One More Seasonal Tradition: Scrapbooking Holiday Cards

I love the 08 "fix." While I was reading this post, I was thinking what I would do as I thought I had enough for one 12x12 but not two. The 08 version is perfect.

Oh...I love this idea!! I might have to go outside and grab all the cards I just put in the recycling (except it is -30C outside, so I probably won't) :) I do keep the pictures that I get in a small photo album on the side table in the living room so my kids can go through and see pictures of all our friends and family throughout the year. But this is a GREAT idea. Thanks for sharing Ali!

We don't really recieve that many cards [we recieved 4 this year], so I just add them into my December Daily for whatever day they came. I punch the envelope, so I that I know who, where and when the card came. I don't make my day about that card, unless it is deeply meaningful [like my brother's card this year since he is Afghanistan]. I do love your Card pages like that, but I simply don't get enough cards to do something like that.

I had never thought of doing this. What a great idea. I will have to do this next year. I have already gotten rid of them for this year. I keep the ones with photos in my albums but the others I either donate or trash depending upon what's in them.

ooooo i love this.... so gonna do this!

Love this idea!

I always have such angst over what to do with them; I know how much I love the photos and cards I send out so I know what kind of care and thought others put into theirs. What a great way to showcase happy holiday greetings! My son, two and a half, is loving using mom's "crunches" (punches!), so I'm going to get him involved in doing the "crunching" for me. New Jan tradition!

Me too Amy :).

I used them (along with envelopes) in my December Daily this year, since I didn't start that project until halfway through the month. I didn't premake any of the pages, so I used some of the cards to base journaling, etc. on. http://scrappenstance.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-daily-ish-part-i.html

OMGosh!!! I love this idea. We have lots of holiday cards and shutter at the thought of throwing them away every year-I also love how looking back on last year's layout, you were ok with changing what you didn't like about it! I have a few layouts that 'haunt' me and not look just right but have been weary about making changes and possibly making it worse-how fearless of you! Thanks for the gentle nudge to fix mine once and for all!

Oh, really love this idea Susan.

You rule! I was thinking about your christmas card lay-out and doing one this year!!!!!! Thanks for the post!!!!!!!!

I make holes to them and turn them into a book. And my baby loves to read it.
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I love this idea! I just shove mine in a drawer and then eventually pitch them, but i would love to have a way to keep them and not take up so much space. Thanks for sharing this.

I keep a few with personal or touching messages, but the rest go to my son's first grade teacher (and my colleague), who uses the cardstock the following year for the kids to make gift boxes and other crafts from. She really appreciates this.
My school gets a lot less reusable items than we used to - I hope that means things are being used at home - but things like yarn and cloth etc just don't find there way to us anymore. I'm glad when we can find new life for things.

Honestly. You're killing me with all this holiday goodness! I forgot about this, and almost threw my cards away. HEY! I found last year's cards in my holiday bin... wonder if I kept them thinking I'd do this last year???

What a great idea. I have just been keeping them in an envelope for each year. Square punches are out and I am punching. Happy New Year.

I love your idea and I think I'll start doing that too.
I always keep photos that people send me and scrapbook them. It's nothing fancy and I use holiday stickers around them. It's very basic, but I just don't have the heart to throw pictures away!

I use my Christmas cards in my People We Love album in my Library of Memories. So many people we love live so far away from us that we don't have photos or regular get-togethers to scrapbook. For the photo cards, I add a card each year to the page. So for my cousin, I have a 1 page layout that has 3 years of cards on it. If the person sends a card with a note, I cut out the notes, and date them, and maybe square punch part of the front of the card, especially if it shows something about the sender's personality (for example, we have some friends who always send Pooh cards). It doesn't take up much space for me, and it helps us remember those far flung friends!

I have a wreath in the shape of a snowflake that I got from Target a few years ago, that has the swirls on it to hold photos/cards. I put all of this years photo cards on that wreath and keep it up year round, remember our loved ones and praying for them when I see them on the wreath. Then the regular cards are made into tags and ornaments - on my blog there is an idea from Jennifer at Hope Studios to turn your cards into little notepads! I love that idea and will do that this year! www.lisarusselldesigns.blogspot.com