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Customer Mary Ann recently posted the comment on our blog, “when lining your own envelopes,
what kind of glue should I use and where should I apply it so that it doesn’t make a visible
lump? Many glues seem to leave the telltale homemade signs. Also, how far down into the
envelope do you typically place the liner?” To answer your question Mary Ann we used the
acrylic liner envelope and lined three different A Seven envelopes with Japanese chiyogami
paper. To test we used a glue marker on envelope one, Zip Dry on envelope two, and double sided
tape dots, on envelope three. Our first test was with the glue marker and to test we just
placed a small amount of glue around the edge of the flap, none down here, again just a
little bit around the edge, and we pressed the flap down. Using just a bit of glue marker
around the edge hold the flap in securely but you can see a little bit of glue through
the liner paper. The next test was with Zip Dry paper glue. Again, we just put a little
bit around the edge. This dried very flat and with no presence of glue whatsoever. Zip
Dry is actually great for paper crafts because its known not to wrinkle paper. Our third
test was with double sided tape, or Dots. All I did here was place three dots under
the liner, again none down here. Again flap was secure and it’s nice and smooth; no
bumps whatsoever. So it seems of the three adhesive options that LCI offers Zip Dry and
Dots are your best bet because there are no bumps. Those lumps, or telltale homemade signs
by the way, are from using too much glue. In this case I put a bunch of glue underneath
and you can see that the envelope sort of bows out here and there are very visible bumps
underneath, even when you close it. So no matter which adhesive you decide to use, the
key is just again, don’t use too much, or just a bit around the edge, and don’t even
worry about gluing down here. To answer your second question, how far down into the envelope
should the liner go, this is really just a matter of preference. Using our liner templates,
the liner goes about half way down to about here. But of course if you want to create
your own custom fully lined envelopes by all means you can do so. If you have any further
questions about lining your own envelopes, get in touch with us.