Frosted Plastic Business Card With Full Color Printing

Silk Finished Business Card With Two Rounded Corners Business Card

Full Color Foil Card With Full UV Coating Business Card

Full Color Foil With UV Coating Business Card

Metallics Unlimited With SPOT UV Coating Business Card

Metallics Unlimited With Matte Finish Business Card

Full Color Matte Finish Business Card

5.25 x 7.25 Full Bleed Envelopes

Cat5ive Print Full Colour Printing wants to help all you graphic designers get the best printing for your designs, whether we are the ones who designed or not. You'd be amazed at how many very very talented designers out there who have sent us some great stuff to have printed in various formats. What I want to talk about today is the foil stamp. When designing something you'd like to have foil stamped you have to remember that very fine detail isn't the best idea. You have to remember that a foil stamp is literally a stamp that is pressed into the card using a metal die. Any very fine detail in your design will be lost during this process and probably not look all that good. Unfortunate but true.

If you have a design you want to be foil stamped and it's a very involved design, I'd suggest that you try the full colour printing foil process instead. It's still foil, just done in a different way. The foil is printed onto the card in the shape of your design and then the inks are printed on top of everything so anything that doesn't have foil below it will just be normal printed ink and the foil will stand out quite nicely. Finish it off with a glossy UV coating and you're all set!

Another suggestion would be to check out the full color metallic ink printing. It's not as shiny and sparkly as the foil process but it's very very cool looking. It's a little more tasteful and reserved than the full color foil process if you ask me. You can have it done in full color or as just a spot color depending on your design needs. The metallic ink is only offered with a matte finish and on nice thick 14PT or 16PT stock.

Read through the blog here and you can see what we can do for you…and do it we will. We've got your hook up on flyers, post cards, UV1, UV2, SPOT UV, foil stamping, full color foil process, matte, 12, 14 and 16PT METAL, plastic and silk!!! Don't believe me? Check out the Cat5ive Print Full Color Printing web site and see for yourself, then call up and ask for Nikki and watch your awesome designs manifest themselves physically right in front of your eyes!!! Well not quite but you get the idea.

This gentleman was intrigued by our foil process business cards and wanted to get some. We did what we do best and hooked him up with a business card that perfectly fits our customer.

Nice subtle coloring, silver foil. How many times have I said the full color process business cards are awesome? NOT ENOUGH!!!!

Check out his cards and the letter he sent us.

"Thank you so much for the business cards. It was a pleasant surprise to return to the office and find them displayed on my desk. They are very stylish, and immediately caught my eye. I look forward to recommending you in response to the numerous inquiries I am sure to receive upon offering these business cards to colleagues and clients.

Sincerely,
Tom Graner"

Recently here at Cat5ive Print Full Color Printing we've done some business cards for a couple different artists. One who has done a lot of my work, and others who work with him. I have to say, I'm definitely considering checking these guys out.
I've posted about this before with that hot ass spot UV card with the skull girl on it and I really can't say enough about how important these business cards can be.

It's quite refreshing to see a tattoo artist with a business card that isn't the same format as all the others. Shop logo on the front with the artist's info under it and on the back side is a few pictures of tattoos they've done. It's a good concept but when you're making photos of tattoos small enough to fit onto a business card, what's the point really? You can't see any detail in the tattoo itself. It's a waste.

One card we just did was a nice full color foil process business card. One side featured all the artist and shop info in a cool font with certain parts accented with the foil and the whole back side was completely foiled out with a hand drawn self portrait of the artist as a zombie. It's killer. Before I hadn't really ever considered a tattoo from him but he's on my list to get something from. Know why? His card caught my eye! Like I've been saying for 2 months now! FLASHY AND EYE CATCHING!!!

I was talking to a couple of my friends that already had some and they were telling me about this guy that had done a couple of their pieces. I was still a little unsure so my friend handed me his business card and I was intrigued just from that alone.

The card was like made out of some shiny material that looked similar to colored foil that you would cook with. And it had this amazing zombie looking thing with gauged ears and torn flesh. It was just so unique and exactly what I was looking for.

I called the guy and was talking to him and was asking what his work usually consisted of, what he preferred to draw, his specialty and everything else like that. Some how we got to talking about his personal style and why he chose the style of cards he did, where he got them from and everything else. He told me that it was indeed made of foil and that the zombie was just funky and cool which made me think, “ if this guy represents himself with foiled zombie cards, he’s got to be like really different.”

I was so excited to go and meet with him and work on an idea for my tattoo. Meeting him and talking to him a little I could see that his card fit him perfectly. He was unique and strange but in an insane, killer way. His work was like nothing I had ever seen before. I’m so happy that I found him to do my tattoo, all because of a business card that was passed to me.

It just goes to show you what your business card says about you and how powerful they really are.

By the way, the images in the banners on the site were taken by none other than myself. I can take pictures… YAY!

How about some print design? That's Danielle right there. Yep, the MVP. Talk about talent. I've seen tons of people try to do what she does and fall so short it's almost disgusting. She's so good at what she does. She knows what the customer is looking for before they even do! Where else can you get that but Cat5ive Print people?!

Then there's Jack… The man could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves. Hell, he probably has!

Which brings me to the star of the office. Miss Nikki. She's what everyone who runs a company should look for in an office manager/customer service representative. Unbelievably helpful and just as sweet as …a really sweet thing. She'll get you whatever you need and answer all your questions no matter what. She's the best!!!

Oh and how could I forget our fearless leader Chris! Chris started Cat5ive Print so we could all have a home for our talents. A veteran of the design world, he's been at this for around 13 years. His direction is great when our designers hit a wall creatively, and he puts together some awesome designs himself…when he's not out racing his shifter kart.

I do stuff too but I can't sit here and talk about myself. Okay, so I will admit that I am the #1 team player of the office. Mostly I do the custom pricing, blogging and some general office work. Occasionally you'll talk to me if Nikki's on the phone. I help out. GO ME!!!

Since I haven't mentioned it for a few lines, be sure you head on over to LuiceDesign.net and pick yourself up something nice and shiny! If you have any questions and don't want to use up your daytime minutes, we have at least 2 live operators on the website ready to help and assist you out at all times. Head on over… HURRY!!!

Isn't she pretty?!

Head on over to the site now, login and take her for a spin. Everyone is doing it! For those of you who only have a few minutes to spare (or are admittedly a tad bit antisocial!), you can order directly from the site without ever having to actually talk to someone. If you have any issues, we have a live chat operator standing by to help you out. Or you can call us at 561-429-6131 and speak with Nikki, our fantastic customer service representative.

I'm not even sure why you're still reading this… GO OVER THERE NOW AND CHECK IT OUT!!!! Feel free to order some business cards while you're at it. Remember, we’re just a click away from providing you with a product that you won’t forget.

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