How to make a paper envelope correctly and quickly

Envelope of paper - folded in a certain way 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 made of paper has strict technical characteristics concerning the external shape and dimensions. Each other these products differ in format, decorative pattern, adhesive base, valve arrangement, the presence of Tangier 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 mail envelope from paper, you can make it yourself. It is better to adhere to accepted standards.

To make an original package for domestic purposes 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 their 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.

The technique of making a gift bag for money or 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 - colored, white or opaque. 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. The width should be 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 closing valve. Next, the side portions and the remaining upper piece of paper are bent forward along the postcard level.

Then the bent sheet is turned and the most extreme corner areas are cut with scissors. 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 the figure).

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

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

Now in the finished package you can put the necessary contents and seal the top valve. To send correspondence on the front side, the fields of the addressee and the sender are filled, 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.