{"id":1120,"date":"2010-04-22T14:01:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2010-12-17T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T02:10:29","slug":"crisp-creases-for-handmade-greeting-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/greeting-card-note-cards-announcements-invitations\/crisp-creases-for-handmade-greeting-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisp creases for handmade greeting cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em>By David Heyman<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Producing handmade greeting cards is a creative endeavor, whether you\u00a0make original art on the cards, mount photographs on the front, or run blank cards through your inkjet printer for digital techniques. Whatever method you use, at the end of creating your masterpieces, you end up with\u00a0needing to fold the cards to produce a finished product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here are two tips to help you acheive stress-free and professional results:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are using <a title=\"Blank Greeting Cards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/-c-3.html\" target=\"_blank\">pre-scored cards<\/a>, you only have to worry about gettting a crisp crease, as the cards have a measured score line, to ease in folding. A <a title=\"Burnishing Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/burnishing-tool-p-92.html\" target=\"_blank\">burnishing tool <\/a>will greatly assist in this process. This lightweight and<!--more--> inexpensive tool saves mashed and abraded fingers, and allows for consistent sharp folds, with less work. Simply line up the two edges of the card together, then slowly draw the tool along the crease edge, using pressure to make the crease tight. The natural\u00a0flexibility of the tool gives you just the right\u00a0degree of strength, while never being too abrasive, or marring your card images. This technique works well on<a title=\"Blank Inkjet Cards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/-c-1.html\" target=\"_blank\"> inkjet cards <\/a>too.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For those that use their own paper, or make unusual sized cards, a score line will need to be made on your card, for best results. The <a title=\"Top Score Multiboard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/store\/top-score-multiboard-p-308.html\" target=\"_blank\">Top Score Multiboard <\/a>has a scoring tool that can make customized card folds on many different papers and card stocks. After you make scored card blanks, follow the above\u00a0tip to\u00a0get professionally finished creases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Use the tools that the pros use to take your card making to the next level!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1123\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/burnishers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1123\" title=\"burnishers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/burnishers.jpg\" alt=\"Burnishing Tool\" width=\"264\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/burnishers.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/burnishers-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burnishing Tool<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1127\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/TopScore2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1127\" title=\"TopScore2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/TopScore2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TopScore Tool<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Heyman Producing handmade greeting cards is a creative endeavor, whether you\u00a0make original art on the cards, mount photographs on the front, or run blank cards through your inkjet printer for digital techniques. Whatever method you use, at the end of creating your masterpieces, you end up with\u00a0needing to fold the cards to produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[373,371,370,372,374],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greeting-card-note-cards-announcements-invitations","tag-burnishing","tag-geeting-cards","tag-handmade-cards","tag-photogaphs","tag-scoring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}