Crafting Wedding Card Flowers: A Creative Guide

Floral wedding invitations are a classic theme, but that doesn't mean you can't give them a modern twist. In this guide, we'll show you how to make beautiful flowers from wedding cards with a rustic, boho, or vintage look. You'll learn how to create a two-sided invitation with a floral design and even design a matching envelope with a floral lining. We'll also explore different types of floral graphics, such as watercolour-style, hand-drawn, and chalk flower designs, to help you find the perfect match for your wedding palette and style. So get ready to unleash your creativity and make your wedding invitations stand out!

How to make tiny rose flowers from wedding cards

Making tiny rose flowers from wedding cards is a fun and creative way to recycle your cards and add a personal touch to your decorations. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you create these miniature paper roses:

Materials:

• Wedding cards (or any cardstock) in the colour of your choice—red for a classic rose look.
• A tool to roll flowers (you can also make your own DIY quilling tool).
• A standard grip cutting mat (12" x 12" size).
• A cutting machine or tool to cut your cardstock—a Cricut cutting machine is recommended.
• Glue—a tacky glue is suggested.

Cutting the Cardstock:

Begin by cutting out your cardstock petals. You can use a free template, such as the one provided by Jennifer Maker, or create your own design. The template includes two different rose petal details, one with larger petals for a more natural look, and the other with smaller petals for a tidier appearance. Choose the size and style that works best for you.

If you're using a cutting machine, ensure you use a new standard-grip mat with a clean blade to achieve intricate cuts without ripping the cardstock.

Rolling the Petals:

Once your petals are cut, it's time to roll them up into miniature roses. Pick up your quilling tool and insert the tip into the slot at the end. Rotate the tool towards you, rolling up the paper as you go. Keep the paper tightly rolled around the tip and maintain a straight base.

It may take some practice to get the hang of it. You can brace the rolled petals against your finger to keep them in place and squeeze the petals as you spin to help them curve and stay on the tool.

Assembling the Rose:

When you've finished rolling the flower, gently pull it off the quilling tool, holding the petals between your thumb and forefinger. You should have a small circle remaining in the centre. Fill this base with glue, ensuring it gets down into the flower.

Press the circle down onto the glue, making sure it makes good contact. If the petals are poking out, press them down gently, ensuring the glue connects with the bottom edge of most of the petals.

Let your miniature rose dry, and there you have it—a tiny rose made from a wedding card! You can create several of these in a short amount of time, and they can be used for various decorations, such as cards, gifts, or even dollhouses.

DIY floral wedding invitations

Designing your own wedding invitations can be a fun and rewarding project, and florals are a beautiful and popular choice for many couples. Here is a step-by-step guide to creating your own DIY floral wedding invitations:

Choose Your Flowers

The first step is to decide on the flowers you want to use. You can opt for dried or pressed flowers, which can be purchased or made yourself. Pressing your own flowers can be a time-consuming process, but it can also be a fun hobby. Flowers like hydrangeas and baby's breath are great for pressing as they don't hold much water and tend to hold their colour. If you're using larger blooms like roses, try cutting them in half before pressing to create a unique, textured effect.

Select Your Invitation Design

There are many online resources, such as Canva and Cricut, that offer free and editable wedding invitation templates. You can choose from a variety of themes, including rustic, vintage, and minimalist designs. Select a template that has plenty of white space to allow for the addition of your chosen flowers.

Assemble Your Invitations

Once you have your flowers and your template, it's time to assemble your invitations. If you're using pressed flowers, carefully arrange them on your invitation before gluing. You can use rubber cement, which is durable and forgiving. Place your flowers face down on a scrap piece of paper, cover the back with glue, and then gently lift and place onto your invitation. Repeat this process until you're happy with the arrangement.

Finishing Touches

Take the time to trim any flowers that extend off the edge of the invitation, or leave them for a chic, modern look. If you've used too much glue, simply rub it away with your fingertips—the rubber cement dries clear. Finally, print your invitations on thicker paper stock, such as 80-100lb paper, for a more luxurious feel.

