Recycled Greeting Card Envelope Notepad

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Recycled Greeting Card Envelope Notepad

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After the holiday season or a big birthday, you might find yourself stuck with tons of cards. Instead of throwing them away, use them to make a Recycled Greeting Card Envelope Notepad. Crafts using old Christmas cards help save precious memories and cut down on trash. Instead of keeping cards in a drawer of storage box, you can put the enveloped to good use. If you're looking for ideas for old greeting card envelopes but don't want to spend a ton of money on supplies, this is the perfect project for you. Use your imagination and add fun embellishments to show off your creativity and personality.

Primary TechniquePaper Crafts

Easy

Materials:

  • Several envelopes from greeting cards, etc.
  • Tacky craft glue or white school glue
  • Small amount of scrapbook paper in a print and solid color
  • Scrap of mat board or other lightweight cardboard
  • Binder clip (or even a couple of clothespin to hold the pages together)
  • Ruler
  • Scissors (or a paper cutter makes the job super easy--when working with kids supervise)
  • Paper plate
  • Small paintbrush, water to rinse out brush

 

Instructions:

  1. Open all the envelopes that you are using and cut off the sides and flap.  Use the centers for your notepad. Measure and cut 3” X 4” pieces.




     
  2. Cut a piece of decorative print scrapbook paper and a piece of cardboard 3” x 4”, the same size as the pages. 


     
  3. When you have enough paper pieces, stack them together, along with the front and back cover and attach a binder clip to the bottom to hold the pad together.


     
  4. Add some tacky or white glue onto a paper plate and using the small paintbrush liberally brush glue on the top edges.   Let dry.
     
  5. Measure another piece of solid color scrapbook paper, 3” X 1-1/2”.


     
  6. Fold the scrapbook binding paper onto the top to cover where you glued the pages together and attach with some more glue.  Let dry completely.

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Thanks for your comment! We have modified the title and description to reflect that this project does in fact use envelopes. Thanks! - Julia from FaveCrafts

This doesn't use greeting cards at all! It uses ENVELOPES! Nice idea, but not as presented!

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