Custom Wedding Invitation Cards
Custom wedding invitation suites on cotton or textured card — invitation, details card, RSVP and envelopes, printed together so they match — from 100. Foil, deboss and edge color, proofed and read back before press.
The one piece of print nobody throws away
- Board
- Cotton 600–900gsm; textured and laid 350–450gsm; coated 400gsm; duplexed
- Suite
- Invitation, details card, RSVP card, envelopes, belly band
- Finishes
- Hot foil, blind deboss, edge painting, deckle edge, vellum wrap, wax seal
Get a price for Wedding Invitation Cards
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
What a suite contains
Printed together on one stock family they read as a suite. Ordered separately from different places, they never quite match, and the mismatch is the thing people notice without being able to name.
| Invitation | Who, whom, when, where. The formal piece, usually the heaviest stock. |
|---|---|
| Details card | Travel, parking, accommodation, dress. Everything the invitation should not carry. |
| RSVP card and envelope | Pre-addressed, ideally stamped. It roughly doubles the reply rate. |
| Envelope | Outer, sometimes with a printed liner; an inner envelope on a formal suite. |
| Belly band or wax seal | Holds the set together so it arrives as one object. |
Stock, and what each finish needs from it
Cotton at 600gsm and up is the wedding stock: soft, thick, and the only thing that takes a deboss deep enough to read as letterpress. Textured and laid papers sit just below it and cost less. Coated stock takes the sharpest foil and the truest photograph but feels commercial in the hand, which on this piece is the whole argument. A duplexed card — two sheets bonded around a colored core — gives thickness and an edge color in one step.
Foil and deboss on the same card should be planned together. A deboss next to a foil block on thin stock shows through on the reverse.
Edges, and the detail people touch
- Edge painting — a band of color or gilt on the cut edge, seen when the card is picked up.
- Deckle edge — torn rather than cut, feathered, only on cotton stock.
- Duplexed core — a colored layer between two sheets; an edge color without a painting stage.
- Rounded corners — quieter, and they survive a handbag and a fridge door.
Wording that does not generate a hundred questions
Every ambiguity becomes a message to answer. Spell the day of the week out; give a start time and say whether it is arrival or ceremony; name the venue with enough address to put into a phone; say who the invitation is for by name on the envelope rather than "and guest" if you mean one person. Put anything that is not those on the details card. Our greeting card and invitation range covers the save-the-dates and thank-you cards that bracket the day.
Names on each card, and proofing them
Guest names print digitally from your list at no extra cost, which also means a typo prints a hundred times. Every card is proofed and the date, time, venue and every name read back before press. Order the guest count plus ten percent: a suite is one per household, and the extras cost far less than a short reprint.
Wedding Invitation Cards — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- Cotton 600–900gsm; textured and laid 350–450gsm; coated 400gsm; duplexed
- Suite
- Invitation, details card, RSVP card, envelopes, belly band
- Finishes
- Hot foil, blind deboss, edge painting, deckle edge, vellum wrap, wax seal
- Formats
- A6, A5, 5 x 7 in, square; flat or folded
- Personalizing
- A name per card from your list at no extra cost
- Proof
- Every card proofed; dates, names and venue read back before press
- Minimum
- 100 suites
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. Both sides as standard on cards, tags and leaflets.
- Color
- CMYK with spot colors for a brand match. Uncoated and cotton stocks print noticeably lighter than coated ones.
- Tolerance
- Trim plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut. Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding.
- Tooling
- A die only where the piece is shaped, perforated or drilled, made once and kept. A plain rectangle needs none.
- Food contact
- Food-safe inks on menus and counter print that will be handled where food is served.
- Sustainability
- Uncoated and unlaminated stocks recycle without separation, and FSC papers are available across the range.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build wedding invitation cards on
Sheet print is judged in the hand more than a box is: the weight, the surface and whether a pen works on it. These are the stocks we run for cards, folders, leaflets and stationery.
Coated card 300–400gsm
The workhorse. Sharp full-color print, matte or gloss, laminated where it is handled. Does not take a pen unless the finish is matte.
300–400gsmUncoated card
No clay coat. Colors read softer and warmer, a deboss goes deeper, and it writes on with anything. Photographs lose punch.
