Wedding Card

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  Step 1

  Gather your supplies. I wanted a feeling of vintage romance for this card--it's for my older sister's wedding, a really special event (she and her fiancee are 28 now...and have been dating since the 6th grade!!! How amazing!!!). I chose one regular-sized piece of slate-grey cardstock as the base of the card, a half-sheet of textured cream cardstock as the contrast, and a piece of French wallpaper-inspired scrapbooking paper as the front-of-card contrast. I also bought a roll of lace ribbon, a bag of vintage-inspired chipboard embellishments, and a package of quote stickers (I chose a set that was themed "true love"). You'll also need an x-acto knife, scissors, a perfect square to trace (or a ruler), and scissors. Make sure you also have your adhesive at hand, as well as a piece of cardboard (I ALWAYS use a flattened-out cereal box) to protect your cutting surface.

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  Step 2

  Begin by placing your cardboard on your cutting surface, and taking out your piece of slate-grey base cardstock. Fold the piece of cardstock neatly in half lengthwise. Then, using your x-acto knife, cut along the fold line to produce two equal pieces.

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  Step 3

  Take one half of the cardstock in hand. Fold in half widthwise to make a fat, top-fold card.

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  Step 4

  Now take your textured cream cardstock in hand.

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  Step 5

  Use your square object (I used a drink coaster) or ruler and pencil to mark out a perfect square.

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  Step 6

  Use your x-acto knife to cut out.

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  Step 7

  Same deal with your piece of scrapbooking paper. Mark out a perfect square and cut.

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  Step 8

  Now use acid-free adhesive to glue the square of scrapbooking paper onto the front.

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  Step 9

  I chose to place my square at an angle, like this. Press down and smooth out any air bubbles.

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  Step 10

  Choose a sticker you like from your package of quote stickers and place onto the cream cardstock square.

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  Step 11

  Use adhesive to stick the cream cardstock with quote onto the inside of the card.

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  Step 12

  Now add ribbon. Since I was using a glue stick, I just drug the ribbon along the top of the stick, pressing with my fingers to make sure glue was spread evenly onto the back side of the ribbon. I used a blue dry-clear gluestick and ivory lace ribbon, and there are no blue stains anywhere on the ribbon, so don't worry about that! (: I placed the ribbon glue-side down and trimmed the edges flush with the cardstock.

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  Step 13

  I chose embellishments from my package and used more adhesive to glue on. I also added another quote sticker in the same font to the front of the card.

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  Step 14

  Then I embellished the inside, but chose not to use ribbon here.

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  The last step is to let the card dry thoroughly. I was paranoid about the card gluing itself together as it dried, so I dried the card open for 24 hours by propping it slightly open on my desk. Then, I dried it for another 24 under a stack of big books to flatten it out. No sticking! (((: I'll be making an envelope for it before I give it to her (probably using superstar Cat Morley's method), but other than that I'm pretty happy with the result. Hope you find it useful!

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