You'll need:

Smooth A5 white card at 250gsm

White vellum, cut to 175mm x 120mm (once printed)

Ribbon or edging with a rose pattern – 21cm

Strong, clear glue (not PVA)

Roller glue

 

What you need to do:

·         Choose your wording and font for the front of your invite and set it up in MS Word or similar word processing package.  Use the A5 paper size and centre the text.  Print it out on to your vellum. 

·         Cut the vellum to size.

·         Position the vellum in the centre of the card and attach it with roller glue.  Use the roller glue along the left hand edge of the vellum.  Don't worry about the glue showing through as you'll be covering it with the ribbon.

·         Cut the ribbon to length and secure it along the edge of the vellum with some strong clear glue.  For this ribbon, I placed the glue under each rose.  The ribbon should cover any traces of the roller glue on the vellum.

 

I use UHU glue for my strong clear glue.  It can end up being stringy, so to avoid any strings of glue on my card, I glue the object away from the card and then move the object around my spare finger until the glue string breaks.  I then place the object where I want it.    If you do get glue strings on your cards, then you can rub them off – just make sure you've got clean fingers first or you'll end up with a dirty, grubby mess!