Make your own (Affordable) Business Cards

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When your cleaning, do you ever come across those things that make you squeal: “OH MY GOODNESS I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR EVER!!!” Well today that was me. I came across my perfectly pointless crafting tool; The “XYRON Create-a-sticker”!  

Ok maybe for some of you this isn’t a “perfectly pointless” Crafting tool, but for myself I simply purchased it three years ago because I had the money and well, I just had to have it simply because I thought it was AWESOME! Was I actually going to make stickers? Who cares? I’m crafty so I needed it… though of course in three years I've had it, I only used it once.

That is until a month ago, when I came into the dilemma of not having any money to get myself some personalized business cards for my "Beaded Treasures" Business.

And that brings us to the crafty tutorial of the day;how to make business cards. 

Today we’re going to make some great personalized business cards without killing your bank.  Now this (to me) is a great idea if you can’t just yet afford to get custom business cards from Vista Print, Moo, or where ever else you choose to get your media from. Then once you’ve made enough form your craft to afford to get professional cards made up, you can save the image you’ve made today, if you like it enough. Or go with something completely new. 

Let’s get started!

~What you’ll need. ~

-Straight cutter ( Or scissors if you can cut straight)

-Ruler

-Printed card stock/scrap booking paper (Make sure you are using the thick card stock, as regular paper will be too thin and will bend or crinkle easily. )

-Create-a-sticker (or other non- bubbling adhesive)

-Pencil

-Business card Design

(Here are some great programs similar (but not as extravagant as) PhotoShop. Both of which are free to download. Gimp and Paint.Net. Personally I prefer Gimp but both are decent programs to use.)

~Step 1~

Take a sheet of the fun paper you’ve chosen to use, and measure out a series of 3 ½” X 2” (standard business card size) rectangles. Be sure to utilize the size of your paper as much as you can. The bigger the paper you have the more cards you can get out of it. 

~Step 2~

When you get as many rectangles measured out as you can cut them all out. A straight edge cutter would be best; to be sure you can get the straightest edge possible.

~Step 3~

Make sure you’ve printed out your business card design. On a normal 8 ½”X 11” sheet of printer paper, you should be able to fit 9 Copies of your design, and 8 lines of your “handmade Vow” (Mine for example says “Handmade treasures by Samantha Church”) Keep in mind, you may need to adjust the size of your side margins to get two copies to fit side by side. The straight cutter would be best to cut these out as well.

~Step 4~

On the blank side of your 3 ½” X 2” card stock, center and glue down your business card design.  On the printed side of your card stock, center and glue down your “handmade vow”. Be sure not to over glue, so there are no bubbles or wrinkles, but make sure to use enough so your  business card does not fall apart. (Here I used the create-a-sticker for a more professional look)

~Step 5~

YOUR DONE! Be proud of yourself, and pass ‘em around!!

(This particular design is out dated since I have changed the name of my business and blog to"Box Of Beaded Treasures" )

I hope you’ve enjoyed this tutorial. When you’re done trying it out, I would LOVE to see the designs you’ve come up with.

Thank you so much for joining the Treasure Box for another crafty experiance! I hope that you have enjoyed your time here. Don't forget to fallow and Share with your friends, on Facebook.

Stay crafty my friends.  ^__^

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