Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Christmas Envelope and Card

Hello friends! Today I have a tutorial to share for a mini envelope and a card. It's a Christmas project, but you can of course use other stamps and turn it into a different theme.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. With Eileen Hull Sizzix Gift Card Folder and Label #2 die.

This month the Eileen Hull Inspiration Team has been sharing holiday projects, and I used Eileen's Gift Card Folder & Label #2 die to create this. The stamps are from the newest release by Darkroom Door and are perfect for Christmas cards and envelopes. The envelope is 3 x 3 inches, which is such a cute size. It can also become more dimensional, but I decided to keep it flat. 

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here's the back of the envelope. I decided to only use stamps, ink and pencils for this project, with just a couple of stickers.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I also made a little card to go into the envelope. This is meant to be a gift card holder, but I cut it smaller and turned it into a mini card instead.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Start by die cutting the envelope and gift card from mixed media paper. I cut the card smaller so that it fits into the envelope.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Fold and score along the score lines. There are score lines also for a more dimensional envelope, if you want to fold along those too. Stamp with stamps from the Darkroom Door Merry Mail set. I used black, green, red and brown Archival Inks.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Stamp the card too, on both sides.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Color the Santa and some of the other elements with colored pencils.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Stamp the Santa and the label on masking paper, cut out and mask the images.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Ink with Distress Inks. I used Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Splatter with a little bit of water, and then remove the masks.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I left space for the recipient's name, or a short message.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I colored the images quite quickly, and didn't blend the colors. I wanted the texture of the pencils to be visible on this project.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Apply tape along the edges to assemble the envelope. The two stickers in fact cover up ink from when I dropped the envelope on the open red ink pad.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see how the the gift card holder piece sticks up so that it is easy to take out the card. When it is a gift card holder, you would place it the other way around.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Restamp the tree without reinking to make it look like there are trees further away.

Layers of ink - Christmas Envelope and Card Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

On the back of the card I left a space for a little message. If you want to cover up the staples add a flower, snowflake, sequin or something similar there.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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3 comments:

  1. What a sweet envelope and card Anna-Karin! Love the stamps you used, your lovely coloring and sponging! A creative use for Eileen's Gift Card Folder! xx

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  2. This is wonderful- I need to get that stamp set, I have been eyeing it for awhile! Love that you used colored pencils- I need to do that more.

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