Invitations with the four things an invitation has to carry and nothing else: what it is, where, when and who to tell. Two to a sheet as it opens at 180mm by 120mm, or four at 86mm by 120mm. YOU ARE INVITED TO runs across the top in small caps, with the occasion under it in a serif face you can retype.
What is on each piece
A decorated frame set inside the cut line, so scissors go round the holly rather than through it. Then the small caps line, the occasion, a rule under it, and three ruled lines labelled Where, When and RSVP.
The occasion starts as Christmas Party. Type into the Party box above the sheet and it changes on every piece at once. The three lines underneath are fields of their own: click one and type, and each piece keeps its own text, or leave them empty and they print as rules to fill in by hand.
Flat or folded, and what folded really does
Flat puts everything on one side of a single piece, and it is the setting most people want. Folded splits the piece in two: the front carries the occasion, and the back carries Where, When and the RSVP. At two to a sheet there is room for a grey motif on the front as well. At four to a sheet there is not, so the front is just the wording.
The sheet prints one side only, which is why the back has to be on the same face of the paper as the front. On the two-up piece that fold runs down the middle and both halves stay upright. On the four-up piece the fold runs across, so the back half is laid out upside down and reads the right way up once the card is folded. That looks wrong on screen and is correct on paper.
Six borders
Holly, snowflakes, stars, candy stripe, scandi and baubles, the same six used on the page borders and the menu. Candy stripe is the boldest at this size and holly the most traditional, and scandi is the one that still looks deliberate printed in grey on cream card.
The frame is drawn fine on both counts, because a heavy border on a 86mm piece leaves almost no room for the writing lines.
Printing a set
Twelve invitations is three sheets at four-up or six at two-up. 160gsm card is the weight to use if they are going in envelopes, and 200gsm if they are being handed out loose in a playground.
Print at 100 percent with Fit to Page off, then cut along the thin grey lines. Those lines are the cut marks and they are drawn deliberately lighter than everything else, so a little ink left on the edge does not show.
Questions
- How many invitations print on one sheet?
- Two at 180mm by 120mm, or four at 86mm by 120mm. Twelve invitations is six sheets at two to a page or three sheets at four to a page.
- Can I type the details in before printing?
- Yes. The Party box above the sheet changes the occasion on every piece at once, and the Where, When and RSVP lines are fields you can click and type into. Anything left empty prints as a rule to write on.
- Why does the folded invitation print upside down?
- On the four-up piece the fold runs across the card, so the back has to be laid out turned round to read the right way up once it is folded. The sheet prints one side only, which is why both halves share a face.
- What borders can I choose?
- Six: holly, snowflakes, stars, candy stripe, scandi and baubles. They are the same set used on the page borders and the dinner menu, so a party can be printed to match.
- Are the invitations free to print?
- Yes, free and unlimited with no account and no watermark. Print as many as a party needs, at home or at work, as long as you are not reselling the sheets.