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it’s rare, but i love it when the client tells us to experiment with a project. 1/1 2” square business cards printed on 140lb. sweet tooth paper. the client wanted a naturally occurring distressed look. he could have incorporated the distressed look into his layout and each card would come out looking the same, but this way ensured that each card would come out different. we simply had sloppy floods and printed with a super hard 90 duro squeegee.

it’s rare, but i love it when the client tells us to experiment with a project.

1/1 2” square business cards printed on 140lb. sweet tooth paper. the client wanted a naturally occurring distressed look. he could have incorporated the distressed look into his layout and each card would come out looking the same, but this way ensured that each card would come out different. we simply had sloppy floods and printed with a super hard 90 duro squeegee.

1 week ago  2 notes

2/2 screen printed business cards. the designer had wanted the glow in the dark ink to be a solid opaque color, however, that’s not how these inks come. it needed to be redesigned to be a flood layer of glow in the dark ink on either side of the card with a coat of black over top to get the desired effect.

2/2 screen printed business cards. the designer had wanted the glow in the dark ink to be a solid opaque color, however, that’s not how these inks come. it needed to be redesigned to be a flood layer of glow in the dark ink on either side of the card with a coat of black over top to get the desired effect.

2 weeks ago  View high resolution

3/0 screen printed business cards with edge painting and glow in the dark ink. printed on 140lb. pure white muscletone paper. thanks to tim smith for the awesome photo.

3/0 screen printed business cards with edge painting and glow in the dark ink. printed on 140lb. pure white muscletone paper. thanks to tim smith for the awesome photo.

3 weeks ago  3 notes

3/2 card with edge painting. 220lb. lettra paper. the thicker the card, the more effective the edge painting! the darker black is actually a clear acrylic spot coat (both sides).

3/2 card with edge painting. 220lb. lettra paper. the thicker the card, the more effective the edge painting! the darker black is actually a clear acrylic spot coat (both sides).

4 weeks ago  6 notes View high resolution

1/1 card on 120lb. duplexed (black/white) fine linen neenah paper.

1/1 card on 120lb. duplexed (black/white) fine linen neenah paper.

1 month ago  View high resolution

custom size 1/0 business card. 3.5” x 1.7”. knock out text usually sucks to print the smaller it becomes, but we got this to come out just fine.

custom size 1/0 business card. 3.5” x 1.7”. knock out text usually sucks to print the smaller it becomes, but we got this to come out just fine.

2 months ago 

2/2 business card with rounded corners on 140lb. pure white french paper. both sides are knockout prints and both sides have a spot clear acrylic gloss coat. the light reflects this in different ways. the photo was taken so you can see the gloss coat quite well. definitely one of my favorite cards based on the idea to print.

2/2 business card with rounded corners on 140lb. pure white french paper. both sides are knockout prints and both sides have a spot clear acrylic gloss coat. the light reflects this in different ways. the photo was taken so you can see the gloss coat quite well. definitely one of my favorite cards based on the idea to print.

2 months ago  1 note View high resolution

1/1 print on 140 lb. black paper. we decided to paint the edges white with the few extra prints we kept.

1/1 print on 140 lb. black paper. we decided to paint the edges white with the few extra prints we kept.

2 months ago  1 note View high resolution

1/0 card with edge painting. the client didn’t actually get edge painting on these, but we kept a few for ourselves to play around with. the dark green edges work really nicely with the bright white paper. soon i will also be posting the original version of the layering the client asked us to do.

1/0 card with edge painting. the client didn’t actually get edge painting on these, but we kept a few for ourselves to play around with. the dark green edges work really nicely with the bright white paper. soon i will also be posting the original version of the layering the client asked us to do.

3 months ago  1 note View high resolution

2/1 print. the client came to me with this being a 3/2 card, but we were able to make it work as a 2/1 with silver ink as one of the colors. the text also came out fairly well for being a knock out of a serif font.

2/1 print. the client came to me with this being a 3/2 card, but we were able to make it work as a 2/1 with silver ink as one of the colors. the text also came out fairly well for being a knock out of a serif font.

