Lily Bee | DIY String Envelope Tutorial

I blogged last Friday on the Lily Bee blog with a tutorial on how to make this cute A2 envelope using scrapbooking supplies.  You can see the tutorial here on the Lily Bee blog. 

Supplies:  Pinwheel Collection (Flower Box paper, 6x6 Tiny Tablet, Embellishment Bundle, Label Stickers)

Or here on my blog as well!  I swoon whenever I see cute handmade envelopes or pockets of any kind. I just think they are so cute!  I will show you how to make a string-tie envelope sized at A2.  The size of this envelope is very convenient because all handmade A2 cards (4.25" x 5.5") will fit inside.  You can also use this envelope on a layout too.

These are the supplies you will need:

• 12 x 12 piece of patterned paper
• twine or string
• buttons or brads
• circle punch
• paper trimmer
• scoring board or bone folder
• scissors
• ruler
• hole punch
• adhesive

To start out, I cut my piece of pattern paper to 9.5" x 7.75".

Next, I scored two lines on the long side of the paper, one at 1/2", and another one at 5".

On the short side, I scored lines at 1 3/4" and 7 3/8".

Your paper will look like this after scoring.

Next, I cut out the corners of the paper like this.

I folded the paper into the envelope shape.  I rounded the corners of the flaps.

Next I measured where I wanted my holes for the brads to be.  I wanted them halfway across the 4.5" side, so I drew circles at 2.25" across.

The two pencil-marked circles are where my brads will go.

Next, I used my 1" circle punch to punch out two circles in a contrasting color than my envelope color.

Then I hole-punched the center of each circle.

I lined up the hole on the circle to where I had drawn a circle, and pushed the brad into the paper.

This is what your paper looks like after both circles and brads are attached.

I folded the two strips of flaps and put adhesive on them.  Then I folded the large flap over to make the envelope.

Then I tied some twine from the Pinwheel Embellishment Bundle around both brads under the paper circles to close the flaps together.

To complete the look, I adhered a Label Sticker to the front of the envelope.  I think it adds a nice finishing touch! :)

I can't wait to put a handmade card into this cute envelope and give it to the recipient!  I plan to also figure out the paper dimensions to make a 4x6 and 3x4 envelope to fit into my Project Life album. :)