DIY Christmas Cards - Easy Upcycling

In my previous post, I showed you how to make an upcycled mosaic desk tidy from used greeting cards. I had lots of those little punched squares left over, so I decided to use them to create my own little Christmas cards!

Mosaic Desk Tidy - Easy Upcycling

Following on from my previous post, showing how to create hanging star decorations from used Christmas cards, the next upcycling project I'd like to share with you is this stunning mosaic desk tidy!

Again, I have used my old Christmas cards here, together with a few other greeting cards that I had saved, but you could just as easily use scraps of coloured cardstock. 

Hanging Star Decorations - Easy Upcycling

For the last few weeks I've been sorting through my huge pile of used Christmas cards, wondering what I could possibly do with them...

Most of them had glitter on them and were donated to me last year because they couldn't be recycled. So I started to come up with some ideas of how to upcycle them into new creations. The first of which is these fabulous hanging star decorations!

I created a template (see below), which is about 7.5cm high, and cut out as many as I could from the cards. Then I sorted them into groups of 5 and put them together. As they are double-sided, you will need 10 of this shape to complete one star decoration:

To make one, you will need: * used Christmas cards, greeting cards or card packaging * star template (see above) * pencil or pen * scissors or craft knife * ruler * scoring tool * strong, all purpose glue or double-sided tape * ribbon, string or thread

Here's my video tutorial showing how to make the stars:

They really are a fabulous way of using up old Christmas cards, greeting cards or card packaging. 

I will be back soon with my next Christmas card upcycling project!

Until then, happy crafting!