How to make a paper envelope correctly and quickly

Envelope of paper - folded certainway a package in the form of a pocket. It can put small flat things. As a rule, its main purpose is to forward correspondence, letters, postcards, documentation by postal service. In everyday life, it is most often used for the delivery of congratulatory presents and the storage of important trifles.

The mail envelope of the paper has stricttechnical characteristics relating to the external shape and dimensions. Each other these products differ in format, decorative pattern, adhesive base, valve arrangement, the presence of tanguir and a transparent window in the addressee's field. Such small packages are sold at every post office, shopping kiosks on the street or in bookstores. If for some reason you can not purchase a paper envelope from paper, you can make it yourself. It is better to adhere to accepted standards.

To make an original package for householdgoals at home, do not follow the generally accepted patterns. Envelope of paper can be festive, folded on the technique of origami. It can be decorated with applique or decorative elements, executed in any format and color. In the creative and stylish packaging of its own manufacture it is nice to give cards, banknotes, travel packages, color photos and other surprises on the day of celebrating the birthday to the birthday or anniversary.

Technique of making a gift bag for moneyor a congratulatory message is very simple. To make paper envelopes with your own hands, you must have glue, scissors, paper, stencil. For decorative design, additional accessories (ribbons, artificial flowers, applique, etc.) are used.

The basis is paper - color, white oropaque. The greeting card for which the envelope is made will be a template or a stencil. A sheet of paper should be selected according to special sizes. Its height should be twice the size of the postcard. In this case, the width should extend a couple of centimeters from the template. By aligning the side edges, you need to bend the bottom of the sheet of paper to the level of the cliche closure. There must be a free piece at least 2.5 cm long at the top. This will be the envelope closure valve. Next, the side portions and the remaining upper piece of paper are bent forward along the postcard level.

Then the folded sheet unfolds and scissorsthe most extreme corner areas are cut out. The envelope template is ready. For beauty during the eruption, the outer corners are rounded. At the same time, the edges of the valve and the back of the envelope are cut out figuratively (see picture).

Further, all external parts of the paper bag are folded along the marked lines.

Side lobes are smeared with glue and glued to the folded envelope.

Now you can put the necessarykeep and seal the top valve. To send correspondence on the front side, the addressee and sender fields are filled in, the stamp is stuck. In this form, the envelope is ready for shipment. For the congratulatory variant in the receiver's column, it is enough to write the name of the originator of the celebration.

Using the origami technique, you can also make an envelope of A4 paper of the holiday pattern.