Green Crafting | Recycle those Junk Mail Postcards into Useful Craft Supplies
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2024
- We all get them and they are not in short supply. Junk mail postcards are in every mailbox in the US this season and I'd like to show you some fun ideas to reuse them and create some craft supplies for your junk journals. All my favorite supplies are listed at the bottom of this description.
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I watched this. Then I ran to the trash and pulled out the 10 I received yesterday. Love free products!
LOL Yes. I sent one specifically to the shredder. With great annoyance. I'll go retrieve it, as I haven't put it in yet.
Unfortunately, I ripped mine up and already threw the trash out…and the 🗑️ has been picked up🙄 next time…
Yayy!! Glad you didn’t get rid of them
I’m thinking I need to go through the recycle! Thankfully it’s still in the house!
Thats hilarious, I had to chase the trash man down the street to get mine back. hahahaha. xxxx
Thanks for sharing this! 💯 ❣️
You are so welcome
For the last month, I have been recycling junk election postcards into tags, junk journal covers, and more. It is a great way to recycle, and it is fun.
Great ideas. I’m so glad to hear you’re using them up. 😊
You can also use the leftovers from cutting out the die cuts - like the birds - you can take the cards that they were cut out from - anyway, you can use the remaining paper as a stencil also! :)
Great idea!!
It's great when people show mistakes because we all can learn!!! Thanks for that.
You’re welcome thanks for watching. 😊
I, too, am excited to see this idea as it is both creative and environmentally responsible. Another plus is that it is a cost free resource for those of us who have limited budgets. An all around winner! Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. Well said!
I have been so mad about getting these and adding to landfills, when I saw this, I just slapped my head! Can now see so many possibilities, one thing really impressed me was the use of watercolors! Made me think of using my watercolor pencils for a little more precise applications! Wish I hadn’t trashed so many, but new ones have no chance of escaping!😊😮😏blessed and safe days!
YAY!! Making Paper Pretty is our game!
I've been making bookmarks for years out of thick, cardstock mailings.
Love the idea of making stencils from them.
Yayy!! Hope you try it.
I too like the stencil idea made from mailers, great idea❤
I used to make paperclip covers, tags, and journal cards out of them these are great bases for tons of stuff. Such good, quality card!
Great tip! They are so rugged.
I shred all my paper & those post cards & use them in compst & gardens.
Great idea. The worms love paper! And flowers love worm 💩
That's more my speed. Obviously, I'm not a serious crafter. This looks like way too much work.
🎉yes!! Great Ideas, the stencil idea so excited to try this FUN YES FUN.
Yay! Thank you!
Lots of great ideas. Thank you 🌷
You are so welcome!
I've used these for journal covers and ephemera too! It's basically free cardstock that we would cover anyway. The larger ones male great master boards, too.
I keep a stack of these next to my die cutter, they make perfect shims for the wild variance in embossing folders and some dies, too.
Also perfect weight for trapping bugs underneath a clear cup & transporting them to a more appropriate location.
That is so funny. I also catch and release bugs 😂
Please excuse my ignorance...what is a "master board"?? Thanks
A "master board" is a collage you make on a larger, thicker paper than would be used as just a folded page in your journal. After your master board collage is dry, you cut it into different sized pieces to use as tags, journal cards, pockets or "belly bands" to use in your journal. The master boards are sometimes turned collage side down when you cut it so that you can be surprised by the designs on each section. That challenges you to not overthink the collage. Let it be random or intuitive because you don't really know exactly what will be on each piece until you turn them all over after cutting them. I hope that makes sense and answers your question.
@@sherrieclay6886 about the master board, please read my response to your question below. I think I did not attach it to your question.
I’m going to pause the video to go through my paper recycle can! 😂🥰
🤣 seems I sent many people to the recycling today
Never thought of the stencil idea-love this🥰
As soon as I saw that shine on the flyers and cards I was like "yes, I need to learn how to deal with this!" I have a ton I've been saving but no clear way forward to deal with them - these are great ideas, many thanks!!
