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Create a cool pattern effect with spot varnishes. Spot varnishes can make your card truly unique. You can apply spot matte varnish on a gloss coated business card in cool patterns likes stripes, checkers or swirls for interesting effects. Or reverse that, and do spot gloss on a matte coated card. Your card will be ogled for sure! |
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Round it out. Add an interesting look to your business cards with classy rounded corners. Available on all formats, sizes and quantities. Select the Rounded Corners option when ordering. |
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Shiny, happy metallic inks will make you smile. When you’re going for a snazzy look, consider metallic PMS inks. The most popular is PMS Metallic Silver 877. |
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Cut it out. Create a unique effect by die-cutting a shape through your card, like a star, square, circle or something else that matches your company or organization’s brand (or your personality). BTW, a circle is great for finger puppets. |
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Apply vibrant fluorescents. Really bling your card out with the ultimate bright PMS fluorescent colors that’ll have you reaching for your sunglasses (and will really make your card a showstopper). We can print any fluorescent PMS you find in your swatchbook. Get a Custom Quote and let’s go! |
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Scratch that. Unique scratch-off coins will add an interactive element to your business cards that prospects won’t be able to resist. Under your scratch-off coin you can have a printed message or code (the coins are applied after your cards are printed). The standard scratch-off coin is metallic gold in a 1-inch diameter, but other options are available. |
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Make it magnetic. Transform your business card into a memorable magnet your customers will love. Printed digitally on a special stock that has a white glossy paper surface. |
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Stick around. Print your business cards on a unique paper that sticks on wood, glass, metal and paint. It’s removable and can be repositioned again and again with no messy residue left behind. Waterproof, vibrant, and comes standard with UV coating. Order on our Custom Quote page today (you’re looking for the paper that says 11.9 mil Woven Fabric Repositionable). You’ll be printing on our popular Bumper Sticker paper. |
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That’s a keeper - add a dotted line....................... Add a uniquely placed perforation line on your business card to create a detachable coupon or stub. We’ve also seen a business card that was perfed straight down its middle (for a divorce lawyer … sad but appropriate). |
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Turn your card into a paperclip. Die-cut your business cards with a horseshoe shape, transforming it into an instant paperclip. Great for attaching to note cards, letterhead or other items. |
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Make a unique fold and get crafty. Make a pop-up ... or a unique overlap fold. Especially powerful if you combine this with a custom die-cut, or with some elbow grease of your own (handwork to apply, a wax seal, or thread a ribbon through a notch, or attach a grommet or button by hand). |
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Go beyond rounded corners. Add a unique edge to your business cards with a custom die-cut shape. Scalloped, angled, zig-zag, curved, teardrop, one side straight the other funky . . . your options are limited only by your imagination. We’ve even seen a hair salon turn its card into a comb (and another a mohawk). Clever! Get a Custom Quote today. |
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Make a really funky overall shape ... that matches your organization. Got a cupcakery? How about a card shaped like a cupcake? Own a bar? How about a business card shaped like a coaster? Not every business card has to fit in a wallet – it depends on what type of business or organization you have and how you use your cards. We’ve seen an increase in circle-shaped cards, too. |
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Take off an edge. Add a perforation line on an angle, for a fun tear-off triangle effect on classic business cards (or even funkier on circles). |
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Take some notes. If you find yourself constantly looking for a piece of scrap paper to scribble a note when talking with customers or prospects, consider going with C1S paper (coated on one side) for your cards and stop the madness. Or go completely writable with our Uncoated Business Cards. |