Autumn Wedding Invitation
With Handmade Paper

Natural handmade paper is perfect for an autumn wedding invitation. It's delicate and pretty so looks great. The skeletal leaves really finish off this invite and make it look just stunning.

I've used a pink theme, but you can get natural handmade paper and skeletal leaves in various colours, so you'll easily be able to match it to your theme. The other great thing is handmade paper comes in big sheets, so it's very cost effective!

For each card, you’ll need:
- Pink A5 card stock – about 250gsm
- Pink handmade paper with pressed flowers cut to A5
- Pink vellum paper trimmed to 120mm x 175mm
- Two pink skeletal leaves
- Small pink bow
- Clear strong glue
- Roller glue

Before you start your autumn wedding invitation!
For the text on the vellum insert, I’ve used a special font called ASL Script, which is free for personal use. You’ll need to download it from www.freefonts.com. If you don’t know how to do this, then follow these instructions for adding a font to your computer (for windows users only). If you don’t do this, then you won’t be able to see the text on your computer.

You can download the A5 template for this insert here, but you'll need the username and password that you get when you subscribe to the newsletter. You can subscribe below. The insert is an A4 sheet with two inserts on it, created in MS Word. They’re sized slightly smaller than A5, so sit well on or inside an A5 wedding invitation (finished size). You will need to amend the text so that it corresponds to the details of your wedding. Once printed out, you’ll need to cut it to size following the trim lines.

Tips:
• Print out the text onto the vellum on a fast or draft setting. It that's not strong enough, then use the medium or standard setting. Bear in mind it will take longer to dry, so make sure you remove each sheet from the printer before the next one comes through, otherwise your text will smudge!
• You can easily change the size to be 5x7 instead of A5, whichever is easier for you
• Try buying an economy or bumper pack of card blanks and envelopes. You can then cut these in half to make the one page card!

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To make your autumn wedding invitation:

1. Download the wording template for the insert.

2. When you’ve got your font, template, amended your wording to suit your wedding, print it out onto the pink vellum paper and cut it to size.

3. Next cut your pink card and handmade paper to size.

4. Secure the handmade paper to the pink card with some roller glue.

5. Next position your vellum on the card where you want it to sit, but don't secure it just yet.

6. Take two evenly sized skeletal leaves and position them centrally at the top of the vellum. They should overlap on the vellum and the natural paper. You're going to use these to secure the vellum to the rest of the invite.

7. When happy with the position, use the strong clear glue on the back of the skeletal leaves where the main veins are and glue them down. Placing the glue where the veins are ensures that the glue can't be seen. Also place a little glue at the tip of the leaf to secure the top part too.

8. In the middle where the two leaves meet, there is likely to be a bit of glue you can see. Cover this with the small pink bow with some clear strong glue. Your autumn wedding invitation is now complete.

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