Making Old Cards New Again! - featuring Elmer's products

[jillybeans]

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Making Old Cards New Again! - featuring Elmer's products

I've been wanting to make some of the old greeting cards that I've received over the years into new greeting cards.  It's kinda a great feeling to make old useless things new and purposeful again.




I started with a selection of old greeting cards from my stash.


Using my Elmer's 9" Paper Trimmer, I cut out the imagine from the card.  This trimmer is super sharp and great for smaller projects, like cards. (Side note: If you are an ATCer, keep the leftover pieces of the old card.  They work great for ATC bases!)


I rounded the corners of the card image with Elmer's Corner Rounder Punch.


To give the plain new cards some interest on the background, I applied Elmer's Designer Tape and cut off the extra with some scissors.  This is such a fast and easy way to easily decorate the background of a card.


To make the old card image pop on the new card, I put on Elmer's Foam Mounting Tape.


Tada!  New card!

You can also add embellishments and borders to the card images, to spice 'em up!

[rackycoo]

What a great idea for re-using old cards! Your redone cards look way better than the originals!

[HSG]

This is a great idea for giving new life to cards. Love upcycling

[gozer]

 I have been keeping some of my old cards recently and this is a perfect excuse to keep them and not be called a hoarder by my hubby! Thanks.

[LimeRiot]

Perfect project for Earth month! Very adorable.

[batgirl]

What a good way to reuse cards! They look fabulous!

[cackle]

These look great...I've got tons of old cards, I can't bear to throw them out, and now I'm inspired to play with them!

[jillybeans]

Thanks everyone!  Its great to give something a second life!