Upcycling Greetings Cards
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- čas přidán 5. 12. 2023
- Growing up we had very little money, we were a one parent family with my mother working two jobs, basically money went on food and heating in the winter months, food and clothes in the summer months.
But back then you knuckled down and made do with what was on offer and as far back as I can remember we've upcycled greetings cards in my family and its a tradition I keep going to this very day.
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My mom had an idea in using old Christmas cards and I still do it. Cut the fronts off and make a pile. After wrapping a present, she'd use ribbon either vertical or horizontal and tape it in the middle. Next she made 2 tape circles ( inside out to stick,) and put them on the back of the front Christmas card-- placing it on the ribbon! Beautiful instead of a bow.❤😢
Good idea.
Great idea. I’m going to start doing that too. Plus, the gifts will stack well for traveling or shipping.
@@renaecarpenter1298 Thanks! It really is pretty, easy and a good way to use cards. And flat!
@@CeriGriffiths Thank you sincerely.
Super idea that will work well with my using brown paper from now on ❤
Sometimes u could use the long and slender pieces to insert into a card as a bookmark gift for someone who reads.
I"m crying, "I'm not going to MUTILATE Santa Claus!" Love this video. I love reusing Christmas cards.
I decided this year to make a bunch of "neutral" ephemera/tags/pockets, etc, as I have a bunch of journals that just need to be decorated. I save all cards, as does family and friends for me, so this is a great idea video to get things started. Thanks, love it!! 💜💜💜
I started crying when I saw the big F. My late mother’s name started with F. I’ve never seen a card with F on it. Loved this video ❤
I thought I was the only one that did this! 😂
I use any available surface on my cards, including the words inside if it has a nice saying.
I didn’t know that there were things available to cut corners etc. Thank you for sharing. I loved watching you transform these cards. You allowed me to realize I can be a little bit more brutal with my cuts and castoffs!
That is awesome!
Several of us in the USA save our Christmas cards and take them to senior centers for them to make their own cards to friends and family. They trim, cut and make some great looking cards. Love the way you recycle. Rosalee
That is awesome!
What a wonderful idea! I've always reused mine.
The Special Friend gift tag would be perfect with a book!
A couple years ago, right after Christmas , I found a few hundred Christmas cards and envelopes nicely bagged up in the nearby card/ gift store dumpster.
I took them home and organized them and then made mixed sets of 20 and gave them to friends. A shoe box full went to an inner city community center to be handed out and I kept some.
Life got busy and they got stored out of sight and forgotten.
I'm going to get them out and see what I can make!
That is awesome!
Thank you for doing this video, my family think I'm weird because I save old cards and make gift tags from them. We always made them when we were kids, usually with mums pinking shears to give them a fancy edge. 😂😂 xxx
Oh, yes! The old pinking shears were the only tools available at the time!!! LOL
That's exactly what we did
@@evelynrauseo467 yep, but only if mum didn't catch us first. 😂Xx
@@alisonpickard-is7oc and we thought it was so cool. 😂Xx
My family thinks I am a hoarder by saving card fronts and if the sentiment in the inside are nice I'll use that too😊
I love to re-purpose Christmas cards and love to watch the videos where people do that, also!!!
Re: The red door would make a great Holiday bookmark.
It would
Love your idea to put the sheep card with a gift of a sweater. That’s clever! Love these tags!
Thanks so much! 😊
I like to make bookmarks from old cards, and it's a great project to do with kids!
I've been doing this for +70 years! It was her way of keeping me busy and creative. My daughters still do it!
I've been in a handmade card club for over 20 years and never done this!!! I loved your video, was inspired by it and will forward it to my club members. Thanks so much for sharing it. Well done.
Wonderful!
I’m so glad @Relax Cut Glue sent us to you! I bought a huge bundle of vintage Christmas cards. These were great ideas! Thank you ❤❤❤
Awesome! Thank you!
I love reusing greeting cards!!! For my glitter glue, I finally put a rubber band around the bottle, I slip the pin under it so I don't keep losing it.
Or glue a small magnet on the bottle to stick the pin on.....
It's amazing what can be done with old greeting cards! In my city we have a place called the ReUse Center where people can donate any sort of supply that can be used by crafters and it is free to go and take whatever you'd like. It's honestly a junk journaler's dream. There are always loads of boxes of old cards. I've used them to make journal cards, tuck spots, pockets, etc. Last year I made gift tags for my Christmas gifts and I was so happy with how they looked. It feels great to put something to good use that might otherwise end up in the trash or recycle bin.
