From Coast to Coast Creations

Ok first of all go to these links and you will find templates of envies.  A rounded envie and a straight sided envie.

Copy these templates out, preferably onto card as that will make the making of your envies much easier.  I have even tuck a template onto plastic, anything to make my template stronger so that I am able to easily draw around it.  Make sure that all the fold markings are on your template, because you never know when your memory might fade and you might need a reminder of where to fold and where to glue!.

Cut out your template and then off you go!!

Any paper can make a satisfactory envie, I have used magazines, brown paper, wrapping paper as well as the craft papers that we always seem to have in our not so secret stash!

Use your template and draw around it onto your paper, I tend to draw onto the back of my paper but that is so there won’t be any visible lines when I have finished.

Before I cut out my marked template I like to score the fold lines with my embossing tool, using a ruler to make a straight line.  If you don’t have an embossing tool you can use an old biro that has run out of ink or maybe the point of your scissors.  I have shown a picture here which hopefully show you what I mean.

Then – cut out your envie, following the cutting lines that you have marked out.  Fold on the fold lines, this way you will see where you will need to put your glue!!.

You can use glue or double sided tape etc to glue the edges down on your envie, a fine line of the glue on the edge works best for me! Put the glue down the edge of the flap that will be the outer flap (as picture) and stick down and then glue onto the bottom flap and stick up.  There you are you have achieved an envie!!!

upload this word document to get some more exciting envie templates . envie templates.doc