I really like how those turned out though you won’t see those for a few months since we’re a few thousand miles away.

Note: Edge punches are useful on heavier cardstock. If you experiment on copy paper, it will likely get stuck in the punch.

Tips: Punch aluminum foil to sharpen the punch and wax paper to lubricate it. Also, use a good amount of force when punching or you will have to re-punch the card stock.

The heat embossed flower on the envelope seemed to have the most impact. People loved to touch it!I included the grosgrain ribbon because I bought 27 rolls from eBay and had to use it for something! 

I liked the way the image in back was in back of our names. If I did it over again, I would have included the image in front though.

Our NYC skyline! This was on other aspects of our stationary too.

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