Audrey is an Arizona girl turned Chicagoan, and loves DIY projects, coffee, calligraphy and dabbling in yoga. She works full time in digital marketing, but spends her spare time blogging over at Love Always, Audrey.
I’m obsessed with Paper Source. The obsession started when I lived literally 5 minutes from the Scottsdale, AZ location, and grew even more when I moved to Chicago. Did you guys know they’re based here? And thank goodness for that, because I love knowing that I’m not more than 15 minutes from a store wherever I am in the city.
I love all things handmade (it even says so in my bio). So of course I make my own business cards, right? I’ve been making my cards this way for a little over a year now, and they’re such a great conversation starter! I love being able to say I made ’em myself. And now, I’m passing the instructions on to you!
Supplies needed:
- Printable business cards (I used a mix of the Soft White and Paper Bag colors)
- Hole punch
- Gold paper (pictured above is a cut down and flattened version)
- Gold washi tape
- Glassine envelopes
- A computer and printer
Step One: Download the business card template on your computer and get to working! I found that making one design and then copy/pasting into the other fields worked really well. I used Apple Pages, but you can certainly use Microsoft Word or Adobe InDesign as well.
Step Two: Print those suckers out. Be gentle when tearing them apart! Luckily, they’re perforated for your convenience.
Step Three: Make it rain (confetti). I’m not going to lie – this is painstaking and cramped my hand a little bit. But it was so worth it! It helps to stack two sheets at once – then you get double the confetti!
Step Four: Stuff ’em and tape ’em. I love this washi tape set because I was able to have more than one pattern adorning the envelopes. Don’t forget to add a pinch (or two) of confetti!
Voila!
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So what do you think? Will you try this new business card idea at home?
If you’re creating something with Paper Source materials, we want to see it! Send us an email with photos and a description to press@papersource.com and you might see yourself here!