Thursday 8 August 2013

Choose Your designs for Greeting Cards


The greeting cards are the folded piece of paper which is connected in the centre and open from there. These are given on many occasions to show our sentiments and emotions. The cards have graphics and text on them. Major days on which they are given are birthdays, holidays, Christmas, anniversary etc. There are covers or an envelope to give the cards to the people. They are given to express thanks or some other feelings. The envelopes have the same design as the card. There are many designs and patterns on the cards. Some are simple cards or some other are stylish. There are customized cards. You can also create your own greeting card. Handmade greetings will give a personlized touch.Greeting cards have different text or quotes or different designs according to the occasions.



good luck card



Image courtesy: Good luck card



 



For example greeting cards independence day, thank you cards, ecards, friendship's day cards or good luck card. Each card is unique in itself. The NGO's ( non-government organisations) give a chance to physically handicapped children to make hand made cards. These are sold in bulk and the money is used in the treatment and care taking of these unfortunate children. We can also make greeting by our own hands with the things we have handy at home. We can use coloured papers and fold them. We can use the chart papers, which are big in size if we have to make a big card. We can use crayons, pencil colours, paints and just a pencil only to sketch. We can use any designs, or stencils. We can use dried flowers and leaves and stick plastic on it to make it durable and look beautiful.



We can draw cartoons, natural beauty like flowers, musical instruments etc on the cards. We can the best out of the waste.There are different types of cards available in market and in online stores. Such as standard, photo, personalized cards, electronic (which are also known as e cards, musical cards ( which when opened play a sweet melody like happy birthday to you) and pop-up cards (which when opened generally flowers or cartoon characters come out ). Postcards are also available which does not require envelopes, they have a picture on one side and on the other side there is a blank space to fill the address of the person to whom we wish to give them. Only electronic cards cannot be made at home eaily. Other styles can be designed with our own hand.

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