Ladies and gentlemen today I would like to talk to you about something that is important not only to me, but to you too. Design.

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.

I was just looking over Cat5ive Print Full Colour Printing web site traffic reports and it seems we've gotten some hits (and sign ups) from France and England. Nice!! I think they're lured by the ultra fancy full colour printing foil process we offer, and of course the awesome prices!

Maybe it's the laser etched metal cards. I looked at some prices for some of those out of England and my god were they expensive. No joke, they were 5 times more expensive! Even with the shipping, we wouldn't be that expensive.

Granted, if someone from ANY country in Europe wanted to order from Cat5ive Print Full Colour Printing, we'd want to make it worth it. None of that 12PT uv coated stuff. If we're sending something "over the pond" it's going to be high class! Silk coated business cards with gold or silver foil stamping, full colour foil process business cards, full colour plastic business cards, and any of the other high end business cards we offer.

You gotta love it. You just gotta!

This is a stencil that was designed for iPhone app developers to create clean sketches of their user interfaces. This particular stencil is larger than an actual iPhone, but it is still a great example of what can be done with our etched metal business cards. I hope you are inspired, I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Got a bad ass design? We know you do! BUT do you have a way to get it printed? Hmmmm not so sure now are you? Guess what. All you do now! All it takes is a quick phone call to 561.429.6131 or an email to info@luicedesign.net and you're hooked up.

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.

Man did I get some cool stuff in the mail yesterday!! WOW!

I'm not even going to bother talking about these I'm just going to post pictures and let these bad ass cards do their own talking.

Keep in mind we didn't design these, they're just samples, but hot damn they're bad ass man!

The metal cards aren't etched like the ones we've been featuring. They're embossed and printed on! NICE!

Call Cat5ive Print Full Color Printing today to ask about these. 561.429.6131

Metal card with mirror finish!

Metal card with embossing and INK!!!!

Check this noise out! THIS would be the thickest business card I've seen yet. WITH foil stamping!

The day has come! The day we've ALL been waiting for!!! Of course by "all" I mean "everyone in the building here." The brand spanking new, shiny, fresh from the factory, not a mile on her….I’m talking about the Cat5ive Print WEBSITE It has finally been launched. That's right! You heard me! LuiceDesign.net is finally active and ready to go.
It was a special day. We all gathered around a computer tower and whacked it with a bottle of champagne, which admittedly was not the best idea, but we HAD to christen the site in style!

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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I can't really talk enough about how killer these metal business cards are people. I'm dead serious. When you toss one of these bad boys down, it will LITERALLY make a noise! People will look up to see what that was, and they WILL be impressed. Mark my words!

Now, when looking into getting a card with your logo cut out, you may want to ask yourself, "Will my logo look good if I have it cut out, or will it just be a big open shape?"
This is a big one to think about. You could have a KILLER logo, but if it's not set up right it'll just be a big circle or square when cut out. Maybe it'd be better to have it laser etched, like in the photo below.
Another fun idea is to get your card etched with normal text, and have the entire card cut into a shape, like the razor blade below.

You're somewhat limited in what you can do with the metal business cards, but they're so cool on their own that you don't really need to do much with them except actually HAVE them!

Having a bad business card is like having a bad hair day – every day. If you're not concerned with your first impression, you must not be all that concerned with your product or service. These days, people need something flashy to catch their eye or they don't care. I know I've said that before but it's so true.

Recently here at Cat5ive Print Full Color Printing, we've been really into these metal business cards. They're pretty awesome-cool-rad-sic. They're basically laser etched pieces of metal, about the thickness of a 16 PT business card. While you can't do any full color printing on these, you can have custom shapes cut, logos engraved OR cut out. This is a business card that will NOT get thrown in the trash! Call us to request a quote by at 1-561-236-0776. Min order is 250 metal business cards.