How to Use Up Old
DSP:
Make a Mini Slimline Greeting Card
with Coordinating Envelope!
Do you have an overabundance of old Designer Series
Paper hanging around taking up space? Having a tough time finding envelopes the
correct size to fit your mini slimline greeting cards? How about making your own envelopes to match
your card design and size perfectly?!
(Click on any photo for closer view.)
Mini slimline cards are 6” x 3-1/2”.
Size 6-3/4 business envelopes match the size,
but the ones office supply stores usually carry are white, thin paper with blue
safety print on the inside. SO UGLY for mailing your beautiful greeting cards!!!
If you have an envelope punch board (made by We R
memory keepers and at one time featured in Stampin’ Up! catalogs), it’s a piece
of cake to whip up a coordinating envelope.
For this size card, start with an 8” x 8” square piece of paper and line
the edge of the paper up at 3-1/8” for your first punch and score.
Continue around, matching the score lines
with the pointer on the punch board until you’ve got four score lines and four
punches.
Then all you need to do is
round the outer corners (optional), fold, and adhere the sides and bottom of
the envelope.
Apply Tear ‘n Tape to the
flap so you can remove the backing and seal the envelope when you’re ready to
mail the card.
If you do NOT have an envelope punch board, you still
would cut an 8” x 8” square piece of paper.
Line up your greeting card at 45-degree angle in the center of the
paper, and add score lines on paper about 1/4" from outer edges of
card.
(See diagram below.)
Use scissors to notch each side where the
score lines intersect; discard triangle shape.
Use a corner rounder punch to make nice rounded edges for the flaps
(optional).
Fold away from score lines
and adhere side and bottom of envelope; apply Tear ‘n Tape to flap.
Materials for the Sample Card
* Pacific Point card stock: 7” x 6”, scored at 3-1/2” to create 6” x 3-1/2” mini slimline card
* Thick White card stock: 5-3/4” x 3-1/4”
* Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set
* Misty Moonlight Ink Pad
* So Many Snowflakes Dies
* Winter Snow Embossing Folder
* Snowflake Adhesive-Backed Embellishments
* Snowflake Splendor DSP for envelope (8” x 8”)
* Shipping Label stamped with snowflakes
Hope you enjoy this card and the accompanying envelope!
Cathy ;D
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