Your DIY floral wedding invitations are now ready to be sent out to your guests, setting the perfect tone for your special day.

Floral wedding invitation and matching envelope

If you're looking to create a floral wedding invitation with a matching envelope, this is the guide for you. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a two-sided wedding invitation with a rustic, floral design and a matching envelope with a floral lining. The final product will be ready for sending off to the printers!

Materials

To get started, you will need access to Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator. You can then print your invites either professionally or at home.

Envelope

First, you will need to create a template for your envelope. Envelopes come in a variety of standard sizes, so it is important to decide on the size before designing your invitation. For this tutorial, we will be creating a template for a standard-size envelope with a pointed flap, called '6 Baronial', which will create an envelope that is 4.75 inches by 6.5 inches when folded and closed.

Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document. You can find a template for the envelope online and place the image onto your artboard. Use the Pen Tool to trace the straight edges of the template and the Arc Tool for the more rounded edges. Once you have traced the entire outline, select your whole outline and group it. Then, trace the dashed lines in the middle of the template, setting the stroke to a dashed line to indicate that these are fold lines, not cut lines. Group this with the outline and copy it.

Now, open Adobe InDesign and create a new document. Set the number of pages to 2 and deselect 'Facing Pages'. For the dimensions, set the width to 337 mm and the height to 255.5 mm to allow for the envelope to be fully extended. Add a Slug of 100 mm on all sides to give you some extra space to work with.

Next, create four new layers: 'Instructions', 'Envelope Color', 'Envelope Lining', and 'DIE LINE - DO NOT PRINT'. Lock all the layers except the top layer, 'DIE LINE - DO NOT PRINT', and activate it.

Create a new colour swatch, naming it 'Spot Magenta' and setting the Color Type to Spot, and the Color Mode to CMYK with all sliders at 0 except Magenta, which should be at 100%. Paste your vector die line onto the layer and resize it to fit perfectly on the page. Set the Stroke Color of the vector to Spot Magenta and check the box that reads 'Overprint Stroke' in the Output Attributes window. Copy the vector and paste it onto Page 2 of the document.

Adding Colour to Your Envelope

Return to the Layers panel and lock the 'DIE LINE - DO NOT PRINT' layer. Unlock the 'Envelope Color' and 'DIE LINE - DO NOT PRINT' layers. Paste your die line onto the 'Envelope Color' layer, ungroup it, and delete the dashed fold lines. Set the Stroke Color to 'None' and the Fill Color to 'Cream'. Copy and paste this onto Page 2.

Creating a Lining for Your Envelope

Stay on Page 2 of your document, which is the inside of your envelope where the lining will appear. Copy and paste the cream envelope and place it on the 'Envelope Lining' layer. Adjust the Fill Color to 'None' and the Stroke Color to 'Black'. Take the Scissors Tool and cut at the two points where the top triangular section of the envelope meets the central part. Delete this top triangular section.

Next, use the Pen Tool to create two straight lines that meet in the centre of the envelope, forming a triangle shape. These lines should be parallel to the outline of the envelope. Take your mouse and select both lines, then go to 'Object' > 'Paths' > 'Join'. Select the joined lines and the remaining black outline, and again go to 'Object' > 'Paths' > 'Join'. Move your new unified black outline over to the page and lay it on top of the background colour.

Now, you can select an image to line your envelope. Floral designs are a romantic choice. Place your chosen image, scaling and arranging it within the frame you have created.

Designing Your Wedding Invite

Now that your bespoke envelopes are designed, you can size your invite accordingly, leaving a 1/8 to 1/4 inch margin of free space between the edge of the invitation and the inside edge of the envelope.

For this tutorial, we will be creating our invitation in Adobe InDesign. Create a new document, setting the number of pages to 2 and deselecting 'Facing Pages'. Set the page size to a custom size, with a width of 109 mm and a height of 154 mm. Set the margins on all sides to 10 mm and add a 3 mm bleed all around.

