Tips for Making Greeting Cards in Bulk

Whether you make greeting cards to sell, to give away as gifts, or for personal use, making them in bulk can be a big time saver. Make sure you are making the most of your time by following the tips on making greeting cards in bulk found in this article.

Bulk Greeting Card Tip #1: Prepare a sample. Making a single sample card before you begin making in bulk will allow you to work out any kinks in your design and make sure you like how it turns out. It will also help you to get a method down so you can break that method up into steps when making the cards in bulk.

Bulk Greeting Card Tip #2: Don't do more than ten at a time. You'll get overwhelmed and bored if you spent more than an hour making the exact same card. Also, you'll feel more of a sense of accomplishment getting ten cards done than getting 100 tiny card elements done. Once you've completed a set of ten complete cards, if you still feel in the groove, make another ten. Otherwise, take a break and come back to your cards after working on another project, or doing something else.

Bulk Greeting Card Tip #3: Do each step once. You'll save time by doing all your cutting at once rather than picking up your cutter three times for each card. Cut everything out first. Gather items for each step or element together, complete each element, then assemble your card.

Bulk Greeting Card Tip #4: Use the same sketch multiple times. Once you have a good card sketch that works for your bulk greeting cards, use it over again using different color schemes, or with a different theme. Take the Thank You Card idea you love to use, switch up the colors and use a Happy Birthday stamp and you have a new card idea for little effort. You can also try turning your sketch vertically.

Bulk Greeting Card Tip #5: Make it simple. Going overboard on a card design will wear you out. Remember that sometimes less is more. Also, blank greeting cards are a good idea. A blank card is more versatile. If you are selling or giving your homemade greeting cards as gifts, a blank card can have a sentiment added by the purchaser. Blank cards you keep for your own use can be made acceptable for any occasion at the last minute. With a blank card, you always have an appropriate card on hand.