Archive Paper & Press

Design Studio

Custom greeting card printing, designed and approved online

Folded greeting cards finished at 5.5" × 4.25", printed on the front and on the inside. Artwork sits inside a 5" × 3.75" printable area, leaving the clean white border that gives a printed card its finished edge.

Folded custom greeting card with a watercolour design printed on the front

Choose a horizontal or vertical card, add your image and your message, and watch the preview open the card the way a recipient would. Everything is approved by you before it reaches the press.

Priced per card.

Start designing your greeting cards

Specifications

What you can choose

Finished size
  • 5.5" × 4.25" folded
Printable area
  • 5" × 3.75", with a white border
Printed surfaces
  • Front
  • Inside
Orientation
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
Artwork files
  • PDF
  • PNG
  • JPG
  • SVG
Recommended resolution
  • 600 DPI at final printed size

How it works

Designing this product step by step

Everything happens in your browser. When you approve, we receive a production-ready file and go straight to press.

  1. 01

    Choose an orientation

    Horizontal or vertical. The canvas, preview and print file all follow the orientation you pick.

  2. 02

    Design the front

    Upload artwork and position it inside the printable area. The required white border is enforced by the editor, so artwork can never run off the edge.

  3. 03

    Write the inside

    Switch to the inside surface to add your message with the text tools, or print an image there instead.

  4. 04

    Open the preview and approve

    The preview animates the card opening so you can check the front and inside together before approving for print.

Questions

Before you start designing

Can artwork bleed to the edge of the card?

No. Greeting cards keep a required unprinted white border around a 5" × 3.75" printable area, and the editor holds your artwork inside it.

Can I print on the back of the card?

Greeting cards are printed on the front and the inside only.

Can I order a single card?

Yes. Cards are priced individually and you choose the quantity before checkout.

More answers are on the Archive Paper & Press FAQ, or contact the studio.

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Open the Design Studio

Upload your artwork, position it on the real printed size, preview it and approve it for printing — all without leaving the page.

Design your greeting cards