DIY Envelope Liners & Save the Dates!

October 20, 2014

I’ve had so much fun planning my wedding so far and picking out all the colors and designs I want to use! I have been working on my Save the Dates the past few days, and wanted to share with you some things I’ve learned along the way! The colors I’m using for my wedding are: Gold, blush pink, black, and white! I’m doing a Vintage Glamour/ Old Hollywood theme!

I designed my Save the Dates on Minted.com and was SO happy with the way they turned out! They have hundreds of different designs and templets to choose from, and are easy to customize! I thought the black and gold colors matched my old hollywood theme perfectly, and I loved how I was able to have a timeline of our love on there as well! After I designed and ordered those, I started looking everywhere for gold polka dot or gold glitter envelope liners, but couldn’t seem to find any that I really liked and if I did, they were way overpriced! So I thought “why not make them myself?” DIY envelope liners are fairly easy and will save you a lot of money that you can use towards other things for your wedding! Below I’ll explain everything you will need to know and how to make them!

XOXO,

Katelyn

TOOLS AND MATERIALS:

• Card Stock- to make the template
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Gold foil polka dot or gold glitter wrapping paper (or any pattern you want to use!) (Papersource.com)
• Envelopes (Minted.com or cardsandpockets.com)
• Tape runner or glue (Papersource.com)
• “Save the Date” stamp (Papersource.com)
• Gold stamp pad (Papersource.com)
• Stamp scrubber- optional (Papersource.com)
• Gold Glitter pen (Papersource.com)
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EASY STEPS: ENVELOPE LINERS AND STAMPING

1. For an A6 envelope (euro flap), download and print the Martha Stewart Envelope Liner template onto card stock and cut out. For a square flap envelope trace the envelope around the card stock and cut it out. Insert the card stock in the envelope to make sure it fits, and trim the card stock around the flap to make sure it is a perfect fit, leaving about an inch for the gummed sealing.

2. After you make your envelope liner template, get ready to start  tracing and cutting away! Roll out your wrapping paper (or any patterned paper you choose) and trace the template onto the paper; cut out.

3. Once you have traced and cut out a liner, insert it into the envelope. I like to fold the envelope down to create a crease on the liner because it makes it easier to see where to tape.

4. Next, get your rolling tape and tape the inside of the top flap only! (This saves time and tape by not doing the whole thing). Next press down the envelope flap onto the top flap of the liner. That is your finished envelope liner!

5. You can now stuff the envelope with your Save the Date card and seal the envelope!

6. If you want to make the envelope more pretty, I recommend stamping the envelope flap with a cute “Save the Date” stamp!