Choose a design and order the cards
21st birthday invitations on this page are finished printed cards for a 21st birthday party. The person turning 21, or the family hosting the party for them, chooses a design from the grid and edits the wording online. A practical starting point is the Twenty One design, a digital printing card on Paperlust Matte at 178 x 127 mm in portrait or landscape, printed on one side. An order of 100 cards costs A$280.
Choosing a look for any 21st
There is no separate section for one gender on this page. Anyone turning 21 can order the same design, so if you are buying 21st birthday invitations for him or for a group of guys you choose from the same grid. The look is set by the options you pick on the product page. Whats My Age Again is printed with white ink on a coloured card, with card colours including Violet, Black, Cobalt and Navy. Gold Balloons uses flat foil in gold, silver, copper, rose gold, pink or holographic.
Use the grid filters to narrow the range: Colour spans black, blue, gold, green, pink, white and more, Print Type and Style & Theme refine the method and theme, and Format covers photo card, arch, rectangle and wave. A filter called Who? Age, Gender? offers the values girl, boy and neutral. For every other age, the birthday invitations hub is the main page, and the 18th birthday invitations range sits beside this page as a neighbouring age. The blog guide to birthday invitation ideas holds suggestions for every age.
Prices, cards and sizes for 21st birthday invitations
The table below compares 100 cards of each example design on its default card, with premium white envelopes included with each. Gold Balloons is priced with gold foil.
| Design | Print method | Card | Quantity | Total for this order | Production after proof approval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty One | Digital printing | Paperlust Matte, 178 x 127 mm | 100 | A$280 | 2 to 4 working days |
| Whats My Age Again | White ink | Paperlust Violet, 178 x 127 mm | 100 | A$433 | 2 to 4 working days |
| Gold Balloons | Flat foil | Paperlust Heavy, 178 x 127 mm | 100 | A$518 | 7 to 10 working days |
Each example is a printed invitation card in the standard 178 x 127 mm size, with a portrait or landscape orientation. Some designs in the range are square at 147 x 147 mm. Twenty One can also be ordered on Linen, Metallic, Luxe or Wild Cotton. Paper choices differ by design, and the options for each are listed on that product page.
What a template search gives you
People often search for 21st birthday invites or a template. A design here fills the same role, because you edit the wording online in the text editor instead of building a file from scratch. It is not a free download or a printable file. What costs nothing is the designer proof, the rounds of edits and the delivery.
- Choose a design from the grid.
- Change the wording online.
- Order your cards.
- A designer sends a digital proof, free of charge, 1 to 2 business days after ordering.
- Work through unlimited rounds of edits until the card is right.
- Approve the proof, after which the cards are printed in Melbourne and delivered.
Production, delivery and party timing
Approving the final proof is the trigger for production to begin. The table above shows the production times for Twenty One, Whats My Age Again and Gold Balloons after proof approval, and foil stamp orders take 20 to 23 working days. Work back from the party date for your 21st party invitations: add the proof step, the production time for your print method, then delivery. StarTrack Premium delivers free, and the usual timing is next business day to metro addresses once the order leaves the printer, with extra days for regional and rural addresses. If the party date is set well ahead, birthday save the date cards can go out first.
Frequently Asked Questions
Expedited production costs A$50 and is chosen at checkout when the order is eligible. After proof approval, digital printing and white ink orders drop to 1 to 2 business days. Flat foil orders drop to 3 to 5 working days. Foil stamp is not available on the rush service. Delivery time is added to the rushed production time.
Order one card per household or guest invited, then round up for spares because the selector steps in tens. Minimum is 10 cards for digital printing, white ink, metallic and flat foil. Gold Balloons starts at 30 because it is on heavyweight card. Foil stamp starts at 50, and Twenty One and Whats My Age Again run 10 to 300 cards.
You can request a sample pack for A$5 to see the papers and print methods. A chosen design can be ordered as a custom sample for A$15, while a swatch kit is A$20. Regular post carries them, with a wait of 5 to 7 business days, so order them early if the party date is close.
Premium white envelopes come with the cards on every named design. Printed envelope addressing costs A$0.20 each in black and white or A$0.35 each in colour.
Flat foil is real foil applied with no impression in the card and no custom die. Metallic is a gold pigment printed with the colours, giving a subtle shine that is less than foil and costs less than foil stamping, with production of 2 to 4 working days. Foil stamp is made when a custom die presses the foil into the card, leaving an impression.
The 100% Print Happiness Guarantee applies to print faults. You start with a reprint, and if that cannot fix it, the next step is account credit or a refund. You have 30 days from dispatch to lodge a claim. Text errors approved in the proof are not covered, so the person turning 21 or the host should check every name, date and address on that proof.
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