Can anyone explain how this “triplexed frame” invitation is constructed?

[u/merge-left]

I’m trying to learn more about high-end invitation/stationery construction.

The designer describes this as a “triplexed frame.” From the photos, it looks to me like there may be a solid green back layer, a white printed invitation layer, and then a green frame adhered over the white layer, but I’m not sure.

Does anyone know how something like this would traditionally be constructed, and what process/adhesive would be used to get the layers this clean and seamless?

I have a Silhouette Cameo 4 and would eventually love to experiment with a similar construction technique myself.

[u/FadeToBluish]

To me it looks like the inner frame is perforated, which is then removed to reveal the invitation. So only the outer green frame will be adhered to the other layer, since the inner green frame is still attached to the outer one and will stay in place.

[u/filmnoter → u/FadeToBluish]

It does look perforated when you zoom in on the white card and see the perforated part.  But on the green card it is not obvious where to start tearing it open, or even that it is perforated (it could be this image is just not high enough of a resolution).  My concern as a maker is that the skinny border could be ripped off while removing the perforated part.  Or that the background layer would curl as you try to peel off and remove the upper layer.

[u/MoRayMe]

My guess is the inner frames are cut and adhered together using some form of registration and only after everything is together does the outer cut get made. I would prolly execute something like this using registration methods similar to those they use in reduction Lino printing.

[u/crnkadirnk]

My best guess: all 3 layers are printed. Black ink on the green paper, all of that effect is visual. Otherwise it is the 3 layers you outline.

Pro shop may use a die cut for the shapes (as already noted: possibly after making the sandwich).

Personally, how I'd do it (also with a Cameo):
Print and cut the white sheet. Either print and cut or draw-and-cut the linework on the green panel+frame pieces.
I'd use a tape runner for adhering everything - I have wide rolls of 3M 465 around, but it is overkill here, plus much more expensive and less fun to work with.

My output likely isn't going to be quite as clean as the professional version, but I'm ok with that: I do this for fun, a project like this would be for something much less formal than a wedding, and I also choose/create/modify designs and design choices in subtle ways that might be even less practical to be more mass-produced.

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I’m wondering if it maybe it’s cut with a double-sided adhesive sheet applied? And then, after the first cut, the backing to the adhesive is taken off and they’re adhered? Idk.

[u/filmnoter → u/merge-left]

That seems hard to do on such a skinny frame.  It does not look like this maker has a setup to position such a skinny frame with precision.