Hello — I’m Amey.
Amey Makes Things
Greeting cards drawn, lettered and cut entirely by hand. Designed for one person, made exactly once, and never made again.
the whole idea
A card that exists once, for one person, and is then gone forever.
Nothing here is printed. Every piece starts as a blank sheet and a conversation about the person it’s for — the in-joke only the two of you have, the name that needed researching, the pun that’s been sitting in your notes app for a year.
Then it’s drawn. Lettering brushed by hand, backgrounds painted stroke by stroke, pieces cut out and mounted so they stand proud of the page. The original goes in the post, and no copy is ever made.
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Never printed
No press, no scanner, no reprints. The thing you receive is the original.
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Never repeated
Each design is retired the moment it's finished. Yours stays yours.
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Built up in layers
Cut-outs mounted proud of the card, so it has depth in the hand.
a few that have gone out
The work
in the hand
Flat photos undersell it. Here they are, actual size.
Cut-outs sit proud of the card, the board has real weight, and there’s lettering waiting on the inside too.
Two cards on their feet, so you can see the weight of the board — and the lettering waiting inside.
Actual size. Every leopard on the front is its own fingerprint.
start to finish
How a card actually happens
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Tell me about them
Who is it for, what's the occasion, and what's the thing only you two would find funny. The odder the detail, the better the card.
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I sketch something
You get a rough with the lettering and layout before any ink goes down. Change anything you like at this stage — that's what it's for.
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It gets made
Drawn, lettered, painted and cut by hand. Usually a week or so, depending on how many layers it ends up wanting.
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It goes in the post
The original, with a hand-finished envelope, posted to you or straight to them with a message inside.
let’s make one
Commission a card
Tell me who it’s for and what the joke is. I’ll come back with a sketch and a price — no obligation, and nothing gets drawn until you’re happy with it.
Or just email me —
[email protected]