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Welcome to the fourth episode in an ever-expanding series of Hamster invitations posts (I’m wrapping things up soon, I promise). My last encounter with the main invitation cards left me in tears. I experienced a small victory afterward, successfully Goccoing our RSVP envelopes, RSVP cards, and reception cards.

However, the main cards left me trembling in my boots. Let’s review, shall we?

Not to be bested (at least not yet), I sought out the advice of readers and bees, and gave it one more try. Boy am I glad I did! The result:

Booyah! 80 evenly-printed, clear invitation cards! Major victory lap!

Here’s what I did differently this time:

1. Switch to a sans serif font. The Gocco usually can print greatly detailed images, but I wasn’t taking any chances. Suspecting that the serif-heavy original font was causing some blurriness problems, I switched over to a clearer, larger font.
2. Split the image into two screens. Per the suggestion of many bees, I split the invitation design into top and bottom halves. I made sure that the same side of the design was lined up with the Gocco pad-edge (I chose the left side), so the design was always aligned. For a much clearer explanation, see the below pics!

Invitation card - half completed

Splitting the image into two parts was key - while the whole design *did* fit into the Gocco print area, I wasn’t able to get an even print. By splitting the image, I got an evenly inked print of both the middle sections and the edges.

Slowly but surely, I’m getting there! Just got some corner-rounding, envelope lining, edge painting and custom-stamp ordering, and we’re good to go! In my next and final invitations post - the Hamsters’ complete invitation suite!

My previous Invitation tribulations:

1. My paper scared me
2. I cried.
3. A mayjah victory!

What was your best DIY triumph?