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Upcycled Journal Cards

 Hi friends. I wanted to share a fun upcycling project with you today. I followed a YouTube video by Pam at The Paper Outpost for turning used greeting cards into journal cards for your junk journal. Not only is this very fun and easy, but it's also a wonderful way to give a second life to the beautiful notecards you may have from friends, pen-pals, and family members that you don't know what to do with. This idea could also be used to create postcards instead of journal cards. 

Vintage Journal cards made out of old notecards

So, grab your stash of received happy mail and pick out the cards with images that you like. I wanted to give all my cards an aged look, so after gluing some paper to the back of the card to cover up any writing I decoupaged some used tea bags to the front. 

Vintage junk journal card, collaged, distressed, ephemera for junk journals.
Once that surface was dry I collaged some images to the front of the cards. I distressed around the edges, front and back with some distressed Oxide in Vintage Photo. 

Floral junk journal card made from old notecard.
Vintage junk journal ephemera. This is an upcycled journal card from an old notecard.

I also stamped images around the card. For extra details, I added tabs to the cards with my tab punch, washi tape, or scraps of ribbon. Somewhere in this process, I took the cards for a quick spin around my sewing machine alternating the stitch pattern to make it more interesting.  I inserted colorful brads, sewed on a ribbon, and added rivet holes for possible charms to be added later. 

Notecard with tea bags collaged to front. Red honey comb die cut collaged to front with ornate frame centered in middle and honey bee in center of frame.
Blue notecard with the word "LOVE" in capital floral letters.

And that, my friends, is that. I hope you enjoyed this post and will try it for yourself. Share your creations in the comments below.  

Have a beautiful day, thanks for stopping by. 

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