Recipe cards by size · 5 × 7
5×7 Recipe Cards
The greeting-card size — 5″ × 7″, big enough for longer recipes with serious ingredient lists, and a real photo of the finished dish. Twelve pre-designed themes plus the in-browser builder. Mails as a greeting card, fits a 5×7 frame, slides into a 5×7 sleeve.
Build your own
Make a custom 5×7 in 2 minutes.
Fourteen designer themes inside the builder. Bigger canvas means more room for the photo + a longer recipe. Pre-set to 5×7.
Pre-designed PDFs
Twelve 5×7 themes ready to download.
Every theme below ships in 5×7. Print on photo paper or cardstock; trim if needed.
Common questions
People also ask.
Quick answers to the most-searched 5×7 recipe-card questions — and a guide to printing them at home.
Will a 5×7 recipe card fit a 5×7 frame?
Yes — 5×7 is the standard greeting-card and picture-frame size. A finished 5×7 recipe card slides into any 5×7 frame, sleeve, or photo mat. Great for a kitchen wall display or a framed gift.
Can I mail a 5×7 recipe card?
Yes — a 5×7 card fits a standard 5×7 greeting-card envelope (A7) and mails with normal first-class postage. Two 5×7 cards stacked back-to-back also work as a sturdier photo card.
How many 5×7 recipe cards fit on a letter sheet?
One per sheet at full size, or two reduced cards if you scale down — but most people print 5×7 one-up on cardstock at Actual Size and trim. Save 2-up printing for 4×6 or smaller cards.
What paper weight is best for a 5×7 recipe card?
80–110 lb cardstock (216–300 gsm) is the sweet spot. Heavier than that and home printers struggle to feed it; lighter and the card feels flimsy. Matte photo cardstock is ideal when the card has a photo of the dish.
Why 5 × 7
When you need more room.
- Long ingredient lists. Recipes with 10 + ingredients or multiple sauce components shrink uncomfortably on 4 × 6. 5 × 7 keeps the type readable at normal print sizes.
- Greeting-card mailing. 5 × 7 is the standard greeting-card size — fits a 5 × 7 envelope with normal first-class postage.
- Photo + recipe combo. Bigger photo area without crowding the recipe text. Looks closer to a magazine recipe page than an index card.
- Frameable. Standard 5 × 7 picture frames are everywhere. A finished printed recipe card in a 5 × 7 frame makes a nice kitchen display or gift.