This week I have been working on invitations for my Pack's upcoming Blue & Gold banquet. This is the end result. Basic, but appropriate. I began with 8.5"X11" dark blue card stock, cut in half to make 5.5"X41/4" cards.  I couldn't tell you the exact color # for the paper, sorry. But any dark blue or royal blue will work. I like a good TARDIS blue, myself.

 I used 3/8" yellow ribbon run lengthwise about 1.5" from card's folding edge. I also used the fleur de lis stamp shown, stamped on yellow card stock with Close To My Heart's Honey (z2162) water-based dye ink pad. This was placed centered on the ribbon, just slightly above the bottom edge of the card. The font on the inside of the card is "informal roman" set at 48. When I printed this up, I copied this for 4 pages and then set my preferences to print 4 sheets per page.

I think the most tedious part of this card was cutting out the flower. I did 50 of these cards. But it's well worth it, and the boys really liked receiving them in the mail.  My only mistake was I forgot to put the location of our event. Not a problem for our scouts, but it can be for our honored guests.  Ooops.

To finish off, I added a stamp in a lighter shade of blue to the envelopes.  Actually some of the envelopes got the same yellow color as the cards, but it was a different fleur de lis stamp that I have. Slightly smaller, and with some fancy detail.  I wanted the envelope to stand out and tie in with the card.  Wait until you see the placemats I made out of construction paper!