Wish my local town did something like that. I could ‘shop’ there but also donate supplies from my own stash that I know I will never use. Happy crafting
Wow! That is a cool concept! Wish I could visit that store!
Yes Susan White where do you live? I recycle all cards, using my die machine but I could do with donating craft items I don't need.
@@pamelaselway6669 I live in Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. It really is a great idea.
Great video! I’ve always loved upcycling old Christmas cards. Some are just so darn pretty I can’t bear to part with them. My Mom made a book using old Christmas cards....each page has a poem going thru the alphabet and the cards match the letter (for example, “A” is for angel.....so that page had angel cards on it....etc). The cards are so unique from way back when (60s and 70s). Then at the end of the book she put in all the newsletters from each year that they sent out of the wrap-up of the year that was mailed out each Christmas so it’s fun to go back and read those. I started my own book and wrote my own poems to go with the cards. I have all my coworkers and family members “trained” to save their cards for me lol. TYFS!! 🎄❤️🦋💜🎄
What a wonderful memory Cindy.
So glad I watched this! I started this habit early, too! My mom (a product of the depression saved and repurposed everything)!!! I don't think I have ever bought tags! I love harvesting cards. This year, I made three advent scripture journals using up religious cards I saved!! It took seventy -seven of them! The people I gave them to loved them loved them. Thanks for the sweet memory of doing this with my mom, too! I even have a recycled stamp for the back of the cards that get put together. I frequently make bookmarks, too. Love them because they are easy to mail. Merry Christmas from across the pond. 🥰🙏
Wonderful memory
So you used the stamp from the envelope? I too have always recycled cards.
I’m almost 70 and use to sit with my Nanna and do this activity, cards and gift tags, the rest of the bits and bobs went into a scrapbook for the kids at the local hospital. Well that’s what I was told as obviously these scrap books ‘disappeared’ when they were full! Haha. Such a shame sending cards is not as popular as it once was. Thanks for the memories Ceri.
You must be my brother from a different mother! (lucky you, as you'd hate my mother!) I work at a big company and we get 50-100 cards every year. Everyone in the office knows that I have first dibs on the cards after the holiday. I have hundreds saved and separated into "fancy" and "rustic" categories. I love going through them, cutting and sorting the pictures & words out. Thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only crazy one!
Best wishes to you & yours for a prosperous New Year!
It's December 26....I've made cards, tags, atc's, hidden paperclips, Christmas dangles and all else, I find this today so relaxing. I save all of the cards and always looking for ways to recycle and share them again. The tree comes down today, the cards will be cut up as you've shown, and put in my Holiday box for next year's greetings. Thank you.
Have fun Zoe
The cards are cut up...and you gave me permission to do that!!! THANK YOU!!!
Every year I make brown paper notebooks and my nieces and nephews decorate them with Christmas Card fronts from years past ( ages are 5 - 11) Ceri we have the most lovely time ❤
That's a great idea!
@@CeriGriffiths I would add a candy cane ink pen as well
@deannagrooms
I am convinced they will remember your crafting time together for the rest of their lives. That`s what I call quality time. We tend to forget most things from our childhood but not the time that adults took to do things that included us 100 percent. Well done Auntie :)))
@@lechat8533 Thank You
A group of ladies from church collects used greeting cards and upcycles them into new birthday cards which are then used to send out to the seniors in the church. I really enjoy upcycling the cards; thank you for your great ideas.
Lovely idea
I wish I'd come across this a bit sooner. I went through all my mom and dad's greeting cards. There were some wonderful things I could have recycled. Also, I love the way called the cutter a guillotine.
Hi There! new to your channel as of today and already subscribed. I too have been making labels out of Christmas cards since I was a child. Once I had children of my own, they too were brought up making them. I also save any nice fronted greetings cards and use them as post cards as well! My Nan would save Christmas paper, ribbons and bows and it is liike second nature for me to do the same. You have given me a few ideas I didn't even think about so thank you for that, and rounding off the edges too, I hadn't thought of before and I have recently aquired some punches with different shapes, so this years labels etc. will be taking on a whole new look thanks to you. Not really been into card making before but you have inspired me to have a go. Thank you for a new set of inspirational ideas!
