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Just curious as to what size cards do most people do the most of? It seems in the magazines that most cards are 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" but that size seems very small to me. I know it's easiest as it's half a sheet of 8.5 x 11". If you do larger sizes, do you cut your own from 12x12" paper or buy card blanks? I'm wondering if I'm missing something before I cut up my 12x12" paper supply!
I'm wondering the same thing. I love the small cards but recently just started selling a few cards. One order I took the women specifically said she would like the card to be 4x6 in size. Kinda got me thinking!
I do stay with the standard A2 for easy of cutting, envelopes and mailing, I suppose.
What size do most of you make your Christmas cards?
I try to always put my card size down in my descriptions because I tend to make 8.5 x 5.5 cards. I lived in England for a long time and I know my relatives there are used to shopping in WHSmiths and Clintons with the larger card sizes for the more important people in their lives.
That said this year the bulk of my Christmas cards are going to be 5.5 x 4.5! LOL!
Just curious as to what size cards do most people do the most of? It seems in the magazines that most cards are 5 1/4 x 4 1/2" but that size seems very small to me. I know it's easiest as it's half a sheet of 8.5 x 11". If you do larger sizes, do you cut your own from 12x12" paper or buy card blanks? I'm wondering if I'm missing something before I cut up my 12x12" paper supply!
Thanks.
It's actually 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". That's the standard card maker size, also know as A2. The bigger cards, such as 4x6 are more the bought card size, and even bigger ones are usually reserved for invitation. I think the reason most card makers stick with A2 is that it's half a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" paper. You can also cut them out of 12" x 12" paper, but you do waste quite a bit. I also like to make 4" x 4" square cards, as those fit into the A2 envelopes and don't cost extra to mail. Speaking of mailing costs, that's another reason for the A2 size. Depending on the size of your bigger card, it can cost more to mail.
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I think if you start going too far up the size scale, you struggle to find stamps with images that look the right kind of proportions. You can do 7" x 5" and still be OK some of the time but even then you can find you have a lot of space to fill and your stamped image can get kind of lost looking!
You're presumably working with UK paper sizes, Jane? Our half sheet halved is just slightly different proportions that the US A2 card size but it's a pretty close equivalent.
99% of the cards I make are 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 (A2). I think that they are so much easier to emblish and I know that they mail with no problems. There has been a few times, and it is very few, that I wanted to also send pics (4 X 6) and I keep precut paper packs with matching envies for that purpose. I find them much harder to make the fronts look like I want them to. My sister sells most of what I make at the bank she works at (and I also sell at a candle store) and A2's are the favorite.
I think if you start going too far up the size scale, you struggle to find stamps with images that look the right kind of proportions. You can do 7" x 5" and still be OK some of the time but even then you can find you have a lot of space to fill and your stamped image can get kind of lost looking!
You're presumably working with UK paper sizes, Jane? Our half sheet halved is just slightly different proportions that the US A2 card size but it's a pretty close equivalent.
Actually, for making cards I use the US size 8.5x11" but as someone mentioned, UK card blanks tend to be larger. I *hate* to waste paper, though! I could get 4 cards (at 4" x 6") from a 12" square cardstock. Not crazy about that size though. I do like 5x7" and never have a problem filling it (:twisted...but postage back to the US is really expensive, not to mention the wastage when cutting that size!!!
Actually, for making cards I use the US size 8.5x11" but as someone mentioned, UK card blanks tend to be larger. I *hate* to waste paper, though! I could get 4 cards (at 4" x 6") from a 12" square cardstock. Not crazy about that size though. I do like 5x7" and never have a problem filling it (:twisted...but postage back to the US is really expensive, not to mention the wastage when cutting that size!!!
I have the reverse problem and thus am going slimmer and smaller this year.
Card sizes?????
