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For our blacksmithing business we went with a fairly straightforward design just having a tag line under the business name & a double horned anvil image, wanted to steer away from the generic cartoon anvil shape.   These are printed on woven card with a raised texture on the ink. The Papyrus font looks hackneyed to me now and I have changed it on our printed paper but have a ton of cards left and will leave it for now on those.

I have been through a number of different designs for my jewelry biz card and haven't had them 'properly' printed yet - and I hate the perforated edges too so I hand cut mine on the thickest card I can find.  I have featured something to do with the mokume patterning each time - I mean how many jewelers do you come across at shows!  I felt there had to be something to remind the person of what was in my booth.  Ink saturation was also a consideration as they are done on our printer.  I have a fold-over version which is the same on the front but has more info & a different pic inside and care info on the back.  I put both out in the booth so people can pick up either. Here's pics of both. mrfdlmj 

I really get into designing things like this and find myself over doing it but I think you do have to keep them reasonably simple as well as visually interesting, too much flash is distracting. 

Lynda

Metcalfe Roush Forge & Design www.metcalferoush.com

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