Thank you letter on card stock (to fold or not)?

Shalshelet · 01-30-2013, 04:59 PM

I had a job interview the other day and wanted to send a thank you letter that would have a little more stand out factor. I printed it on patterned/solid card stock, but now I'm at a loss as to weather to fold it and send it in a #10 envelope, or not fold it and send it in a manilla one. Not sure how the creases will affect the presentation, yet not sure if a manilla one will be 'too much' - as it is a big envelope for one piece of paper. Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

**Virgo Nightingale** · 01-30-2013, 05:05 PM

If I intended it to be read as a letter, I wouldn't have printed it on a card stock, precisely for the issue you're having now. A nice heavier text-weight paper should have been fine. Otherwise I would have made it more of a 'thank you' card which could be folded, with a hand-written note on the inside.

Shalshelet · 01-30-2013, 05:24 PM

Thanks for your response.

Maybe it's not cardstock? I'm not sure what to call it. It's american crafts thegoods scrapbook paper - I just googled to find out. It's thin, but very stiff, even thinner than the american greetings designer's collection notecards.

**Virgo Nightingale** · 01-30-2013, 05:30 PM

Most scrapbooking paper is a heavy text-weight paper (or a very light card stock, depending on the type and on how you look at it). Should be foldable, but you may want to score it first.

Shalshelet · 01-30-2013, 05:42 PM

OK, super. Don't have a bone folder or scoring board. Is there another way I can score it? Thanks again.

**Virgo Nightingale** · 01-30-2013, 05:50 PM

I use a metal-edge ruler and a pizza cutter.

**Lith** · 01-30-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shalshelet

OK, super. Don't have a bone folder or scoring board. Is there another way I can score it? Thanks again.

Butter knife and ruler?

**Lith** · 01-30-2013, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virgo Nightingale

I use a metal-edge ruler and a pizza cutter.

Even better.

I work at a print shop. Short run stuff that needs scored I do on the cutter

**Virgo Nightingale** · 01-30-2013, 05:57 PM

The pizza cutter can be tricky as it may want to roll away from the ruler. You have to always roll into the ruler.

**Buda** · 01-30-2013, 07:15 PM

I use the round edge of a paperclip and a ruler. I work in a printing company so we have fancy proper equipment, I just prefer a paperclip.\

p.s. if it's full coverage on a coated laser print, the toner may crack.