+TMDMom Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I've been thinking about making my own swag for awhile (yes, I know, another thread about swag...), and since I'm a stamper, I came up with a set of four Geocaching themed greeting cards. I also include the envelopes and put them in a sealed plastic baggie. I'm wondering if people will actually use these, and for what other occasions would they like card designs. Thoughts? Thanks! Here's what I've come up with so far. Subject to change due to artistic license. Ammo Can Birthday Card (this is actually the same card...the scan of the open card is the actual color. The camera washed out the olive color on the closed picture) Fathers Day GPS card: G+ logo congratulations card: G+ logo blank sentiment card: Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Brilliant! Excellent work! I'd nab those in a heartbeat! Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Handmade/homemade sig items are ALWAYS the best! The big issue here is that people will probably fear their trade was not adequate when they grab one of your cards. Quote Link to comment
+Lovey Pigs Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 great designs! really cool! i would share these at sometime... good job!! Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 they're beautiful. i'd snap one up in a second. Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Like your cards a lot. Don't know how good they'd hold up in a cache - have to avoid the leaky ones. (wonder if you could sell them) I got some blank notecards from a charity in the mail- Pretty cards -each one with a different bird on them. I put them in an ammo can cache at the audoban society sanctuary. I knew the ammo can didn't leak, but I do wonder about the glue on the envelopes. Could condensation form inside the ammo can or could humidity seal them shut? I put them in a plastic bag and sealed it with packing tape. May have even double wrapped them in plastic. Haven't left any more notecards in caches because I wonder how they faired. Quote Link to comment
+TMDMom Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks y'all! That's a good thought about the envelopes...maybe I'll get the kind with the peel away strip next time instead of the moisten and seal kind. I've only put them in a few caches so far, and they were all very dry, so hopefully no one will be disappointed with a soggy set of cards. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The heftier freezer ziplocs should be waterproof, and if you're worried, you can double bag them. That will keep moisture out fine. The cards are beautiful. Quote Link to comment
+theGeOJos Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 love them! will you be selling them at all? Quote Link to comment
+TMDMom Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 love them! will you be selling them at all? I wasn't planning on it right now, but if someone really wanted some, I guess we could work something out. I'm not prepared to mass produce them in a short time period. Quote Link to comment
+theGeOJos Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 love them! will you be selling them at all? I wasn't planning on it right now, but if someone really wanted some, I guess we could work something out. I'm not prepared to mass produce them in a short time period. Ahh, i dont blame you, but i think they would be cool presents for my aunts, who got me geocaching to begin with! Quote Link to comment
+Geo-Gophers Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 These look lovely, very nicely done indeed!!!! Quote Link to comment
+softball29 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 If I found these in a cache, I'd grab 'em quickly! Quote Link to comment
+TeamAtlas Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Girl you know stampers like us appreciate hand made cards!!! Like everyone else said I would snap them up.... Ok, I agree you need to start your own geo-card business!!! You go Beth!! Quote Link to comment
+LDove Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 They are great. In all seriousness, I think there would be a market for geocaching cards, of all kinds. I went to find or make my own Christmas ones this year and they were lame. Somebody will eventually jump on this and make a few bucks! I would love to find them in a cache. Just be sure to put them in caches that would tend to stay "drier" and are up off the ground and hidden under something so they have less chance of getting ruined. Quote Link to comment
+TMDMom Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks y'all! I was thinking about Christmas cards...maybe I'll start on those in a month or so and start putting them in caches. I may have to carve a few more cache related stamps to accomplish that. Quote Link to comment
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