Tutorial Friday | DIY String Envelope

07/26/2013

Tutorial Friday | DIY String Envelope

Happy Friday, Lily Bee fans! Christine here to show you a cute and easy DIY string-tie envelope you can make with your awesome Lily Bee papers! I swoon whenever I see cute handmade envelopes or pockets of any kind. I just think they are so cute!

Today I will show you how to make a string-tie envelope sized at A2. The size of this envelope is very convenient because all handmade A2 cards (4.25" x 5.5") will fit inside.

These are the supplies you will need:

12 x 12 piece of patterned paper
twine or string
buttons or brads
circle punch
paper trimmer
scoring board or bone folder
scissors
ruler
hole punch
adhesive

To start out, I cut my piece of pattern paper to 9.5" x 7.75".

Next, I scored two lines on the long side of the paper, one at 1/2", and another one at 5".

On the short side, I scored lines at 1 3/4" and 7 3/8".

Your paper will look like this after scoring.

Next, I cut out the corners of the paper like this.

I folded the paper into the envelope shape. I rounded the corners of the flaps.

Next I measured where I wanted my holes for the brads to be. I wanted them halfway across the 4.5" side, so I drew circles at 2.25" across.

The two pencil-marked circles are where my brads will go.

Next, I used my 1" circle punch to punch out two circles in a contrasting color than my envelope color.

Then I hole-punched the center of each circle.

I lined up the hole on the circle to where I had drawn a circle, and pushed the brad into the paper.

This is what your paper looks like after both circles and brads are attached.

I folded the two strips of flaps and put adhesive on them. Then I folded the large flap over to make the envelope.

Then I tied some twine from the Pinwheel Embellishment Bundle around both brads under the paper circles to close the flaps together.

Supplies: Pinwheel Collection (Flower Box paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers)

To complete the look, I adhered a Label Sticker to the front of the envelope. I think it adds a nice finishing touch! :)

I can't wait to put a handmade card into this cute envelope and give it to the recipient! Thanks for following along this tutorial. I hope you like it and are inspired to make some of your own. Have a great weekend!