Oh So Beautiful Paper

This morning I’m returning to one of my absolute favorite subjects – business cards!  I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite business cards from the last few weeks, and you can check out previous business card round ups right here!

The coolest card I’ve seen in a long time: black with white knockout (raised) text from Mama’s Sauce

Love the overprinting and texture in this business card, designed by Popcorn Initiative and printed by Cranky Pressman via FPO

More cool knockout text letterpress cards, this time in white on white, from Dolce Press

Cute blue and white striped double-sided business cards by Truly Smitten Studio

Silver foil on gray business cards by Andfold via Francesco Mugnai

Beautiful illustration and hand lettering by Stitch Design Co. via Lovely Stationery

Colorful orange and turquoise business cards with blind impression illustrations by Meg Gleason via Design Work Life

Simple and modern woodgrain business cards by Sona Hovhannisyan for Tereasa Surratt via Francesco Mugnai

Pretty pastel business cards by Foreign Policy Design Group via Lovely Stationery

As always, if you’d like to sub­mit your own busi­ness cards, you can e-mail me right here!

{images via their respec­tive sources}

These letterpress business cards from Bobbie at Burnthebook, a creative studio in the UK, are all kinds of awesome – from the beautiful logo to the crisp red and white color palette.  Burnthebook has a background in publishing, so they incorporated red edge painting in a nod to the painted edges of antique books, which just makes me love the use of this particular technique even more!

From Bobbie:  Our studio is called Burnthebook. We’re a full service creative agency in the UK with a background in publishing.  So when we created our new branding and stationery, it made sense to develop ideas surrounding bookbinding and traditional printing techniques.  Our branding is based on traditional publishing marks, whilst the business cards themselves are letterpress printed.  The coloured edges are reminiscent of the painted edges found on antique books, but we’ve used a bold crimson and white for a contemporary twist.

Thanks Bobbie!

Photo Credits: Burnthebook

I absolutely love these business cards from Ice Cream Social for writer Caitlin Hall.  Growing up, my Dad always used to cite this quote from playwright David Belasco: ”If you can’t write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don’t have a clear idea” – and these cards put the concept behind that quote to great use!  Plus I’m loving the bright colors, which seems to be a theme here this week.  Nicely done!

Photo Credits: Ice Cream Social

Miami-based designer Sarah Rusin sent over these fabulous business cards that she designed for photographer Amanda Reynolds, and I’m just completely smitten with the beautiful travel-inspired details that Sarah managed to incorporate so well into such a tiny space!  Since Amanda is a travel and lifestyle photographer, Sarah incorporated antique cartography design elements into both Amanda’s website and her business cards, working with Travis from Bon à Tirer on the letterpress printing.  Gorgeous!

From Sarah:  I designed these business cards for travel and lifestyle photographer Amanda Reynolds.  Amanda is a total sweetheart and is a self-described urban hippy with wanderlust.  I wanted to capture her love of travel (and especially Italy) with a piece of a map printed on the back with a blind deboss with a slight varnish.  I used various antique cartography details to design the cards, which suited Amanda’s style perfectly.  My favorite bit is the small compass rose hidden in the fleuron in her logo.  I also love the positioning of her website on the back, right where you should see the words Tyrrhenian Sea. The printing of the cards was tricky because of all the tiny details but I’m thrilled with how they turned out!

Thanks Sarah!  For more of Sarah’s work, check out her portfolio right here!

Design: Sarah Rusin
Letterpress Printing: Travis Staton / Bon à Tirer

Photo Credits: Sarah Rusin