Mini Card + Envie :: Sarah Martina

Hey y'all! It's Sarah, bringing greetings and a super fun tutorial to you all the way from Louisiana! I'm so excited to share this project with you all today, so let's get right to it!

Card making is my #1 passion when it comes to paper-crafting, and some of my favorite types of cards to make are mini-cards. But when I share my mini-cards I get lots of inquiries about how to create an envie to correspond with the sweet, little card. Well, that's what we're going to do {together!} today. Mini-cards are super fun and fast to make, and today you'll see that their coordinating envies are just the same.

Materials:

• 1 sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" kraft card stock
• 1 sheet of pattered paper (Restoration Collection)
• Cardstock stickers (Restoration Collection)
• Buttons (Restoration Collection & Jenni Bowlin)
• Twine & Needle
• Scoring tool/bone folder
• Label shaped die (Spellbinderss Labels 9)
• Die cutting machine (Sizzix Big Shot)
• Sewing Machine
• Scissors
• Adhesive (tape runner & foam)

 

Step 1: Cut a piece of cardstock to 4.5" x 8.5". Then score at 3 7/8", 4", 7 7/8", and 8 1/8". This divides the paper into 3 sections (A, B, & C). 

 

Step 2: Using a label die shape, die cut an insert from Section A using only a portion of your label die. Carefully tape your die into place onto your cardstock, then run through your die cutting machine (I used a Sizzix Big Shot).

 

Step 3: Using the same label die shape, die cut the flap of your invie from Section C, again, using only a portion of your label die. There may be some other way of accomplishing this, but the way I have been doing it is by tucking a folded piece of cardstock between the die shape and the cardstock where I do not want the die to cut. This way you only get a half of the image cut out. 

 

Step 3 cot,d: Snip off the outer piece of cardstock from where the label die didn't quite reach the edge of the paper.

 

Step 4: Fold your envie along all of the score lines. Take a moment to snip the corners of the top flap at an angle, as shown above.

 

Step 5: Trim a piece of patterned paper to 4" x 3 1/2". Repeat step 2 to create the same shaped edge as the invie. Gently adhere the patterned paper piece to Section A of your envie, as shown.

 

Step 6: Stitch along right and left sides of envie, securing the patterned paper and both front and back of the envie together. Notice that the scoring we did in Step 1 allowed the envie to have some space to provide for a card with a bit more dimension.

 

Step 6 cot'd: Thread one button with some twine, and adhere it to the top flap (Section C). Then adhere another button, without twine, to the bottom of your envie (Section A). You can use foam adhesive to pop the buttons up a bit, allowing the string/twine to be wrapped around them.

**Note: You can also stitch your buttons to your envie for a more secure fitting. To do so, stitch your buttons to your envie at Step 5, after adhering your patterned paper, but prior to stitching the envie and paper together. 

 

Step 7: To create a quick and fun mini card for your envie, trim a piece of cardstock to 3 1/2" x 7" and score in half. Trim a piece of 3 1/4" squared piece of patterned paper, gently adhere it to the card base, then stitch the borders.

 

Step 8: Layer 2 stickers onto the center of your card base using foam adhesive...and you've got a sweet little mini-card!

And here's our final product!

As you can see, there's so much room for improvisation and creativity when it comes to making mini-cards and mini-envies. I have so much fun just letting my imagination run wild with these little projects. I certainly hope you enjoyed following along, as I did creating this! Hugs & Love!

Comments

[Aphra]

I'm sending praise all the way from Louisiana! LOVE your project. Great idea!!!

[Amy H]

Great tutorial, Sarah!! I really love the envelope idea!! TFS!

[Mariaje]

Qué bonito!!!

[AnnaMarie]

Adorable!

[kimbo in fort worth]

such a cool tutorial! bookmarking this one. thanks for sharing

[susan stringfellow]

Fantastic! Love this project

[Stephanie]

so pretty! I love the envelope

[Andrea MacDonald]

Gorgeous!!!

[graceincalifornia]

absolutely clever & fabulous :) TFS!!

[NancyD]

Wow! Great tutorial... I'll definitely be trying this!

[Judith]

Love the tutorial.

[jan]

How very cute!

[Wendy McKee]

wow! My Scrapbook Nook has this line for there kit this month!!! so i am so lifting this!

[Katarina]

This is just gorgeous!! TFS! love this Idea :)

[Genevieve]

This is an AWESOME project!

[Tonya Dirk]

Fabulous!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

[Jessie Pepper]

This is so sweet!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

[Barbara]

This is beautiful, thanks for sharing your talents with us all.

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it's beautiful. I need to make it at home