When’s the last time you sent someone snail mail just ’cause? My friend Jenny is one of the best at it, checking in with a funny greeting card every few months, and on my birthday just a couple weeks ago, the cards I got in the mail cheered me up way more than the messages written on my Facebook wall (though I’m grateful for those as well!) Just goes to show that nothing really says “thinking about you” quite like a personally penned note.
So with that in mind, we set out to create a fun DIY that makes it even more fun to craft a card that’s truly personalized. We turned to our favorite online paper shop, Paper Mart, to source some colorful wrapping paper, then came up with five different ways to fold it into geometric envelopes. So whether your next note is headed to a coworker the next desk over or to a family member in another state, you can bet they’ll be tickled you thought out of the box! Keep reading to learn how to make these little guys…
Fold-Your-Own Geometric Envelopes
a printable stencil for each envelope shape:
colorful wrapping paper (we used Paper Mart's two-sided color matte in aqua/seafoam, and their flat sheet gift wrap in yellow stripe)
pencil
scissors
tape
- Cut out along the solid line of the stencil for your desired envelope shape, then trace the stencil onto your wrapping paper.
- Cut the shape out of the wrapping paper.
- On the stencil, cut along the dashed line. Discard the scraps. Then trace the remaining interior stencil onto the center of your wrapping paper shape. (Keep this stencil to later use for your card stock paper inserts)
- On your wrapping paper shape, carefully fold along the traced lines to create your envelope flaps. Once your card stock insert is filled out and place in the center of the wrapping paper envelope, fold these flaps back over and tape them in place to seal.
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