How to decorate your Greeting Card Album for Christmas and recycle a card from last year with a fabric die cut

Super Crafty Christmas Greeting Card Album with a recycled Christmas card craft.


I went at this with a "just play" attitude. I gathered up some of my favorite supplies and just started punching, stamping, gluing and glittering to decorate the Greeting Card Album and I also recycled a greeting card. I started by stamping all over the cover with some deer stamps, Some Stampology Clear stamps-Flourishes V.2 by Rhonna Farrar and used StazOn Ink.

One of the things I had in my stash was a bunch of slides that weren't good (the picture was too dark) and I wondered if you could punch them? Yup you can! I inked the edges a bit and glued it onto the cover of the Card Album.
I added touches of glitter by mixing a bit of Crafty Chica glitter with a bit of Judikins Diamond Glaze and applying it with a tooth pick.
To make my reindeer I die cut them from holiday prints of Autumn Leaves papers and simply glued them onto the cover all over.
To make the recycled embellished card I ironed some heat and bond to the back of some scrap plaid fabric and ran it through the Sizzix die cutter with my reindeer die. Then I simply ironed it onto the card, I used a press cloth and a tiny tipped iron.


Well I hope you like today's craftiness and if you are looking for a place to store all this year's Christmas cards grab yourself a Greeting Card Album and go to town. Oh and if you are looking for that perfect gift that your recipient won't have already-The Card Album is the ticket.

Customize your own Greeting Card Album at the CHA Craft Super Show

Want to have a ton of fun customizing your very own Greeting Card Album with all sorts of great supplies at the CHA Craft Super Show in Anaheim, CA January 23? Sign up now to reserve your spot!


SPONSORED BY: Judikins
INSTRUCTOR: Stefanie Girard

Put your personal touch on a Card Album specifically designed to store, gently bind and display your cherished greeting cards that you've received or made. Crafters will get their groove on with Judikins stamps, inks, and glazes along with Sizzix dies using beautiful papers and embellishments from Creativity Inc.'s Autumn Leaves Collection. Taught by Stefanie Girard author of Sweater Surgery.

Level of Difficulty: All Levels
Additional Supplies Needed: Scissors, glue
Workshop Category: Scrapbooking/Papercrafts
W1105 - Customize Your Card Album
Saturday January 23, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Price: $30.00
Sign up here.

The Card Album at Target with a slide in photo or card frame on the cover

Hey looking for a super easy way to decorate your Card Album and feature a photo or card? Why not grab one of these Card Albums available at Target!

The Card Album makes a great place to store and display jewlery

Are you looking for an easy way to store your jewelry pieces that you intend to sell or give as gifts? Why not attach them to cards and then pop them into a Card Album?
How to display a necklace in a card:
Poke holes in the card with a small hole punch or a piercing tool.
Cut wire at about 3 inch lengths and bend it in half.
Link the wire through the chain of the necklace so that there is very little slack.
Poke the wire through the holes and bend open.
Slide the card into the elastic spine and you a ready to grab your Card Album to show off your work or have it be your "go to" spot for gift giving!
If you like the necklace in the picture, pop on over to Craftside for the 411 on materials and how-to.

Bat Mitzvah Card Album

My niece just had her Bat Mitzvah and I thought she should have a place to store all her cards and memorabilia.




















So I had my Mom send me some photos from the day and I went to town decorating and customizing the outside of The Card Album.
















I cut up the invitation reusing it for the cover title.
















So not only is The Card Album a great place to store cards, it can hold all sorts of things like the program from the event, the embossed napkins and things. The pocket in the back is perfect for little bits that don't have a fold that slides into the cord binding system.

My first Decorated Christmas Card Card Album for 2009 using the Cricut Die Cutter

I decorated my first Card Album for my 2009 Christmas cards!
I know your thinking a bit early? No never too early to craft for the holidays, they sneak up on you like you wouldn't believe!















It is really hard to shoot really shiny metallic hence the two shots.














I know it's hard to see but on the ribbon I die cut "2009 cards" out of shiny gold metallic sticky back vinyl on my Cricut die cutter. I wrapped my Card Album like a present. I put the bow on the spine so it would look pretty on the shelf amongst my books.















Here you can see the "9".

Card Albums are great for Blank cards on their way to awsome hand made creations

So Card Albums aren't just good for putting cards you have received they are great motivators and organizers of your handmade creations.














I filled a Card Album with blank cards that I simply made by folding 8 1/2 by 11 cardstock in half and slipping in the elastic binding system. I have made one card and plan to make 23 more before Christmas, it is about 23 weeks until then so I think I am in good shape!














To see how to make this movable fighting girls card:


pop on over to this post at Craftside. It was made with help from the great book Paper Puppet Palooza .