35 Elegant Examples of Letterpress Wedding Invitation Cards
Today, we give you a roundup of beautiful wedding invitation examples featuring letterpress printed cards. Well, who does not love letterpress? It has been there for centuries and no modern technology today can match the gorgeousness of print that this technique produces. So I guess, letterpress will be here for maybe the next centuries.
Letterpress is popular for printing wedding card invitations because it exudes timeless elegance. Designing for letterpress printing is a bit tricky especially if you are working on a complicated design such as the use of different colors, a textured background pattern, etc. Also, when designing a wedding invitation card, one has to consider the personality of the couple in conceptualizing its design and theme.
Whether you are a designer or the bride-to-be or groom-to-be, it is always helpful to have some inspiration when designing wedding invitation examples.
35 LETTERPRESS WEDDING INVITATION EXAMPLES
Here, we collected 35 inspiring and beautiful letterpress invitation examples from around the web. Each of these designs uses the letterpress printing technique combined with luxurious paper stock and beautiful patterns and typography to help each invitation stand out.
Jennifer and Dennis’ Wedding Invitation
This wonderful letterpress wedding invitation example features two colors and printed on Ecru 300 GSM (110lb) Crane’s Lettra.
Chris & Leesa’s Letterpress Wedding Invitations
Another wedding invitation examples featuring letterpress printed cards using hand-mixed red ink on Pearl White Crane Lettra 300 GSM. The cards are tucked inside a rustic, kraft string and button envelope. The merit badge, complete with an over-locked edge, is a sweet memento for all those who participated in this wedding event.
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Sonia and Glenn’s letterpress Wedding Invitation Cards
The aerogram envelope, invitation, RSVP card, and registry card were all letterpress printed in a combination of canary yellow and silver ink, right here in Melbourne. The aerogram envelope, invitation, RSVP card, and registry card were all letterpress printed in a combination of canary yellow and silver ink.
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Kristen and Loren’s Wedding
This design uses letterpress overprint technique, where you print two colors in the same spot using transparent inks. Doing so makes the color appear like they are blending.
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Nelia & Manuel Wedding Cards
Another wedding invitation examples, this time, with Portuguese inspiration. These cards were printed on cotton paper.
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Indian Pattern Letterpress Wedding Invitations
A set of beautiful letterpress wedding invitation examples inspired by Indian patterns designed by Sara from Inkprint Letterpress. The bright colors and intricate details make this wedding card special.
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Rustic Wedding Invitations
Organic, fresh and charming. This rustic wedding stationery suite is inspired by the Barley Harvest.
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Boarding Pass Letterpress Wedding Invitation
Here is a unique letterpress printed wedding invitation card that looks like a plane ticket from a couple who loves to travel. There is a portion of the card that can be torn and sent back to the couple for RSVP.
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Juan & Laura Wedding Invitation Card
Designed in two colors and an unusual format (10 x 15 cm), this wedding invitation card is printed with the art of handmade typography from printing plates on thick paper (700 gsm). Each envelope is decorated with a printed label with the same colors and die-cut to give a post stamp appearance.
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Weekend Getaway
A suite of letterpress cards (invitation, rsvp, information card, notecard, and printed envelopes) for a client having a weekend getaway wedding on Lake Champlain.
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Sarah + Josh’s DIY Letterpress Wedding Invitations
These lovely gold and blind debossed wedding invitation examples were created using a do-it-yourself tool. The invitations were printed in two passes, one using metallic gold ink to bring out the typographic details and gorgeous hand-lettered calligraphy. Blind impression was applied to textured pattern and key details.
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Jasmine & Yale’s Letterpress Wedding Invitations
A 5″ × 7″ card with a three color design (3/0), using two plates of computer-generated photopolymer, and one “plate” of actual, historic wood type.
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Clarissa & David Wedding Invitation Suite
A retro-inspired wedding invitation suite who love riding bikes, handmade and vintage stuff, cats and vinyl records.
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Jaime & Anthony Wedding Invitation
This set of wedding invitation examples includes save-the-date cards and wedding invitation cards. The former have a tree ring timeline (blind letterpress) showing important dates in the couple’s relationship. For the invitation cards, a combination of textures including a pattern that repeats the aspen leaf symbol (blind letterpress) as well as a wood grain texture was used.
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Fantastic Philatelic Wedding Invitations
These wedding invitation examples were printed in gray and pink inks on thick 220lb cover Pearl White Crane Lettra paper. Large script type runs across the top of each card with small san serif type across the bottom. These invitations are a tactile treat. And with bowling at the reception dinner, who wouldn’t want to go?
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Orange and White Letterpress Wedding Invitation Cards
The whole letterpress printed suite is designed in physical layers, causing the viewer to interact as they unfold the invitation sets the stage for the matchbook sitting in the center of a custom frame. The invitation itself is a two and a half inch by three and a quarter inch matchbook that opens to reveal French folded text weight sheets (Spanish on the front, English on the back), an intimate piece meant to directly reflect the fires that will be sparking that night.
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Michéle and Jeff Wedding Invitation
Wong and Wang come together like Yin and Yang in Michéle and Jeff’s gray-and-white, east-meets-west wedding package.
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Ine & Louis Letterpress Wedding Invitation Cards
A simple yet very elegant letterpress wedding invitation card in white and chocolate brown.
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Floral Letterpress Wedding Invitation Cards
These letterpress wedding invitation examples sport a lovely color combination with debossed floral patterns.
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Clean Minimalist Wedding Invitation
These wedding invitation examples feature a beautiful cross-stitch design printed on our 300gsm Crane Lettra cotton stock.
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Alba y Carlos Wedding
A letterpress wedding invitation card that features beautiful embossing and debossing in orange-copper color-scheme.
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Floral Letterpress Wedding Invitation
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Bebra & Mark Colorful Letterpress Wedding Invitation Card
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Monica & Kevin Wedding Invitation
A well-designed wedding invitation card featuring a pair of lovebirds with a nice overprint. The embossing is a very nice touch that looks to give the invitations a very tactile quality.
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Hanes & Pupu
A red letterpress printed wedding invitation suite.
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Anne + Durand’s Modern Boho Wedding Invitations
These beautiful wedding invitation examples feature succulent-inspired details combined with beautiful calligraphy fonts and a bright pop of colorful edge painting.
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Ashley + Jeff’s Modern Chic Neon Pink Wedding Invitations
The design features a blind impression pattern inspired by the texture on the bride’s wedding dress and pops of neon pink.
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Jessica + Brandon Wedding Suite
This wedding invitation example uses colors of pink and grey. The invitation was offset printed onto the thick card (700gsm), as well as the other add-on pieces.
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Allison and Aaron Wedding Invitation
A beautiful wedding invitation card printed via letterpress process on custom sheets of paper.
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Beth + Eric’s “Come Away With Us” Destination Wedding Invitations
A letterpress wedding invitation cards set inspired by the beach wedding venue. The cards sport a natural color palette and wave patterns.
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Vintage Affair Letterpress Wedding Invitation Suite
A vintage, rustic, and travel inspired theme? showcasing vintage stamps and 3 main colors. A belly band holds the design together with a laser cut area to hold the rolled-up map to the venue. Options for delivery include a box with the map rolled or an envelope with the map folded.
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