My BFF's Recycled Cards

Even though my BFF and I live in the same city, she sends me a few cards every year. I keep cards people send me for a very short time if they are store bought ones. I'll display them on the mantle for a week or two, then usually out they go!..... BUT...

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If they are handmade - like the ones my BFF sends - then I keep and display them for a much longer period of time.... sometimes years!

When I run out of room, I have to make a decision about what to do with them. They are so special to me, that I can't bear to just throw them away, so I've decided to recycle them!

So I cut off the pretty decorated fronts and attach those to new card bases for a whole "new" card!! These are a few examples.

I just adore the one above using tone-on-tone Crumb Cake card stock and ink from Stampin' Up! Such a pretty flower stamp from that company as well, although I don't know what it's called. And the tiny butterflies with their bling bodies just completes the whole thing.

The one above was made from a card kit, with stickers and diecuts, that CTMH had years ago. I love the copper brads she added, and decided I could use it for a masculine card... nothing easier than that!

This last one she made me was a simple thank you card for an anniversary gift I gave her that included all the washi tapes she used on the card!

Since I'm so sentimental about her cards, now the test will be if I can actually mail them off to someone else, LOL!... Only time will tell....

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Speedy Recovery Card

Recently, my BFF had surgery, so I made this card for her. While black may not come readily to mind as a color for cheer, I picked it because I wanted the washi tape colors to "POP".... She loves washi tape, and black makes EVERY color pop!

I covered plain white card stock with the colorful strips of washi tape and then punched portions out with a heart punch. To make the hearts stand 

out even more (and to give card a little bling), I outlined the hearts with a 

silver glitter pen.

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Then I finished it off with a ribbon and bow. Wrote the sentiment in white and called it done! I left the inside blank and just wrote a personal message.

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Supplies:
CTMH - Cotton Candy Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)
Signo Uniball White Gel Pen
Sakura Gelly Roll Silver Stardust Pen
Assorted Washi Tapes
Heart Punch
Black CS mat; White Card Base
Scor-Tape