This card design uses a craft punch and ribbon to make a beautiful ribbon border. Easy to make with a luxurious look!

You can easily transform this card into an Anniversary card, a Wedding Day card or even a Wedding Invitation by changing the wording peel off and perhaps the ribbon colour.

Click on the image below for a larger view of the card.

What you need to make this card:

1. 7″x5″ White Card Blank
2. Long Reach Punch – Ribbon
3. 15mm Wide Red Organza Ribbon
4. Gold Nesting Hearts Die-Cut Embellishments
5. Just For You Peel Off Sheet – Gold
6. Double Sided Sticky Tape
7. Sticky Foam Pads
8. Craft Glue
9. Scissors

Directions to make this card:

Use the long reach ribbon punch to punch 7 sets of slots along the left hand side of the card blank. Only punch through the front side of the card. The slots have been punched about 1/2″ in from the fold edge of the card and start approximately 1/2″ up from the bottom of the card. The distance between each set of slots is 1″ measured from the centre of a set of slots to the centre of the next set of slots.

Next cut a 8.5″ (22cm) length of the red organza ribbon. Starting from the bottom of the card thread the ribbon in through the first slot and then in and out of all the punched slots. Pull the ribbon so you have even lengths left over at the top and bottom of the card. Fold the ribbon over the top and the bottom of the card and secure inside with double sided sticky tape.

Next cut  another length of the ribbon and use it to tie a ribbon bow. Trim the ends of the bow so they are even and then stick the bow on the top of the ribbon border using a 5mm sticky foam pad.

Select 3 of the die-cut nesting hearts and take the large outer heart and smaller inner heart for each one. Use craft glue or tiny sticky foam pads to stick the hearts diagonally down the card as shown in the picture with the small hearts inside the larger hearts.

Finish the card off with a Just For You peel off wording sticker in the top right hand corner and three mini peel off sticker hearts in the bottom left corner.

Card Idea by Jill

If you want something a bit different from the usual wedding invitation colours then this is a great modern colour scheme for you to use that has a real luxury look. This design is easy to produce in bulk quantities and looks very professional too.

Items you will need to make this card:

1. Small Square (120mm x 120mm) Pale Cream Card Blank
2. Pearlised ivory/cream card
3. A4 Mulberry Tissue Paper – Brown
4. A4 plain paper such as ordinary printer paper
5. Woodware Super Lever Craft Punch – Square
6. Woodware Big Lever Craft Punch – Square
7. Woodware Large Lever Craft Punch – Square
8. Small Hearts – Gold
9. “Yellow Gold” Wedding Rings
10. Wedding Invitation Banner
11. Strong Craft Glue
12. Sticky Foam Pads

Directions:

Take the pearlised ivory card and punch out two super squares, two big squares and two large squares using the three square craft punches.

Place the sheet of brown mulberry tissue paper in between two sheets of plain paper and then punch out two squares again of each of the three punches sizes. Placing the tissue paper between two sheets of paper allows you to punch cleanly through the tissue paper without it tearing as it is too thin to punch through on it’s own.

Using craft glue layer the squares on top of each other so you end up with four sets of three layered squares, two starting and ending with ivory card sandwiching brown mulberry tissue paper and two starting and ending with brown mulberry tissue paper sandwiching ivory card.

Stick these four square layers to the card blank spaced as shown in the picture ensuring you leave a gap at the bottom of the card for the banner.

Use craft glue to stick a small gold heart to the centre of the top left and bottom right squares.

Link two pairs of the split “yellow gold” wedding ring embellishments together, close the gap on each ring and use a strong craft glue to carefully stick one pair to the centre of the top right squares and the second pair to the centre of the bottom left squares. Take care to turn the join on each ring so it is hidden under the edge of the other ring. You will need to use a strong craft glue to ensure the rings attach properly and leave the card flat while the glue dries.

To finish each card off, use sticky foam pads to stick a Wedding Invitation banner to the bottom of the card. The banner shown in the picture is a cream with chocolate writing banner which is no longer available but the design works just as well with a cream banner with gold writing on it.

You can also make Evening Invitation cards to match by simply using an Evening invitation banner.

Card Idea by Janine