{"id":3913,"date":"2012-12-10T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=3913"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:52:40","slug":"creative-crafts-business-christmas-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/greeting-cards-and-crafting\/creative-crafts-business-christmas-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Crafts with Business Christmas Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hate to throw away all the beautiful personal and business Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a> I\u2019ve received through the years. Yes, I keep all the cards I receive, and all the Christmas cards my family receives too! They are too pretty to throw away and they mark the years as my children are growing up. However, since I have so many of them, sometimes I like to get crafty with all the great cards and designs.<\/p>\n

One of the great things you can do with your old personalized Christmas cards is to make garlands that you can hang all around the house and outside (in warm climates) as well when you decorate for the holidays. Begin with using as many horizontal cards as you have. You can use a simple ribbon about 6 to 8 feet long. If you need a longer size, make sure your ribbon is a big spool. You can also use a thin clothesline, string, or wire. Measure the size you need and cut it to size. Start overlapping the horizontal cards over the ribbon and staple them around the ribbon making a thin pocket for the ribbon or string to be enclosed in. To keep the cards in place at about 5 or six inches from each other, staple the card to the string or ribbon in the center top of the card. To make them even prettier, use a pair of pinking shears or craft scissors that are available with the crazy cuts on them to put a beautiful edge on the cards.<\/p>\n

You can also glue some glitter onto the card in the art or on the edge of the card, or attach some little rhinestones or colorful buttons or small shiny items on the card to give it some sparkle. You will be surprised at what a difference that makes. If you have vertical Christmas cards to be used you can use a small hole punch to make a hole on the top of the card and run a ribbon or string through it and then hang the card with tying a bow on the banner ribbon or string.<\/p>\n

You can also use Christmas cards to create cupcake toppers or decorations. Use any and all of your cards and cut around the art on the front of the cards. You will have to make the art somewhat small to fit nicely on the top of a cupcake. Once that is done, get some little sticks that they sell in the baking aisle of your craft store or food store and glue the art from your cards to the stick.  Once dry, you can stick the decoration right on the top of the cupcake and line them up on a platter and you have beautiful, colorful cupcakes perfect for holiday get-togethers.<\/p>\n

Now you have two new ideas for you to try when you have all those beautiful cards that you do not want to throw away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I hate to throw away all the beautiful personal and business Christmas cards I\u2019ve received through the years.…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1309,4,33],"tags":[909,50,910],"class_list":{"0":"post-3913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crafting-tips-and-tricks","8":"category-business-christmas-cards","9":"category-greeting-cards-and-crafting","10":"tag-business-christmas-cards","11":"tag-christmas-cards","12":"tag-personalized-christmas-cards","13":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"\nCreative Crafts with Business Christmas Cards - 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