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Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging


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Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum PackagingMake a business card holder from an empty gum package. It will hold business cards perfectly! This card holder is slim and fits nicely in your purse, backpack, or even your pocket.

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Total Time: 15-30 minutes

Supplies:

Steps:

  1. Peel out the gum liner.
  2. Upcycled Business Card Holder
from Gum Packaging -  peel out the gum liner
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - empty Orbit package
     
  3. Unravel gum packaging and lay flat.
  4. Upcycled Business Card Holder  from Gum Packaging - open along the sides of the package
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - open out flat
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - package from the outside
     
  5. Using paper or stickers cover up areas you don't want to be seen. Use X-acto knife to cut away excess or to fold over. (Note: I actually recycle these white large sticker labels from online orders. Most of my online orders come with a return address label and on the side of the label there is always this blank piece which I save up).
  6. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - use labels to cover parts of package
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - covering with labels
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - fitting label to package
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - label on lid from outside
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - using knife to cut to fit
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - folding parts of label to fit
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - label cut and in place
     
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  7. Time to decorate. I used gold floral washi tape.
  8. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - package with roll of washi tape
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - decorate with tape
     
  9. I have another white label sticker (again from recycling) and covered the logo.
  10. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - cover gum logo with sticker
     
  11. As a cute accent, I used a flower hole puncher.
  12. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - use a flower hole punch on flap to accent
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - tulip punched in flap
     
  13. I covered the floral punch with scrap yellow paper. Then, I sealed the entire outer gum packaging with clear packaging tape to make the business card holder durable and to prevent rips.
  14. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - back the punched flower with colored paper
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - cover the entire box with packing tape to make it more durable
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - packing tape coverage
     
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  15. Now put your gum packaging back together. I used packaging tape to secure everything into place.
  16. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - reassemble the box
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - use packing tape to reassemble
     
    Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - box baxk together
     
  17. Ready to store your own business cards or business cards you get that you save in here and be organized.
  18. Upcycled Business Card Holder from Gum Packaging - ready to add business cards, either your own or those that you collect
     

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April 27, 20180 found this helpful

It turned out so nice!!

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