Recycled Christmas Cards

A longer video but hopefully it will inspire you to use those BEAUTIFUL Christmas cards we get. You get to hear my chit chat with my youngest as he helps me and decides what to do with each card.

[joannedonovan]

This is my first time watching you! Love what you did with the Christmas Cards! Very pretty! And Hi to Cody!!

[cherylbaker]

I just love your video. Listening to your child just made it the best !! Thank you for sharing your talent

[annpollard]

Love the collaboration with your crafty assistant! Thanks for sharing your great ideas!

[anneemmerich]

Love this idea, all of your tags turned out perfectly.
Thank you for sharing

[joanhawkins]

You have a very talented helper in the craft room.

[Tinkerbell]

I found you the other day and forgot to subscribe. I was so happy when your video popped up. What a great idea. I save some cards, but now I will save much more

[Carmen-frdw]

Don't limit yourself to tags & sentiments. I have dies such as the Tattered Lace Christmas sack, another of a sleigh, &, of course, houses, trees, twigs, hearts & other "Stuff". Don't be afraid to experiment. It's only waste paper, after all. The smallest scraps get turned into twigs, branches, birds, flowers & Christmas crackers, while larger pieces create really quirky pine cones & branches. I even cut out bicycles, planes & other vehicles. Where there are open spaces, I back the die cut with either organza or tissue paper - all saved from packaging, but every stash has teeny dies, which can be used to create a stash of small embellishments that can be used in shaker cards. I store mine in the tiny jam/honey jars provided when one goes out for afternoon tea. Also, I don't limit myself to Christmas cards, but use ALL greeting cards, with friends giving me their old ones rather than binning them. The remnants from die cutting all go into the Hugelbetten on my allotments where, being wood pulp, they break down into rich soil which holds water like a sponge; thus reducing the need for watering during summer. Very useful with climate change creating uncertain weather conditions. After about 12 years, the hugeln have mostly turned to soil which gets spread across allotment beds; the remaining tree trunks (usually well pitted by rose chafer or stag beetle larvae, which feed on rotting wood) become the base for new Hugelbetten, & topped, again, with old books, shredded bills &, of course, the remnants of die cut greeting cards. Within a year, most of these cards have turned to soil &, indeed, I've started planting this years potato crop in soil enriched last year with my card waste. It'll require NO watering which, as I'm disabled, is a boon.

[janmarch]

This might be a good idea for cards that we could buy after Christmas at a deep discount!

[febetadefa]

Cute idea 💡
Now, I know what to do with my beautiful Christmas cards. 🤗🤗

[vickistevenson]

Such pretty cards! How do you use all the tags, etc.? Do you also create other things with the cards? I’ve made many things with Christmas cards and still looking for new ways to use them! One year I gifted several friends with an assortment of Christmas tags.

[kristicitak]

I don’t have the tag maker. I do reuse my cards for other things. Your results are lovely