Printable Red Envelopes for Chinese New Year
In Chinese societies, a red envelope or red packet containing money is given during holidays or special occasions such as weddings, the birth of a baby or graduation. Its origin began over 2000 years ago when the elderly would thred coins onto red string to ward off evil spirits. As the printing press became popular the string was replaced with a decorated envelope and the traditional symbol of “evil spirit” was replaced with that of “old age”. Today the gift is typically handed to younger people to ward off sickness and encourage a long and healthy life. I just love that sentiment! With Chinese New year coming up February 19th, I wanted to design an envelope that used the same apple blossom design that we used on our pretty Spring paper lanterns last Monday. The salmon red paper I used is a subtle twist on the traditional hot red and gives a softness that sits perfectly with the gold foil apple blossom print. This is a printable PDF using 8.5 x 11 paper and is designed to fit a standard US dollar bill.
Love the crepe paper cherry blossom branch in the background of our photograph? You can find the tutorial here. Enjoy and Happy Chinese New Year! ~ Lia
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Kim
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Leave a CommentThis is lovely. I printed it and it’s perfect. Thank you!
Yay!!!
This is beautiful! I’m just not sure how to print gold onto paper, and I didn’t see instructions. Please help!
-Sue
You need a color printer. It is not a gold foil but the color has been designed to look like gold.
Thank you so much for making this available. It is exactly what I was looking for. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year:-)
Love good ideas!
Celebrating all year long.
Fantastic, I like that. We should be celebrating all year long!
Love this! Thanks so much for the beautiful freebie envelope Lia. Can’t wait to make one.
Happy Chinese New Year;-)
Très jolie, merci beaucoup
Thank you so much and Happy Chinese New Year!
Thanks for the printable though I wish there’s a version of just the flower design to print on color paper to save on ink.
Great idea! Next time:-)
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