![]() ![]() To help you find the best business cards, has evaluated and ranked the most popular print companies on the market today. What do their customers say? Does the company have a loyal following of clients who use them for all of their print projects? Are they generally satisfied with the print quality and the value of their business cards? Most business card printers have had thousands and thousands of orders placed there over the years. Make sure you've got options if your cards arrive and they're not what you expected. If so, there are a handful of print companies who include that in their services, sometimes complimentary and other times for a fee. Maybe you'd like a professional to look over your business card before you send it to production. Select a printer that makes it straightforward to create them or upload a design you used previously. There's no need to have a stressful experience designing your cards. A service that only lets you choose from a small handful of (similar) designs may leave you with the same tired business cards people have been using for years. Which one should you choose for your business card order? Try looking for these criteria as you decide: With literally hundreds of print services out there, all with numerous designs to choose from, it can feel pretty daunting getting started. Some services give you the option to work with a designer to get just the right fonts, colors and arrangements for the style you've got in mind. Even if you're starting completely from scratch, you can browse templates that match your industry and choose the look that will help you stand out. You already have your logo saved to your laptop or phone, and there are plenty of services that make it simple to add it to a business card design. Change the circle's line color to transparent.Ordering your cards online is the easiest way to get the job done. Use the Pan and Scale tools to adjust the positioning of photo to your liking. Click on the photo and it will fill the circle. ![]() That's where you'll see all the patterns you've imported - including the photo. Click the Fill Patterns tool and scroll down to the advanced options. Within the confines of your business card border, draw out a circle. If you don't have Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, click here to see how to fill a shape with a photo in Silhouette Studio). ![]() Drag and drop the photo into the patterns folder. First of all you have to open up your Silhouette library and navigate to the patterns folder. Now let's talk about how I got that photo into a circle on the other side of the card. Obviously skip this if you are only making a one sided card. When you have everything just how you like it (within the boundaries of the box) delete the box shape (so the line doesn't print on your card) and group the card together. This is crucial because you are now going to design your business card inside of this area. You'll see the box will adjust to your dimensions. Select the box and from the Scale tool manually type in 3.5" in the length box and 2" in the height box. Use the draw a box tool to draw out a box (do not fill the box with color, leave it transparent). Once you have your dimension you can leave the printer behind and come back to it later. VistaPrint offers a few different sizes, but I went with the standard 3.5 x 2". The reason you need to decide where you are going to print before you even start designing is because you want to know the exact dimensions of the cards before you print. I like their quality and the price was right. The first thing you want to do is decide where you are going to have your business cards printed. ![]() I thought the timing would be perfect to share a tutorial on creating your business cards in Studio! So that's just what I'm going to do today! Don't worry about all the nitty gritty - what you need to know is that I designed both the business cards and the handouts (essentially printables) in Silhouette Studio. It's called Snap (follow along on my Instagram) and I've been prepping for it for months by creating new business cards and some handouts (aka media kits) for when I meet with brands. Today's the big day.I'm headed to Salt Lake City for my first blog conference. ![]()
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