3 months ago  1 note View high resolution

1/1 print on thick kraft chipboard.

1/1 print on thick kraft chipboard.

3 months ago 

2/0 print with Edge Painting. the difference between a card like this with and without edge painting is EXTREMELY different. since it’s such a bright red on a bright white stock, the painted edges show up a LOT more on the individual card. thanks to jeremy cooper for being my first client to get this new service!

2/0 print with Edge Painting. the difference between a card like this with and without edge painting is EXTREMELY different. since it’s such a bright red on a bright white stock, the painted edges show up a LOT more on the individual card. thanks to jeremy cooper for being my first client to get this new service!

3 months ago  2 notes View high resolution

2/1 print on kraft chipboard. i really like the design of this. 

2/1 print on kraft chipboard. i really like the design of this. 

3 months ago  3 notes

i recently found a lot of beat up business cards in the glove box of my car. i remember cutting these down with the old cutter so they weren’t all exactly the same size. couple that with the beating that they took being in my car, i tried by best to edge paint these black. i think they came out really well. the black barely seeps onto the front/back side of the card. they are on the really thick chipboard stock, so the edge painting is way more noticeable than thinner cards.

i recently found a lot of beat up business cards in the glove box of my car. i remember cutting these down with the old cutter so they weren’t all exactly the same size. couple that with the beating that they took being in my car, i tried by best to edge paint these black. i think they came out really well. the black barely seeps onto the front/back side of the card. they are on the really thick chipboard stock, so the edge painting is way more noticeable than thinner cards.

3 months ago  View high resolution

1/2 print on 140lb. black paper. white ink is acrylic, colored inks are plastisol. plastisol was one of the only inks that allowed me to get a more exact color match. matching thank you cards were also made (not shown). 

1/2 print on 140lb. black paper. white ink is acrylic, colored inks are plastisol. plastisol was one of the only inks that allowed me to get a more exact color match. matching thank you cards were also made (not shown). 

4 months ago  5 notes View high resolution

it’s rare, but i love it when the client tells us to experiment with a project. 1/1 2” square business cards printed on 140lb. sweet tooth paper. the client wanted a naturally occurring distressed look. he could have incorporated the distressed look into his layout and each card would come out looking the same, but this way ensured that each card would come out different. we simply had sloppy floods and printed with a super hard 90 duro squeegee.

it’s rare, but i love it when the client tells us to experiment with a project.

1/1 2” square business cards printed on 140lb. sweet tooth paper. the client wanted a naturally occurring distressed look. he could have incorporated the distressed look into his layout and each card would come out looking the same, but this way ensured that each card would come out different. we simply had sloppy floods and printed with a super hard 90 duro squeegee.

2/2 screen printed business cards. the designer had wanted the glow in the dark ink to be a solid opaque color, however, that’s not how these inks come. it needed to be redesigned to be a flood layer of glow in the dark ink on either side of the card with a coat of black over top to get the desired effect.

2/2 screen printed business cards. the designer had wanted the glow in the dark ink to be a solid opaque color, however, that’s not how these inks come. it needed to be redesigned to be a flood layer of glow in the dark ink on either side of the card with a coat of black over top to get the desired effect.

3/0 screen printed business cards with edge painting and glow in the dark ink. printed on 140lb. pure white muscletone paper. thanks to tim smith for the awesome photo.

3/0 screen printed business cards with edge painting and glow in the dark ink. printed on 140lb. pure white muscletone paper. thanks to tim smith for the awesome photo.

3/2 card with edge painting. 220lb. lettra paper. the thicker the card, the more effective the edge painting! the darker black is actually a clear acrylic spot coat (both sides).

3/2 card with edge painting. 220lb. lettra paper. the thicker the card, the more effective the edge painting! the darker black is actually a clear acrylic spot coat (both sides).

1/1 card on 120lb. duplexed (black/white) fine linen neenah paper.

