Customer Reviews for Avery - General Use Note Cards, 60/Pack - Matte White
Customer Rating
5
My Clients are Super Heroes!
on December 18, 2013
Posted by: LJ4005
from Undisclosed
Control Freak... Hummm? Nah! I just want my cards to reflect me. As a creative commercial photographer, it's important to stay in touch with your clients and target audience. Saying "Thank You", after a job is always appreciated. Staying connected with Happy Holidays, or "Happy Valentine's Day", is necessary for you remain top of their mind. If you're consistent, they'll receive your card and might think..."Oh, I have a job that she would be perfect for." I've tried many different products and approaches for designing and/or printing my cards. From bulk printing options, to cards that are mailed directly from the web to a client, no processes gives me the control I want over the design, colors, fonts, and double sided printing. Only Avery's #8315 Matte White Note Card product provides all these option, because I can print it myself. The best thing is that the card stock is now physically and significantly WHITER and BRIGHTER than the old product. I absolutely love it. No one else has this option. The only product that would be even better, is Glossy finish on the outside, and matte white on the inside. NO one in the world has this option! Not yet. Go AVERY; cause you ROCK!
Read my other reviews and you'll learn that I've used Avery products for quite some time. I don't know when 8315 Note Cards were added to the Avery product line but I can't recall them being available back in the day when I was still creating my own templates to print Avery labels and such. I mentioned in my review of Avery's 6467 label that templates for it weren't available for the Mac programs I was running at the time (when I first used 6467 labels) but that's all changed. Now there are a number of templates available for Mac usersÛ and that's just the beginning. Avery continues to improve the user experience in ways many newcomers may take for granted, like scoring and perforating, which are built right into this particular note card. Both functions were once performed manually which is to say I had to cut and score cards individually using a craft knife and a metal straightedge. Time is money so when you can, why not save both by using products like this? As to the precision and quality of the cards, from one box to the next, there's no difference. Once you've created the art for your card and have verified it looks as intended on the card, rest assured that every card you print after the original will be identical to it. 8315 Note Cards quickly became a new favorite of mine when I was asked to design and print a note card for my church. Please see the result depicted in the accompanying image.
I have a small photo business and have printed 10,000 cards. For the most part they are wonderful. The only problems I have had with the cards is that every once in a while they are not scored accurately and this makes the margins uneven. Also the color is not consistent and some stock is darker than normal. There is not other product that works as well for my business as these cards.
I have been using these notecards for years. I am a photographer and artist and create notecards and greeting cards. The possibilities are endless. Many of my returning customers give my notecards as gifts. I like to "customize" my greeting cards with images that the people I send them to can personally relate to. My three granddaughters love to get birthday cards with photos of themselves doing something they love...for example, my six year old Lila got a birthday card with an image of herself riding her first wave on a surfboard--"riding into six"! She keeps it in her "special memory box." "Thank you" cards sent by their mom on their 1st birthdays showed an image of each baby covered in her birthday cake. I have photographed pets, and homes, and gardens, etc. that have become favorite notecards for many! Many of my cards are framed...many are never mailed because they are "treasured," I am told. The quality of these Avery cards is excellent, and are a wonderful format for "memories."
I enjoy sending notes to my friends for birthdays, thinking of you, thank you, get well, etc. Often times when I look for a card to purchase I find it hard to find just the right one. This Avery product allows me to design and say just what I want in each card. And, it is a fun project!!!
I am a painter, and with the use of this product can use my own designs to make cards as gifts for weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, birthdays....every occasion. A box of Thank You cards makes an excellent gift and these templates and products make it so easy. I am also able to advertise my website on the back of the cards.
I really like these for printing hand made cards to family and friends. They are sturdy and the score line is pretty easy to see, and it folds nicely. I use them all the time.