
DIY ENVELOPE HOW TO
How To Make An Envelope From A Piece Of Paper. How To Make Paper Envelope It's a DIY origami envelope making video tutorial where I've shown a simple envelope making just with a few simple folds.Followin. This is such a cool idea and these envelopes are just fun to make even if you have plenty of envelopes. Fold in the two vertical sides by approximately 1cm/½in, making sure they are straight, so the width of the paper is the same.įold in the top two corners to make a central point. Then, you will seal the DIY envelope with a glue stick. What you need in order to create your gifting paper envelope:Ĭut your paper into a square or oblong (portrait), depending on the size of your object, and place pattern-side down on a flat surface. Thick paper works well for this, and it is a great way to use up remnants of paper too. In this step-by-step tutorial, award-winning gift wrapper Jane Means will show you how to present your odd-shaped gifts in style with this versatile paper envelope. Here's the solution: this a handmade envelope will create a beautiful bespoke pouch for your flat-shaped gift, so that you'll be gift-wrapping small presents like a gifting guru in no time. For example, make a pale pink envelope with neon pink disk and string.We often buy gift vouchers, money, jewellery and small items to give as gifts but we don't know how to present them well. If you are not keen on the rainbow brights then I think pastel/neon would be a great combination. Attach a piece of string to the top disk and tie off. First, figure out how big you need to make your envelope. Fold the three edges of the envelope up and glue.Ħ. DIY Envelope Materials Step 1 Measure Base Size for Envelope. (If you don’t have any brads then you can sew them on. Attach card disks to envelope using brads. Using a needle, pierce two holes in the envelope and a hole in each disk (marked on template).Ĥ. Paper will work just as well but card will be a bit more hard-wearing.ģ. Template two (C7 envelope, print on A4 paper)Ģ. Template one (tiny envelope, print out on A5 paper) Tiny brads/split pins (the heads of the brads I used were 3mm in diameter)ġ.
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You will find a full tutorial and templates below! Happy Monday all 🙂 I reckon they would also make a cute gift.īy the way, now my kids are getting better at using scissors they have been really enjoying making their own envelopes using the template from my previous post. I have also been making some for my sons to play with (as they are obsessed with letters/post offices at the moment). These dinky little envelopes are great for all-sorts of things (storing paper ephemera, housing invitations/gift cards, storing seeds). They seem impossible to get hold of though so I thought it would be fun to make my own. Click through for the tutorial for these painted DIY envelopes from. And I’m showing you how to make ’em, from start to finish today (the start being a completely blank piece of paper). I do confess that I have always had a ‘thing’ about string-tie envelopes. These painted DIY envelopes would be a playful option for wedding invitations, save the dates, birthday parties, housewarmings, thank you cards, etc, etc. It’s been especially great to hear from people who have been making the projects…and ace seeing all your pictures…hurray! I also wanted to say a massive thanks to all the people who have left comments lately (and to those who have sent me lovely emails). Now I am back, I just want to give a big shout out (and a big thank you) to my new sponsors, pi’ikea street and paper glitter….do check their sites out! My son has been off on his half-term holidays so I had a blog-free week!
