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May 10
2010

Fold and color options for your holiday greeting cards

In preparation for the upcoming holiday, you can have a better idea of a most, if not most often used for sending emails means well — the trustee wishes greeting card. Before the advent of electronic cards sent by e-mail, traditional greeting cards excluded. And to compare and e-cards, greeting cards still speak volumes more than a long letter sent Internet.

You know, with a greeting card, the sender is out of his way to buy it, sat down to prepare and write a warm message, and devoted much time and money you send. Therefore, it is not only the written which gives the impression of a friendly hello, but everything else that involves sending a card.

To get the same effect, send your own greeting cards for the holidays. But instead of using pre-made greeting cards in shop door, you may want to take a step further with your own maps on your own design. You can easily send this drawing to your local printer or online and printed.

First things first

Start creating your greeting card design, which would easily link the beneficiaries with you for personal use, or your company, for commercial purposes. There are two elements in your greeting card specifications that you can use to create a look even more unique. These are the folds and color options.

To mark or not mark

For tricks, you can go for the Greeting Card typical two components where the stock is folded along the central line over the space of its width. Folding can be achieved in two ways, it is the decline of classical results that the cracks along the spine that uneven results of the fold, especially for thick stock as those used for greeting cards. To avoid such an undesirable outcome, you can ask for scoring.

The score is the method of adding a depression along the center line of the width of the card to facilitate folding. In addition to a guide for folding, scoring, it is easy to fold along line, as indeed, the median line is not thick like before. The score should be deep enough to bend without effort, but at the same time, not so deep that leave the greeting card easy to tear down the middle.

Another greeting card once the double doors in which two equal parts the full width of the card are folded into what looks like a door, hence the name. Contact your local printer and ask if they can accommodate custom work.

Choose the color sides

printing companies generally offer three color options: 4 / 0, 4 / 1 and 4 / 4. The first, 4 / 0, represents the color printing on the front which gives you plenty of space for Write your message. For all printed sides, you can opt for 4 / 1 or 4 / 4. The former means that only the front is printed in color. Another side of the card is printed on using black ink only. This one, the other hand, indicates that both sides are printed color, ideal if you want to add drawings inside of your card.

Nostalgic for this season. Spread your message to the old traditions with the use of greeting cards with updated drawings and waits. Keep while adding a touch of modernity. Get the best of both worlds.

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