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In today’s post I will be reviewing;
Crafters Companion; Envelobox Creator
Product Details
- Manufacturer/Brand; Crafters Companion; Ultimate Pro; Envelobox Creator
- Item number; 2428403
- RRP at time of writing: £14.99
Reason For Buying
As regular readers will know I love to make hand-made books. Although I have other boards which allow me to make boxes to present them in, when I saw this product demonstrated on C&C, I knew I had to get one. This makes dimensional envelops up to 1″ deep, in a very wide selection of sizes. These would make nice presentation/gift wrap alternative, for my hand-made books.
Purpose
Scoring Board, creates flat or dimensional envelopes from 3″ to 8″ in any size combination of these two. Depth options on envelopes; Flat, half-inch, three-quarter inch and one inch.
Pros/Cons
Pros
- Light weight but robust
- Compact, easy to store
- Metric and imperial measurements on opposite side of the board.
- SUPERB embossing tool. Great if your dexterity isn’t what it could be.
- Makes flat envelopes as well as half-inch, three-quarter inch and one inch in depth.
- Really versatile
- Envelopes from 3″ up to 8″ and in any combination of both
- Smaller envelopes can be made on A4 (European size or US Letter), some need can be made from 12 x12 and for the largest sizes you will need larger card.
- Portable
- Includes step by step photographs and written instructions
Options of a DVD with project ideas and instructions available separately.
Cons
Not really got any, I struggled with the printed instructions ( but I’m dyslexic, so easily muddled). I would recommend the separately available DVD, from the same company to get the most from the board.
Build Quality
Excellent, light weight making it portable, but still very robust. The embossing tool is superb and great if your dexterity isn’t what it could be.
Value for Money
Excellent. You get full printed instructions, complete with step by step instructions. It will make flat envelopes as well as half-inch, three-quarter inch, and one inch. In any combination between 3″ through to 8″.
Would I buy it Again?
Yes.
Summing up
If you like making dimensional cards or other projects that need a deeper envelope, don’t make do with plain office envelope styles, get an Envelobox Creator. By using beautiful papers and cardstock you will create the most beautiful way to present your projects. You can embellish your envelopes to your heart’s content, for even more personalization.
This board will be a great asset to any craft room.
Links
- Crafters Companion
- Ultimate Pro; Advanced Construction Techniques DVD
- Envelobox Creator (Board)
- The Boxer (Board)
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 
Oh no something else to go that ever growing wish list
This looks like something I definitely could use.
Hugs
Lynn xx
I have the Ultimate pro which I thought was an envelobox creator two but can not find any instructions in the book. It shows me the score lines to use for envelopes but not for the enveloboxes.
Hi Jenifer
The Ultimate Pro contains several scoring boards, the card maker, box maker and envelopemaker. There were two depths of envelopes you could create with it. Since that was brought out Sara has added the Envelobox maker which is available as a seperate board, which will sit on the lugs of an Ultimate Pro board. This board will not only make flat envelopes but enveloboxes up to one in ch in depth http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/accessories-20/crafters-companion-envelobox-creator-11108.htm
Have a look at the Crafters Companion site, they have DVDs you can buy which will walk you through the process and also a channel on You Tube which might help you too.
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/
Best wishes
Billie
Hi, I wonder if you could help me please. My husband bought me this item for my xmas box, but i’m having great difficulty trying to fathom out how to measure what size card I need to start with to enable me to make my envelobox. What part of the chart tells me the size of card I need? I understand where to score the card once I start but not what size card to start with……………unless it’s that number in the box above the score lines and if so does that number represent millimetres when measuring your card in centimetres. Good gracious see what I mean I’m in a right pickle. The card I have made is 15cms across the top x 20cms down the side and I want the envelobox to be 12mm deep. On these measurements where is the size of the card I need to start with before I can score at L & M, any help you can give me would be most welcome, thanking you in advance kind regards Mary.,
Hi Mary
I know just what you mean about getting confused with the instructions, I have dyslexia and got in a royal pickle with them all too. I even struggled with the pictures too. OK I have the Enveloboxer board, but my instructions came with information just for inches not cm or millimeters, so I’m afraid I can’t directly answer which line for which card.
The comcept is, each page in the instruction book shows you the different envelope sizes available. At the top of each page (holding the book in normal position) it will say the depth of envelope. So you choose the depth of enviope size first.
When you are on the page with the depth of envelope you want, rotate the book, so the lettering on the grid is in the right direction to read. Select the nearest size of envelope to your finished project.
For simplicity say your card the envelope size you want is 6 x 4. Read across to the 6″ line at the top of the page and pair this with the 4″ line on the left had side. Where the two lines intersect (ew horrid word, think of looking stuff up on a map, its like the grid lines on that) this is where the book will tell you what size to measure your envelope cardstock to. The letters on the square are telling you which lines to score at.
While learning make flat envelopes while you get your head around which lines in which corners, it will be easier. So bearing in mind I have only inches instructions, a 6 x 4″ card and a falt envelope, is listed on the ‘Sizing grids Flat’ page and needs envelope cardstock cut to 7.5″ Scoring using score lines D and H. The real trick to it is scoring the corners of the rectangle at line D for the left and right edges of the card, then turning the card 90 degrees and on the two edges scoring at line H. It took me forever to understand that part.
If u are linke me you have already lost the plot and want to throw stuff, (I did that a lot with envelopes, its part of the learning curve). You will get the hang of it but its easier to watch it done. At the end of the article I gave links to the Crafters COmpanion website and to an instructional DVD that is available for The Ultimate Pro board. The envelobox board I have is a stand alone product but there are instructions for it on the Advanced Construction DVD I linked to. Try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mo_mF96lfg the enveloper plus is just a larger version of the board for A3 sized card, so the basic principle is the same
Sara Davis the maker of the board and her company Crafters Companion are wonderful, I put a link to their site in the article too. I can’t find a link to the download at the moment but at one time there was a downloadable version of the instruction chart for the envelope maker in cms. Try giving them a ring or sending them an email after the holidays, I’m sure they’ll be able to find it for you.
Hope that helps, drives you nuts when you have a new toy you can’t work out doesn’t it.
Best wishes
Billie