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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So pretty!
cool cards :) very creative :)
Great way to reuse the coffee cup protector.
awesome ideas!
Wonderful project. TFS
Nice idea!
Cute idea…you are the queen of recycling!
What a fun way to recycle!
Such a great idea!
Great recycling. Love this. Hugz
That is very creative!
Love the recycling! TFS
A very clever way to recycle! Love this one!
Clever, you are! thank you.
Great idea!! Love it:)
Great idea! love the flowers coming out of the recycled flower pot :)
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What a creative card, thanks for sharing!
great recycling card. . . .
Super idea. Yay for Earth Day.
Brilliant! Perfect for all the gift cards we share at the office.
It’s so nice to know someone as talented as May upcycles coffee sleeves too! Love the resulting card.
I love the artsy style of your card and also that you used recycling.
Super cute!
Cute idea way to recycle!
So fun! Love the bright happy colors!~kim
Love the way you recycled the coffee holder and made it into this beautiful card!
Such a colorful, funky card, I love recycling items on my cards :)
What a perfect recycled project to show on Earth Day!!
Love your resourcefulness and your great up-cycled project! Really, really love your stitching!
What a fabulous way to upcycle! Thanks so much for the inspiration. (Going to have another look at my recycle bin nowl.)
Hugs,
Snoopy :D
what a great project idea!
Both pretty & eco friendly… love it
I love altering coffee sleeves and using them but not sure exactly how this is supposed to work. I would LOVE to see this on video being made. Love Mays work. TFS
Wonderful card!
what a clever idea. Really fun and colorful…and “green”.
Great upcycle for Earth Day, and the stamps and colors are so pretty too!
That is a very sweet card with all the flowers and hearts. I love to upcycle, too, like punching cute shapes from mirror like chip board of toothpaste boxes and other pretty packaging.
Great idea for recycling!
Adorable card, clever way to reuse the cup holder.
lovely idea, liked how you used washi, great upcycling !!
very interesting
Lovely card with a spring feel to it and I think it’s great how you re-used the coffee cup holder.
Really cool way to use those
recycles — Lovely card!
I just love upcycling and I love what you’ve done with this card!!
What a great idea for Earth Day!
VERY pretty card. I love Starbuck’s and what a super fun gift for a girlfriend. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creation.!
Nice card! Tks! :)
Just love that card May! Such a great idea!
oh how fun!!!
Such a great way to upcycle!