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Easy-to-Make Homemade Greeting Card Envelopes

Anni Sofferet
If you love to personalize all your gifts, try these easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelopes. Made with gift wrapping paper, these homemade greeting card envelopes take 1 minute to make, and you can match them to the wrapping of your gift.

You can even make matching greeting cards for these easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelopes. It's a quick solution for beautiful gift-giving. Just follow these simple steps for these easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelopes.

Step #1: Cut the Gift Wrapping Paper

Easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelopes can be made from any type of gift wrapping paper. Set the card on the wrapping paper. Fold the bottom until it covers the card to the top. Cut the wrapping paper, leaving 2 inches of paper on either side of the card and 3 inches on the top.

Step #2: Fold the Easy-to-Make Homemade Greeting Card Envelope

Fold the sides first, leaving a little room for the greeting card to move freely. Then, fold the bottom up so the card is covered. Use masking tape to secure the bottom fold over the sides.

Step #3: Fold the Easy-to-Make Homemade Greeting Card Envelope Flap

Fold the corners of the top of the wrapping paper to form a diagonal envelope flap. Tape the folds in place. Next, use scissors to cut the wrapping paper where it impedes the greeting card from slipping in and out of the easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelope. Finally, tape the cut paper in place.

And that's it! Your easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelope is finished. Have fun making greeting card envelopes in all sizes and for all occasions. For more inspiration, here are 5 homemade greeting cards that you can create for your easy-to-make homemade greeting card envelopes.

Published by Anni Sofferet - Featured Contributor in Business & Finance and Lifestyle

Anni is a full-time freelance writer and owner, creator and designer of InventiveHomeImprovement.com, RationalSelfDefense.com, and MyMoneyLifeLessons.com. Her accomplishments on YCN include the Rising Star A...  View profile

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  • Roberta Baxter1/18/2011

    So often I have a card and no envelope. With your easy to do steps, I now have no worries. thank you.

  • Phyllis Wheeler1/17/2011

    Love this! Thanks Tal :) Clicked the helpful button too :)

  • Delicia Powers1/17/2011

    How very special!

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