Wedding Invitations, Handmade invitations, DIY and Custom made NZ wedding invitations and stationery, located in Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand


Very Easy!
Double Heart Card - Materials Used: Navy square card Stamp AS415E Gold Ink Pad Gold Embossing Powder Gold Thread Insert paper - pink petal paper
1. Apply ink to stamp. Always ink from the top, as shown. This way you can see that you haven't missed any bits or got ink all over the wooden block.
2. Stamp the image onto the card. It's a good idea to put a magazine under your work as this gives the surface a little bit of 'bounce' so it's easier to get a nice impression.
3. Sprinkle embossing powder over image (work with a clean piece of paper under the card to catch the embossing powder). Tip the excess embossing powder off onto the scrap of paper. Flick any strays bits of embossing powder off your card with a small paint brush (this is really important otherwise your invitations may have unwanted spots on them)
4. Heat your image over toaster, or use a heat gun or paint stripping gun (No a hairdryer isn't hot enough!). You will see the embossing powder start to melt and the image will be raised and shiny. Once you see this change don't be tempted keep heating or your image will go flat again.
5. Compose the wording for your invitation on your computer and print it out onto specialty insert paper. NB: All our papers will go through a printer, however an inkjet printer won't dry on vellum (or some of our printed shimmer papers), so these papers need to be printed on a laser printer.
6. Secure insert to card with thread or ribbon.