Stampin Up! HOW-TO Video: Wedding Invitation Design Part 1

Well, for those of you who know, I am making my own invites. I am sooooo uber excited about them because I LOVE the design that I created.
So I just wanted to share a bit about the process of making these invites, in case you are getting married as well and need some ideas for your invites :)
Be sure to check out all my wedding DIY projects at www.crystalandakiko.com - and be sure to post your comments!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Paper Crafting
• stampin up
• card making
• scrapbooking
• wedding invitations
• damask paper
• die cut

[uhboutamy]

woops...i already read below you used adobe illustrator? is it easy to use it? :) im so gonna go buy ittt!

[akikohyodo]

@uhboutamy

Hi there! Adobe Illustrator does have a bit of a learning curve - my husband is very adept at it, so he helped me a lot with this. I couldnt have done it without him. There are other design programs that are easier to use like Microsoft Publisher, its just not as flexible. And its only good for printing at home (which I was doing anyways). But Adobe Illustrator is a very good program, I would reccomend it if you have the time to learn it!

[uhboutamy]

OMG they are soooo beautiful! I cant decide on my wedding colors. blue and rasberry pink look soooo beautiful but i have no idea what to do, im getting married next year in october. i still have time but geez theres SOOOO much to do! i absolutely LOVED ur invitations though! VERY BEAUTIFUL!

[akikohyodo]

@uhboutamy

Thank you so much! Yes you definitely want to pick your colors out before anything else, cause everything kind of flows from there. You could do some really nice fall colors - Teal is a great color because really it goes with any season. When is your wedding? Congratulations!!!! SO EXCITING!

[dredice1908]

DId you find the scroll clipart on adobe as well?

[akikohyodo]

@dredice1908

No, I got the clip art online from a website that sells clip art, I cannot remember the name of the site for the life of me. I just typed in google image search the design I was looking for, like "swirlys" or "damask" or whatever it is, and a bunch came up. Good luck with your search!

[kiki2197]

Gorgeous! This helped alot! Did you go to a print shop to print on cardstock? Or did you use regular paper over cardstock to print?

[MIMISSCRAPS]

I really liked you information on making Wedding Invitations, my daughter and I are currently working on making her invitations for her wedding for next October. You touched on some of the ideas we had only we are using embossing on her cards. Thanks sooooo much!

[uhboutamy]

@akikohyodo my wedding is on october next year. october 1st. :)

[uhboutamy]

can you tell mee what programs you have to buy? like all that "my digital studio" and all that. im kinda confused ;) hehee. id appreciate itt :D