Halloween, Envelopes

I fell into this idea! Man, I love it when that happens!! Okay, so since I was way ahead of the Halloween card making curve, I decided to use my left over Stampin Up! Halloween designer paper to line the inside of the envelopes. The paper is double sided. And, oh my! I discovered that the images showed through the sheerness of the Stampin Up! envelopes, and from the outside of the card it appears as if each envelope is softly "pre-printed" with matching Halloween images!! Take a lookey:



Lining envelopes is not as hard as it may seem. Simply trace your envelope on-top of the pp of your choice. Cut inside the drawn lines. Insert the paper to ensure that the paper does not cover the sticky on the envelope that you will lick to close the envelope. Use your glue stick to apply the pp side you want to show on the outside of the envelop. Slide the pp into the envelope using the dry side of the pp (not the gluey side because it will immediately stick to the envelope and not move deep enough into the envelope). Fold the flap over to crease the pp. Trim any edges from flap. Finally glue the top onto the flap and re-crease several times. Vwa-La!! TIPS: if you want to create the "pre-printed" envelope technique- - make sure you are using double sided patterned paper and sheer envelopes! Because, as you have probably figured out by now, this will only work with sheer envelopes! :)