Usual stuff….cut pictures and use as gift tags…. use back of cards with blank bits as plant lables, shopping lists.

Make gift bags from strong paper and stick on the cut out pictures.
Make book marks… utilise the bought components to stick on your own home made cards.. they not difficult..
Rosie
p.s. I write my own verses too

My mum got into “the spirit of Recycle This” for my birthday and sent me the same birthday card she sent me 20 years ago, from “Daddy, Mummy and Marc” (Marc being my older brother).

It had a picture of a wide eyed kitten on the front and therefore closely resembled every card I’ve got every year since then.

This isn’t the first time she’s sent me the same card for two birthdays - but the last time it was two years running and it wasn’t the exact same card - she just bought the same design twice (I think it had kittens on it). She hates that I remember these things.

-louisa

This is the best card stock for Srapbooking. The older, the better.

I have a huge pile of sample cards from a well-known card supplier all stamped SAMPLE. I’m not using them and I don’t want to have them go through the recycle loop and end up as something else when they are perfectly serviceable now. I’ve seen some stickers that you can use to cover over previous messages with a little recycle logo on them - sold in aid of one of the charities. Does anyone know where I can get them from?

Hello Katy

Try these:

http://www.foe.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=60

when i was in elementary school we made little gift boxes out of used x-mas cards. use the back of the card for the bottom of the box and the front for the top. just make cuts at the ends so you can fold them over and make a box, then make the top a little bigger so it will fit over

I glued the cards closed, punched holes around the edges and crocheted through the holes, making it look kinda lacy. You can add small trinkets (like bells) to each one. We hung them on the Christmas tree but they could be hung from the fireplace or from Christmas greenery.

When I was in grade school we made ornaments from old holiday cards. A nice little project for children during their holiday vacation. Here is link for instructions. http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2073/Default.aspx

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dont know if this has been posted before but my mum uses cards by cutting them down the middle and using the reverse side of the front to write notes so she doesnt waste paper

another one my sister does is uses them to decoupage boxes or make collages
shes an arty person and can make something great out of rubbish sometimes literally!