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Pre-printed, Blank Postcards Await Your Imagination

…well, well, well!

I did an ink test for a set of pre-cut, pre-printed blank postcards. I’m testing some rubber stamps to see if this paper plays nicely with them.

It does! Check it out:

rubber stamped images on the side of a postcard pre-printed with address form

rubber stamp images on the blank side of the postcard

Because product lines shift so quickly, I’m not giving a specific brand recommendation, but if you want to order blank postcards you can use rubber stamps on, you’re looking for:

a standard postcard size, which is an acceptable sacrifice unto the postal gods where you live (these are 4” x 6” cards)

heavy card stock paper (these are 14PT heavy duty un-coated card stock)

assurance of an art-friendly, ink-friendly finish to the paper. Check out reviews and marketing text to see if people are using the brand for children’s art — how does it take watercolor paint, how does it take ink? (Contrast this to a photo postcard you find in a tourist shop: the photo side is glossy, and only the writing side is ink-friendly.)

I got these online, by searching for ‘make your own postcards.’

Now I just need to pull out my canonical address book and see who I’ll mail this to.

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NOTES

Of course, if you can rubber stamp something, you can also draw on it, use fountain pen ink on it, or paint on it. So many entertaining options.

REFERENCES

Sizes for Postcards | Postal Explorer (no date). Available at: https://pe.usps.com/businessmail101?ViewName=Cards (Accessed: 20 January 2023).

2023-01-23