Anniversary Lace Envelope
Anniversary Lace Envelope
Other Products: Black Cardstock, White Cardstock, Pink Ribbon, Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, Versafine Olympia Green, Distress Peeled Paint, Colorbox Olive Pastel, Prills Ice Queen, Bone Folder.
For more tips on creating with the pocket dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/uDhKUj9AAMo.
To see how to shape the peony, watch the video at https://youtu.be/L9_MLkvpGPQ.
For more tips on creating with the flower shaping molds, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FSdPL7nXvQE.
Instructions: Click here to view more photos of this project. Envelope finished size is 7 3/4 x 7 3/8 and 3/4" deep. Trim your black cardstock to 12" x 7 3/4". Place a bone fold at the 3 1/4" mark, then again in 3/4", then again in 7 3/8", and this will leave you 3/4".
Trim two pieces of black cardstock at 4 3/4" x 1 3/4". Place a bone fold on the long edge at 1/2", then 3/4" and this will leave 1/2". These are for the right and left side of the box
Trim your fourth black cardstock at 7 3/4 x 5 7/8". Place a bone fold along the long edge at 3/4". Using designer dries clear adhesive adhere the larger pieces together, the smaller strips will overlap at the bottom to add the front flap to your envelope and then adhere the sides in to create your box. Adhere the back strips first and then adhere the left and right front strips to make your envelope come together.
Take black cardstock 5 3/16 x 4" and die cut the ornate corner on the end to create a point. Cut white cardstock to 4 5/16 x 3 1/4". Die cut the bottom using the corner outline die, slide this inside the black corner and adhere in place. Using black cardstock die cut the following Elegant Pocket flourish and Elegant Pocket corner (you'll only be using the inside swirls from the corner die).
Trim your white cardstock 7 1/2" x 4 5/16". Using your Celebrate Love Sentiment Stamps, stamp the congratulations in the center at the bottom. Adhere the 2 inside flourishes from your Elegant Pockets corner die cut. Adhere to the front of the envelope in the bottom section. Place a bow above the sentiment. You will need this in place to line up your decorative panel on the top of the envelope flap. TIP: you can leave adhering this until last to make sure it lines up.
Adhere your decorative top panel to your envelope front so that the tip lines up with the center of the bow and the left and right sides are flush with the edge of the opening flap. Adhere your black decorative flourish above this panel, this conceals where it adheres to the top for a cleaner finish.
Using your Small Sweet Peony Stamp set, stamp two medium flowers using Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick Ink, set aside to dry or heat set with a heat gun before die cutting with coordinating dies. Shape with Deluxe Flower Shaping Tool Kit. Adhere together and add prills in the center. Using your leafy accents stamp set, stamp 1 curly leaf flourish using Versafine Olympia Green and color with Distress Peeled Paint ink. Die cut with coordinating die and shape in the Leafy Accents Shaping Mold.