Embellishing printables

Today I have a couple of ideas for embellishing printable gift boxes and tent cards.  They can be made very simply - just print, cut, fold and they're finished, or if you have a little more time you can make them more unique...

On this Pastel Buttons gift box I used some fancy scissors to make the front flap a little different.  The box is tied with lilac cotton yarn and I made a tag from one of my matching cupcake toppers.  I punched rounded corners on the tag and stitched a pretty vintage button to the centre.

I think the tent cards look nice simply printed - but I also love to add an extra dimension to cards with embellishments.  This thank you card has some pink ribbon glued along the edge of the button pattern.  As they're only small cards (3.5 inches wide) it's a good way of using left over pieces of ribbon too!

How to make lined envelopes

All sorts of stylish lined envelopes are available for adding an extra special touch to your invitations and cards.  If you're looking for a coordinated look you can make your own...

I wanted to make a lined envelope to match my Pastel Buttons wedding invitation so have used the coordinating paper from my printable scrapbooking paper set - you can of course use any paper you like!

You can line ready made envelopes or make your own from scratch.

I found an old envelope which I carefully opened out and used as a template to make my own envelope from off white cartridge paper.

Make the liner template from an envelope.  The liner should be about 0.2 inches smaller than the envelope and level with the gummed part of the flap.

I layed the liner in the envelope and folded the flap down before glueing to make sure it was in the right place.  Only glue the liner to the flap so that it has room to move when the envelope is opened or closed.
If you're making your envelope from scratch it's easier to glue the bottom flap to the sides after attaching the liner.

Keeping with my button theme I finished this envelope with a little button stitched to the flap..

New Pastel Button printables

I have two new Pastel Button themed printables to show you today...

Experiment with your fancy handwriting to personalise these cards for parties!  I used a brush tipped pen for the card above.  There are 8 different designs in this set of name place cards...

 Also new is this set of personalised cupcake toppers (great for using as tags and labels too)...

The set can be personalised for birthdays (like above with name, age and Happy Birthday) or for weddings (with the name / initials of the bride and groom and date of the wedding).  Each sheet of toppers has 4 different designs and is available in a green, teal or cream colour sheme.

I still have more new pastel button themed designs to share in the next few days - and a tutorial too!