National Geographic was a staple in homes for almost a century. The high quality magazine printed extraordinary photos on thick rich paper and many people held onto them for decades.These old magazines are easy to find at thrift stores and the paper is great for using in crafts.
I like to pop in a little gift card with anything I give.
While my tastes tends to run to pretty and elegant many of my friends have more avant garde taste and I make up these little note cards when I give items to them.
Easy to make, just take some interesting pages from National Geography and glue to card stock. I do use a paper cutter which makes the edges nice and square.
This idea of making these little cards is the same as I make cards from maps (shown here). Using a piece of 8.5 x 11 card stock fold over 3.5 inches (or the size that you want) and crease the fold with a bone folder or a dull knife (I used a letter opener).
Trim off the excess and cut the long folded strip into 3 inches (or size that you want) so you will have 3 small cards.
Find an image that you want and cut it out slightly larger that the card will be. Fold the image in half and glue it onto you card blank with a glue stick.
Trim the image so it is in line with the card blank. It does not matter if you trim some of the card blank either.
So many of the images in National Geographic are stunning and if you are making small cards only a portion will be used. The images here are from water and underwater photos.
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What a great way to make beautiful cards =)