Thank you Cate for letting us know about your easter bunny card project. Here’s how.

Robyne is an Australian artist and is currently making these life sized dressed from cards and crochet. The first dress is made from new baby birth cards and the second dress from cat lover cards. She is in the process of making a life size wedding dress and is looking for wedding card donations – contact her via her website if you can send some cards her way.

Blair Lambert is an artist and designer who makes and sell handmade cards and prints featuring her original illustrations of whimsical little creatures. Check her out online for some last minute cards.

love this folding sled popup card from cheeky magpie – template available.

How to create your own postcards, greeting cards and gift labels using mainly recycled materials.

To make your own personal cards is great fun – and easy done: With some cardboard, scrap paper and paint.

- Take a cardboard box, a ruler and a sharp knife and cut out pieces approx 24 x 18 cm.
- Put the pieces in a bucket with water and let soak for 5-10 minutes.
- Now peel the layers apart (usually cardboard boxes consist of 3 layers).
- Let all the pieces dry under pressure – or iron the pieces when almost dry to make them as flat and straight as possible.
- Add a slightly irregular layer of white/whitish paint by using a painter roll. Let dry.

Then fold along the centre line to make it a double card. Add an image: could be a photo, a cut out from a magazine, a piece of scrap or fabric – it can be anything – and glue it on the front page. Use your sewing machine and stitch along the edges – just as a decoration…

- Take a normal piece of paper, slightly smaller than the cardboard and fold it so it is double thickness.
- Place the folded paper inside the folded cardboard centre-line to centre-line.
- Stitch the paper on to the cardboard.

Now the card is like a small “book”. The cardboard functions as the cover and you write your message or greeting on the inside pages. Have fun!

About the author: Hanne is a mixed-media artist who loves to recycle objects and ideas. You can find her at heaven+earth blog