Thank you and welcome to my channel
❤ You are speaking my language ❤️ always repurposing g my cards !
Great uses for recycled cards! Bookmarks are another great idea and if you are not a reader they can be donated to local schools or libraries to be handed out for free🙂
That's a great idea!
Lovely way to continue the cycle.
Take time to breathe with your busy schedule.
(ps... Doing a project you and your Mum did together brings up feelings. I miss my mom, too. 2 yrs this coming week. Hang in there). Sending hugs and much peace to you Kiddo. ❤
It doesn't get any easier. My Mom has been gone many years now. I still miss her alot. We did almost everything together. I don't do those things anymore. It is just not the same.
Thanks for sharing your story Ceri. I have done this for years, unfortunately by myself as my family was not very interested. I have grabbed my bin of cards and am working along with you. It is nice and relaxing. Hugs. ❤💚❤
Thank you Beverley.
Just caught your video for the first time and will definitely watch again, I love how organized you are. I use my cards for some of my scrapbook pages!
Totally enjoyed my hour watching and listening. Thank you!!
This gives me so many ideas, thank you for taking the time to show how this is done. I will use this to make special bookmarks for our senior citizen library in town.
I really enjoyed this video. I have friends who give me their cards, most tear off the backs. I see from what you did that they are usable too, for collaged cards for example. I don't like throwing away craft supplies either. Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
Loving these! I upcycle greetings cards as Christmas decorations by using my die cutting machine to cut circles, which I glue to old CDs and DVDs. If I can, I layer them up with foam tape.
I've also used them to make shaker baubles and even a winter diorama in a box frame.
lol, when you said "suck it up sister"...I turned the same this year, we are all just one year older than last year if we are lucky
That was a bit of brotherly love !! Lol😊
So pleased to see someone else keeping things that might "come in handy" and actually using them. I thought it was because I was born in the war that I don't throw things out, I love your cards 😅
I’m with you , Ann! Now I know what to do with my saved cinema tickets and other small papers, thanks to Ceris videos. Cheers!
I'm not done watching yet, but had to say... I'm really enjoying it!!!
What an enjoyable video! It was especially interesting to me because you think and work a lot like I do when I am harvesting elements to be reused. I find the whole process so calming. It is also challenging to see how elements from many different cards can be used to make a whole new card.
I enjoy hearing your process, and all the ideas you have presented. Thank you, Ceri
A man after my own heart! I made table decorations for a party from any cards that said "peace" and framing them in 3x5 frames.
Thank you for the inspiration. I have used cards to make gift tags, but you have helped me see more possiblities. I enjoyed watching you and listening to the process.
Yep..my sister and i have done this for years..love the tradition and fun to see
When I was little and my dad was out at night playing for the local orchestra, and it was near Christmas, I would climb into my mom's bed and we would take the serrated scissors and make little gift tags of the Christmas cards she got. Back then we received many more cards than today.
thanks for this reminder.
Thank you, Ceri! Very fun spending this creative time with you!
I enjoyed seeing how you processed through the ‘bucket’ of cards. And you did at times admit that some things were just not going to be kept, that is hard to do. We all try to be frugal, but sometimes practicality needs to be acknowledged. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks again for an inspiring one.
Im looking at all my cards in a new light now, thank you
Ceri, thank you for the fresh take on using greeting cards! I just got a ton in junk mail from all the organizations begging for donations and I saved all the cards/calendars/paper pads etc.
I do this too, you have to be focused to do something with them right away. Mine got away from me and now I have piles of mess 😔
Really enjoyed your creative spirit. It’s fun to recycle,
Thank you! 😊
Hi Ceri! Watching you in the middle of a sleepless night and now I am itching to dig out all the cards I have saved over the past couple of years and start cutting, creating and sorting. Thanks for the inspiration my new friend!!
Have fun!
Ceri you had me laughing hysterically with the fibers on the door tag. Oh my gosh " come on Griffiths" hahaha. I had a moment like that earlier today and I thought I was the only one. Now I wish I had of video taped that moment lol. Thanks for the creativity and the laughs. Hope you warm up soon lol.
This was so much fun to watch. Your mum would be proud!
