Card Blanks - To Fold or Not To Fold

January 20th, 2010 by admin

When I first started out making my own handmade greeting cards some seven years ago, I always took some white or coloured card stock and folded my own cards blanks, as opposed to buying them from a shop ready creased or folded. Folding your own is relatively straight forward. To make an A6 card blank, first take a piece of card stock and cut it to 210mm x 148mm. Now, along one of the long edges of the card, find the middle point using a ruler and mark this faintly with a pencil. Repeat this on the other long edge, then using the ruler and pencil again, trace a faint pencil line between the two marks. This is where your card blank will be folded. Next, using your ruler as a guide make a crease along the length of the pencil line with the back of a knife or similar blunt object. Now fold your card along the crease and finally remove the pencil line with an eraser.

Of course as you develop with your card making and get into ‘bulk production’ of handmade cards, you may find that it is quicker and more efficient to buy your card blanks pre-creased and ready to use. You will also have the advantage of all your cards being consistent in shape and size which will obviously look more professional if you are planning to display and sell the cards at a craft fair or other similar event. Bought card blanks are usually supplied with envelopes to match so you won’t be hunting around for these and again your products will have a consistent quality about them.

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