Raised Foil Business Cards

Raised foil is one of our premium finishes inside the wider business cards printing range, a step above flat color for when you want the card itself to do some of the talking. The smooth 16pt velvet base does half the work, because a matte, almost soft surface is exactly what makes a raised metallic shine pop.

Raised foil comes in four set sizes, and the jump from the first to the second is the one to look at: 100 cards work out to about 87 cents each, while 250 cost $119.73, under 48 cents each. By 1000 the card costs about 36 cents. The tiers below show each set total and its price per card.

What Makes Raised Foil Different From Flat Foil

Raised foil is pressed so the metallic layer stands up off the card instead of lying flush with the surface. Run a finger across it and you feel a defined ridge along every stroke of the logo or text. That lifted shine catches the light from an angle and reads as the most finished card in the stack. Flat foil and printed metallic ink look bright too, but they sit level with the paper, so they lose the part people remember most: the feel.

Which Foil Colors Can You Pick

Three. Raised gold for the classic luxe look, raised silver for a cooler modern shine, and raised holographic for a finish that shifts color as the card moves in the light. Every option on this card, foil side and ink layout included, is laid out below the way the live configurator groups it.

Here are a couple of easy ways to make a raised foil card pull its weight.

Save the foil for one thing

Foil hits hardest when it is not fighting itself. Put it on the logo, the name, or a single icon, and let the rest of the card stay matte. A small patch of raised gold against a dark velvet field looks far richer than a card drowning in metal, and it keeps the cost of the run working for you.

Design it without a designer

Build the layout in our business card design templates, change the colors and copy in the online editor, then mark the one area you want raised in foil. A logo or a name reads best in foil; leave the fine print in ink.

For a file you build yourself, the press-ready blank business card template is drawn at the real 2" x 3.5" trim size, with the 1/8" bleed and the safe margin already in place. Mark which elements should print as raised foil, drop your art in and upload. For a metallic-finish reference you can also grab the metallic foil blank template and use it as a guide for the foil layer.

How Many Raised Foil Cards Should You Order

Order 100 for a new title or a single event, and 500 or 1000 for a team that hands cards out every week. The panel below lists all four sets with the cost per card.

How Do Raised Foil Cards Compare to Spot UV and Metallic Foil

Raised foil is one of a few premium finishes worth weighing side by side. Raised Spot UV Business Cards give you the same lifted, you-can-feel-it texture in clear gloss instead of metal. Metallic Foil Business Cards lay the shine flat into the stock for a sleeker, level finish. Raised Holographic Business Cards are this card with holographic foil only. Dual Raised Business Cards put two raised foil colors, or raised spot UV with one foil, on the front. The panel below sets raised foil beside Standard, Kraft and Die-Cut Business Cards, three of the 135 business card styles.

See How a Finished Foil Card Lands

The shine is hard to picture from words alone. The gallery below shows business cards our customers printed across the whole business card range, a mix of stocks and finishes rather than raised foil alone, so use it for layout ideas. Tap any card to see it larger. Every other foil product we print, from postcards to folders, is in the foil printing collection.

How Fast Can You Get Raised Foil Business Cards

Raised foil business cards print on a 7 business day turnaround, and you can lock in a free online proof first, so you sign off on the foil placement and color before the press runs. Prefer to save a step? Choose Straight To Production when you already trust your file. Drop your ZIP code below to add the realistic ground delivery window on top of production, so you see the full timeline before you order, not after.

Quality comes first at 4OVER4.COM, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999.

Tips for a Raised Foil File That Prints Clean

Raised foil prints from its own layer, so your file needs that layer marked clearly, and the foil has to stay inside the safe margin and off the bleed. The checklist further down covers resolution, color mode, bleed and the safe margin; run through it before you upload.

See the Rest of Our Business Cards

Raised foil is one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. The plain Standard Business Cards cost far less, and the whole set sits inside our wider business stationery collection. Each option below shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page.

Why Print With 4OVER4.COM

You will not see our press before you order, so the figures below are the ones to judge us by, including on-time shipping, from the shop that has printed business cards online since 1999.

Print Your Raised Foil Business Cards Today

Set the foil color and side, upload the file with its foil layer marked, and build your raised foil business cards today.

More business cards to order beside it are below, each with its price.