Christmas Card Gift Tags

 

For this project, you will need:

• Old Christmas cards

• Heavier stock scrapbook paper

• Scissors (or precision utility knife with cutting mat)

• Glue stick

• Hole punch

• ¼ inch wide (or smaller) ribbon

• White or lighter shade of paper for writing on inside (optional)

Begin by cutting a 3” x 6” piece of scrapbook paper. Fold the paper in half, creating a 3” x 3” card.  Set aside. Cut out the design you want on the face of the Christmas card (making sure it’s roughly ¼ inch smaller than your 3” x 3” card). Paste that image onto your new folded card, leaving a border around the Christmas card image. Punch a hole through the upper left corner of your folded tag and loop the ribbon through the hole (to tie to gift). If you choose, you can paste a white piece of paper on the inside for writing the recipient’s name.

 

More ideas for recycling old cards:

• Don’t limit your tags to the folded style. Christmas tags can be all shapes and sizes with a bit of creativity and an extra pair of inexpensive scrapbook scissors.

• Create new Christmas cards by cutting and pasting old card imagery onto folded pieces of cardstock. With the vast array of scrapbook paper and embellishments, creativity is unlimited!

• Use old Christmas cards for miscellaneous holiday arts and crafts for the kids.