Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Cape Cod Rambling Rose Photo Challenge ~ an envelope


you will need:
scissors
A4 paper - 1 piece
eyelets {also eyelet tools & hammer}
embroidery floss or twine
2 small circles out of coordinating scraps of paper

optional
1 photo
lace or ribbon
flowers
stickers
other embellishments

To begin i made an envelope template. i did this from folding my piece of paper around an existing envelope.


i scooted the top of the envelope down a little to make the top flap large enough to hold a circle clasp.


Then i trimmed around & tidyed up the outline.


The next step is to glue it together.

Now you have a working envelope!


but you can continue to make it a little extra special...

after gluing on the photo i glued two layers of lace around it to frame it.

to make a flower, i cut a strip of fabric & folded it so that the back half is longer than the front half. then rolled it up at the base & secured it with a pin. i made two of these. adding a paper flower, a ribbon, some sparkly stickers & a folded flower finished the front.


next cut two small circles for the clasps at the back. i usually buy a packet of eyelets from the sewing section at Spotlight because they're only $3 & come with the tool.

punch or poke a hole in the middle & place an eyelet in it.


turn it iver & using the tool, hammer the eylet in place. its quite a simple way to make something look very sophisticated. then i attached some lace around one. be sure to poke the embroidery flos through one eyelet so it is secure enough to wrap around the other to close your envelope. {you can attach these directly to the envelope in the beginning or as i did, use a little glue later on.


These are my favourite type of envelope!!! i had hoped to make a template for you but have no idea how as yet :)


im grateful to Cape Cod Rambling Rose for inspiring me with this challenge!!!


loveliest wishes for everyone today

3 comments:

  1. That is BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE seeing what people do with the same image! Thank you for the tutorial that accompanies your envelope project - that is very sweet! I confess I had to do a digital creation as I have an old ink-jet printer that is on its last legs. =)

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  2. Oh how sweetly presented with a tutorial no less. Thanks for sharing the creative inspiration.

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  3. This envelope is so sweet, thanks for the tutorial! Yes I agree, I think it is fun to see that people do totally different things with the photo and we all used the girls photo! Nice to meet you!

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