Scroll down to Page 2 of the document and select the page. Click on the Landscape Orientation button to twist the page to a landscape format. Create four new layers: 'Background Color', 'Flowers', 'Overlay', and 'Typography'.

Lock all layers except 'Background Color'. Create three new CMYK swatches: 'Midnight Blue' (C=87 M=75 Y=41 K=40), 'Cream' (C=0 M=1 Y=4 K=0), and 'Gold' (C=16 M=24 Y=65 K=3).

Take the Rectangle Tool and drag it across the whole of Page 2 to create a rectangle that extends up to the edges of the bleed. Set the Fill Color of the rectangle to Midnight Blue.

Return to the Layers panel and lock the 'Background Color' layer. Unlock the 'Flowers' layer. Use the Rectangle Frame Tool to create an image frame that is 48 mm in width and 115 mm in height, positioning it on the far left of Page 2. Place the same floral image you used for the lining of the envelope.

On Page 1 of the document, create another image frame using the Rectangle Frame Tool, this time stretching across the whole page up to the bleed edge. Place your floral image.

Lock the 'Flowers' layer and unlock the 'Overlay' layer. Take the Rectangle Tool and drag it onto the page to create a rectangle that is 68.5 mm in width and 108.5 mm in height, positioning it centrally on Page 1. Go to 'Object' > 'Corner Options' and adjust the top right and bottom left corners to 6 mm in size with a Bevel Corner Shape.

How to make a rustic/boho floral wreath wedding invitation

Materials:

• Off-white cardstock paper
• Kraft card stock paper
• Lace
• Twine
• Envelopes
• Flowers of your choice
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors

Instructions:

Step 1: Start by designing your invitation. You can choose to print your invitation details on off-white cardstock paper, as this will give your invitation a rustic look. You can also add your personal touch by choosing a font and wording that reflect your wedding theme.

Step 2: Cut the kraft card stock paper to a size slightly larger than your invitation. This will serve as the backing of your invitation.

Step 3: Wrap your invitation with lace and twine. You can either tie the twine in a bow or use a hot glue gun to secure it. This step will add a romantic, rustic touch to your invitation.

Step 4: Embellish your invitation with flowers. You can choose dried flowers or artificial flowers that match your wedding colour palette. Secure the flowers with hot glue, placing them on the invitation as you see fit.

Step 5: Place your invitation inside an envelope. You can also add a sprig of greenery or a small flower to the envelope for an extra touch.

Step 6: Repeat these steps for each invitation, and your rustic/boho floral wreath wedding invitations will be ready to send out!

You can also add your personal touch by including RSVP cards, liners, and other creative additions to your invitations. This project is a fun way to involve your wedding party and get everyone excited for the big day!

How to make card rose flowers

You can find multiple tutorials on YouTube for making card rose flowers using wedding cards. Here is a step-by-step guide:

• Start by gathering the necessary materials: wedding cards or any card stock paper, a pencil, a ruler, a craft knife or scissors, and glue. You may also want to prepare some green card stock paper for leaves and a hot glue gun for a more secure hold.
• Begin by drawing a spiral on the back of your card. The spiral should start from the centre and work outwards, with the width of the spiral determining the size of your rose petals.
• Carefully cut along the spiral line with your craft knife or scissors. If you're using scissors, you may find it easier to cut a rough square or circular shape around your spiral first, to have a more stable base to work with.
• Now, start rolling the strip from the outer end, winding it tightly to form the centre of your rose. As you reach the middle of the strip, loosen the winding slightly to create the petals. Continue rolling until you've formed a complete rose.
• Apply glue to the bottom of the rose to secure the shape. If you're using a hot glue gun, be careful not to use too much glue, as it may show on the sides of your rose.
• Cut some leaves from green card stock paper if you want to add more detail to your rose. You can use a template or freehand the leaf shapes. Attach the leaves to the bottom of your rose with glue.
• Repeat these steps to create a bouquet of card roses, and feel free to experiment with different colours and sizes of card stock for a varied and vibrant display.

By following these steps, you can create elegant and unique card rose flowers using wedding cards or any other type of card stock paper you have on hand.

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