Digi Choosday Project | Envelope Box Card featuring Polkadoodles' Love Bird

This Envelope Box Card may look process-heavy with all the measurements and photos, but trust me—it’s actually super easy and fun to make! Best part? You don’t need a die-cutting machine or any fancy tools to pull it off. Once you master the envelope box base, you can go wild with decorations and themes!

Here’s how I made it:

Materials Needed:

• Solid cardstock

• Printed cardstock (I used Polkadoodles Rebel Pretty Printable Craft Paper)

• Scissors

• Glue

• Ruler

• Pencil

• Paper trimmer

• Scoreboard

• Ephemeras or any decorations you like

For the focal point, I used the Polkadoodles Digi Stamp “Love Bird Letter – Wings of Love” colored with my Ohuhu markers.

I also used the sentiment "Happy You Day" from the Winnie Daisy Fairy Everyday Greetings and Quotes.

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STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut a plain solid cardstock to 5x7 inches. - This will be the base of your envelope.

2. Cut a printed cardstock to 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. - This will layer on top of the base for some lovely contrast.

3. Cut another plain solid cardstock to 5x7 inches and score along the 7” side at 3 1/2 inches. - this will serve as a back part of the envelope card, may be optional but I like adding it to serve as a "stand"

4. Cut a plain white cardstock to 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. - This will be your message panel.

5. Cut a solid cardstock strip to 3 x 1 inch and score along the 3” side at 3/4, 1 1/2, and 2 1/4 inches. - This will be the stopper to keep your envelope upright when displayed.

6. Cut two 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch solid cardstocks. Score each at 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches. Then mark lightly at 2 inches (top and bottom) as a cutting guide.

1/2 and 1 1/2 score lines

2 inch mark at the top and bottom part

7. Flip both squares so the score lines and guides are at the bottom. Score a center marker at 1 3/4 inches. This helps you align cuts later on.

Marker at 1 3/4 inches. Take note of the score line placement

8. Cut two printed cardstock pieces to 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Mark 3/8 inch from the top and bottom on the 1 3/4 inch side. Just like what we did in #7, mark 1 5/8 on the longer side as well.

3/8 inch mark on the top and bottom (this is the back part of the printed paper, so don't be confused. I took a photo of the white side so you can see the score marks better)

1 5/8 mark

9. Cut a solid cardstock to 4 x 7 inches. Score the 7” side at 1 inch and 6 inches.

1 inch and 6 inch score lines

On the 4” side, score at 1/2, 1 1/2, and lightly at 2 inches (only until the first score line). Repeat this light score on both ends.

Back on the 7” side, with the score lines at the bottom, mark the center at 3 1/2 inches.

10. Cut printed cardstock to 2 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Mark 7/8 inch on the short sides (top and bottom), and 2 3/8 along the long side.

7/8 marks on both sides

2 3/8 mark on the long side

Cut from each side mark toward the center mark to form a triangle—repeat on both ends.

11. Burnish all the score lines on your 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 square pieces.This gives you crisp folds for the envelope box sides. Use your middle marker (1 3/4) and side guides (3/8) to cut from each side up to the center. I used a paper trimmer for neat and even cuts.

13. Repeat the same process for the second square.

14. Grab the 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 printed cardstock pieces and cut along the 3/8” marks to the middle top mark. (#8) These will layer on the triangle sections.

15. Get the solid cardstock from step 9. Burnish the score lines then Cut away the marked sections as shown in the photos. You’re shaping the envelope’s back base.

Snip a little angle on the sides

16. Cut from the middle 3 1/2” marker up to the 2” light score lines to form triangle flaps—just like what we did before.

17. Glue all your printed cardstock pieces onto their matching solid bases. Now it’s coming together—just like a real envelope box!

18. Get your 5x7 solid cardstock base (#1) and mark the short side at 2 1/2 inches.

19. Mark both the left and right long sides at 2 1/5 inches.

20. Cut from each side mark to the center top mark to create a triangle shape. This gives your card base a decorative envelope-style flap.

21. Take your 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 printed cardstock (#2) and mark the short side at 2 3/8 inches.

22. Mark both left and right long sides at 2 3/8 inches as well.

23. Cut from each side mark to the top center mark, just like before, to form a triangle.

24. Glue these 2 together.

25. Get the scored, burnished, and cut solid cardstock from Step #9.  This piece will become the bottom and front flap of the envelope.

26. Apply glue to the bottom inside burnished flap and adhere it to the back of the envelope base from Step #23. This connects the front triangle section to the back panel, forming the envelope shape.

27. Grab your two scored and cut 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 solid cardstock pieces from Step #6. These will form the envelope sides.

28. Apply glue to the inner scored flap of each piece and attach both to the sides of the envelope base. Be sure to align them evenly so your box stands properly.

29. Glue the remaining flaps to connect the bottom and side pieces together. You can miter the flaps so it will be easy to glue. This forms the box structure and gives your envelope its dimensional shape.

30. Get the scored 5x7 piece of cardstock (from Step #3) with the white message panel (from Step #4) already glued on. This will be your standing message panel at the back of the envelope.

31. Apply glue to the back of this message panel and adhere it to the back interior wall of the envelope. Make sure it’s centered and upright.

32. Take the small solid strip from Step #5 and fold it into a “W” shape along the score lines. This will serve as the stopper.

33. Apply glue to both outer tabs of the W-shaped strip and stick it to the bottom edge of the message panel, inside the envelope. This keeps the message panel from sliding down when the envelope is standing.

Now that you’ve assembled the base, it’s time to decorate! 🌸

Add your ephemera, stamped images, and embellishments however you like. I added my Love Bird Letter digi stamp to the front which I colored with my Ohuhu markers and lots of floral embellishments. 

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And that’s it!

You now have a gorgeous, handmade Envelope Box Card. Once you get the hang of making the base, you can recreate this in any theme—birthday, thank you, holidays, you name it!

Let me know if you give this a try. I’d love to see what you come up with!