Recycling Christmas Cards -Project 3 Sticky note holders

 Hi Crafters

Here we are with Project 3 of our Recycling Christmas Cards crafts.

Today is a way to use smaller cards for Sticky note holders. You may also like to use some of your scraps from Christmas card makes with this project so it really is a way of tidying the craft room and make maximum use of those bits we all keep. 

I only received a couple of smaller cards and I had one that I really wanted to hold onto as I have a love of pigs.

To make these you will need your base card and scrap papers to line them

A sticky note pad and 2 small pieces of ribbon for the closure

So lets start with the 2 small cards 

These measure approx 9cm square and will take an average sticky note pad

The Santa card was a long card that I cut the front off and folded in half while the globe card was a 6 x 4 card which I cut up to fit so this one had writing in.

First open up the card and score a line 1/2cm either side of the fold line, this will give you a little depth for when you add your pads.

Next line the insides with your scrap papers to cover any writing on the inside of your card.

To be as accurate as possible measure the inside of your card and cut your lining 1/2cm smaller on both sides Cut 2

Before gluing them into place put your pieces of ribbon in the middle and glue a good inch along inside, then place the lining over the top. Use a ruler or bone folder to make sure the glue is evenly distributed and adhering as firmly as possible.

Add your Sticky Note pad to one side and you are finished.

The larger pad holder is made from a cut down card that had pigs on “Pigs In Blankets” that I just loved so had to use. I lined the inside in the same way and added the ribbon, however being a larger base to work with I decided to add a pad to the right hand side and an envelope with some tags in on the left side and I think this would work well for any 5”/6” card you wanted to use in this way and that cut down appropriately.

Here is the inside 

There are 5 great tags that fit into the envelope on the left side. These are simple to make take a piece of card 1 cm bigger Than the height of your card front and 1.5 times as wide. Score 1cm down both of the long sides and fold in half cut up the score lines at the side until you get to the half way score line cut away these 2 pieces and fold in the top score lines. Glue the scored panels and fold up the bottom section to form the envelope. You can either use tags you have or make some form your stash of cards. 

Make a bunch of these as they make great stocking fillers and do not take much storage space. 

I had some pretty notepads in my stash but they are quite thin with only 30 sheets you could buy much thinker ones in Poundland or Home Bargains and use fatter sections of them for a fuller pad. 

We are getting a great stash of recycled items already, but back soon with more ideas, so keep dropping by and if you don’t want to miss any posts, why not  subscribe by clicking the follow button. 

Dee