About the projects
Enhance your correspondence and greeting cards with these crafts with
specialty envelopes and stickers. Or make notepads and storage boxes
for your desk.
The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to
AVERAGE.
Browse down this page for descriptions and illustrations of the projects, then select a project and have
some crafting fun! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all crafts.
Description ↓
Make beautiful and functional
notepads from recycled paper! You will use paper from the home and
office that is printed on one side, along with scraps of leftover
craft paper to make these up-cycled scratch pads. Keep several
notepads on hand to give as gifts.
EASY
Description ↓
Make animal-shaped
bookmarks from cardstock. Just print, color, cut and bend to make
these cute bookmarks for yourself or to give as gifts. This is a
good project for kids to practice coloring and cutting. It is also a
quick craft for adults to make as gifts for the grandkids!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
See how easy it is to make a custom
envelope for all of your handmade cards. The envelope can be made
from white or colored paper, and can be decorated to match your card.
There are printable patterns for three sizes of greeting card envelopes.
EASY
Description ↓
Need an envelope for your handmade Valentine? Choose from plain and colored patterns for three sizes of
easy-to-make envelopes with square flaps. The pink, blue and purple envelope
patterns feature energetic hearts.
Or add your creative flare to envelopes made with the plain envelope patterns!
EASY
Description ↓
It's easy to make an
envelope in just about any size. In this project, you will
draw a custom pattern for an envelope in the exact size to meet your
needs.
EASY
Description ↓
Follow the instructions in this project to make a storage case for holding greeting cards.
Make a special gift by combining this case with your handcrafted
greeting cards. The printable patterns in this project make up into three
case sizes,
including cases sized for the cards featured in the
Greeting Card Tutorials.
AVERAGE
Here’s a craft that is fun to do, recycles empty cereal boxes, and
organizes those stacks of magazines, paperback books and
miscellaneous papers around the house or in your child’s bedroom.
AVERAGE
Description ↓
Have fun making these delightful envelopes with
half-moon flaps that fold like petals. Spring and Easter designs are
included in the project. Use these envelopes as a gift wrap for small
gifts or to store keepsakes.
VERY EASY
Learn a surprising technique for making
square petal envelopes. These simple envelopes are inspired by
Japanese gift wraps and require little or no adornment. They are
great for wrapping flat packages or gift cards.
AVERAGE
Description ↓
Make an elegant envelope wrap with rounded flaps that fold like
petals to close into a five-sided pentagon shape. This unique petal
envelope is a terrific gift wrap solution for small items like
jewelry and scarves or to store keepsakes.
VERY EASY
Learn how to make homemade seal gum for stickers
and envelopes. With this adhesive you will be able to make your
own stickers from ordinary paper. Make stickers from drawings or stamped images, clipart or pictures
cut from wrapping paper—the sky's the limit! This lick and
stick adhesive also works great on handmade envelopes.
VERY EASY
Not only does every child love stickers, but stickers are also an easy way to decorate and personalize
your printed output. Whether it's a card, letter, or certificate, a sticker is a fun way to
liven things up! Follow the instructions in this project to make
stickers using Aunt Annie's sticker sheets. Then, go one step
further and create your own stickers to use or trade!
VERY EASY
Make colorful
tissue paper with this super easy technique. Simply pleat a piece of
tissue paper and paint the folded edges. Repeat the process once or
twice to create an even more exciting design! The painted tissue
paper may be used to wrap packages, to cover box lids, line
envelopes, and in greeting cards, suncatchers, collages, and much
more.
EASY
Description ↓
Use the
mini-envelope templates to make envelopes that fit gift enclosure
cards that are 2¼", 2½" and 2¾" square. See how to make visually
striking gift cards and matching envelopes using
Handmade Paper with a Contrasting Border.
EASY
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