DIY Patterned Envelopes. . .

I absolutely love writing and receiving letters. There's nothing like going to the mailbox and finding a sweet note. Couldn't help but post this DIY  project that I did tonight! It was a simple, easy way to decorate simple envelopes.

First, choose an envelope of your choice to be your template.

Open up the envelope very carefully, label it as your template.

Take a piece of computer paper, set it over the template and carefully trace the top flap and body of the envelope. After you trace the template, cut out your pattern.

 Choose a blank envelope, and put a pattern into the envelope to make sure it fits right, and adjust and trim if necessary. Take your pattern and trace over a piece of your choice of scrapbook paper.

Place the patterned paper into your new envelope, and gently crease the edge along the top of the envelope. Don't worry if the paper goes longer than the actual envelope. We will fix that in a second.

Then carefully fold over just the patterned piece of paper to show the envelope flap. Take hot glue (or a glue stick) and put glue along the edges of the flap to seal the paper.

Fold over the envelope flap once you glue the patterned paper to the envelope. Cut off any extra strips of paper that you see, and then open your envelope!

Because you covered the sticky strips of the envelope with the paper, there is not a way to seal your envelope unless you close it on the outside. I took part of the patterned paper, cut out part of the design, and simply put tape on the back of it to make a sticky seal. It can definitely add to your design... Now the next thing to do is write a letter!!!!