Cardstock, Add-ons, and Layers Explained

One of the cardstock features we offer are multi-layer cards. Our multi-layer cards are two or three cards glued together to create a thicker stock. There are multiple ways to use a thicker cardstock, such as using a diecut to reveal the layer beneath it. While we typically offer multi-layer ca...

Silk and Suede finish cards are both matte finishes, but they are also quite different. Our silk lamination is a smooth matte finish, while our suede lamination is more of a soft-touch matte finish with a velvety texture. Suede lamination gives your cards a richer texture when in hand, and sil...

Onyx Suede is unique as it is our only stock that is black. Because it is a solid black cardstock to begin with, we are not able to print color on this stock. Onyx Suede only allows us to do foil and Spot UV. Onyx Suede Business cards also have a suede texture. It is not a card that is just la...

Cold foil is one of our most unique card stocks! All colors printed on Cold Foil have a metallic sheen and all white areas on the card will print silver. If you want any areas to print white instead, please send us a file that shows which areas you want to print white or block out the metallic...

All of our uncoated paper stocks can be written on in pen. This includes our uncoated, cotton, and linen stocks. Because these stocks are more absorbent, pen stays on the stock, but markers such as sharpies can bleed. Our coated paper stocks can also be written on with a few limitations. This inc...

Popularly referred to as Letterpress, our cotton cards give an old world feel. Unlike traditional letterpress cards, we achieve this effect with print and debossing. Printing full coverage or large areas on our cotton cards will result in an uneven distribution of ink, due to absorbency of the...

Linen Business cards are printed on professional-looking and subtly textured card stock characterized with a small woven grid pattern embossed into the stock. Similar to our cotton cards, this is one of our uncoated stocks. These sturdy, non-laminated cards are 24pt thick and are printed in full...

Our metal cards are made of a high quality stainless steel at a 20pt thickness, and can be customized with our many options like PMS ink, Laser Cut, and Laser Engraving. We are not able to print in CMYK on our metal cards. PMS inks are a great way to add that pop of color to your design, or ma...

Our wood cards are available in our Beech or Cherry stock and are 65pt cards. The Beech wood is more of a natural light wood color, and the Cherry is our darker wood with a slight red tone. These cards are made with two sturdy layers of wood, with a smooth black card in between. We are not able ...

12 mil Plastic This stock is about the thickness of a playing card. It is tear and waterproof, and is also a lot more flexible of a card than our 30 mil plastic cards. It has a silk finish, and rounded corners by standard. 30 mil Plastic Our 30 mil plastic cards are about the thickness of ...

Adding foil to your order does require a few extra file steps, but the impressions it leaves are well worth it! In order to add foil to your product, we will need your files sent over in one of two ways. Please note that vector files are always recommended for a clean foil application.  This avoi...

Spot UV is a thin layer gloss that can be applied to specific areas of a design. The Spot UV coating is applied to the artwork area of your choice. This shiny finish coating draws attention to these areas and adds visual interest on the card surface. Multiple Spot UV Applications When placi...

Our custom die-cut business cards are printed in full color and can be die cut or laser cut into any custom shape. We require a thickness between cuts of at least 4mm to glue down a cut on a multi layer card. Not all areas of the cut must be glued down, but we do recommend allowing for that spac...

Colored Edges Our colored edges are the perfect finishing touch to make your cards stand out. We offer a wide range of standard inks, fluorescent inks, metallic inks, and foils that can be applied to the edges of your cards. We also have the option of providing a custom ink color to be added to ...

Embossing Our embossing is a wonderful texture add on, created by pressing up a portion of the design into the cards! How raised the embossing is can be affected by a few variables, such as the cardstock, the design, and card usage. Cardstock can affect the embossing, as different card stocks a...

Perforation is done by adding spaced out cuts in a line, which allows for a section of the card to be peeled off along that line, usually revealing something underneath. This can also be used for easy separation of a portion of the card, such as a ticket to be redeemed.

We offer our rounded corners in various sizes, including 3mm, 6mm, and 9mm. This measurement refers to the radius of the corner, with 3mm being the smallest, and 9mm being the most round cut. Need a custom rounded corner cut? No problem. Any custom rounded corners, including just two or three ...

Looking to match your brand's color to your card? PMS might be the add on for you! PMS stands for the Pantone Matching System and is a premixed color to help lower any color shifts. If you have a custom PMS color you would like to use on your cards, we would need you to provide us with the PMS co...

Variable data is the printing of varying numbers or data onto each individual card. This can be used to number your cards with different numbers, add a specific name to each card, and much more! We charge our variable data per line, and it comes in a generic font. We can either do the variable da...

With the correct information, we can encode cards to properly work with any system. Our magnetic stripes do not come with the number printed below the stripe, but we can add it with the addition of our variable data option. HiCo or LoCo? There are two types of magnetic stripes: HiCo or High C...

We offer a wide variety of barcode types for our plastic cards to pair with your POS system or scanners. Our barcoding comes with the option of making each barcode unique in its numbering, and we can do that in a couple of ways. Numbering can be done sequentially, with a provided starting number,...

Our embossed numbering is offered in both 13.5pt and 18pt. Embossed numbering is the process of pressing up numbering into the plastic cards, like the raised numbering on a credit card. This does create an indentation on the opposite side of the card. Embossed numbering can be tipped in gold o...

A signature panel is an application of a white, writable surface that is added to a specific area on our plastic cards. This allows for a space for a signature, or even a place for someone to add their name, or notes on the card. We offer our signature panels in white, or by custom request, we...

A custom QR code can add a few unique features to your cards! We can encode your QR code either as a Virtual Contact, or as a link to a website URL. Try scanning the QR codes below using your smartphone to see the difference! If used for a Virtual Contact, scanning the QR code would bring up you...

On our frosted and clear plastic cards, we offer a white blocking option. This adds a mostly opaque white area on your cards prior to printing, in the areas you specify. You can then add print on both sides of that white blocking without the print on either side interfering. We recommend not h...