Papel Picado wedding invitation

Two strings of papel picado banners hang across the top of the card: a row of marigold flags along the very top edge and a row of cobalt-blue flags just below it, each flag cut through with flowers and petals and finished with a scalloped lower edge. A coral cut-paper panel pierced with leaf shapes runs down the left side and curves inward at the top like the corner of an arch, and a leaf-green strip with a scalloped inner edge and punched dots runs down the right, with a single cobalt flower near its top. Along the bottom, a marigold band holds a scalloped cobalt cut-paper shape at its center, marigold paper flowers bloom in both lower corners, and sprigs of green, coral and blue leaves climb the sides. Above the names, two blue doves face each other across a small marigold heart, and the middle of the card stays open warm cream for the wording.

It borrows from papel picado, the cut-paper banners strung up for Mexican celebrations, with original flower, leaf and dove shapes cut from layered paper. Every shape has a soft paper grain and slightly mottled color, and the banners and blooms cast faint shadows as though they sit just above the card. Cobalt blue and marigold carry most of the color, coral and leaf green fill the sides, and the open cream middle keeps the bright frame from crowding the wording, so the card feels festive and handmade rather than printed flat.

The couple's names, “Sofia & Mateo” on the sample, are the largest line, in bold cobalt serif capitals. The rest of the wording is in Spanish and moves between coral and cobalt: “Celebremos el amor” opens the card in small, widely spaced coral capitals, a marigold rule with a small fan-shaped ornament sits under the names, and “Sábado, 12 de octubre” follows in coral. “5:00 PM” is set in cobalt between short runs of marigold dots, “Casa de las Flores” comes next in cobalt, and the RSVP line, “Confirma en Inviti · 14 de septiembre”, closes the card in smaller coral capitals.