TLC195 - Envelope It!! DVD Envelope & Blog Candy Give Away!!!

Today's TLC195 challenge on SCS was to incorporate in envelope into your project. I immediately thought of doing a DVD envelope that I came up with about a year ago. They are just so fun to create, and really fun to give when you have a DVD or small book to give as a gift!

For today, I thought I would try my hand at another circle medallion. They are so fun and easy to do, and have such a WOW effect! The images are from Innovative Stamp Creation's Marvels of Nature set. I stamped the floral background on some whisper white card stock and then sponged a few clouds over that with Baja breeze. I then stamped the small bird and popped it up on a dimensional.

To make the DVD envelope, I have done a tutorial a few months ago, that you can see here. I also have created some step by step directions and a scoring template and put it on SCS here. So if you are interested in making one of these check out these links and you should have no troubles!! :)

Okay now for the moment some of you have been waiting for!! The Blog Candy give away!!! I put the post numbers in Random.org Random Integer Generator and it came up with #2!!! Post number 2 is from JAR - Judy which states - "Oh Connie, your card is so beautiful! I haven't ever used GB, although Shelly says she loves it! I hope your day was lots of fun!!!" Congrats to you Judy! Your Grungeboard is on the way!! Thanks to everyone who played!

Envelope Details:
Images: Marvels of Nature II
Paper: Ski Slope DSP, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Sponge, Ribbon, Wrought Iron Punch

My Daughter is turning 5 and one of my favorite stamp companies is turning 1!!

My little girl is turning 5 on the 23rd and one of her presents is a Barbie DVD, so I decided to make her one of my DVD envelopes. Kitchen Sink Stamps (KSS) is also celebrating their one year anniversary, and this month's contest's theme is Celebrate, so I plan on entering this into the "Anything but a Card" category. To decorate the bag, I used KSS's 3 step butterfly and the sentiment is from their 3 step Daisy set. I stamped the pink butterfly with Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink and Basic Gray (stamped off once). For the purple butterfly I used pale plum, perfect plum and then stamped off Basic Gray. Finally for the yellow butterfly I used barely banana, so saffron and...yep...stamped off basic gray. Each of the butterflies have tiny pearls to outline their bodies. Each of the butterflies are popped up on with dimensionals.

For the sentiment I stamped it in perfect plum on some so saffron DSP, and then ran it though my big shot with a scalloped rectangle nestibility, then layered with pale plum, and then perfect plum.

For the bottom panel, I used my scalloped edge punch from SU on the perfect plum layer, then layered pale plum and so saffron DSP over the perfect plum. Then topped this panel off with some pink pirouette 1 1/4" ribbon. I finally added three more pearls under the knot.

Here is a picture of the back of the DVD envelope finished. As you can see the I extended the pink pirouette ribbon all the way around the envelope, and then added one more purple butterfly on top of the ribbon. To create the closure, I punched two 3/4" circles out of perfect plum and attached them to the top flap and the envelope just under the flap with pale plum ice brads from SU. Then to complete the closure, I tied some silver cord around the top brad, and then wrapped it around both the top and the bottom brad.

I have put a template and step by step direction on SCS. You can find them here. I also decided to do a quick picture tutorial here on my blog. The template really shows how the envelope is to be scored, which was difficult to show on my picture tutorial.




For the front and sides of the envelop you will need a 12" by 12" piece of paper. Start by scoring both sides and the bottom at 1/4", 1 1/4" and 2 1/4". Then score the top at 1 1/2" and move the paper back and score at 1/8" about five times to create a round fold for the top flap or the envelope.





Trim both corners on the top by 1 1/2" by 2 1/4". Then trim the bottom edge over 1/4" and up 2 1/4", and trim again over (from the original edge) 2 1/4" and trim up 2 1/4" to create the flaps you see in the picture to the left.






Accordion fold the bottom and both sides of paper so that the 1/4" flap is folded forward, and will be on the inside of the box. Place the bottom flaps inside the envelop and attach them to the bottom inside of the envelope and adhere with a little adhesive. Place sticky strip on the little 1/4" flaps. Then, out of a second piece of paper, cut it to the size of 7 1/2" by 8 1/4" to use for the back of the envelope.


Adhere the 7 1/2" by 8 1/4" piece of paper to create the back of the envelope. At this point you should be able to fold the envelope flat. Your envelope should look like the picture to the left. Stamp as you wish! Happy stamping!! :)






Envelope Details:
Images: 3 step butterfly and 3 step daisy - KSS
Paper: Parisian Summer DSP from SU!, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, barely banana, so saffron.
Accessories: Self adhesive Pearls from Target dollar spot, Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" ribbon, dimensionals.