One More Seasonal Tradition: Scrapbooking Holiday Cards

Good Morning Ali
I make two 12 x 12 layouts of all our pictures and specials notes (if I don't have enough pictures - but always manage to) - they are posted in our front hallway for the next year. The following year after all xmas greetings and cards are in by the end of January - I prepare 2 new layouts, file the old in my scrapbook for the prior year and carry on. Love looking at all our wonderful family and friends during the year.
Have a good one.

What perfect timing! Just this morning I shoved the pile of Christmas cards in a drawer in a moment of indecision over what to do with them. I'm totally doing this! thanks Ali!

I save mine (who could throw away beautiful photos?) but now I know what I will do next year when I pull out the box of past photo cards. Scrap them! LOVE this idea so much - thank you for sharing!

I tend to keep my cards. I can't bring myself to get rid of them and I do (sometimes) go back and look for specific things. I would love to make a layout like you do. Maybe this is the year1 thanks for the inspiration.
Leora

Thank you so much for this idea! I don't know how I have missed this since I am an avid reader of your blog, but I am rushing home today to start this project. I usually end up tossing out our cards each year after I've hung onto them for a few months. Thanks again!

Cool idea!! Thanks for sharing =)

I took all of the traditional cards, cut cirles from them and made 3 ornament balls. I'm going to have to use your idea to scrap my photo ones, instead of tossing them into a box like I usually do, never to be seen again.

I LOVE that idea Ali! I enjoy all.my Christmas cards and want to be able to look at them again!

I have always kept them, but never knew what to do with them. Thanks for the WONDERFUL idea!!!

I have the same plan as you had. I am going to use my square punch too! I have cards saved from past years but have not tackled the project yet....maybe i will do that this weekend. thanks for sharing yours!

LOVE this idea Ali!!!! I think I'll do this with all our photo cards so much more creative than collecting dust!
I typically send all cards after the holiday to St.Jude: http://stjudesranch.org/help_card.php

Thanks for sharing this -- what a lovely idea.

I love this idea. I have saved so many cards with photos, and the letters that accompany them, but haven't done anything special with them yet. I think that I'll do this and add it to my Christmas layouts for that year!

something fun I've done in the past is take some of the cards (boxed ones) cut them into basic shapes, or cut around the main image to make lacing cards for the kids. It's a pretty simple thing that they really like to do.

I plan to include the photo cards we received from our closest family & friends, probably intact, in my December Daily album, but might try a collage with some of the other "regular" cards -- thanks for sharing your technique!

I have a whole scrapbook dedicated to the photos people send...it's a great place for seeing how all the children have grown over the years! Like Lara, I send the card fronts to St. Jude.

In the past I too have scrapped them -- however I have never used artwork from the cards -- just the photos -- i like that. Also, I like how you just used your square punch rather than try to crop each individual photo. I also create little name labels that I put on each photo -- I am thinking this may not be necessary -- hmmmm don't know.

what a wonderful idea. i have tons of cards saved because i feel guilty throwing them away, this is the perfect solution. happy new year!

Every year, unfortunately, we seem to get fewer and fewer cards. And what we do receive tends to be computer generated. I do, however, try to make a LO each year, using a smaller square punch (hmmmm...I wonder where I got the idea?). Usually, it's just a page, but I do like the idea of making it a two-pager with just the year on the first page.

I was just wondering what to do with mine this year. I think I may lift this idea. In 07 I square punched my favorites and added them to my Dec daily and in 08 I put an pocket at the back of Dec daily to hold favorite cards (I recycle the rest). This year the Dec daily just didn't happen for me so I need a new plan for the cards. thanks for the idea.