Sunday, March 22, 2009

The Wedding Runner Ups....

In the process of designing a wedding invitation for a family member, I created 9 specs first. These are the 8 runner-ups in no particular order. I was testing different textures of papers, ribbons, colors, folds, and techniques throughout.


Spec#1: White paper, fold on 1/3 with maroon overlay over flap.

Spec #2: Black paper, fold on 1/3 with purple mulberry paper over flap, 2 jewels
Spec #2 inside: test of white and maroon paper with a vellum overlay.

Spec #3: Black paper, gatefold, purple mulberry accent, and gold heart wax seal
Spec #4: Black paper, triangle gatefold with punched holes and maroon ribbon tied through, inside has white overlay.

Spec #5: Black paper, gatefold with punched holes and maroon sheer ribbon tied through.

Spec #6: White paper, gatefold with purple mulberry accent, and black ribbon tied around entire invitation.

Spec #7: Black paper, gatefold with maroon sheer/satin ribbon tied around entire invitation.

Spec #7 inside: natural fiber paper matted with maroon. (Tested paper successfully in printer!!)
Spec #8: Black paper, double-gatefold (gatefold with flaps) with maroon ribbon tied around entire invitation.

Spec #8 inside: white overlays on panels, minus the "flap" panels.
I will post the "winning" spec invitation very soon!!

4 comments:

amy said...

you make beautiful cards! so cute.

Karen said...

Elegant looking specs!!! It would be hard to choose! Thanks for stopping by my blog....I consider it a compliment if you would scraplift my LO! I just love Unity Stamps!!

Jessica Pickering said...

Hello,
Did you make the balck triangle gatefold yourself, or buy it pre-cut? I'm making my own wedding invitations, and can't find these pre-cut anywhere! Could you help me out with instructions or where to buy? I'd really appreciate it!
Thank you!

Jessica P.

Anonymous said...

(my email is porcelain_rhose@hotmail.com)

Jessica P.