Napkin Covered Envelopes

In the past I have tried covering envelopes with cling wrap and a hot iron but the cling wrap always gets wavy due to static and it does not stay smoothed out as careful as I was... once you add the heat from the hot iron the creases remain.... recently saw a video on YouTube from "Paper Terrace" and she was using the Glad Press and Seal clear wrap. She shows how she uses the Press and Seal wrap and it sticks to the envelope as you smooth it out so there are no creases when you are adding the heat from the hot iron so that was a win-win for me.... 

I already have a bin full of napkins that I have collected over time and I was happy to get some use out of those! I also already had the white envelopes I wanted to use and I decided for people that I would give an Easter card to in a treat bag that I would cover the envelopes with this method and napkins. Some napkins have a one way design and others have a design in all four corners of the napkin so it has a directional pattern in each section. For this envelope I used a plaid napkin with no directional pattern:

This first envelope uses a cheaper napkin from the Dollar Tree and the pattern on the napkin was printed on the napkin and this napkin came with creases in the design but I wanted to use it anyways due to all the Spring colours it has..... This next napkin covered envelope shows a napkin design that has an 'up/down' pattern in each section so putting the envelope flap on the fold of the napkin works so the design is right side up on the front of the envelope as well as being right side up on the back flap of the envelope:

Here is a photo showing the back envelope flap when it is closed:

Once the envelopes were all covered with the napkin and Press and Seal I decided to add a small piece of lace to the back flap to dress up the envelopes:

I  did not want to seal the envelopes so I used twine from my stash and just tied that around the envelopes to keep them closed. Added flowers from the stash to the envelopes on the back:

Here are the envelopes with the Easter cards I made:

For my envelopes I used white envelopes from the stash and I already had a roll of the Press and Seal on hand for die cutting. I used parchment paper on a roll from the Dollar Tree to protect my iron while I applied heat to the napkin. Once the napkin was adhered I used scissors and trimmed all around the envelope to remove any excess cling wrap. Ran the hot iron over all the edges of the envelope to be sure the napkin would not "lift" on the edges. When the envelopes were cooled I used a dauber to sponge all edges of the envelopes. Used liquid glue to add the little flowers to the envelope back flap. To add the lace to the bottom of the black flap I used thin tear and tape with liquid glue over that to be sure the lace would not come off. Easy project to put together and happy "Paper Terrace" shared her idea and all her tips/tricks using the Glad Press and Seal wrap with the napkins and iron. Also happy to be able to use more items from my stash.......

 

Easter Treat Bags

Stash or cash -- I am a long time member of the Spellbinders monthly Small die of the Month club and the Large die of the Month club. Both die sets for the monthly club in February are Easter related. This first die set is the Large die of the Month - "Spring Specs":

and the packaging has a photo of an assembled project using this die set:

This is a larger die set and can fit the front of an A7 card. I wanted to use it for the front of my treat bags I am making for Easter. The brown bags I had in my stash and I used card stocks from the stash. The pink trim was on sale at Hobby Lobby and I used that at the top of my bags. All clear crystal blings are from the stash. Here is one of the bags:

For this bunny I used mirror black card stock for her eyeglass frames. Here is a better photo of that:

In this above photo you can see the glare of the ceiling lights in her eyeglasses. I used a clear sheet to cut a circle for her glasses so they would have a more real look to them. This die set has dies for all the flowers and greenery and I used scrap card stocks for those. Cut the bunny head and body out of #110 weight white card stock from the stash from Mikes. I sponged the edges of the bunny pieces using gray ink. Cut out all my flowers and greenery and used inks on those as well. Adhesive used for this project is liquid glue with some pop dots and the bunny has foam tape behind her for dimension.  I made a couple of bags with the bunny having the black eyeglass frames. Here is another bag where her eyeglass frames are cut out of glittered pink card stock from the stash:

and these frames were cut out of holographic card stock from the stash:

IRL this is very shiny and you can see all the colours clearly. For all the bag fronts I used this die set from SimonSaysStamp for "Happy Easter" and I cut that out of the craft foam from the stash using white card stock scraps and I layered those using the liquid glue:

I also used the larger grass border die set I had recently bought from Wafflerflower.com for the grass piece at the bottom of the bag:

From the stash I used a very old carrot die set from Oriental Trading and I also used an old butterfly punch from M. Stewart for my pink glittered butterfly:

Here is a photo of this Large die set of the Month and it has a lot of pieces to it and the flowers and greenery dies can easily be used on other projects besides Easter:

The silver trim I added to the pink Hobby Lobby trim at the top of the bag is from the stash and I bought that a few years back at Dollar Tree when things were actually one dollar...... Fun die set to assemble and it makes a cute Easter decorated treat bag!