DIY EnvelopesÂ
Making your own envelopes is a great way to coordinate handmade cards with personalized envelopes. At CHA I was able to demo the new Envelope Punch Board By We R Memory Keepers and knew that this was a tool I had to share with you. It allows you to make envelopes for any card size in a matter of minutes.
The envelope punch board is very easy to use whether you’re a long time paper crafter or not, this tool will help you make your own envelopes in a snap. As an added bonus the back of the “punch” on the board is a corner rounder as well. The board comes with a bone folder and a storage insert so that you can always have it on hand when making envelopes or other paper crafting projects.
There’s a measurement chart printed on the board allowing you to easily find the right size of the envelope to fit with your card.
DIY Envelopes
- Begin by trimming your paper to your desired size following the charts measurements. To make an envelope that fits a 5×5 card I trimmed my paper to 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 and used the score line of 4 1/8.
- Align your paper on the score line (mine was 4 1/8) and punch the paper. Use your bone folder that came with the board to score your paper.
- Turn your paper counterclockwise and align your score line with the blue point. Punch and score again. You will continue to do this for each side, making sure the score lines are lining up correctly.
- Fold your paper and use a tape runner to glue the bottom pieces together.
- Embellish your envelope! I’m really liking this gold glitter tape lately and its perfect for wrapping along the bottom of envelopes.
My favorite size is the small gift card envelope, its perfect for birthdays and celebrations! If you’re like me and love handmade cards then you’ll enjoy this tool. As of right now they are currently sold out but it will be available at the end of April. :)
Love the idea and your samples that you show. It would be cool to make envelopes that match the custom cards you design!
That is so cool!! we always need envelopes at our house – this would be perfect – and make them so cute!
I have never seen anything like this! I have tons of paper that would be perfect for making custom envelopes! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
I love how these turned out! They are so cute. I used to make envelopes all of the time for my cards, but I totally forgot how to do it! These are a lot cuter than mine ever were!
That board is so neat … I’ve never seen anything like that. Love the glitter tape too!
oh! love! i just trace around old envelopes but they don’t look nearly as crisp and awesome as these!!!!!
how cool is that! thanks for introducing us to such a fun product!! i was at CHA and totally missed this. (totally missed you too… how did that happen?)
love the sparkly bling you added too. :)
jen
I’m always needing envelopes for cards I make and it can be very frustrating to find the right one. This is perfect! Love the envelope punch board!! It makes it so easy. Love that you can make cute envelopes that match the card. Thanks for sharing!!
Crystal » I really like this tool, its so easy to use! Thanks for stopping by Crystal, I hope you had a wonderful Easter! :)
How neat! I am definitely going to want one of those…I also want to know where you got the glitter tape from! (I’m sure I can find some…just curious!)
Thanks for sharing! :)
DesignedByBH » The glitter tape is by American Crafts from Jo-Anns. Thanks for stopping by!
I want that thing BADLY!!!! I love making envelopes!!!
Thank you so much for sharing :D
Xoxo
Cami @ TitiCrafty blogspot
this is so cute! i love sending love notes through the mail in fancy envelopes so there is excitement at first SIGHT for mail! cute glitter at the bottom,too!
So cute, I love the added glitter tape!
this is so cute! I love fancy envelopes!
Thanks for linking up Crystal! I featured your post in my wrap up https://tidymom.net/2013/top-14-diy-projects-to-make/
Have a fabulous weekend!
This is great! I am always looking for envelopes! We’re new followers here, beautiful site! :)
Gloria and Julia @ resourcefulgals.blogspot.com
These are sooo cute! The glitter stripe at the bottom really makes the envelope :)
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This is so cute!! I can see myself making these!