Wednesday 13 January 2016

Recycling my Christmas Cards

Every year I save all Christmas cards that we receive, intending to use the 'good' parts for new cards. Weeks or months pass by, then I sort through them and throw some away, keeping only the cards that have bits suitable for re-using. More time passes, I decide that I probably won't get round to making the new cards, and then I throw them all away.

This year I made the decision to break the habit, to sort out the cards as soon as I took them down in January and to make new ones straight away. Therefore it was rather disheartening to find that there was only one card that had a panel or motif that I wanted to re-use - a gold glittery reindeer die-cut with a big red ribbon bow.


I picked Card Sketch #66 from Sketch-n-Scrap for my new card, planning to use my reindeer in the place of the snowman. I replaced its original red bow with a smaller cream one and decided to use an ancient scrap of snow mesh over navy card for my background. Then I found that the only navy card blank that I had was square, and this lead to a re-design, moving the banner across to the opposite side of the card. I dug out a scrap of glitter paper that was the same gold as the reindeer, and punched three stars to finish off my simple card.






10 comments:

  1. This is so cute Amanda, I have a couple of these reindeer toppers too, will have to be good like you and recycle them at some point!

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  2. This is so adorable! LOVE how you recycled the little cutie, what a great idea! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  3. This is adorable and such a great idea to upcycle your Christmas cards! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  4. What a gorgeous card! Love that you upcycle your Christmas cards. Thanks for joining us at sketch N Scrap!

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  5. Ok, this is just so so so cute! GREAT job recycling and fantastic take on the card sketch! Absolutely adorable! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketch N Scrap! :)

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  6. Great card! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  7. Love this cute card! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap! :)

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  8. Cute card! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.
    Surama

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  9. Very cute card - recycle received cards and making something new again is awesome! Thanks so much for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  10. What an adorable card! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.

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