Understanding Wedding Invitation Styles

Most wedding invitations are designed as Panel Cards or Panel Folders. We’ve listed many of the different styles that you can start with to design your invitations. Have a creative new idea? Please be sure to let us know and we’ll include it in here.

Panel Cards

A panel card is a simple unfolded one sided card. Panel cards are simpler than panel folders but can be presented in various beautiful ways listed below. Also, panel cards can be more economical as you can make 2 cards per sheet of paper.

Standalone Style

The text can be printed directly onto the panel card and presented on its own. With the right font selection, it offers a clean and elegant look.

Overlay Style

The panel card can also be enhanced with a vellum overlay. The invitation text can be either printed directly onto the vellum and attached to the card, or the text can be printed on the panel card and the vellum can be left blank on top.

Panel Folder

Panel folders offer a more traditional look. Panel folders are folded in half or bi-fold, giving you an outside and an inside to write in, much like a standard greeting card. Panel folders can also be created in different unique ways of their own.

Outside Printed Style

Most wedding invitations that are panel folder are done in this style. The text is printed on the outside flap and your inserts can be included inside.

Inside Printed Style

Text can also be printed on the inside and can be folded in a way that leaves the names of the Bride and Groom visible on the front. A favorite quote can also be included on the front flap as a lead in to the inside of the invitation.

Tri Fold Style

The invitations can also be varied from the bi-fold design. Also popular is a tri-fold design where there are three folds to the card.