Recycling Wrapping Paper For Cards + Merry Christmas From Simon Says Stamp!
MERRY CHRISTMAS crafty friends!! For those that celebrate, both myself and Simon Says Stamp hope you have a very blessed and happy holiday today!
I know many of you probably have an over-abundance of wrapping paper in your house right now…! Those pretty prints and festive patterns shouldn’t all have to be dumped in the trash can or recycle bin after being torn off of the gifts you exchanged with your friends and family… Today I want to share a tutorial on how to make use of those gorgeous wrapping papers and incorporate them into cute card and envelope sets!
Thank you cards are probably something everyone will be making use of over the next couple weeks, so I thought this would be an appropriate theme for the cards I am making today. I had some super cute snowman wrapping paper scraps left over from wrapping gifts and I thought I’d use the paper with some of the new Hey Love and DieCember™ die sets from Simon Says Stamp. The awesome Heart Fold die is really great for making windows in a card; in the video I will show you how I created the layered appearance!
I also used the new Envelope Liner die set to create coordinating envelopes for my cards; because wrapping paper is so thin, it works very well for using inside an envelope because it adds literally no extra bulk! I think it is so fun for the recipient to open up the envelope and find a really cute pattern on the inside that matches the card perfectly. It takes very little time to do this and adds that extra handmade touch to the card that is priceless.
I hope you will check out the video below to see how easy these cards were to put together! I also hope that it inspires you to save some of those beautiful gift wrap scraps from the trash pile and reuse them for making pretty cards (and envelope liners!) for friends and family! Many of the holiday patterns can be used all winter long, not just for Christmas, so I challenge you to see what fun cards you can create using this idea!
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oh my goodness, SO CUTE. So very fun, love them!
Happy Holidays!
Wonderful way to reuse the wrapping paper.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
FUN bright card – I love that you re-used for this!
Merry Christmas ! Great way to show gratitude.
I love the envelope lining idea best! How fun would that be?!
Merry Christmas!
Always, always love to recycle – this is a fabulous idea – TFS
Such bright and festive cards!!!! Love them! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!! <3
Merry Christmas! And thank you for all the wonderful creativity you share throughout the year! Hugs.
What a nice way to put to use the wrapping paper! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas
Such a fabulous card & envelope! Fabulous idea! Merry Christmas to all!
fun idea.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Such a great idea, thanks for inspiration!
clever, I have tried it, and i used liquid glue, not a good idea as the paper wrinkled all up, but i must try again…Merry Christmas
Wonderful recycling! I love this idea! Such cute cards!
These are super cute cards, love this clever idea to reuse cute wrapping paper! Merry Christmas!
Soo cute! I love the idea of recycling old cards and wrapping. They are just too pretty to throw away.
Merry Christmas! Thank you so much for sharing this. What a clever and delightful way to re-use wrapping paper.
Cute card and love the envelope liner. Great idea!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Fun ideas! Merry Christmas!
Great card, Nina. Merry Christmas to all at SSS. Love you guys. Will be looking through my stash of ALL wrapping papers (worked 30 yrs. at Hallmark). Love your videos. Thanks for sharing your talent.
What a great way to save those wrapping paper scraps-and memories! TFS
Love the idea!! There are so many great wrapping papers out there that are just great. Thanks for sharing!!
Such a great idea! Never short on paper, but love this idea! So cute.
Fantastic idea. Merry Christmas
So imaginative and beyond adorable! Merry Christmas!
~carol
What a super idea! I might go look at the marked down paper for envelope liner.
Very cute!
What a great idea! I’m always looking for ways to reuse gift wrap. It seems a shame to throw it all away! Merry Christmas!
I keep forgetting to line my envelopes. Using wrapping paper is a GREAT idea!
Love the idea of recycled wrapping paper. Beautiful cards.
What a great idea!! Such cute cards!!
Oh how cute and practical! Just received some SSS gift cards for Christmas! Can’t wait to shop SSS soon.
This is a great idea. My issue is I bought a large roll from Costco so I have been using that same paper for years. I was whining about it to my husband and he said just put it in the recycle bin and start again. I don’t think I could even use it for cards I am so tired of it, lol.
Such a cute idea!!! I love it:) Merry Christmas!!
This is so cute! Wished u would of showed a Valentine one too. Keep up the awesome work you love.
Awesome idea with the recycled wrapping paper. The cards are beautiful!
I love to recycle to. Merry Christmas!
I love this fun idea!!
Merry Christmas!
How awesome is that?? Merry Christmas!
Really fun! Merry Christmas!
Wanted to Thank You for quick mailing of last order (Ice Skater stamp/die & Advent Icons stamps). Rcvd them yesterday.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
We are big recyclers in our family, so your idea of using used Christmas paper for cards is terrific! Your card us really cute.
Fabulous way to use wrapping paper. I always seem to have those leftover pieces that are too small to wrap anything – no tossing for me!
Love this idea! Thanks for the video.. Merry Christmas
Love, Love, Love this card. I have used wrapping paper in the past with cards and it makes beautiful accents. The hear die is going on my wish list. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful projects.
Linda D.
Super cute :)
thanks for sharing!
Happy holidays
Great idea now I have a use for the scraps of wrapping paper.
Wow, what a great idea for re-using some of the wrapping paper. Love this.
What a most excellent idea! Love these samples – more cute stamps and dies… :)