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Got Yarn Scraps? Make a Handmade Card!

March 28, 2015 by Ann Koeman 2 Comments

We knitters and crocheters often find ourselves with leftovers and snippets of yarn after completing our projects. I tend to collect everything because I know there could be a use for it all, eventually. Over the years, I’ve found that smaller leftovers (like yarn and fabric scraps) are great for crafting, especially in making easy kids crafts. However, adults can craft with yarn scraps as well, of course!

If you have extra yarn scraps lying around from a past project or two, use them to make some beautiful handmade cards that anyone would be impressed to receive!

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Cutest-Ever Yarn Scrap Cards

Creating Cards with Yarn Scraps

Materials and Tools

  • A couple sheets of heavy paper or card stock (available from any office supply store and craft store)
  • Scissors or other blade cutting device such as a craft cutting knife (For this project, I used die cuts made with an electronic die cutting machine, but it is possible to achieve similar results with some patience and scissors.)
  • Yarn scraps
  • Some sort of adhesive (like double-sided tape or a glue stick)

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch card stock in half.

2. Take one of your half sheets of card stock and fold that into a card. Cut the other half of the card stock in half so you end up with two pieces that are the same size as the front of your card. Discard one of the small pieces because you won’t need two to finish the project.

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3. With one of the small paper pieces that you just created, cut out a shape by either tracing and cutting the shape free hand or using a die cut.

4. Place the card stock piece that now has a shape cut out of it over the front of the card and lightly trace the shape’s outline in pencil onto the front of the card. Then, completely cover the tracing with your adhesive.

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5. Lay your strips of yarn over the traced image, cutting as you go when needed. Make sure each piece of yarn overlaps the tracing edges slightly.

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6. Once you’ve finished arranging your yarn, cover the front of the card with the small piece of card stock that has your shape cut out of it. Use any type of adhesive to secure the top panel over the front of the card.

7. After you’ve attached the top panel, feel free to decorate it with some stickers, stamps and doodling.

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What’s the cutest craft you’ve ever made with yarn scraps?

 
Related: Amazing Ideas to Use Up Fabric Scraps

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Ann is a Mixed Media artist who lives near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a mom of two terrific teens, wife of a very busy businessman, and servant to one fluffy cat. From sewing and most needle crafts, stamping, scrapbooking and a lot of paper crafts, to drawing, painting and working with inks, Ann is multi-skilled and never bored. She had some formal training with a short stint in fine Arts in College, many many workshops, and a lot of self learning. She also has experience workingas a consultant, teacher, and writer of various crafts. Her style is eclectic and vintage, inspired by nature and her collections of found objects and ephemera. She loves to scour the internet, magazines, and flea markets for ideas which she collects in her various notebooks and takes lots of pictures with her iPhone. Her favourite place to be is in her home studio with her beloved family nearby. Her family motto is : Live well, laugh often, and love much.
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  1. Joy schottenloher says

    April 10, 2015 at 8:55 am

    Hi…just noticed your cards with yarn scraps. I have been doing this too. But I usually do faces with the yarn or snowmen,santa Claus….he is a lot of fun. I more or less paint with the yarn. It takes me a long time because each piece od yarn is shaved to make a flat or fuzzy style. I did Elvis ….ugh….never looked much like him but my son knew who it was when he opened his card. I tried JESUS too. He just looked like some one beat him up . If you are on pinterest you can see my flubs. The eyes were the hardest to make. I sure do love how neat your looks. I guess I have to practice a long time to get as good as you. Thanks…I will be looking for more from you. Love and art”……joy

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  2. Valerie Kisamore says

    May 3, 2017 at 5:42 am

    I like waving with yarn or making god’s eyes.

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