You're welcome. Hope you find many uses for them.
I have a ton of these coming every day and I thought that they were too shiny to use. I can use these if I scratch them up like you said!! I won't have to buy supplies until next year, lol
LOL well I’m glad for that!!
That time of year good usage of junk mail..love the birds
I sometimes use those postcards when I need thin cardstock. I cover one side with white paper.
Awesome!
Awesome! I’ve been covering them and making tags out of them! Thanks for more options! -Karen
Fun ideas! I really like the way you used them as stencils
Schön dass du wieder neue Ideen zeigst wie man aus allen Sachen neues machen kann
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching. 😊
Beautiful recycling!
This is a very good advice, thank you!!! 🥰
You are so welcome!
Been saving this time around 😂 wondering what to do with them 😂
Oh, gee, great idea! Just seeing this two days before the election, though! And I’ve been throwing mine out!
I'm sure you'll get more from local businesses. Now you can start keeping them!
First time watching you. Loved what you did here. Amazing. Thank you for sharing ❤
Hi and welcome to the channel. So glad you like the ideas!
I am not at this moment going through my own trash…nope, not me! 😂 Thanks for the great ideas.
🤣🤣of course not…
Love all the ideas with the watercolours. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
I’m off to my recycling bin 🤪 thanks
I love those cards for simply stashing my hidden paperclip, especially when they are drying. If they are displaying for sale, just glue a piece of paper on for a good background🎉🎉
That is such a great idea, I'll have to try that!
I been making Christmas ornaments out of them
Ooo great idea!!
17:55 Would decoupage a napkin be a good idea?
Definitely. Great ideas!!
I was thinking mini master boards. LOL
I've never made one yet but goodness knows the mailers would be a great place to start! 😂
Indeed. We can make
So many.
I have been saving mine to use for making ATCs, postcards, master boards, etc.
Perfect!!
Excellent ideas ! Thank you . I get those mailings every week, just need to make more time for scraping 😁
Great ideas. TFS. I also use them with my hexagon punch to do English Paper Piecing.
That's a great idea!
I got large canvases out of a dumpster in my neighborhood, too. Thanks, Tina, Al's wife
Hello Tina (and Al) Thanks for watching!
It’s great to reuse these, thank you for the idea…particularly liking making stencils from them. Lovely.
You're welcome! Glad you liked the stencil idea.
Fun fun fun ideas!!!
Thanks for the ideas espically the stencils. I've done some one time use stencils from my scraps after cutting out shapes that I wanted, but these can be used more than once and you can always make more when they get raggedy.
Ive painted some of these adds white and some of them with watered down tempra paints in spray bottels and used them as novelty pages in my journals. They turned out really pretty
That sounds amazing. I’m so glad you’re making beautiful things with them.
This is great! I saved the entire month of that junk just to see how much paper is wasted...it piled to 1 1/8" high. So I have lots of it to deal with. Thank you for the ideas.
Wow! I'm wondering how much I've been composting...
Great ideas! Love the stencil.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the great ideas. I get a ton of these.
Glad you like them! Have fun
Great idea! I’m thinking you could use business cards also for small pieces. I hate throwing them out when I don’t need the info anymore.
Great idea. Yes business cards are great for ephemera
Watching the replay. So sorry, it has been a really hard week for me.😊
No worries. I hope everything is ok love. 🫶🏻
I use my junk mail for practice cuts on my Cricut before cutting my desired paper. This way, I can figure out if I need it bigger or smaller
Great idea!
What a great idea thank you for all of the ideas. I have a box full of these things from the entire year. I can’t wait to get started using them.
Wonderful! Happy Crafting!
I've been using these mailings for a while, but you gave me a few more ideas. Thank you!
Yayyy!! So happy I did.
Those bird dies are precious! I stopped the show to run and purchase a set for myself! Thanks! Hugs from Indiana, MK 🤗🤗
They are one of my favorite die sets. Hope you love them!