1/1 card on 120lb. duplexed (black/white) fine linen neenah paper.

custom size 1/0 business card. 3.5” x 1.7”. knock out text usually sucks to print the smaller it becomes, but we got this to come out just fine.

custom size 1/0 business card. 3.5” x 1.7”. knock out text usually sucks to print the smaller it becomes, but we got this to come out just fine.

2/2 business card with rounded corners on 140lb. pure white french paper. both sides are knockout prints and both sides have a spot clear acrylic gloss coat. the light reflects this in different ways. the photo was taken so you can see the gloss coat quite well. definitely one of my favorite cards based on the idea to print.

2/2 business card with rounded corners on 140lb. pure white french paper. both sides are knockout prints and both sides have a spot clear acrylic gloss coat. the light reflects this in different ways. the photo was taken so you can see the gloss coat quite well. definitely one of my favorite cards based on the idea to print.

1/1 print on 140 lb. black paper. we decided to paint the edges white with the few extra prints we kept.

1/1 print on 140 lb. black paper. we decided to paint the edges white with the few extra prints we kept.

1/0 card with edge painting. the client didn’t actually get edge painting on these, but we kept a few for ourselves to play around with. the dark green edges work really nicely with the bright white paper. soon i will also be posting the original version of the layering the client asked us to do.

1/0 card with edge painting. the client didn’t actually get edge painting on these, but we kept a few for ourselves to play around with. the dark green edges work really nicely with the bright white paper. soon i will also be posting the original version of the layering the client asked us to do.

2/1 print. the client came to me with this being a 3/2 card, but we were able to make it work as a 2/1 with silver ink as one of the colors. the text also came out fairly well for being a knock out of a serif font.

2/1 print. the client came to me with this being a 3/2 card, but we were able to make it work as a 2/1 with silver ink as one of the colors. the text also came out fairly well for being a knock out of a serif font.

1/1 print on thick kraft chipboard.

1/1 print on thick kraft chipboard.

2/0 print with Edge Painting. the difference between a card like this with and without edge painting is EXTREMELY different. since it’s such a bright red on a bright white stock, the painted edges show up a LOT more on the individual card. thanks to jeremy cooper for being my first client to get this new service!

2/0 print with Edge Painting. the difference between a card like this with and without edge painting is EXTREMELY different. since it’s such a bright red on a bright white stock, the painted edges show up a LOT more on the individual card. thanks to jeremy cooper for being my first client to get this new service!

2/1 print on kraft chipboard. i really like the design of this. 

2/1 print on kraft chipboard. i really like the design of this. 

i recently found a lot of beat up business cards in the glove box of my car. i remember cutting these down with the old cutter so they weren’t all exactly the same size. couple that with the beating that they took being in my car, i tried by best to edge paint these black. i think they came out really well. the black barely seeps onto the front/back side of the card. they are on the really thick chipboard stock, so the edge painting is way more noticeable than thinner cards.

i recently found a lot of beat up business cards in the glove box of my car. i remember cutting these down with the old cutter so they weren’t all exactly the same size. couple that with the beating that they took being in my car, i tried by best to edge paint these black. i think they came out really well. the black barely seeps onto the front/back side of the card. they are on the really thick chipboard stock, so the edge painting is way more noticeable than thinner cards.

1/2 print on 140lb. black paper. white ink is acrylic, colored inks are plastisol. plastisol was one of the only inks that allowed me to get a more exact color match. matching thank you cards were also made (not shown). 

1/2 print on 140lb. black paper. white ink is acrylic, colored inks are plastisol. plastisol was one of the only inks that allowed me to get a more exact color match. matching thank you cards were also made (not shown). 

About:

my name is chris. i own a screen printing and cd/dvd duplication company called sire press based in philadelphia, pa. i really appreciate a good screen printed business card because after years of printing, i know how difficult they are to master. this blog is dedicated to cards that i (we) print at sire press, cards i print on my own, and cards from around the web.

i print everything by hand. some other companies use machines to print their flat stock. that takes the soul out of what we do and commercializes it. screen printing is an art form that i have learned to love and respect.

if you are interested in getting business cards made by me, please e-mail: undergroundamericastudio@gmail.com (my design/creative company) or sirepress@gmail.com.