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Sprucing Up Cheap Greeting Cards - open card with the string of paper Jack 'O Lanterns

Sprucing Up Cheap Greeting CardsMany of the the 3D and pop-up style greeting cards start with a base price of around $7. My mum and I buy budget cards (2 for $1) and spruce them up. Here, we've created paper pumpkins, added them to a thick line of string, then glued it on the inside of the card.

 

Use Paper Scraps to Enhance Cards - paper scraps to create 3D effects on greeting cards

Use Paper Scraps to Enhance CardsMy dear friends and I made 300 greeting cards to give to senior facilities. There were a lot of leftover paper scraps from all the shapes we were punching out. Instead of tossing them out, the leftovers ended up being a huge part of the stunning 3D shadowing of the cards by gluing them under other shapes of paper.

 

Recycled Leftover Gift Wrap Birthday Cards - wrapping paper collage on front of card

Recycle Leftover Gift Wrap into Birthday CardsDo not throw away leftover pieces of gift wrap! Keep them stacked somewhere, and when you need a quick birthday card, recycle them into a beautiful card. Here's how.

 

Decorate Greeting Cards with Pencil Erasers as Stamps  - decorated card

Decorate Greeting Cards with Pencil Erasers as StampsI love to decorate every greeting card I hand out. My go-to items are stickers, markers, Google images, and stencils. I've also made a few pop-up cards. I'm always looking for new materials to use. Using pencil erasers worked really well. Newer ink is darker and requires fewer applications. You can add colorful polka dots, flowers, or anything else you can think of. Everything dries within seconds and becomes beautiful pastel colors.

 

Sharing Precious Photos - baby photo on adult child's birthday card

Sharing Precious PhotosTo make a special card for my son's 40th birthday, I scoured over my precious photo albums. I scanned a particularly cute photo on my printer and printed it out.

 

Photo Birthday Invitation - card and envelope

Photo Birthday InvitationI searched Pinterest for 1st birthday invitation ideas, then created my invitation in Photoshop using elements that I liked from multiple examples. Then I saved the final design as a Jpeg and sent it to Costco to be printed as a 4 x 6 photo.

 

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Homemade Greeting Cards on Your ComputerI have been using www.snapfish.com to create greeting cards that I can print on my own home printer. Any kind of card stock or even good thick writing paper works well.

 

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Score Cards with Ballpoint PenMany of us make our own cards. When it comes to using commercial scoring tools, you end up having a lot of money tied up in such a creative hobby.

 

Sepia photo note cards.

Photo Note CardsI'm not a scrapbook person, but some of my friends who are encouraged me to try to make these note cards. I used old vintage photos of family members to make them special. I scanned the photos and had copies made.

 

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Make Gift Tags from WallpaperWe bought a house that needed to be decorated, so we bought a ton of wallpaper. When we were finished we had 20 rolls left. My daughter and I decided to make gift cards out of the leftovers for every holiday and birthdays.

 

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Bookmarks From Recycled CardsI grew up with my mother recycling things out of necessity. Now, many years later, it is not only out of necessity to save money, but also to help the environment. I collect up old greeting cards and make lovely bookmarks to give out to friends at Christmas time.

 

New text to alter a greeting card.

Make Your Own Greeting For Any CardOur granddaughter is graduating from preschool Friday. She has a house kitty that she adores. Whenever I find a card with a picture that looks like her Cookie, I buy it. I found a birthday card but not a graduating from preschool one.

 

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Embellish Inexpensive Greeting CardsEmbellish dollar store greeting cards with bargains from the scrapbook or discount stores. I find items on clearance (recently 3 packs for $1.00), that can really dress up a plain greeting card; bows, emblems, tiny gems, flowers, words, the choices are endless.

 

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Use Photos to Make Greeting CardsI have not bought a greeting card of any kind for more years than I can remember. How easy it is to make all kinds of beautiful cards with personalized photos from your own computer.

 

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Family Vintage Photo Gift IdeaThis is an inexpensive gift idea. I found a vintage photograph of a great-great-great aunt of my husband's riding a bull. It was too fabulous to do nothing with so I scanned it, made prints (about 18 cents each), and glued the photo to the front of blank note cards....

 

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Homemade Holiday CardsI buy plain cards and envelopes and a stamp for my holiday cards. I use clear fixative on the stamp, stamp the card, sprinkle with glitter (usually silver) and then use a heat gun to set the design. I use a smaller stamp and do the same thing on the envelope.

 

Pottery Barn spoon rest

Thrifty Spoon Rest As ArtworkThifty Art Work. I found this bargain name brand spoon rest at a thrift store. Put the photo on the front of a card and sent it to a long distance bargain hunter pal.

 

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Perfumed Handmade CardThis is a Perfumed Handmade Card.

 

Recycled cards in plastic bags.

Recycled SentimentsI love stamping and giving greeting cards to all my friends and family. These cards are made from wallpaper books that are normally discarded by paint stores. I got the books and made lovely cards using the wallpaper samples. Added a sentiment inside and I have instant cards that are beautiful.

 

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Homemade Stationery As A GiftThis is a tip for homemade Christmas (or other occasion) presents: I am a rubberstamper and cardmaker. Last Christmas, I came up with the idea to make packets of stationery as presents.

 

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Buy And Use Miscellaneous Craft Scraps to Embellish Greeting CardsOne woman's remnant, is another woman's reward. Every single garage sale/estate sale I have ever been to has had at least one bag of miscellaneous sewing notions: buttons, lace, beads, and threads for cheap.

 

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Making Your Own Greeting CardsYou can make your own greeting cards by savings up interesting pix you find and then mounting them on computer card . . .

 

Homemade Thank You CardsI came up with this idea. I let my two year old loose with a bucket of acrylic paints (you can use any paints you want) and a pad of newsprint paper. Construction paper works as well....

 

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Homemade Cards and Stationary with Flowers and LeavesWant to make a great gift that will remind you of spring all winter long? Go out and remove the last of your pansies and daisies and press them in a book. You know that lacy looking weed that took over? Well go pick some of those leaves and press them also. Just don't pick the poison ivy. :)

 

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Handmade Stained Glass CardsYears ago we made cards with Elmer's glue, black construction paper, and chalk. You take black construction paper and drizzle the glue in a design on the paper.

 

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