Tip Tuesday: Holiday Card Tips

Holiday Card Tips

We would like to share some tips for those cards you might be making and mailing this holiday season. When mass-producing and mass-mailing, there are a few things we like to do to make things a little easier and a little less expensive. Hope there will be something in these tips that you find useful.

To save money when mailing it helps to keep the card as light and as flat as possible. Here are a few ways we accomplish that.

Tip #1
Use lighter-weight papers for layering. Layers of card stock add weight and bulk, both of which will cost you when it comes to postage.

Tip #2
Use faux-buttons, punched or die cut from card-stock or thin chipboard, instead of the real thing. They are lighter and thinner...saving on bulk and weight.

Tip #3
Instead of using a layer of card stock under another layer, consider using a faux layer made by coloring a frame for the top layer (either on the top layer or the layer below it).

Tip #4
If you must layer card stock for your layers, consider cutting out the center part of a middle layer to reduce the weight of the total card. Doing this carefully also adds a bonus of a scrap of card stock to use on something else!

Tip #5
Consider adding glitter or glitter glue instead of rhinestones (less bulk) to add bling to your project.

Tip #6
Rectangular cards can be mailed for less than square cards. Consider that when you create your design. If you must make square cards, consider mailing them in rectangular envelopes.


And here are a few of our favorite tips for getting those holiday cards done in a jiffy.

Tip #1
Always complete a prototype card before cutting parts for multiple cards. Measure as you go along and write down those measurements so you can be sure to be able to replicate the card. Stick to simple measurements as much as you possibly can! And a simpler card design is really best, too!

Tip #2
Make sure you have all the materials for the number of cards you plan to make before you start cutting, and make sure you have some SPARE materials for those inevitable mistakes!

Tip #3
Cut ALL of the pieces you will need of one size before cutting another size. It will prevent confusion, and is faster!

Tip #4
Stamp all copies of one image before moving on and stamping another image. Much faster than alternating!

Tip #5
Once all materials have been cut, stamped, and colored, lay out as many copies of the card as you can fit on your stamping table. Attach layers to the cards in an assembly line manner... doing the first layer on all of the laid out cards first, then the second layer, etc., as opposed to fully assembling one card, then moving on to the next card. It is quicker and less error-prone!

Tip # 6 Mailing labels do make addressing the cards much quicker. If you insist on hand-addressing them, then address all the envelopes first, prior to inserting the signed cards. And sign all the cards at once, too. You will find it a lot faster than signing one card, inserting it, and addressing that one envelope. Repetition of a single task is quicker and less error prone!


We hope you will find our tips helpful. Now we are all off to make our holiday cards and get them in the mail!

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