Custom Assorted Stationery
Custom assorted stationery — notebooks, notecards, envelopes, labels, folders — printed to one design and boxed as a set if you want, from 100 of each. Proof and price the same working day.
Stationery is a set before it is a product
- Stock
- One paper family: 300–350 gsm covers and cards, 120 gsm envelopes, matched label stock
- Formats
- Notebooks, cards, envelopes, pads, labels, folders, pens
- Offset or digital; brand color mixed once; foil, emboss, spot UV
Get a price for Assorted Stationery
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
What a stationery set includes
| Notebooks | Saddle-stitched, perfect-bound or spiral; A5, A6, B5; lined, dot or plain |
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| Notecards and envelopes | A6, A7, square; matched envelope in the same stock |
| Notepads | Head-glued tear-off; printed header |
| Labels and stickers | Die-cut, roll or sheet |
| Folders | Pocket folders with a card slit; embossed or printed |
| Pens and pencils | Printed, boxed with the set |
One paper, one color, one system
The set is printed on stock from one family — the same white, the same weight scaled to each item, the same finish — with the brand color mixed once and used across every piece. A notebook cover at 300 gsm, a card at 350, an envelope at 120, a label on a matching face stock. The proof shows the pieces side by side so the match is checked before press. Our stationery packaging and boxes cover the boxes the set goes into.
Sets and how they are boxed
- A rigid lidded box with a divided insert — the gift set.
- A folding box with a window — the retail set.
- A belly band around a stack — the simplest, for a notebook and a pen.
- A mailer with an insert — the set sold online.
Corporate, retail and wedding
Corporate stationery is a notebook, a pen and a folder in the company color for onboarding and events. Retail stationery is a range on a shelf that reads as a set. Wedding stationery is invitations, menus, place cards and thank-you cards from one design. Each is the same job — a set on one system — at different quantities.
Send the whole list at once. A pen added later rarely matches the set printed earlier.
A hundred of each, and a range that reorders piecemeal
Each item has its own minimum of 100 and its own price. Sets are assembled and boxed as an option, and a range reorders piece by piece from the kept files and dies.
Assorted Stationery — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Stock
- One paper family: 300–350 gsm covers and cards, 120 gsm envelopes, matched label stock
- Formats
- Notebooks, cards, envelopes, pads, labels, folders, pens
- Offset or digital; brand color mixed once; foil, emboss, spot UV
- Binding
- Saddle-stitch, perfect-bound, spiral; head-glued pads
- Sets
- Rigid box with insert, window box, belly band, mailer
- Proof
- All pieces side by side
- Minimum
- 100 per item
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. Both sides as standard on cards, tags and leaflets.
- Color
- CMYK with spot colors for a brand match. Uncoated and cotton stocks print noticeably lighter than coated ones.
- Tolerance
- Trim plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut. Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding.
- Tooling
- A die only where the piece is shaped, perforated or drilled, made once and kept. A plain rectangle needs none.
- Food contact
- Food-safe inks on menus and counter print that will be handled where food is served.
- Sustainability
- Uncoated and unlaminated stocks recycle without separation, and FSC papers are available across the range.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build assorted stationery on
Sheet print is judged in the hand more than a box is: the weight, the surface and whether a pen works on it. These are the stocks we run for cards, folders, leaflets and stationery.
Coated card 300–400gsm
The workhorse. Sharp full-color print, matte or gloss, laminated where it is handled. Does not take a pen unless the finish is matte.
300–400gsmUncoated card
No clay coat. Colors read softer and warmer, a deboss goes deeper, and it writes on with anything. Photographs lose punch.
300–400gsmCotton and textured card
Soft, thick and fibrous. Takes a deep blind deboss and reads as an invitation. Foil sits beautifully; four-color does not.
400–700gsmDuplexed card
Two sheets bonded, often with a colored core, for a very thick card with a visible colored edge. The heaviest thing we print.
600–900gsmText paper 100–170gsm
Leaflets, folder inners and booklet pages. Folds without cracking and takes a full-color print on both faces.
100–170gsmManila and kraft paper
Unbleached, tan, and cheap. One or two colors read well; white ink gives a light mark. Envelopes, folders and tags.
90–300gsmSynthetic stock
Polypropylene sheet for tags and cards that get wet, torn or handled outdoors. Prints like paper and does not soften.
200–400 micronBoard-backed
A printed face laminated to grayboard, for a rigid card, a folder back or a display that has to stand up on its own.
1–2 mm boardNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Sheet print takes the widest range of finishes of anything we make.
Matte lamination
Soft, fingerprint-resistant, and it still takes a pen. The default on anything handled.
Gloss lamination
Maximum color depth. Shows every fingerprint and refuses a ballpoint.
Hot foil
Gold, rose gold, silver, holographic or a color. The block is small so the die is cheap.
Emboss and deboss
Deepest on uncoated and cotton stocks; shallow and prone to cracking on gloss coated.
Spot UV
A gloss shape on a matte laminate. Best on a dark ground where the contrast reads.
Edge paint and colored core
Color on the cut edge of a thick or duplexed card. Only seen when the card is picked up, which is the point.
Soft-touch
A velvet laminate on a cover or a folder. Marks on white; excellent on dark.
Uncoated and textured
No film at all. Writes on, debosses deeply, and reads as considered rather than cheap.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing printed sheets, folds and the grain: assorted stationery
A printed piece is specified flat and finished folded, and the difference between the two is where mistakes live. Send the finished size you want and we work back to the flat.
- Finished size
- The size after folding and trimming. A6, A5, A4, DL, US letter and legal are standard; anything else is cut on its own die.
- Bleed and safe area
- 3 mm of artwork past every trim edge, and nothing important within 4 mm inside it. The guillotine drifts by a fraction on every stack.
- Grain direction
- Paper folds cleanly along the grain and cracks across it. We set the grain to the fold, which is why a sheet is not simply cut from the biggest sheet available.
- Fold allowance
- On a roll fold or a gate fold, the inner panels are cut a millimeter or two shorter so the piece closes flat.
- Creasing
- Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding. Without it the fold cracks and the coating flakes along the line.
- Trim tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Spec your Assorted Stationery
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a stock and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about assorted stationery? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
Can you print a whole stationery set to match?
Yes, on one paper family with the brand color mixed once, proofed side by side.
What is the minimum per item?
100 of each.
Can the set be boxed?
Yes, in a rigid box with a divided insert, a window box, a belly band or a mailer, and assembled as an option.
What notebook bindings do you offer?
Saddle-stitched, perfect-bound and spiral, in A5, A6 and B5, lined, dot or plain.
Do envelopes match the cards?
Yes, in the same stock family, sized to the card.
Can I have foil on the notebook cover?
Yes, and the same die runs on the folder and the box.
Can I add a pen?
Yes, printed to match and boxed with the set.
Do you do wedding stationery?
Yes — invitations, menus, place cards and thank-you cards from one design.
Can I reorder one item later?
Yes, from the kept files and dies, and it matches the rest.
Are labels supplied on a roll?
On a roll or on sheets, die-cut, as you prefer.
Do you proof the set together?
Yes, one proof showing every piece so the match is checked before press.
Do you ship outside the US?
Yes, to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, quoted in the delivery currency.
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