Metallic Foil Business Cards

This is the high-end finish in our business cards printing lineup. You pick the foil color, the side it goes on, the stock and the size, and the foil sits a clear step above a flat full-color card on the one piece of print a prospect keeps.

A single person's first box of 500 costs $222.13. An office ordering gold foil cards for the whole staff at 2,500 or 5,000 pays far less per card, because the stamping setup is shared across the run. Tap any tier below for the set total and the saving at each step.

What Makes a Metallic Foil Business Card Different

The foil is real metal leaf, heat-stamped onto the stock, not gold or silver printed as ink. So it mirrors light instead of sitting flat. You get 7 foil colors to choose from, gold, silver, copper, rose gold, red, black and blue, and you can place the foil on the front, the back or both sides. For a flatter take on the same look, the Foil Stamped Business Cards and the base Foil Business Cards cover the rest of the family.

What Size Should a Metallic Foil Business Card Be

You have 4 sizes. The 2" x 3.5" standard fits any wallet and any cardholder, the 2.125" x 3.375" credit card size reads a touch more premium, the 1.5" x 3.5" slim card stands out in a stack, and the 2.5" x 2.5" social square breaks the rectangle entirely. Every size below is grouped the way the live configurator on this page presents it, so you know what you can change before you change it.

Three decisions set how the foil looks on your card.

Pick a foil color that fits the brand

Gold and rose gold read warm and luxe, silver and black read modern and sharp, and copper, red or blue let you match a brand color instead of defaulting to gold. The foil shows best against a dark or saturated background, so a black or deep-tone 16pt Silk Laminated card makes the metal stand out most.

Layer Spot UV over the shine

You can add Spot UV on the front, the back or both sides on top of the foil, so a raised gloss sits next to the metallic accent for a two-texture finish. If you want the gloss effect on its own without foil, the Spot UV Business Cards do that.

Design it without a designer

Choose a layout in our business card design templates with a monogram, a logo or a name large enough to carry foil, set that element as the foil area, and edit the colors, copy and logo in the online editor.

Working from your own artwork? Download the press-ready blank. The blank metallic foil business card template is built at the real trim size, with the 1/8" bleed and the safe margin already drawn in, so your foil layer never crowds the edge. Choose the size that matches your order below, set your art and foil layer, and upload.

Can You Put Foil on Both Sides

Yes. Foil On Front is the default, but you can run Foil on Back or Foil on Both Sides when the back of the card earns the same shine, like a monogram, a QR code or a tagline. Foil on both sides takes more leaf and more stamping, so check the price on the slider before you decide. For a heavier metallic body rather than a stamped accent, the Silk Aluminum Foil Business Cards wrap the whole card in foil.

How Much Do Metallic Foil Business Cards Cost

Eight tiers run from 500 cards at $222.13 through 1,000, 2,500 and 5,000 to 25,000. The stamping setup is built into the first price, so a bigger run lowers the cost of each card. Size the run on the slider above and the set total updates live.

Tips for a Foil Card That Reads Clean

Heat-stamped foil needs a file built for it. Keep the foil areas bold, since fine hairlines and tiny type do not stamp cleanly, and set the foil layer as a separate spot color so the press knows where the metal goes. Run through the do's and don'ts below before you upload, on resolution, color mode, bleed and the safe margin, and your cards clear preflight on the first try.

How Do They Compare to the Rest of the Range

Comparing foil with a raised gloss, an edge treatment or a full metallic body? The chart below sets metallic foil business cards beside their closest siblings, with the starting price of each.

See How a Finished Foil Card Lands

Our own shop printed the cards in the gallery below. Compare how the foil color reads against the stock and the ink behind it. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Metallic Foil Business Cards

Allow 7 business days: the cards print in color first, then go through the foil stamping pass. You also get a free online proof, so you can sign off on the layout and the foil placement before anything runs. The panel below gives the production window for the quantity you pick.

Shipping comes after those 7 days. Type your ZIP code below to see the ground delivery window, so a card for a conference or a new hire arrives in time.

See the Rest of Our Business Cards

Other textures, custom shapes and heavier stocks sit in the cards below, each with its starting price. To carry the foil look onto letterhead and envelopes, open the business stationery collection, and for everything else the full print product range.

Why Print With 4OVER4.COM

We have printed business cards online since 1999, and the figures below, on-time shipping among them, are the ones we hold ourselves to on every order you place with us.

Print Your Metallic Foil Business Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Choose the foil color and the side, set the run, and print your metallic foil business cards today.

One last thing before you check out. These are the products our customers most often add to their metallic foil business cards, each priced and ready to drop into the same cart.

Metal Foil Cards and Solid Metal Cards

The two get searched together and they are different objects. A metal foil business card is paper at heart, a 16pt Silk Laminated or 14pt Uncoated Cover stock with a thin layer of real metal leaf heat-stamped onto it, so the metal is the accent and the card still sits flat in a wallet and costs what a premium paper card costs. A solid metal card is metal all the way through, and it behaves like metal in the hand and in the price. Here the foil is stamped in 7 colors, gold, silver, copper, rose gold, red, black and blue, on the front, the back or both sides. If you want a metallic body rather than a stamped accent, the Silk Aluminum Foil Business Cards are the closest thing in the range.

Metallic Foil Card Sizes and Specs

Four sizes run on this product, on two stocks, with the foil placed where you choose. These are the choices as the configurator sets them.

Both stocks take the foil the same way. The 16pt Silk Laminated has a smooth coated face that makes the metal read brightest against a dark background, and the 14pt Uncoated Cover is flat and takes a pen. Add Spot UV over the foil on the front, the back or both, and rounded corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius.