Red Envelope DIY – Bao lì xì for Vietnamese Lunar New Year / Tết / Viet New Year / Printable Red Envelope

Red Envelope (Red Packet, bao lì xì) is part of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year tradition: you give money to kids, or your family to wish them luck and prosperity in the new year.

This PRINTABLE contains 8 design variations of Lunar New Year Red Envelope. Print, cut, stick & they are ready to use!

Print the Lunar New Year printable Red Envelope with your home printer, cut it out, fold and glue it, and it is ready!
For best & most creative results, use artistic paper, such as tonal, shiny, textured, colored, or handmade (if your printer can handle a handmade paper). Also try out various weights and thickness, to achieve a unique, one-of-a-kind result. You can buy regular and artistic papers on Amazon, or your local office supply store.

What will I get?
- 8 Letter-size (compatible with A4), print-ready Lunar New Year Red Envelope design variations. All Red Envelope variants are in a single PDF file, one design variation per page
- Red Envelope printable is made in vector graphics for maximum print quality
- Instantly downloadable from Etsy after purchase

Each design is provided in 8 variations: 
- One for printing on white, red or tonal paper
- One with solid red background, for printing on white or light color artistic paper
- 6 with an ornamental-red background, for printing on white or light color artistic paper

How does it work
Once you buy the envelope, you will immediately be able to download a PDF file with all the purchased printable designs right from Etsy. The PDF file contains all 8 versions of the Lunar New Year envelope, for printing on white & colored papers.

How to make a perfect envelope?
- Use artistic papers, – anything that fits into your printer
- For use with handmade papers which don’t work with a printer, you can print out the envelope on a regular paper, and then use it a template to cut out the

Usually the red envelopes are made of very high quality paper, thick red pearl paper that gives a wonderful touch and makes the recipients feel important. You can get high quality printing paper on Amazon, or at your local office/artist supply store.

Red envelopes are plentifully available, but ones with Vietnamese text on them are not so common. With this product, we want everyone to feel proud and empowered of our Vietnamese heritage.

Red envelopes come in Letter-sized PDF file, which you can print at home. Each envelope dimension (when folded) is about 6.5 inches x 3.5 inches. You will need a Letter or A4 size paper, scissors, glue stick (we advise not to use liquid glue as it may distort the paper), as well as about 10 minutes. It's a fun activity for adults and kids alike and we hope you will enjoy it!

DISCLAIMER

Please kindly note that colors may slightly differ as each printer model prints a little differently.

This is a digital printable download for printing red envelopes at home. You will need a printer, paper, scissors, glue stick and about 10 minutes of work. We do not ship any physical products.

Due to the nature of digital downloads we do not accept returns. But please kindly contact us if you have any issues with the files, we’re always here to help!