When I moved into our house three years ago, I found a bag full of very vintage wallpapers under the stairs. I didn’t want to use them on my walls, as I prefer modern style interiors. But I loved their pattern so much that I couldn’t bin them. I found them again after 3 years and I decided to do some paper craft with them and make them useful! I made small envelopes for a start. I might use them as a business card holder when shipping items from my shop or I will store my labels, stickers or tags in it!
What
do you need?
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Wallpaper or wrapping paper,
magazines, or whatever paper you like
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A pair of scissors
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Pencil
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Glue stick
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Ruler
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Blank A4 paper
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Carton/cardboard (i.e. cereal
box)
Steps:
1.Draw and cut a template out
from blank A4 paper as per below picture.
(The reason why I draw it on blank A4 page first is because I
wanted to see how it folds. You can
skip this step and draw the template directly on cardboard)
2. Trace it onto a cardboard and
cut out with a pair of scissors carefully.
3. Now use your carton template on
wallpaper/wrapping paper and cut your envelope with scissors.
4. Fold it up. Do the sides first
then use the folded sides as a guide on where to fold the top and bottom.
5. Use glue stick to stick your
envelope together.
And that’s it! Enjoy your new recycled envelopes. You can use
them as a gift card envelope, business card holder or you can store small
things in it such as earrings, rings..
You can also draw bigger templates and do larger envelopes for wrapping
a book, cosmetic, accessories or whatever gift you want to wrap up.
..
I have also created a smaller version
Enjoy your new weekend project!
