Stationery Made from Junk Mail, Revisted

Last month, I made some stationery out of junk mail:

It looks like a matching set with a bird theme. I used paint, collage, and washi tape to turn junk mail from blah to TADA! 

This envelope used to be a credit card mailer that I painted and decorated with collage. 

This greeting card/folder was an election flyer before the transformation that involved paint, collage, and washi tape.

When we open the folder (upper part of photo), there are pockets on each side...TADA!

Why don't we make a few items we can tuck inside the pockets?

Handmade bookmarks (or gift tags) and stickers are what I had in mind. Here's how I made them:

I made some plain tags by using an existing gift tag as a template that I then traced on white cardstock. I cut them with a pair of scissors and made a hole on the upper part of the tag with a hole punch.   

For the stickers, I used plain sticker paper. I used a paper punch to make these circles, but tracing a round object on the paper and cutting them with scissors should work as well. 

Since we have a bird theme going on, I'm using these cling stamps, an acrylic block, and an ink pad to decorate the tags and stickers. 

I randomly stamped the image on the stickers and bookmarks. I glued on some collage (paper from an old book) on the bookmarks for added visual interest. 

Same process, different bird...TADA!

I added some thin black ribbon through the holes of the bookmarks. 

Then I neatly tucked in the bookmarks and stickers inside the pockets of the folder. It reminds me of stationery sets that you can buy at a store!

By adding a handwritten card and personalizing the envelope, this little package is on its way to brighten someone's day.  

And that is how I turned junk mail, plain cardstock, and sticker paper from blah to TADA!

*****

Kindly subscribe here if you'd like my future blog posts delivered straight to your inbox. You can also follow me on Instagram for more crafty ideas.