A Hougie Envelope (Tutorial)

I'm a huge fan of my Hougie Board & use it or many things from simple card folding to more complicated project folds. I'm even lucky enough to be on the Hougie Design Team :D One thing I regularly use my Hougie board to make envelopes for cards so I thought I'd make this tutorial to show how I do it. I've started to make 15 cm square cards & don't have any envelopes so it's great to be able to make my own.

It's really easy to do - all you need is 2 sheets of A4 paper & some washi/ paper tape. If you don't have the washi tape you could use strips of patterned paper.

Place your paper on your Hougie and place your card centrally on the paper. Choose the next groove out on either side of the card & score all the way down the length of the paper. Do the Hougie trick.

Turn the card & paper 90 degrees and butt into the corner of the Hougie. Score on the groove below the bottom of the card. Do the Hougie Trick.

Trim the paper so it looks like this

Fold & the basis of the envelope is ready. 

Attach the second sheet of A4 to the top edge of the base with washi tape.

Trim it to give the desired size overlap & cut the edges at an angle.

Fold & Stick the flaps. Use Washi tape to cover the side & bottom edges of the envelope so all the edges match.

If you have envelope glue you can use that on the flaps. Alternatively use a small strip of washi tape.

Nice & easy & you can make envelopes any size you want. 

Lucy x

Hi from Lucy

Hi Everyone, I'm Lucy. 

I've been crafting all of my life in one form or another & love being creative and seeing what I can come up with. I've explored all sorts of different crafts over the years. My current addiction to card making started 12 years ago when I discovered the Do Crafts goody bags at our local craft shop. Since then the love of papercrafting has grown and grown (as has my collection of crafty stash!)

I love making individual & personalised gifts and cards for people. Almost everything I make is tailored to the person who's receiving it, but I enjoy playing too. I'm lucky to be on several Design Teams at the moment (more by luck than judgement) The Digi Galore Challenge Blog , the Hougie DT, and Aly's Crafty Challenges. and I love sharing my creations with people on my blog loopylass2010.blogspot

I explore all sorts of crafts but my current favourites are

• Digi Stamps - I love how flexible they are & that they don't take any storage space
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• My Promakers - I tried my first set of pens over 2 years ago and have gradually built up my collection. I've followed the YouTube Tutorials given by the very talented Kimberley Brown & have found my colouring has improved greatly. I love being able to bring black & white images to life with a few pens.
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• My Cougar Cutting Machine - I started with a Craft Robo and upgraded to my Cougar 2 years ago. It's amazing machine and I love being able to design anything I can imagine and cut it from anything up to 2mm thick card. I can also use pens in it to draw, engrave metal or acrylic, emboss leather and many many things I've not even tried yet

I have M.E. so my creativity varies with my energy levels but I'll be checking in here regularly.

I'm looking forward to being part of this blog with the other incredibly talented members - it's going to be fun & there should be a good mix of different ideas and different styles. Hope you all enjoy it

Lucy x