Basic Card Sizes and Layers

Easy Card Layers

**Just a note:  Irregular size cards, including square cards
require extra postage.

 

.Standard card size Card   
The variety of Medium size/colour envelopes will fit this
size (page 162)

 Everyone’s fave: (5 ½”x 4 ¼”) card base.

Alternate
cut for this size (4 ¼” x 11) card base.

Layers

  • Layer 1 – 5 ¼” x 4”
  • Layer 2 – 5” x 3 ¾”
  • Layer 3 – 4 ¾” x 3 ½”
  • Layer 4 – 4 ½” x 3 ¼”

 

3” x 3” Square Card (3” x 6”) card base   #107309
Envelope will fit this size

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 2 ¾” x 2 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 2 ½” x 2 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”
  • Layer 4 – 2” x 2”

4” x 4” Square Card 
(4” x 8”) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 3 ½” x 3 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”
  • Layer 4 – 3” x 3”

 

4 ¼” x 4 ¼” Square Card  (4 ¼”
x 8 ½”) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 4” x 4”
  • Layer 2 – 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”
  • Layer 3 – 3 ½” x 3 ½”
  • Layer 4 – 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”

 

4  ½” x 4 ½ ” Square (4
½” x 9”) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
  • Layer 2 – 4” x 4”
  • Layer 3 – 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”
  • Layer 4 – 3 ½” x 3 ½”

 

4  ¾” x 4 ¾  Square (4 ¾  x 9 ½ ) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 4 ½” x 4 ½”
  • Layer 2 – 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
  • Layer 3– 4” x 4”
  • Layer 4 – 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”

 

5” x 5” Square Card (10” x 10”) card base   #107289 Envelopes will fit this size

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 4 ¾” x 4 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 4 ½” x 4 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”
  • Layer 4 – 4” x 4”

 

5¼” x 5 ¼” Square Card  (5 ¼”
x 10 ½”) card base  

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 5” x 5”
  • Layer 2 – 4 ¾” x 4 ¾”
  • Layer 3 – 4 ½” x 4 ½”
  • Layer 4 – 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”

 

5 ½” x 5½ ” Square (5 ½” x 11”) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
  • Layer 2 – 5” x 5”
  • Layer 3 – 4 ¾” x 4 ¾”
  • Layer 4 – 4 ½” x 4 ½”

 

5 ¾” x 5¾  Square (5
¾  x 11 ½” ) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 5 ½” x 5 ½”
  • Layer 2 – 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
  • Layer 3– 5” x 5”
  • Layer 4 – 4 ¾” x 4 ¾”

 

6” x 6” Square Card  (6” x 12”) card base

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 5 ¾” x 5 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 5 ½” x 5 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”
  • Layer 4 – 5” x 5”

 

3” x 6” Long Card (6” x 6” card base)  

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 2 ¾” x 5 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 2 ½” x 5 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 2 ¼” x 5 ¼”
  • Layer 4 – 2” x 5”

 

3 ½” x 7” Long Card (7” x 7” card base)

Layers:

  • Layer 1 – 3 ¼” x 6 ¾”
  • Layer 2 – 3” x 6 ½”
  • Layer 3 – 2 ¾” x 6 ¼”

 

4” x 8” Long Card (8” x 8” card base)    This size will fit into an A10 or legal
envelope

Layers:

  • Layer 1 –  3 ¾” x 7 ¾” 
  • Layer 2 – 
    3 ½” x 7 ½”
  • Layer 3 –  3 ¼” x 7 ¼”
  • Layer 4 –  3 x 7

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