“The room’s a wreck but her napkin is folded.” That line from the Miracle Worker (I’m of the “vintage” when Patty Duke played Helen not “teacher”) sums up how I felt after hours of trying to find an easy way to create a liner for envelopes produced with the Stampin’ Up! Envelope Punch Board. Lots of card stock and designer series paper (all retired, thank goodness) was sacrified in the process. The result: A simple liner. No complicated formulas. Zippo waste of your pretty paper. Interested in giving it a try?
The easiest way to share the “how to” of creating the liner is with my new 1 Minute to WOW! video (above). The 5 x 5 card in the video is a sneak peek of my card for this Thursday’s Pals Paper Arts Challenge.
SIMPLE LINER STEP BY STEP
- Cut a custom envelope using the Envelope Punch Board. Punch top flap with the built-in corner rounder punch.
- On the envelope, measure from the center of the rounded top corner to the center of the right punched curve.
- Cut a square of Designer Series Paper (DSP) based on the measurement in #2.
- Line up the DSP square on the Envelope Punch Board at 1/8″ less than the width of the square. For example, if your liner square is 4″, line up at 3 7/8″. If it’s 4 1/4″, line up at 4 1/8″.
- Punch then flip square over and punch opposite side at the same place.
- Punch top with the built-in corner rounder punch and adhere.
JOT IT DOWN! Using this method, the liner square size for an A2 card is 4 1/4″ and it’s 2 1/2″ for an envelope created for a 3 x 3 card.
This method should work for square envelopes and relatively square rectangles (like an A2 size, which is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″). Other more irregular shapes may not work. I haven’t had a chance to experiment with all 66 sizes that the punch board makes. Just to be safe, it’s best to “test drive” with a piece of scratch paper first.
Wow! Wish I had seen this earlier, as I have likewise sacrificed much paper trying to create liners, and the ones I finally produced were not acceptable, because I couldn’t figure out that curve on the corners. However, I did decide to prettify that point sticking up at the bottom (doesn’t stick up for square envelopes, just the rectangular ones, and really bothered me); I started punching it with a decorative corner punch. Thanks for a brilliant solution. Now my envelopes will really shine!
sounds fun!
Absolutely brilliant…….as usual. Gotta go – going on an envelope liner binge!?
Thanks for the quick lesson. The envelope punch board is on my list for my next order. Thank you for always having the best tutorials!
Renee
LOVE IT!
Glad it was helpful. Works like a champ, Carole!
I had never seen this before! The video is very helpful. Thanks!
Wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this tip. Great video.
that is just awesome! Just love it. I tried to make an envelope with designer paper and quickly realized that it was not a good idea because it has 2 sides and the inside flap clashed with the card I had made. So I lined it with a thinner white paper. It did not fit very well. the 4X4 idea is perfect. Will practice this till it gets to be second nature and use it in my workshops. Thank you very much for the video. Greatly appreciated. best regards.