Stationery

Fine Stationery

I love fine stationery. I could browse the aisles of a fine stationery store for hours. Clean, simple, elegant, and high-quality are a few of the words that come to mind. Then I turn the items over and glance at the price... not quite in the budget. So I set out to create my own clean, simple stationery set using Papertrey's high-quality products. I usually make stationery for my sister, Whitney. She is the only person I know who actually uses the cards that I make for her and I love to replenish her stock!

One thing that sets fine stationery apart from other stationery is a lined envelope. I started creating my lined envelopes with the Everyday Blessings Collection of patterned papers. I cut a piece sized to fit inside the envelope. Slide the patterned paper inside and trace around the flap. Make a small mark on the patterned paper where the crease in the envelope flap lands. Use your scoring tool to score the line where the flap folds down over the envelope. Adhere the lining inside your envelope making sure the score lines up with the crease in the envelope. I prefer to use a liquid glue to adhere the lining inside the envelope.





After lining all of the envelopes I gathered them together and created a band to...

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