Make a Custom Printed Double Sided No. 10 Business Envelope From a Sheet of Paper

Step 6 Step 0: Optional Graphics

The real fun in this instructable is making creative and graphically pleasing envelopes in a way that no other method will allow you to. Import the envelope_template_no_fold_lines.pdf into your favorite graphics program (we used Adobe Photoshop CS), and add graphics as you see fit. Try dragging and dropping the icon for the file if you can't figure out how to import, many programs will work automatically.

Note: If you really need fold lines and custom graphics, you can print the envelope_template.pdf on one side of the paper, flip, and print the edited envelope_template_no_fold_lines.pdf on the other side.

Things to Remember:
- Flipping the paper and printing the template twice can also allow you to have printing on the inside of the envelope.
- The flaps fold, and thus their graphics must be upside down. Try working with the right side up graphics first, then rotating the whole image 180, and then working with the upside down graphics.
- When you print your edited template, it must be to scale or your envelope will be the wrong size. If your graphics program presents a problem and forces an autoscale, try printing to a PDF file first, then printing the PDF file using the method listed in step 2.

The sky is the limit, take an artistic license and let your creativity run free.

Thanks for reading, and we hope that you use this instructable many times in the future.

Comments

[jimmyp23]

good point on the anti-aliasing...