My DIY cherry blossom invitations

[frenchie]

I'm putting a lot of this in my journal, too, but I guess it would be nice to have a more detailed version of all the steps I take here, since they are DIY.

First off, here's a digital image of the end result I would like :)

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x305/frenchiemiss/invite1.jpg

[frenchie]

It would be achieved with this stamp

http://www.impressrubberstamps.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5007E_cherry_blossom_set&Category_Code=wedding

http://www.impressrubberstamps.com/images/impimages/E5007.gif

[frenchie]

Clairefontaine square ivory paper, and some pink calque paper laser-printed with the black text.

What do you think?

[frenchie]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x305/frenchiemiss/invite2.jpg

A version of what it would look like without the calque overlay...

[frenchie]

We're basically having a card that opens sideways. Basically 2 squares.
What information should we put on each page?
I was thinking on the cover our names and maybe the date.
On the inside maybe what I've posted so far (the wording is something I came up with in 2 mins at 2 a.m. so really probably NOT final) and on the other part of the inside (on the left) a verse or a quote or a poem or something.
And what should I do with the back? Where should I print out info on how to get to the church, the website and contact information for RSVP? I don't really want to do a seperate card so I was just wondering what you think I should do ?

[frenchie]

Here is a long version

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x305/frenchiemiss/invite3.jpg

and the same in a brighter pink :

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x305/frenchiemiss/invite4.jpg

Which do you like best? And does anyone have any ideas for what to do with ribbon?

[frenchie]

Another question : should I just use normal ink to stamp the flowers or should I emboss them? The embossing gun is 25 euros and you need to buy special product. So I can't really just do a test...

[frenchie]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x305/frenchiemiss/invite5.jpg

Another version : what about having pink paper and all the rest in black?

[frenchie]

WOW am I exhausted LOL I forgot my wedding date - we used to be thinking of April 12 so it still kinda gets jumbled up with Feb 16th. Thankfully I'm not printing yet!

[Kirby]

Wow, gorgeous. I love the very first one you posted the best.

[candyt2009]

I like the first one too you did a good job on them very nice

[domeafavor]

I love the one with the pink flowers. The one with the pink background just seems so dark to me. I think you should invest in the embossing tool it would really make the card pop. They're really easy to use.

[Twigler]

I love your ideas! The one with the pink paper and black ink is kind of hard to read since the image and the picture are both black. I like the one with the pink flowers the best!

[frenchie]

Here is the first printout I actually made on real paper :)

http://alessia.ovh.org/uploads/Main/DSCF2164.jpg

I'll do the rest tomorrow (but I won't cut them yet I'll print them 3 per page - I'll cut them all at the end when I find a guilletine to do it)