Using Greeting Cards In Your Scrapbooks

There are a few times during the year when we getdesign.
greeting cards from other people. If you are like me,You can also repeat the above procedures for the
you enjoy the cards for a few days either on a tablesentiments and/or signature inside the card. Some
or a mantle and then you throw them out.cards I receive have personal messages written to
Next time, consider creating a scrapbook to hold theme, while other cards have nothing personal and a
cards you've received. There are a couple of optionspre-stamped signature from the card giver.
of how to attach your greeting cards to yourIf you have photos of the person who sent the card,
scrapbook. You can actually leave the card intact, andyou might want to attach a photo below or above the
put mounting squares on the back of the card andgreeting card of the card sender.
then attach it to the page. On a 12x12 page you can fitYou can create an entire scrapbook of greeting cards.
3 or sometimes 4 cards. You can then decorate theI know growing up, there were years my mom and
remainder of the page for whatever occasion thedad received at least 100 cards wishing them a happy
cards came for.new year. They could've created an entire album of
Another option is to cut the card and attach only thecards received in any particular years. I personally do
design portion of the card onto paper in yournot receive anywhere near that amount of cards. I
scrapbook. You can frame the design just as youcould create a scrapbook with 10 years worth of
would frame a photo in your scrapbook. You cancards in one album. Greeting card albums can be fun
create a specific shape for your frame, or you can cutto create and later review.
the frame to the same shape as your greeting card