With Misplaced Talents
During the holidays, handwritten cards add a personal touch. Creating a handmade card ensures the recipient will feel loved and appreciated. Upcycle your old holiday cards into new cards and tags to spread the season’s cheer. Melissa Schuppe of Misplaced Talents shows how to a little cutting, taping, and creativity rescue these memories from the wastebin.
Materials Needed
- Old Christmas Cards or Tags
- Blank notecards
- Holiday paper
- Scissors
- Double-sided tape
Steps
- Cut out images from your favorite cards.
- Tape the images onto holiday paper.
- Tape matted images onto blank cards
Notes
- The same steps apply to gift tags.
- To save time, blank cards or tags can be purchased at local craft stores.
- You can also use holiday messages from inside the card, for a personal touch.
About Misplaced Talents
I opened my shop in July of 2008, at the urging of a friend. I had been making cards for a couple of years at that point, mostly from magazines. Somewhere along the way, I started using vintage books and was taken with these old images. Most of these books were headed for the trash and I loved being able to cut them up and turn them into something beautiful. Over the years, my style and skill have evolved and improved. Many of my cards still reflect my quirky humor, although I can be serious at times. My cards are still original, one-of-a-kind creations. I have been tempted to make reprints for more mass selling, but have never done it. I feel that this is my trademark, that each card I make is a little helium balloon that I let go into the world.
In 2010, my husband and I had the idea to purchase a button machine, and the button side of Misplaced Talents was born. Buttons are fun to make and fun to wear, and they have been a successful asset to my shop.
At heart, though, I am a paper crafter. I love paper. If I had a chance at a second career, I think I’d get a business degree and open an amazing stationery store, one that would be so tantalizing, it would get the whole world writing letters again!
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