I love this, we used to do this my my Grandmother and Great Grandmother who were British. You brought back a great memory and you have excellent ideas. Thank you so much
Wonderful
I would love to see more of this. This is MY JAM
Ceri: I do the same thing. It is so much fun to see new items come out of existing pieces. Recycling/up cycling,- whatever you want to call it.
Love it! Carol from California
So true!
47:53 I actually do iron ribbons. I use a middle temperature (not the hottest) and put a cloth on top of it. That way the ribbon won't melt and mess up my iron. Loved watching you going through all these cards. I should tell people to keep their cards for me for crafting. Since I don't receive many cards. 🙋🏼♀️
Good idea
This is the first time I’ve seen your videos. Great ideas with used cards.tfs
Thanks so much and welcome.
So happy to have found this channel. Such a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the ideas. From Alabama, USA.
Welcome
Thanks for showing up this yearly crafting idea of yours. This makes me want to tackle my box of cards. I don't know how it is in Wales but in the US people are just not sending out cards like they did years back. I sent between 40-50 and every year I seem to receive less. You know I have always enjoyed the process of getting the card ready, stamping it and mailing. I usually do a photo I have printed into Christmas cards every year.
Sadly I think card giving is now a dying art.
I think the custom of sending cards in the USA has died because of the internet, cell phones, etc. Even when I was a young adult, I wrote letters and used the mail more. The mail is another reason, stamps keep going up, it is expensive to send out cards. The cards themselves are still fairly reasonable. I miss many things we used to do. We did the gift tags because it was a way to see a card a little longer with another purpose, to save money, and it was fun is you liked arts and crafts.
Great recycling video. You made nice tags. TFS.
He's been a great inspiration for me thank you
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Ceri, we are like minded! It was so fun hearing you share your memories (I have similar ones of times with my mother and also my father). I grew up in a home of ‘waste not, want not’ and it has been with me my entire life. Happy New Year !
I just got going cutting past cards to reuse for new holiday cards. I like your tips.
Ceri! Love this video. I've been recycling cards since I was little girl. Still do & I'm 60 now 😂. It was interesting to see how you harvest from your cards. I learned a lot from that & made notes. 😊 Looking forward to your next video.
I enjoyed this video very much. I make and donate gift tags every year, out of last years Xmas cards. I liked seeing all of your ideas and your process. Thanks so much for sharing. ❤🎄
Ceri, this is a brilliant idea! TYFS Cindy 😊
WONDERFULL
I have a 4 foot tall rolling cart (plastic) with drawers and it’s full of spools of ribbon. You gave me the best idea of taking ribbon off the spools . It will free up so much space for other things, glitter, glue etc. Thank you🇺🇸
Wonderful!
Very creative and beautiful, thank you.
Brilliant❣️ My favorite thing I learned was the downsizing the ribbon! I have mine in a bin that would hold a lot of 12 x 12 paper. Definitely going to be a “to do”;while sitting with my hubby.🤗💖🦋
Wonderful!
I just loved this so much. Thanks
I make mini gift boxes. Have done so for years and use in my Xmas decor.
I’ve heard of these, I need to do some research and watch how they’re made.
I have oftentimes wondered how to recycle my old cards. I am so glad I found your videos. Happy New Year 123123
Marietta Billups
Hi Ceri! Just found your channel and I love it. I am a crafter and cannot wait to try some of your ephemera items. Thank you for such great channel and inspiration. Bye from North Texas!
Thank you Melissa and welcome to my channel
This was my first time watching you, and I’m so happy to find you. You gave me so many ideas, and listening to your conversation was so soothing and much like getting a hug. How wonderful you share yourself with us here. Thank you.
Thanks for the ideas. Tina, Al's wife
I couldn’t sleep tonight and came across this video, I clicked on and was like 😂 who is this guy? he’s hilarious in a great way😊, I really enjoyed your personality and watching how fast your creative mind works, love all your ideals, you’re my kind of person creative..reusing, repurposing, I just subscribed, Thanks for sharing 😊❤
Thank you and welcome to my channel.
I really loved the #Christmacraftoff2023 but I’m happy to be back here! YES! I too am a perfectionist and just can’t let something go at times. I felt your pain, struggling with that darn fuzzy thread! I had to laugh when you said you were about to lose your temper! And then, I was saying, “Just cut around that beautiful Christmas Tree!” And You DID it! And FYI, that’s a “Bear Boss” Tag punch. They’re sold on Amazon. So anyway, thank you for the tutorial on poaching from an old Christmas Card! Enjoyed your thought process. You’re really good at sharing all of that even when you don’t realize you’re doing it! Have a WONDERFUL weekend, Ceri! ❤ Much love, Julia
Thank you Julia
The fuzzy thread/losing my temper had me rolling! Coupled with the accent ha! Too funny.