I've been saving these and make all different types of ephemera with them also. Nice idea about the gesso. Never have used it
I've been saving all of mine too. Thanks!
You're welcome!!
Excellent tutorial.
I really like your cutter. This video was so helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
What a great idea! Love, love your creations. I look forward to every one of your ideas,
So glad!
This is just so clever and creative! Figures I just recycled a bunch of these junk postcards and there were NONE in the mail today! LOL! But I'm sure I won't have to wait long... Thank you for sharing these ideas. I cannot wait to give these a try.
You’re welcome. No doubt you’ll have to wait long. I get them almost daily.
The stencil idea reminded me how I made embossing boards to roll through my big shot using layered die cuts--like with some tree shapes, star shapes, snowflakes, etc.
Such great ideas!
Thank you!! 😊
Fantastic ideas, I have been saving these for about a year now, used a few but now I can do more things with them!
Wonderful! The e stencils are my absolute favorite.
Thank you for the ideas! We’ve been getting so much junk mail lately.
I always get so much but this time of year it’s the worst. Hope I helped make it more fun to get now 😊
Some really good ideas. I've always used the cardboard in packaging for this, but I've been getting lots of junk mail as of late. Thanks for the tips. Landfills need all the help we can give. I love your bird die cuts. Thanks🍁🎨💜
Love using trash but usually forget and throw it away then I panic and run to the trash can. Love your ideas DJ. xxxxx
🤣🤣 the good news is there is always more coming.
@@hitherandyonstudio thats very true
Just discovered your channel! Now I know why I saved all of these things! Thank you so much for sharing! 💕
Your welcome. Happy crafting. 😊
This video was timely for me as I had just saved some from the trash yesterday.
Now I have several awesome ideas on how to use them.😊
I especially liked the stencil idea.
TFS!❤
You're welcome
Good ideas! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thanks those are great ideas!!😊
Glad you like them! 😊
Great ideas thank you!!
You're welcome =)
I just gessoed a bunch for making envelopes. Best use of political junk mail!!
Yes!!
Wowwww...great ideas!!! Thank you ❣️
You are so welcome!
I use them to make English Paper Piecing hexagons for quilting
Awesome idea.
Wonderful ideas. Love the stencil.
So excited for this video. I've been saving all of our postcards for the imagery but for the less pretty ones I've been at a loss for what to do
Yay!! Glad you liked it.
I am so glad you your in NY. Im in Buffalo. Thanks for giving something to do with crazy card.
Hello my fellow NYer. Happy you joined me!
My mailbox had 15 of those in it today!!! Yes, theres a basketful from the past few months under my desk!!!😂
These are ingenious ideas for those mailers. We're flooded with them this time of year, especially every 4 years.
Love your digital paper kits. They are beautiful 🤩
Thank you so much! I’m so happy you like them!! 😊
I use those campaigning postcards as shims with 3-D embossing folders in my Sizzix Switch.
Great idea!!
Trash to treasures! Thanks DJ!
Have fun with your treasures.
I recognize some of those. LOL. Saved a few for usjng, but you gave me even more ideas and inspiration. Thanks!!
I'm so glad!
Good morning. Your channel came across my UA-cam feed and I am glad it did 😊 I love how you use junk mail to recreate into something fun! I am a new subscriber and look forward to watching more of your videos! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day! Gina
Welcome Gina. Thank you for subbing. I am so happy you have joined this community of fun, friendly crafters.
@@hitherandyonstudio I 100% agree that crafters arecthe best! I hope you have a wonderful day!! Gina
Love these ideas. What is a masterboard?
It is when you glue scraps down to a base and decorate it. You can then cut it up for tags, pockets, covers etc
Great way to use these 💙💙💙
Hey there, I have found some old ones I’ve gessoed to paint on but never did. I’ll use for this instead. Thx, I live in NY too. Wstchster cnty
That’s great!! I’m in Orange
Thank you 😊 for this!
