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Making Your Own Envelopes


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March 21, 2011

Making Your Own EnvelopesAfter you've made your homemade cards and matching envelopes, here's an easy to make glue.

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Instructions:

Start by bringing the vinegar to a boil in a pan. Add the gelatin and stir until it dissolves. Add the extract and stir until well mixed. While still warm brush a thin layer onto your homemade envelope flap and set aside and allow to dry.

To adhere the envelope, moisten as you would any envelope and press closed. Store unused mixture in an airtight container. To re-apply, warm the mixture in a pan and apply as before.

By Keeper from Blue Ridge Mountains, NC

 
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April 20, 2011

For my Dad's 80th birthday party, I printed the invitations on card stock, folded in thirds, stamped 2 holes with a regular hole punch close to the edges, and ran 1/4 inch organza ribbon tied in a knot through it.

 
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December 10, 2009

If you are a card maker, you can save money on envelopes. You will need an envelope template or just cut it out free-handed. Grab a roll of wax paper and make your own envelopes.

 
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Mara Rivet
June 6, 2007

We will be creating a tri-fold style closed envelope, which is much simpler than the triangular style closure seen on many postal envelopes.

Recycled envelops and note cards.

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May 11, 2011

Envelopes made from white paper bags and post cards made from file folders.

Envelopes and paper.

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October 18, 2006

Whether I'm at work or at home, I try to limit the amount of paper I use by utilizing electronic media as much as possible. The problem is, I'm a stationary junkie.

Envelopes From Recycled Paper

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Christine Weber
December 2, 2005

Why let the card have all the glory? Using stamps and embossing powder to create elegant winter images, this craft makes the envelope enchanting too!

Envelop with gold snowflakes.

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February 15, 2012

Here are a series of pictures that show you how to turn a regular piece of paper into a usable envelope. You will need to have some kind of glue or tape to put it together. I like to use glue sticks.

Recycled Paper Envelope Top Fold

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December 14, 2012

I have a bunch of nice greeting cards without envelopes. Does anyone know of easy way to make envelopes? The cards are all different sizes, so buying them is not an option. I hate to let them go to waste.

By Erika from Tallahassee, FL

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December 17, 20121 found this helpful

You used to be able to purchase a package of multi - colored and sized envelopes from the Current Company - a mail order (and now online) store.

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When I receive birthday cards etc. that the envelope has not been written on, I save them for just this occasion. If I do not mail cards to someone, I don't write on the envelope either - and if I know the person well enough, I ask them to return them to me - if they won't recycle them themselves. (This has many times prompted these people to save all of their "Clean" envelopes for me!)

The third way I use these cards is when I give gifts to Christmas Angel Banks, I attach the card to the gift without an envelope. It is prettier than using a stick on Christmas tag.

I also recycle Christmas cards by cutting out the pretty pictures and the nicer verses with fancy scissors and leave a space to write my "To: and From:" - or I write that part on the flip side.

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Merry Christmas to All!

 
December 17, 20120 found this helpful

You can lay the card on a sheet of paper - any typing or copier paper will do. Cardstock will work too, but is a bit costlier. Put the card at a diaganol in the center of the sheet - trace around lightly then fold at the drawn lines. Bigger cards require bigger sized sheets.

You can also just put the card on a sheet of paper and fold it up and around as needed.

There are lots of 'tutorials' on the internet. Just Google hand made envelopes. Good luck.

 

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December 17, 20121 found this helpful

Here is a step by step photo tutorial:

www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Greeting-Card-Envelope

Another thing I've done before (if there is no printing on the back of the front of the card) is carefully tear or cut the front of the card from the back and use the front as a postcard. Not only does it save an envelope but postcard postage is also less expensive ;-)

 
December 17, 20121 found this helpful

Take apart one envelope to make a template for others, orfold a white piece of paper around the card, allowing room for a fold-over top. Fold sides around the card. Remove the card and fold the side folds to the inside of the envelope, trim and glue.

 
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December 6, 2016

This is a page about making a DIY envelope. It's easy to use a piece of paper to make an envelope in a pinch.

DIY Envelope

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