DIY Copper, Midnight, & Fern Invitations

by Megan N.
(San Jose, CA, USA)

Supplies:
- 8 1/2" x 11" card stock in midnight blue from Papersource
- Copper Metallic card stock from Michaels
- Moss Metallic card stock from Scrapbooking store
- Glue dots (lots & lots of glue dots!)
- Moss green non wired ribbon - 2" wide


When I bought my original supplies, I had a completely different invitation in mind. I kept playing with it and got more and more frustrated. So I decided to go with a pocketfold style instead. With the help of my mom cutting & scoring the pocketfolds, I created some beautiful invitations.

Pocketfold instructions:

The blue card stock was turned on its side so it was 11" wide & 8.5" tall. We trimmed off 2.5" along the bottom so the dimensions were 11" wide & 6" tall. On the left side, a 1" section was scored to be the closing flap.

I then designed the inserts using Microsoft Project. They were printed out on white linen card stock, then mounted on moss green metallic card stock.

I also designed a monogram that was printed onto a 2" square & I mounted those onto 2.5" copper card stock squares.

Assembly:
I used glue dots to adhere the invitation panel on the left side of the invitation. The hotel, directions, and RSVP cards were tied by a thin green ribbon, then mounted to the right side of the pocketfold.

On the outside of the closed invitation, our monogram was attached to the flap along with a moss green ribbon band.

I then put the whole thing into a metallic copper A7 envelope.