Hello There!
I have a fun Silhouette project to share today with a mini tutorial. I wanted to
make a card to send out to friends and family about our move and new address.
Mostly, the cards are important for relatives and the few friends that aren’t
online and couldn’t get an e-mail.
I did some Pinteresting (yes, that’s now a verb) and found
some different ideas. Once I found some kraft paper in the dollar section of
Target, I had an idea of what I wanted to do.
Moving Announcement Card and Envelope
Supplies
Scrapbook paper (one 12 x 12 sheet makes 4 inserts) $1.00
for 4 sheets
Kraft paper (I found 8 x 8 kraft paper sheets in the dollar
section of Target. $1.00 for 12 sheets)
Silhouette Cutting Machine
Glue Stick
Tape
Directions
Step One: Create Your Design
One of the main reasons I love my Silhouette is because I
can trace shapes. I used silhouettes I found on Google for the two states I
wanted on the image and used the trace function. You could also easily buy the shapes from the
store. Each insert I created was 5 x 5. Once I had designed one insert, I
selected everything (ctrl-A) and then used the grouping function. Once I had
grouped all the different elements together, I copy and pasted the insert on
the 12 x 12 sheet online so I had four total inserts for one sheet of scrapbook
paper.
Cut your design out. Remove it from your cutting mat. Make
sure you save any shapes that are formed by the negative space…you may need to
add them back in or save them for something else fun!
Step Two: Create Envelope
Fold each corner of the kraft paper so the corners meet in
the middle of the page. Channel your inner 3rd grader and think of
those origami fortune teller things.
Step Three: Glue Insert into Envelope.
After folding your kraft paper, you’ll have a square that is
approximately 5.5 x 5.5. Apply some glue from your glue stick to the back of
the insert and try place the insert center. You may need to glue in other
shapes. On my insert, I had to glue back in the heart from each state. I
started out gluing in the negative space for the letters, but gave up after a
couple because they were so small and I was covered in glue. My table is still
sticky.
Step Four: Add Your Address
I handwrote in my family’s new address in the blank space on
the bottom left of the insert. If you didn’t want to write it yourself, you
could be extra crafty and use the Silhouette sketch pens or the print & cut
option.
Step Five: Seal that Baby Up!
Now I had originally planned to just do a small piece of
tape on the back to seal all the openings closed, but I was having problems
with that. Not all my folds were perfect, so there were little gaps between the
flaps. If you add tape on those flaps, you are going to tape your insert and
who knows how it’s going to rip when they try to open it. To minimize this, I
grabbed some of those negatives I had sitting around. I sealed the envelope
with one of the cut out state shapes on the back with some packing tape. I’m
sure you could use some fun tape instead, but all my fancy tape was packed up
and I had a packing tape gun right next to me. I used the other state cut out as a return
address label on the front of the envelope.
Now you have a fun cheap way to tell everyone to update
their Christmas Card lists!
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