Card Fronts
 

While I was in search of another piece of cardstock to complete the four cards that I need to make I thought..."if I just make card fronts and write my greeting on the back I will have enough CS."

My question is...does anyone else use only a quarter piece of CS for cards? What is your opinion?

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I keep looking at the cards and wondering if it is tacky or I am just not used to it. It would save TONS on CS and still make great cards.

I usually use a quarter of the colored cs and then attach it to half a sheet of white cardstock to make a complete card. This way I save my colored cardstock and I find it easier to write on the inside of the card if it is white.

That is exactly what I do too! You can buy white CS a lot cheaper in larger packages and like you said it's easier to write and/or stamp on the inside.

If you have an Office Depot near you and you are not a demo you can buy some CS there that looks exactly like the Confetti White that is pre-scored for making 1/2 sheet cards for alot less! (Can't remember how much). I think they were called 'note cards'. The package was 8x10 and shrink wrapped, after taking out a sheet, you ripped on the prescored lines and folded on the prescored fold to make the card. It works so well and saves my Ultrasmooth CS for stamping! That way I can make more card fronts and even adhere when I'm ready to send. It is super helpful at Christmas time when I do 60 of one card design!

Ok, silly question -- Do you use white CS mostly? Even if cardfront is bright colors? And if you used confetti on the front, then you would use confetti, right? I have thought about doing this but didn't know if you make the card front a little smaller so the white will show up as border? And does it make it too think on the front compared to the back (does that sound right?) Hope someone understands what I'm asking. Not for sure, if I worded it right. :oops:

I cut the colored cardstock a little bit smaller than the front of the card so that I have a white border around it.

Thank you! I was hoping that someone understood me. LOL!!

You can buy big packages of white cardstock 8-1@ x 11 (115 weight) in packages of 250 for a really reasonable cost and cut them in half for your card base.

You can buy big packages of white cardstock 8-1@ x 11 (115 weight) in packages of 250, from Office Depot, for a really reasonable cost and cut them in half for your card base.

If I use colored cardstock for the front, and don't want a white border, I cut a 1/2 sheet of white, trim about 1/8-1/4 off and tape it to the back of the card. I hope this helps

I bought a package of white CS from Office Max for making a large number of cards, and made sure to get bright white. Ordinarily I'd stick with SU!, but I couldn't wait for an order to come and I needed to save some $$. The one I got was the Wausau Exact Index, 110-lb weight, and I think it cost less than $10 for 250 sheets. They had a brighter one, but it was only 65-lb so it was way too thin to be comparable to the US white. It's been my experience that if you try to stamp a greeting on the inside of the card when using the regular white cardstock, or use a "hand stamped" stamp on the back, the ink bleeds just a bit.

I was thinking along these lines, but I decided to stay with SU! paper and make full cards.

The extra 1/4 sheet of card stock costs about 5 cents. I can make 100 full cards for just $5.00 more. At that cost, I'd rather stick with the quality paper.

I just got a card in a swap that was 1/4 sheet of CS folded in half - it looked like a little gift card. Initially I was a bit disappointed b/c it seemed like I (and others who did regular sized card fronts) got gipped but it is a really cute card and a great design!

I am a cheapy and use 1/4 sheets of color for card fronts and glue white to the back.

I usually use 1/4 sheet too with US White. I think it works great!!!

Chris Fuhs
Me, too. I also find the white cs just too flimsy as a card base. So if the base cardstock is dark, I put a lighter liner inside to stamp and write on.

Valerie

I use white anytime I can get away with it. :lol:

Someone here on SCS recommended Georgia Pacific cardstock from Walmart & swore that it was as good as SU's US white. I bought some to see for myself, and holding them side by side, I decided that GP's was a little heavier (it's 110 weight...I don't know what SU's is) and IMO a little bit brighter. It isn't quite as smooth, when holding them both, but it really is a very good quality & holds ink really well. I DTP'd the front of a card made from it, totally covering it in Barely Banana, to the point that it was even dark (I never thought Barely Banana could look dark!), and it never bled through to the inside.

Sorry if this is too off-topic, but hoping it helps someone. :)

Leslie

I have recieved both and liked them equally. The thought neve crossed my mind someone was being cheap. I think white is more practical to write on. I usually make whatever I feel like, but I don't do near as many cards as a demo. I find it is the quality of the design and, of course, neatness that matters to me. I just made some black cards for a swap and feel bad someone may have to search for a metallic marker if they want to use it, but the design started with an embellishment. It just needed to go on black.