What do you do with old cards?

[MazG]

After you send a hand made card to an immediate family member (spouse, child) what do you do with the card? It seems such a shame to throw away the card (or at least the embellishments). Do you salvage them? If so, to what extent? Do you save the whole card front?

I'm not trying to be cheap just environmentally friendly by recyling :-D

[GarnetJ]

My house is empty, except for me, so I had never even thought of this question. But I'm never shy about putting in my 2� worth.
I think that your hubby or your child should decide first. Most guys don't keep cards, but children sometimes like to save them all in a shoebox. When they decide it's time to throw the card out, then it would be okay to salvage the good bits and reuse them.

[Lisa Loiselle]

I keep the cards I give to DH. If someone sends a card to me that I gave them as part of a gift set, I save that too! Never know when I might need to CASE myself, LOL!

[SCEmily]

My hubby keeps all of my cards(even the ugly ones before I found SU..LOL). He has a box he put in my stampin room, and he puts all of them in there so they won't get lost.

[Laura7712]

If they don't want to keep it I cut the back off and recycle it. Why waste good art?

[GWTW Junkie]

My husband keeps them all--it's kind of cute. I need to get him a box however as they are all over the place, desk, dresser, inside his Bible, nightstand, etc, and it drives me nuts. If he didn';t care I would definitely recycle them or put them in my sample basket if they were that good. No sense pitching it. For kids I often stick them in their memory box or scrap them into their birthday pages.
Dh's learning,... this anniversary he purposefully bought me a card with a "cool thing" on the front and told me I could cut it off and make another card!!! LOL

[Stampin SandyH]

I save all of my cards. A year ago I made a birthday card for my dh and he really liked it, then he said save it and give it to me again next year. Not a bad idea.

[look-inkgood]

If I haven't already made a duplicate, I put them in my sample box. My DD (who is not a sentimental packrat) was going to throw one away and I scavaged the embellishments off of it.

[Cathy H]

I have a friend who gives her DH the same Bday card every year. I keep samples of every card I ever made. So sometimes I'll keep the one I made for my husband, then I can use the sample card to send to someone else.

[Clownmom]

I belong to the Challenge Chasers RAK Group. I put all the cards I receive into a basket I keep in my dining room. I would not think of throwing away a card that someone put a lot of work into.

[shellief222]

I always keep my cards that people give to me and store it in a chest that I have had since I was in HS. If if is ones I have made or recieved in a swap I send it to friends or family.

[Rox71]

It's just DH and I at home now and he always gives the cards back to me. That's why the wants I really want to keep he gets!

I have no idea what my two adult children do with the birthday cards I give them, I've never asked. I know the Christmas cards come back to me to recycle.

So far I have all the RAK cards I've gotten from SCS friends but when I'm ready to give them up I'll recycle to Keiki or send them to the soldiers. They are so nice and need to be appreciated more than just by me.

If your family doesn't want to keep them, I'd say recycle them!

[Edee]

I write my message on a post it note and stick it inside and then they can remove and send it on to someone else. The kids love to have a card to send to someone else. I actually do this with all my cards. Such a waste for someone else to throw away too.

[stamper4armyman]

I know some family and friends keep the cards I send. If I make extra I always save them. I will send cards to troops that are blank. Not every guy (or gal) is in a location where it is easy for a card to send home.

Also, my husband uses my cards for work. It seems he will ask at the last minute.

[JoanK]

My dh is not very sentimental but he loves to get hand made cards. He doesn't save them but I do with all my other hand made cards. I make him cards but recycle his for his brother's birthday. That way I don't have an extra card and it saves me making one card. (I have a hard time with masculine cards.)

[olivia'smom]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edee

I write my message on a post it note and stick it inside and then they can remove and send it on to someone else. The kids love to have a card to send to someone else. I actually do this with all my cards. Such a waste for someone else to throw away too.

Oh and I thought I was being original. I do this when I give to a fellow stamper. As far as DH and DD I am the paperwork keeper so their cards are all put away for them.

[Joan B]

My mom takes the cards I receive to her senior citizens club. Someone there uses the card fronts for some type of senior activity. Course, I save my faves!!

[buggab0o0]

I save them, or " recycle them "
use one as a card front ( cut it off the card and trim it) and give again, or use am at to cover the " greeting " in side, I also save alot of the cards that others send, often use in my scrapbook for my kids,.

[MrsBee]

If I give them to my DH, they are his to do with whatever he wants - keep or not keep. I don't see that its up to me. I don't ask him to keep them, but he does. Somehow, I just wouldn't feel right tearing apart a card I gave him, no matter how good the embellishments were. It just doesn't feel right to wreck something that was made with such love. I think I would rather throw them away whole then do that. Call me an oddball, but I just can't do it. I have no problem tearing apart old cards I made and never used though. Those are fair game!

[tookiepie]

I am overly sentimental, so I keep pretty much ALL my letters and cards etc. I have a huge bag full of old letters and postcards etc from when I was a teenager...and I have kept all my engagement/wedding cards in nice boxes as well....

I even found a few 'handmade' cards in my stash, from waaay before I was into making my own. It's cool to see what others make.

[basketballmom]

Most of the ones for my kids I take back! (I'm a demo) ... so they get the card, enjoy it for a week (at most), then it goes into my samples!

I know, I'm a bad mom!

[danssister]

Mostly, I hoarde my cards! lol :rolleyes: I am trying to send some, however. ;)