Craft Project Log
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Craft and making · CM-09
Card Making and Stock Sheet
A free printable card making stock sheet — each design with the card, papers and stamps that went into it, then what was taken to a fair and what sold.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Know which designs actually sell and what each one takes to make, instead of rebuilding both from memory the night before the next craft fair.
Who it is for
Card makers who sell at fairs, in local shops or to order, and anyone making cards in batches who wants the recipe for a design written down.
How to use it
- Fill in the maker name and the period this sheet covers at the top.
- Give every design a name or code and record what went into it as the batch is finished.
- Write your own cost per card once you have worked it out from your receipts.
- Log each fair, shop or order: how many went, how many sold, how many came back.
- Compare the two tables at the end of a season to see which designs earn their drawer space.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Handmade cards as designs and as stock — what went into each design, how many were made, and what went out to a fair, a shop or an order.
Your costing, your price. No prices, costings or margins are printed here. What a card costs you depends on the card blank, the paper and the bits you already had in the drawer, and what you ask for it is your decision and your market's — so both are blanks for your own figures.
Write-on lines: Maker or shop name · Period covered · Counted by
Designs made — one row per design, filled in as the batch is finished
Table, 12 rows: Design name or code · Occasion · Blank size · Card & paper used · Stamps, dies, inks · Embellishments · Made · Cost each
Page 2
Stock out and sold
Table, 21 rows: Date · Design · Event, shop or order · Taken · Sold · Back · Price each · Notes
Questions
Why are there no prices or costings printed on it?
Because your cost depends on what you paid for blanks, paper and embellishments, and on how much of it came out of a drawer you had already filled. Your price depends on that and on what your own market will pay. Both are blanks so the numbers on the sheet are real ones.
Can I use it for other small handmade items?
Yes. The design table is written around cards, but the stock-out columns work for anything you make in batches and carry to an event — keyrings, bookmarks, gift tags. Rename the design column to suit.
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