In this Affinity® Designer tutorial, we will create the Save the Date template for our DIY wedding suite. We will start with the finished wedding invitation template, ArtDecoInvitationTemplate.afdesign, which we created in a previous tutorial. We will remove the text that we used for that invitation and replace it with the text for this template.

One special Affinity Designer feature that we will use in this Save the Date design is the Text on a Path. We will place the Save the Date text on a curve at the top of the canvas (see screenshot).

As we did for the wedding invitation template, we will be using the script font named Dancing Script and the Sans-serif font named Montserrat. Both fonts are open source and free on Google Fonts.

1. Open the ArtDecoInvitationTemplate.afdesign file (see screenshot).

Let's save this as another afdesign file.


2. Click File - Save As and name the document ArtDecoSaveDateTemplate.afdesign.


3. From the Menubar, click View - Show Grid.


4. Keep the layer containing the name of the bride and groom. But, remove the other text layers in the Layers panel (see screenshot).


5. Turn off the Visibility for the monogram and the bride and groom name layers.

Let's add the Save the Date Text on a Path.


6. With the Ellipse tool, draw a circle that is 2.75 inches (see screenshot).


7. Center the circle 1.2 inches from the top of the canvas.

Set the Font to Dancing Script, the Font Style to Regular, the Font Size to 36 pt and the Font Color to D4B921.


8. Click the circle with the Artistic Text tool. Add the text Save the Date (see screenshot).


9. Use the tiny green Start Handle to center the text at the top of the circle.

Now we will position the monogram.


10. Turn on the Visibility for the Monogram.afdesign layer.


11. Center the monogram under the Save the Date text and 1.35 inches from the top of the canvas.

Change the Font to Montserrat, the Font Style to Regular, the Font Size to 16 pt, the Font Color to Black and the Alignment to Center Align.


12. Add the following text below the monogram. Center the text 2.7 inches from the top of the canvas.

Date and Time

13. Turn on the Visibility for the layer containing the Bride's and Groom's name.


14. Center the text 3.125 inches from the top of the canvas.

Switch back to the Montserrat font and change the Font Size to 14 pt.


15. Center the following text 4.75 inches from the top of the canvas.

What's happening

Location
City, State

Invitation notice
As with the invitation template, this template has placeholder text. You will want to change the placeholder text for text specific to your wedding project. And don't forget to change the letters in the monogram (see screenshot).


16. Click File - Save to save the document again as ArtDecoSaveDateTemplate.afdesign.

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Index - DIY Wedding Invitation Suite Template in Affinity Designer

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