25 Lovely Edge Painted Letterpress Business Cards
For your inspiration, we are showcasing below 25 lovely edge painted business cards. Letterpress business cards are now made more lovable with this popular trend called edge painting since it adds a beautiful touch of color to the overall look of the cards. If you still do not know what edge painting is, it is actually a process by which color is applied to the edges of business cards or other printed materials like wedding invitations.
Edge painting can be done in any color but is it recommended to use darker or bright colors such as bright yellow, screaming orange, cobalt blue, or even bright neon or metallic foils. Paint is usually mixed by hand to be matched to a specific Pantone color.
EXAMPLES OF EDGE PAINTED BUSINESS CARDS
Brain Up Edge Painted Business Cards
These letterpress business cards for a Romanian company were printed using three colors on both sides using a thick stock paper and finished off with vibrant green edges.
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Denim + Letterpress v2
These business cards were printed using two color on custom duplexed French paper. Both sides of the card have denim pattern in a nice contrasting blue hues. The logos were printed in metallic silver so they really stand out. Edge were hand painted red.
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Homer Liwag Edge Painted Business Cards
The cards were letterpress printed completely on French Paper. For the logo, black ink were printed on the steel gray stock and silver metallic ink on the charcoal brown stock on the back of the card. Each side was printed on separate stock which were then duplexed, cut down, round-cornered, and edge colored.A bright green edge color makes these cards pop.
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Nurture Athletics Edge Painted Business Cards
The cards are well rounded using just about every trick from offset printing, to foil stamping, letterpress, edge coloring and duplexing.The front of the card was printed with a flood of green-blue ink.The Nurture logo was foil stamped in a flat green pigment foil 1 shade darker than the paper for contrast.
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Business Card for: Report Public Corruption
Designed by Fabrik Agency, these business cards is part of a cohesive and powerful identity of the agency. Letterpress printed on thick white stock with yellow edge painting.
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Table 4 Weddings Edge Painted Business Cards
These cards were letterpress printed using black, super-thick (over 1/16? thick) Museum Mounting Board with not-too-shiny silver foil and turquoise blue edge painting.
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Garibaldi Photography
The cards were printed on a thick paper. It features a blind deboss pattern on the front, silver ink on the back with orange colored edges and rounder corners.
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Santa Clara Business Cards
These business cards are in a very striking black-yellow combination. Painted in thick black stock, a minimal design, and edge painted in bright yellow.
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Jeff Holt Photo Business Cards
These letterpress business cards are slimmer than most regular cards and were printed on the extra thick cotton stock using orange and gray ink. The edges were painted with orange color.
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These cards were letterpress printed on the thick cover stock using three colors on the front. Edge painting was done using a pink color.
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Steve Shine Business Cards
Designed by Analogue, these business cards aims to articulate the owner’s ‘personal brand proposition’ and create a brand look and feel to support his new business aspirations. The exterior has an elegant and refined appearance yet it’s vivid and electric blue core (edge painting) serves to echo his powerful and positive personality.
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Juan Madrigal Letterpress Business Cards
These business cards were printed on thick mounting board using cyan blue color.
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Breanna Rose Edge-painted Letterpress cards
The clean, simple design was perfect for the process of letterpress-printing. Two colors were added for the edge-painting to complement the charcoal grey text.
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Brittany Squire Edge Painted Business Cards
These cards were edge painted and letterpress printed onto thick stock . The bright blue edge made this card an attractive piece.
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Hannah Maple Duplexed Business Cards
These business cards were letterpress printed on thick cover in Pine duplex. The black side of the cards had a blind impression with a varnish printed in the pattern of a snake skin and then over-printed with studio info in a light tan.Edges were painted blue.
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Space 150 Business Cards
These business cards were letterpress printed in three colors offset on one side (flood of black, purple and blue) and 2 color letterpress printed on the reverse (blue and tonal white). They have a unique two-color gradient treatment on their edges.
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Espresso Republic Letterpress business cards
These cards were letterpress printed using thick cotton paper and finished with a bright orange edge painting.
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Firebelly Design Edge Painted Business Cards
These cards were letterpress printed using duplexed French stock and edge painted to match a spot fluorescent pink. On both sides of the card, Reflex blue and a spot pink were letterpresses printed with a deep impression.
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Reliable Contact Cards
These cards were letterpress printed with engraving on the logo and other texts. Duplexed paper stock were used to make them thicker and edge painting were done in yellow.
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Corrie Oberlin Business Cards
A stack of letterpress business cards for an online marketing consultant. Printed on chipboard using white foil, these cards sport a neon blue edge painting.
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WHP Business cards
The cards were letterpress printed on thick stock with black and blind deboss on the Cranes and edge painted in vibrant aqua green.
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Business Cards with Painted Edge
printed by Elegante Press, this business cards sports a very clean design and a bright, attractive orange edge painting.
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Farbschnitt Frankfurt Edge Painted Business Cards
Here is another letterpress printed business card sporting a very clean and minimalist look with bright edge painting in yellow.
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First 65 Letterpress Business Cards
Edge painted in orange on thick Duplex White to Green. Letterpress printed with one color in front with a debossed logo on the reverse.
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iPhone app developer letterpress cards
The back of the card was printed with a heavy blind (inkless) letterpress impression. The front side is printed with gray ink plus accent yellow bars. Special finishing is a yellow edge color.
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