You're welcome
THANK GOD your doing this video!!! I've been saving these for months!! I have an insane amount of these because of election yr, but yes I to get them yr around but not like this!
I was just hoping as someone would do a video like this to give me sm ideas! Thank you thank you thank you❤❤❤
You’re welcome. I hope you’ll give them a try.
I use them when I'm painting, and I will slide it between a slight gap to protect one area when painting with 2 different colors or paint and stain on my trim etc. Hope that made sense.
It does. Great idea! TFS 😊
Ha! I have been storing these political mailers up for the last month or so for reasons I didn't know yet. I figured I'd find something worthy of my junk journals. THANKS so much for this!
Great idea!! I am so new to this and haven’t thought of saving those. I just throw them out. 😬 Now I will start saving them.
Yay!! Glad the video was useful. Thank you for watching. 😊
I got 9 of them in one day!
So many! I’ve had up to 3-6. 9 is a lot!
Cool😊
I use mine for English paper piecing hexagons. Most are the ideal weight.
Great idea!
Great ideas!
Thank you! 😊
I've got a nice stash ..lol
Thank you for the awesome ideas❤
Glad you like them!
😮😮😮😮😮😮thanks
Any ideas on cleaning them, sanitizing??
It’s paper/cardboard. Not really sure how you would do that.
@@hitherandyonstudio Maybe I have been overthinking this, but I thought some alcohol in a spray bottle, let it dry and then cover it with paper and what nots.
TYFS DJ!
I love your ideas. I am afraid I am a petty old woman and I save all the junk mail and collect it to put into the prepaid envelopes that come with some of the other junk mail along with a note that I do not want their trash nor anyone else’s but as they seem to love putting their trash through to my home, then I assume they love trash and am reciprocating in kind. I fill those envelopes with as much junk mail as I possibly can, drop it in the mailbox and get rid of it that way. I know it is petty but it gives me a giggle to make them pay to receive the junk as they send their junk to me, so they pay twice, once to send me their junk and again to receive the junk others have sent me 😉 it makes my perimenopausal heart a little lighter. I figure that at least I am keeping the people at the post office in employment. 🤷🏻♀ But, if I come across any that I think will work for crafting, then I will sent them aside to use in my crafting. I have saved heaps on f cardboard, paper, bubble wrap, etc for my crafting but had not considered the postcards as being useful. I appreciate your ideas and inspiration! Thank you for the green ideas though, I do try to be as eco friendly as I can be. 💖
How funny. You made me laugh. I feel like these big corps just are run by robots. I burn a lot of the paper and use some like I did here. It’s a lot tho. Esp this time
Of year with all the catalogs 🙄
@ so true! I do a lot of shredding to use in my compost heap as well as the black and white stuff to shred for my friends Guinea pigs (she currently has 12 of them, she rescues them) so when it is useful for the piggies I save them. Ohhh the magazines at this time of year are almost as bad as all the political garbage 🤦🏻♀️.
I am glad I could give you a chuckle, these days folks don’t laugh enough. I remember as a kid loving all the catalogues coming through but I seem to have become a bit of a grinch and just get frustrated at all,the unnecessary junk mail and junk in general lol. I remember as a kid, my friends and I would cut up the catalogs to make paper dolls, decorating our cardboard box dolls houses and whatnot, I have tried to get my great nieces and nephews into things like that but most just are not interested. One loves to paper craft and gets excited to do crafts when I visit. So I am going to make sure to share the ideas you have shared. Her mom might not be so thrilled with keeping the junk mail though lol. But it gives me faith that the younger generations will carry on crafting and using their i,agitation to create new and beautiful things. 💖
First time here. What is the name/brand of the floral stamp set you used?❤😊Thank you
I don’t have a name but was from Temu
@ Thank you, much appreciated.❤️
Hi... I love creating with junk mail post card. Junk mail in general...
I think we are in the same area in NY. My zipcode is 12589😊
Yes 125 is not far.