Category Archives: Packaging

Bookmark sleeves, tassels, great giveaway, marketing promo

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Everyone can use a bookmark, especially one that includes an attractive panorama image, and a bookmark that is original or personalized with a custom image has even more lasting value. Photographers and artists who work in all media can keep their image fresh and in front of customers by printing or mounting it onto bookmark-sized card stock and then protecting it in a vinyl sleeve. Bookmarks also a great idea for any business person who wants a small gift to leave behind. Decorate the bookmark sleeve with a high quality 4-inch chainette tassel, and you’ve got an affordable marketing tool that customers will keep and use over and over again.

These 6 mil clear vinyl, acid-free sleeves are archival quality and come in a two sizes. Because the sleeves are heat seals, the inside dimensions are slightly smaller than the outer dimensions, so, be sure to make your bookmark slightly smaller than the outer dimensions of the sleeve, itself.

For the large sleeve [BMSLV] measuring 2-1/2″ x 7-1/8″, we cut our bookmark card stock to 2-3/8″ x 7″.

For the small sleeve [BMSLVs] measuring 2-3/8″ x 3-1/4″, we cut our small bookmark card stock to 2-1/4″ x 3-1/8″.

With either size sleeve, because the vinyl is a completely clear protective covering, you have a permanent, two-sided work of art, slash, promo piece.

Images Show Through Clear Packaging

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Frequently, we receive emails from artists who have questions about packaging their artwork, in this case, note cards.

I am packaging two each of four different images in an A2-1/2 clear plastic box. How can I present them so the customer can see all of the images they are buying?

We recommend artists print a reduced version of each of the images on a quarter sheet of paper. Add any other information that you want to show through the clear box, and insert the slip sheet in the back of the box (the side that the end tucks into, and face the cards and envelopes toward the front. That way when someone picks up the box and turns it over, they can see the four images, the artist’s name, bar code, or any other pertinent information you’d like to show through the box.

To get the most inserts from a single sheet of paper, place four A2 size inserts on a single 8.5″ x 11″. Of course, if your card size is an A6 (4.625″ x 6.25″) or an A7 (5″ x 7″), fewer images will fit on a single 8.5″ x 11″.

box insert sample

Envelopes for Note Cards and Greeting Cards

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With a dozen different envelope styles and hundreds of sizes in existence, how do you choose the right one for your note cards and greeting cards?

For artists who are creating greeting cards we like to simplify the process by following standard envelope styles, sizes and general availability in the United States.

Style
Oak Creek Printworks includes announcement style envelopes with all custom printed greeting cards, and we sell announcement style envelopes in four sizes. Announcement envelopes have a square flap, while Baronial envelopes have a deep, pointed flap. Announcement envelopes are readily available in all the standard greeting card sizes. Baronial envelopes are manufactured in a variety of sizes, but available here by special order only.

Size
The smallest announcement style envelope is an A2. If your card folds to one-quarter of a letter sized page, it’s an A2. The matching A2 envelope is slightly larger than the 4.25”x5.5” folded card, and measures 4.375”x5.625”. Envelopes and packaging for A2 note cards are available in the Oak Creek Printworks store.

The A6 card is slightly larger, measuring 4.625”x6.375” when folded. Its matching envelope is 4.75”x6.5”.

The A7 card folds to 5”X7”, and the corresponding announcement envelope is 5.25”x7.25”.

The A8 card folds to 5.25”x7.875”. The companion envelope is 5.5”x8.125”.

The A9 card is an 8.5”x11” letter sheet folded in half to 5.5”x8.5”. The companion envelope is 8.75”x5.75”.

Square cards fold to 5.25” square. The companion envelope is 5.5”x5.5”.

Other envelope sizes, and colors other than white are available by special order.