300–400gsmCotton and textured card
Soft, thick and fibrous. Takes a deep blind deboss and reads as an invitation. Foil sits beautifully; four-color does not.
400–700gsmDuplexed card
Two sheets bonded, often with a colored core, for a very thick card with a visible colored edge. The heaviest thing we print.
600–900gsmText paper 100–170gsm
Leaflets, folder inners and booklet pages. Folds without cracking and takes a full-color print on both faces.
100–170gsmManila and kraft paper
Unbleached, tan, and cheap. One or two colors read well; white ink gives a light mark. Envelopes, folders and tags.
90–300gsmSynthetic stock
Polypropylene sheet for tags and cards that get wet, torn or handled outdoors. Prints like paper and does not soften.
200–400 micronBoard-backed
A printed face laminated to grayboard, for a rigid card, a folder back or a display that has to stand up on its own.
1–2 mm boardNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Sheet print takes the widest range of finishes of anything we make.
Matte lamination
Soft, fingerprint-resistant, and it still takes a pen. The default on anything handled.
Gloss lamination
Maximum color depth. Shows every fingerprint and refuses a ballpoint.
Hot foil
Gold, rose gold, silver, holographic or a color. The block is small so the die is cheap.
Emboss and deboss
Deepest on uncoated and cotton stocks; shallow and prone to cracking on gloss coated.
Spot UV
A gloss shape on a matte laminate. Best on a dark ground where the contrast reads.
Edge paint and colored core
Color on the cut edge of a thick or duplexed card. Only seen when the card is picked up, which is the point.
Soft-touch
A velvet laminate on a cover or a folder. Marks on white; excellent on dark.
Uncoated and textured
No film at all. Writes on, debosses deeply, and reads as considered rather than cheap.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing printed sheets, folds and the grain: wedding invitation cards
A printed piece is specified flat and finished folded, and the difference between the two is where mistakes live. Send the finished size you want and we work back to the flat.
- Finished size
- The size after folding and trimming. A6, A5, A4, DL, US letter and legal are standard; anything else is cut on its own die.
- Bleed and safe area
- 3 mm of artwork past every trim edge, and nothing important within 4 mm inside it. The guillotine drifts by a fraction on every stack.
- Grain direction
- Paper folds cleanly along the grain and cracks across it. We set the grain to the fold, which is why a sheet is not simply cut from the biggest sheet available.
- Fold allowance
- On a roll fold or a gate fold, the inner panels are cut a millimeter or two shorter so the piece closes flat.
- Creasing
- Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding. Without it the fold cracks and the coating flakes along the line.
- Trim tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Spec your Wedding Invitation Cards
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a stock and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about wedding invitation cards? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
What should a wedding invitation suite include?
An invitation, a details card, an RSVP card with its own envelope, and the outer envelope. A belly band or wax seal holds them together.
Which stock feels most like letterpress?
Cotton at 600gsm and up. It is the only stock thick and soft enough to take a deboss that deep.
Can I have edge painting?
Yes, on thick cotton or duplexed card — a band of color or gilt on the cut edge, seen when the card is picked up.
Can each card have a guest name?
Yes, printed digitally from your list at no extra cost. It also means a typo prints on every one, so we read the list back.
Do you supply envelopes?
Yes, matched to each card, with printed liners and inner envelopes if the suite calls for them.
How many should I order?
The household count plus about ten percent. A suite goes to a household, not a person, and a short reprint costs far more than spares.
What is the minimum order?
100 suites.
Should the RSVP card be stamped?
If you can. A pre-addressed, stamped RSVP card roughly doubles the reply rate.
Can I have foil and a deboss on the same card?
Yes, planned together. On thin stock a deboss beside a foil block shows through on the reverse, so the stock is chosen for both.
Do square invitations cost more to post?
In several markets, yes — square envelopes attract a surcharge. Worth checking before settling on the shape.
Can you match a color from my venue or flowers?
With a spot color, closely. Send a physical reference rather than a screen photograph.
How far ahead should I order?
Send the wording as soon as it is settled. Invitations usually go out six to eight weeks before the day, and the proofing stage should not be rushed.
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