Hello friends! I have been working on wedding invites for my daughter's wedding this fall. It took awhile to settle on the design (her tastes are very different from mine) and now I have started creating 80 invites. We decided the Tri-Fold type of invitation would work best. My daughter showed me some designs she liked on Pinterest and I looked thru my crafty stash and then got busy! We both decided that the Die'sire Floral Bouquet Create-a-card die (Crafter's Companion) would be the perfect first fold for the invite. So here is a tutorial showing exactly how to create a Tri-Fold Wedding invitation.
Here are the supplies you will need:
- 8 1/2 x 11" cardstock - 1 sheet cut to 10 x 7" scored at 5; 1 sheet cut to 5 x 7"
- Die'sire Floral Bouquet Create-A-Card metal die
- Gemini Die Cutting & Embossing Machine
- Metal Shim for Gemini
- removable tape
- something to pick out all the paper bits
- paper cutter
- score board with bone folder
- red liner tape or Score-Tape
Position the die onto the 5x7" piece and hold it in place using the removable tape. For this project, just use one of the outside edge dies.
Using this sandwich - purple cut plate, plastic shim, magnetic shim, die with cardstock, metal shim, cut plate. It is very important that when cutting with this sandwich that you are very meticulous about rotating/flipping all of your plates so they don't get super warped. Also I have used plates and shims that were well used to begin with because I knew that they would be ready to throw away after die cutting 80 wedding invites! These are my plates after cutting 80+ Floral Bouquets....I can still use them but will probably set them aside to use with fabric or felt, etc.
Once you have carefully removed the die from your cardstock, use a sharp tool to poke out all the little bits. Maybe you know of a way to get those bits to fall out easier than I found, if so, please share in the comments! I have used my scissors to trim the edges on this piece.
To add this piece onto the tri-fold, you will need to score along the bottom edge at 1/4". Then put the red tape on that little flap so you can adhere this to the 5 x 7" piece.
Now you can leave your tri-fold like this but when folded it will bulge a bit. I wanted our invites to lay flat and to make that happen, I trimmed just a small bit from the right side. Here is the invite all adhered together and you can see the little strip of paper that I trimmed off the one side.
Now it's time to add the pocket. You will need to cut a piece of cardstock to 5 1/4 x 2 1/2". Score around three edges at 1/4".
Add the red line tape to the 1/4" flaps. Cut out the little boxes where the scorelines meet.
Adhere the pocket into place! You could get fancy with this pocket flap, if you want. I may end up adding a scalloped edge or something on the top of the pocket.
So here is the finished Tri-Fold invite. I didn't add there names on the square yet. My daughter liked the burlap ribbon wrapped around and you can just slide it off.
Thanks for stopping by today. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or shoot me an email! Have a great day!