This is such a cool ideas for upcycling cards. Thanks for sharing 😊.
I love how you recycle those greeting cards. The quality found in the prints and thickness of the them is great to use in comparison to regular, cheaper grade cardstock. I loved that double deer image in front of the moon. Nice remake of the card. Thanks for sharing your techniques!!
Hello I enjoyed your video. Thank you for the share.
Wonderful video! I’ve always kept cards to use for crafting and I’m always looking for ideas. This is the only time I’ve seen cards being recycled with a journal makers focus. I really liked having your thought process for cutting them up. Things I’ve never thought of. The card you made was lovely.
Wonderful, thank you
Home with Covid, and I loved watching you go through cards while I was sniffling on the couch.
Feel better soon Anne
❤Really enjoyed this video, I’ve been saving cards for sometime now your video has inspired me to get started on being creative! Love your ideas❤🇨🇦
Such a clever idea! Thank you for sharing. I might even try using material also to glue on to the card. A recycle project that is cost effective and personal. Grandmothers are always so innovative. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you.
When we were children and went over to Gran's, we would always make gift tags with her Christmas cards using pinking shears, an old office hole punch and red wool. We were very industrious and would make them for hours whilst listening to their albums on vinyl. She would bag them up and sell them at her church Christmas fayre.1980s, happy days. I have the scissors and hole punch now.
Great memories.
Isn’t it wierd that I took Christmas cards down yesterday and saved them? Now I know why! Thank you so much for these great ideas! Happy New Years to you!!❤
Here I am watching this on Jan 3...there's so much to watch and I can't begin to watch everything...but glad this showed up on my feed today. I love to upcycle/recycle Christmas cards, as those are the ones we get the most of, but really any kind is ok too. And while they're not as nice or well-made, some of the xmas cards that are sent to us asking for a donation have some nice art on them too. Thanks for sharing! And hoping you have a great 2024!
I think of lots of cards I've just recycled in the paper bin over the years, I always thought it was a shame, now I have a purpose to keep them!!!! Thanks for the ideas 😊 x
Wonderful!
I trimmed cards and made 2 inch ornament "houses." Trim the points off toothpicks and glue a frame around the top, bottom and sides, □ and two in a upside down ^ for the roof and wrap ribbon/cord around the top peak to hang. This craft is great for all ages.
That's a great idea!
I’ve just had a lovely hour with you making tags- thank you x
I'm so glad!
I have no idea why I'm still here watching you cut up Christmas cards after 20 minutes. I'm enjoying it, that must be it. I don't confess this often, but I've saved every Christmas card I've received for the past 25 years. I should get to work!
Wow that’s a lot of cards…….and potential.
😉@@CeriGriffiths
👍 I always have a “prettiest Christmas card I received this year” contest that nobody even KNOWS about 🥴🤣😂😆. The “winner” receives a nice glass of wine on their next visit to me after the holidays😃😆
I love this!
That was inspirational! Hoping to get my hands on old cards now
Hi I'm Frances, I love the " F " card!!! thanks for sharing your Ideas with us! I have saved so many cards for so many years, now I know what to do with them! I have a lot of work to do now :)
Wonderful!
First time coming across your channel. I love these ideas--thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much! 😊
This was great, thank you so much for the many ideas.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for the new ideas that I haven’t thought of!!!! I love recycling cards!!!!! Happy New Year!!!!🎉
Thanks for this Ceri. I've saved cards not knowing what i was going to do with them other than scrapbooking. Last Christmas i learned how to make gift boxes from them from (i think) the Posh Paper Lady. (I apologize if the reference isnt correct, i subscribe to a lot of crafters.)
I think you’re correct, thank you
you are correct, it was indeed the Posh Paper Lady. Funnily enough, I watched that very video for the first time a few nights ago! She is awesome, has amazing ideas! This video is new to me, I haven't seen Ceri before, so I guess I am going to be a new subbie! :)
Great video. I've recently started upcycling, so I was delighted to see this video and tips. Thanks for sharing
So fun! Thnx Ceri!