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Digital Window Envelope Card

How to make a digital sneak preview envelope card.

This window envelope card was created digitally using Adobe Photoshop, graphic designs from Scrap Girls and a terrific photo of my great-niece and nephew.

When designing a window envelope card for mailing, you need to position your window graphics to the left of the envelope to allow space for stamps and addressee information on the right.

The photo in the window is my great-niece Karen running along the beach with her younger brother, TJ, on her heels. You can see a little bit of him in the picture below.

Here is the finished project for reference. I designed the envelope so that you can look "out" the cottage window and see just Karen running along the beach. When the card is pulled out, you see the entire photo and the invitation.

Digital Envelope Materials

• Graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements [ Find other graphic artists' software recommendations here . ]
• Photo to show through the window
• Scissors
• Glue stick - optional
• Craft knife
• Metal Straightedge
• Envelope
• Card stock for the card
• Mini cutting board or piece of cardboard which will fit into the envelope

Assembling the Envelope and Invitation

1. Design and print the card and envelope.

[ Tip: Many printers seem to have a hard time pulling envelopes through in a perfectly straight line which messes up the alignment of your design.

To avoid that, I printed a draft envelope centered on a 8.5 by 11 scrap sheet of cardstock.

I used a glue stick to temporarily stick a clean envelope face up right over the design.

I flexed paper and curved the envelope/card stock to help them flow smoothly through the printer; removed other stock from the feed tray; placed the envelope/card stock in the feed tray and printed the envelope design again in normal mode.

Quickly remove the envelope before the glue takes firm hold. ]

My design uses products by the following Scrap Girls graphic designers: Syndee Nuckles, Keri Schueller and Cheryl Barber, as well as a customer freebie. It's not just the paid designers that are oozing talent at Scrap Girls!

2. Slip the mini cutting board into the envelope. Use the craft knife and metal straightedge to cut away the straight sides of the window.

3. Finish cutting any window curved edges with a scissors.

4. Slip the card in to make sure it is positioned the way you want. Make the remainder of the cards in an assembly line fashion.

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