How to Create Overlay to Wedding Invitations

How to Create Your Wedding Invitation Overlay

The wedding invitation wording for our layered wedding invitations will be printed or copied onto the overlay paper. We offer translucent vellum to reveal the background card underneath or a crisp opaque white to contrast with the darker background cards.

Each standard 8.5"x11" sheet will provide four 4.25"x5.5" overlays after cutting, the sheets are not perforated for a professional clean edge. The 4.25"x5.5" overlays are sold uncut in standard 8.5"x11" sheets for ease of printing using our free wedding invitation templates (small pre-cut overlays would be very difficult to setup, feed and print correctly). ORDER ONE OVERLAY PER INVITATION, we will send the correct number of sheets you need (for example if you order 25 overlays, we will send 7 sheets, if you order 100 overlays we will send 25 sheets). We recommend ordering a sample to test in your printer and for better durability, purchasing water resistant ink jet ink or using a laser printer or copier. After you have finished printing you will need a paper trimmer or paper cutter to cut the sheet, a paper guide will be included with order.

For a unique and personal look, you can also handwrite your invitations or hire a calligrapher, you will only need a photo copier to copy master onto our overlay. A paper guide (master) is provided to write directly onto, four times in each section (figure 1), the blue lines on the guide will not show up when copied. Copy onto test paper before using the overlay paper.

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Download Free Wedding Invitations Template

Click to download our wedding invitation templates from list left. Our templates are formatted as shown below. The text will be printed or copied onto 8.5"x11" overlay paper, the standard sized sheets are provided for ease of printing (small pre-cut overlays would be very difficult to setup and feed correctly). Each sheet will provide four 4.25"x5.5" overlays. We recommend ordering a sample to test and purchasing water resistant ink jet ink or using a laser printer or copier, for better durability. Make sure under "Table", the grid line is not checked, also in "Table Properties" under Borders and Shading, that the lines are unchecked.

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Change Text and Font Change wedding invitations wording as desired and experiment with different typefaces to get the look you want. The template is setup for 11 lines of text using 29pt line spacing...the first line is blank to adjust for the embellishments requiring holes. You may need to make adjustments depending on length of wording and the embellishment chosen. When finished, copy and paste the text into the other three table cells.

Print onto Overlay Print on test paper before using the overlay. Make sure you have several people proofread your text. Use our paper guide to check that the text is placed correctly or cut the test paper in half both ways to make a mock-up. Print on overlay's when you are sure everything is correct.

Cut Overlay with Paper Cutter... After you have finished printing, you will need a paper trimmer or paper cutter to cut the overlay in half vertically and horizontally. If you are using a cutter, cut the paper 5.5" from the edge of the longer side, then again at 4.25" from the edge (longer side up).

OR Cut Overlay with Paper Trimmer If you are using a paper trimmer, mark the overlay with a pencil using the lines on our paper guide at the top and sides or measure 5.5" down from the long side and 4.25" from the short side.

Starting with the long side up, match up the pencil line with the guide marks on the trimmer. You can cut two sheets of the 65# overlay or three sheets of the vellum at a time.

Mark the cut sheets on top and bottom with a pencil using the paper guide or measure 4.25" from the edge and make the final cut.

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