It is too easy to go to the store for your usual Hallmark cards. True, they are becoming ever more clever these days, adding audio to the cards. Other greeting cards use smell, texture, and various paper types that make them attractive. Cards also use different materials, such as wood chips or aluminum, to add to the effect. But these usually all end up in the garbage. There are few ways around it, unless you follow the below steps that will almost guarantee a zero percent throw-in-trash rate.