CLASSY ENVELOPES
Nothing looks more professional than opening a card with a foil liner on the envelope. It just adds so much class to any card or invitation you send. Here's how to do it on the cheap and by hand.
Anytime in late August to after the first of the year, you can get foil wrapping paper at that famous one dollar store for only one dollar per roll. I usually get gold, silver, green and red for my Christmas card envelopes. But hurry because these foil rolls don't last long! They don't get a lot in and they go quick. You could always just buy more in other stores if you want to but you will pay a lot more for them. Make sure to get the paper backed foil and not the plastic foil. Plastic foil (mylar) will not glue smooth and it just looks bad for liners.
I cut strips of paper from the roll about 7 or 8 inches wide off the roll. I also make a cardboard template out of one of my envelopes by tracing around the envelope flap and extending it down into the card a few inches. You don't have to be exact because it doesn't go down all the way into the envelope.
EASY TO MAKE
Just lay your template down on the back of the foil paper and trace around the template. Then just cut them out. You can get dozens - or even a couple of hundred liners from a few rolls of foil paper to line your envelopes. As many as you want for two or three dollars. All it really costs you is a little time.
I usually cut out a stack of each color and then just insert them into the envelope, not covering the gummed edge and then I use DSST to adhere the foil to the flaps. You can also emboss a pattern into them if you want but they are just as stunning without it IMO.
That's all there is to it and you can have a bunch of foiled envelopes for next to nothing but the time it takes to cut them out. And you can do it on the cheap without buying expensive and pre-cut liners or lined envelopes.
But the real kicker is that they look the same as the commercial lined envelopes. No one can tell the difference!
Nothing looks more professional than opening a card with a foil liner on the envelope. It just adds so much class to any card or invitation you send. Here's how to do it on the cheap and by hand.
Anytime in late August to after the first of the year, you can get foil wrapping paper at that famous one dollar store for only one dollar per roll. I usually get gold, silver, green and red for my Christmas card envelopes. But hurry because these foil rolls don't last long! They don't get a lot in and they go quick. You could always just buy more in other stores if you want to but you will pay a lot more for them. Make sure to get the paper backed foil and not the plastic foil. Plastic foil (mylar) will not glue smooth and it just looks bad for liners.
I cut strips of paper from the roll about 7 or 8 inches wide off the roll. I also make a cardboard template out of one of my envelopes by tracing around the envelope flap and extending it down into the card a few inches. You don't have to be exact because it doesn't go down all the way into the envelope.
EASY TO MAKE
Just lay your template down on the back of the foil paper and trace around the template. Then just cut them out. You can get dozens - or even a couple of hundred liners from a few rolls of foil paper to line your envelopes. As many as you want for two or three dollars. All it really costs you is a little time.
I usually cut out a stack of each color and then just insert them into the envelope, not covering the gummed edge and then I use DSST to adhere the foil to the flaps. You can also emboss a pattern into them if you want but they are just as stunning without it IMO.
That's all there is to it and you can have a bunch of foiled envelopes for next to nothing but the time it takes to cut them out. And you can do it on the cheap without buying expensive and pre-cut liners or lined envelopes.
But the real kicker is that they look the same as the commercial lined envelopes. No one can tell the difference!
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