Most of the invitations on the market are pretty similar in shape. The majority are rectangles – some are narrow, some are wide, some are oversized. You might find a few square invitations here and there. That doesn’t mean you can’t find invitations that are unique. In fact, if you choose die-cut invitations then you’ll be guaranteed an interesting and fun shape for your wedding, birthday, or party invitation.
When you purchase die cut invitations, they’ll arrive on a larger sheet so it can more easily be used in a printer. The design, however, is already marked out on the sheet with a perforated line so you can more easily remove it from the larger sheet without causing any damage to the invitation itself.
Before you start printing a large quantity of invitations, you should practice. You want to make sure the message is being printed correctly on the design, for example. To do this, I recommend purchasing some transparent vellum paper. Print out the message on the vellum paper, cut the design to match the invitation style you want, then place the vellum over the actual die cut card which is still attached to a larger sheet. Because the vellum is transparent, you’ll be able to get a good idea of whether your layout is going to work or not.
If it does, then go ahead and print all of your invitations on the actual sheets. You may want to do this in smaller batches so you can keep checking the quality as you go. If it does not work, do some tweaks and try again on vellum paper. Keep making adjustments until you’re satisfied with the results.
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