Use those old Christmas cards......

**Jerseygirl** · 11-05-2002, 07:01 PM

I use ours with my clients at work. The prettiest are decopauged onto those $3 wood trays from AC Moore, then sold for $15 each!

**bamamomto4** · 11-05-2002, 07:48 PM

Great ideas!!

**QuilterMom** · 11-05-2002, 08:56 PM

Lori - that is a really cute idea for the table cover. Thanks for sharing that.

**Sara Noel** · 11-17-2002, 06:48 PM

use part of the picture on the front of the card to make a bookmark. Laminate or contact paper and hole punch and add some ribbon.

Sara

**Michelle** · 11-17-2002, 08:20 PM

Now this is an adorable idea...if I had saved the cards from last year I would make some. Seems I'm only a packrat when I can't do anything with the stuff I keep LOL

**captclearance** · 11-17-2002, 08:28 PM

Cute Idea......

**Sherryh** · 11-18-2002, 01:06 AM

Good idea, Sara.
LOL chelle!

**SewCrafty** · 11-18-2002, 08:35 AM

Great idea Sara!

**creampuff** · 11-19-2002, 02:11 PM

i use wallpaper samples. Just stick cardstock in the middle and fold into thirds.

**pita1213** · 11-23-2002, 04:57 PM

i saved last years cards to make ornaments. cut circles out of the fronts. then on the circles i drew a triangle (all 3 sides the same length and the 3 points touching the edge of the circle) score the lines of the triangle and fold up the flaps. then you glue 8 of them together in a line. when it's laying flat they will alternate, point up, point down, etc. then glue the first and the last one together. you now have a ring. you take 4 more for the top and glue them together but this time you want all of them to have the points up. you end up with a little cone shape. do the same thing again to make a bottom. glue the top to the ring then glue the bottom to the ring. the flaps should all be facing out and you can either attach a string to it for hanging or just make a few to put in a bowl on a table. martha stewart sells a kit to make them with everything precut if you want to see what they look like, but they aren't hard to make without a kit.

roflmao · 11-27-2002, 12:46 AM

This would be a great idea for a gradeschooler to do for gifts for classmates and teachers, I love it, I happen to save all my greeting cards too !!! Thank you!!!

**QuilterMom** · 11-27-2002, 08:28 AM

I used some to make name tags for the gifts this year and I used others to decorate goodie bags I made for the girls in my GA's class. I cut out the card front (or picture portion of it) with decorative edged scissors, glued it to the front of a brown paper lunch bag, put the goodies inside, turned the top down a couple of times and punched two holes through, and tied it closed with curling ribbon.

**Sara Noel** · 09-29-2005, 10:42 AM

http://www.canadianliving.com/Canadi...News=1854&pg=2

**BetterLateThanNever** · 03-16-2008, 11:38 AM

HI all I have a bunch of birthday, christmas and other greeting cards and I don't want to throw them away. Any ideas on what I can do with them?

Thanks
Kim

**Marie78** · 03-16-2008, 12:54 PM

I cut out the patterns on the cards to make bookmarks or gift tags for presents. I have also used these cut outs when I'm creative to help me make my own greeting cards.