Happy Earth Day! Upcycle Card
May Flaum here, ready to craft a super fun new card with you today. When it comes to reusing and recycling products I am all about using what I have! I love to give photo frames, boxes, and home décor items make-overs with some alcohol ink or paint, paper or paste. I love using my craft supplies to help me extend or give new life to all kinds of things! Today I’m going to share a super simple idea – reuse a coffee cup holder to create a gift card holding card!
The first thing you’ll need to do is get and cut open one side of the gift card. I want to make this card 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 so I trimmed a bit off the side.
This next part is simple – but important! First cover one side (only one side! with paper, washi tape as I did here, or anything else. This will be the decorative front of your card. Next, if you want to stitch around the edge (again, only working to cover one side!) go ahead and do that. At this time you’ll want to make a slit in the front of your card where you are going to slide this coffee cup holder through. Make it about 1/4″ bigger than the holder as you’ll need a bit of wiggle room. Put some liquid adhesive on the side you want for the front of your card, and slide it on through!
Above you can see how the front will look (Adhered down) and how when the card is opened the Starbucks/front of the coffee cup protector shows! If you’d like to make this a gift card holder simply glue the bottom and open side of the holder down.
Now you’re all set and ready to decorate!
I had a lot of fun with the new Amy Tangerine stamps, an assortment of my favorite dye ink pads, and a wink of stella pen to help create a little planter box out of the coffee cup holder shown on the front. Such fun! Just hand-draw your leaves and stems. This would also work well with dimensional die cuts or flower embellishments instead of stamps.
To finish things off I drew around my card with pen (stitching could also work) and added some sweet soft stamped hearts. I love how this came together – and I hope you’ve enjoyed my fun card.
From plastic wrap to paper headed to the garbage can – we can all be looking for items to reuse and upcycle!
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wow i love the colors
So pretty! TFS!
Cute
Love your sweeet flower card, May. I love upcycling and repurposing – and definitely would make a similar card. Thanks and Happy Earth Day!
So pretty, love this idea!!!
Very creative – love the idea behind this pretty card:) HAPPY EARTH DAY!
Very pretty!
Very pretty way to up-cycle that coffee cup sleeve!!
Like your recycled creation that has a wonderful artsy look on the front. Creative with the items used.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Super clever!
Perfect card for Earth day!
what a fun way to use a coffee cup sleeve… lovely card!
What fun way to create a card. Love those bright colors.
BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE the Colors and the FUN design!! =) Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Great card! ;-)
What a cool idea!
Lovely!1
Love this!
Love your project and LOVE your resourcefulness! So satisfying to up cycle a coffee wrapper into one amazing creation!
Great way to reuse. Happy Earth Day!
what a super cute idea!!
What a fun and creative recycled card! Love it!
Lovely card and great idea for up-cycling! It is really important to do our best to protect our earth in any way we can. Happy Earth Day!
What a great way to recycle!
I love the recycling idea. Have to keep that in mind for upcoming projects.
Such a neat idea.
Love the idea of using recycled papers, etc. in card making. It’s fun to have your coffee and use the cup, too!
What a bright and cheerful project.
You don’t see many wood block stamps any more in use.
Love the shape of paper cup snuggies. Really great reuse!
Creative & fun!
Great idea! I love how this came together. Beautiful stamping and coloring, too. Thanks for a great tutorial. Michelle t
Great card – love the up-cycled goodies you used. Very inspiring!
Thanks for giving me a new eye for repurposing items around me on a card.
Wonderful card! Happy Earth Day!
Beautiful!!! :-D
Cleaver and quite beautiful! GREAT job….Love it ♥
Great ideas for upcycling
Fun card!
Great card May !! I love how you reuse the gift card and it is so colorful. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great reuse and recycle idea :)
this is recycling at its best.
thanks.
I love that! Cute planter and nice dimension.
A great project!
Such a great card, thank you for the inspiration!
Very pretty!!!
wow, this is really creative, I would never have thought to do this!
Way cute idea!
Great use of the
wrapper.
Carla from Utah
awesome ideas for this pretty card!
Great Idea! So beautiful.