How to make an envelope for money using scrapbooking technique?

Each person, of course, needs money, and getting it is always nice, including as a gift. Any amount will always find a suitable application, so in recent years it is the gift of money that is becoming increasingly popular and is the most win-win option. To give money also means the freedom to choose a gift by the recipient at his discretion. A person can choose the necessary present himself or spend for other needs.

It is embarrassing to give banknotes without any clearance, therefore, most often people buy envelopes in the form of small cards widely represented on the gift market, or try to approach this issue with more originality. You can hide the bills in a companion souvenir, a bouquet or you can arrange a money envelope with your own hands in a creative scrapbooking style. This is a magnificent art - using all kinds of ribbons, coins, boxes, stickers and frames, turn even the most ordinary present into a bright masterpiece, remembered for its spectacularity.

There are many different ideas for creating cash scrapbooking envelopes that will decorate your gift banknotes in the most original and stylish way. Scrapbooking master classes are very easy to perform, they captivate the process of any artist from beginner to professional. Consider some variations of this technique.

In order to make a money envelope for any holiday, we will need:

• lace ribbons for scrapbooking, ribbons;
• watercolor paper;
• rhinestones;
• beads and buttons of different colors and sizes;
• thermal gun;
• curly scissors;
• stickers with words of congratulations;
• felt-tip pens and colored pencils;
• glue (preferably “Moment”);
• ruler;
• a simple pencil;
• eraser;
• special paper for scrapbooking (it is called scrap paper, design - to your liking);
• decorative flowers.

• If you already have a purchase envelope for money somewhere at home, you can simply circle it. If not, then on the Internet you can find templates and choose from a variety of options the most liked (or use the one we proposed below).
• After the contours are circled, you need to use a ruler to outline the fold lines and bend the paper along the contours. Make notes with a simple pencil so that you can easily erase them with an eraser.
• Now the envelope can be decorated. Stick the selected scrap paper onto its outer part, you can walk along the edges with a hole punch or make tiny holes with a sewing needle - then just do what your fantasy tells you.
• Now, from all the details for decorating, you can add the original composition: again, everything is arbitrary, to your taste. Put the inscription congratulations, determine where you want to see stickers and beads, at the edges lace and buttons will look very impressive. The most beautiful element will be one or more decorative flowers that can be bandaged with a ribbon or ribbon of satin fabric. And you can bandage the entire envelope with a ribbon - so it will be denser packed.
• Glue all parts with glue, not forgetting to put the money in an envelope after that.

A very original product will be an envelope shaker (from English to shake - shake).

Start by preparing all the necessary materials:

• very thick cardboard;
• scrap paper on the theme of the celebration;
• pre-printed picture, clippings of flowers, hearts;
• cardboard frame;
• stamps with congratulatory inscriptions;
• beads, buttons;
• satin ribbons for envelope dressing;
• lace doily.

Now you can get to work. But first, sketch the whole composition.

• On a sheet of cardboard, make an envelope template in size, cut off all the excess and use a ruler to bend the paper along the fold lines.
• Fill the envelope with scrap paper, from the inside out, draw the blanks of the back and front sides of the envelope. Then fasten the tape and glue the paper. If you wish, you can walk along the edges of the envelope with a sewing machine and flash them. This will give more originality.
• Decorate the place for money with a lace napkin, put a picture with congratulations and wishes for happiness. The inside pocket can also be sewn.
• Next, we continue to decorate. Take the printed image and paste it into the cardboard frame. Stamp congratulatory inscriptions on a separate sheet. If there is a hole punch, then walk along the edges - so the paper will look more elegant.
• Put the whole composition together to evaluate the result. First comes a picture in a frame, on the sides - inscriptions. And everywhere beads and buttons.
• Now determine where you will stick the clippings of hearts and flowers, and also think about how you will decorate your envelope with a ribbon.
• Glue all the elements of the composition and enjoy the result.

Almost all guests at the wedding consider it appropriate to give the newlyweds at least some amount of money - this has already become a tradition. In order for the cash present to meet the festive atmosphere, it is necessary to arrange it accordingly. To make such an exclusive craft, we need:

• watercolor paper;
• scrap paper on a wedding theme;
• stamps with congratulations;
• details for decoration - half beads, buttons, ribbons, stickers.

Cut the blank for the envelope from cardboard, mark the fold lines with a ruler, taking into account the correct dimensions. It is necessary to draw 3 lines at distances of 8, 17 and 24 cm. Bend the first two lines inward and the last outward.

• If there is a hole punch, treat it with edges for decoration, make a corner on the edge of the envelope so that the openwork edge is inside.
• Now you need to form an envelope. Use double-sided tape to glue the edges. You can use colored pencils to go to places that you like for hatching.
• Make a template from scrap paper and glue it to the back, painting the edges with a dark marker. Inside, go around with stamps with wishes, but try not to put them too much so that the product does not look cheap.
• Fill your envelope with satin ribbons on the sides or tie in the original manner in the center so that the contents do not fall out.
• Now you need to decorate the front side. Decorate the edges with lace ribbons, various artificial flowers, wooden patterns in the form of hearts or angels. Add all sorts of half beads and rhinestones. If there is glitter, walk them along the edges or along the surfaces of hearts and flowers.

Experiment with ideas, compare several options for envelope compositions, try several types of scrap paper and see what looks more luxurious and expensive. When you collect the most successful composition, glue the details, tie the ribbons - your envelope is ready. You can invest and run to congratulate the newly made husband and wife.

Scrapbooking has no rules and boundaries, it encourages the flight of fantasy and this is different from other types of needlework. After all, there is nothing better than a gift in which you have invested your soul, imagination and all your creative ideas.

See how to make an envelope for money with your own hands in the next video.