Business Cards

Business Card Design Tutorial

Margins In Your Business Card Design

The margins are critical to getting your business card design to print properly.

First, your background image or color must go to the edge of the business card design canvas. All text must fit within the inner guides. No text in the margins.
Business Card Design Template
Sample business card design:
The background photo goes all the way to the edge of the business card design but the text all fits within the inner guides.
Business Card Margins
After Printing, the bleed margin gets cut away, but any images or color that goes to the edge of the printed card must go to the edge of the design canvas (beyond where we cut them) or you will have tiny white lines on the edges of some of your cards. Cutting is not a perfect, exact process.
Template Design
These margins are critical, we cannot make them smaller without compromising your design.
Instruction and Tutorials
Margins are critical. View the margins design tutorial to ensure your business cards look like you intended.
With a little experience, anyone with a good graphics program can create print-ready business card designs. View the photoshop tutorial for step-by-step instructions to create your own business card template file.
Downloads
If you're using another graphics program, use this JPG business card template.
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