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September 12, 2013

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards | Sarah Hearts

New branding means new business cards so I ordered up a batch of luxe Moo cards and added a little DIY spin on them. I spray painted the edges gold and added a little gold metal heart to the back. I wanted them to hint at my crafty skills and attention to detail while still being clean and professional. I just finished gluing the hearts on all of them and I’m so happy with the results! I used a slightly different method for painting the edges and it worked so much better than my first go around. Thanks to the talented Jordan Smith who came up with the idea of using rubber bands while we were nomming away at sushi the other day.

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards | Sarah Hearts

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards | Sarah Hearts

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards | Sarah Hearts

DIY Gold Edge Business Cards

Supplies

Gold spray paint
Rubber bands

Extras

Metallic gold hearts
Super glue

  1. Start with super thick business cards. This is integral! If they are too thin you won’t notice the edge painting. Divide the cards into neat stacks of about 50 cards. Place a couple rubber bands around them and then realign the edges so they are square as possible.
  2. Spray two , even coats on the edges that are not covered by the rubber bands. Allow them to dry. I’m impatient so I only waited about 10 minutes. If you’re more patient than me it’s probably better to wait around 20 minutes.
  3. Rotate the rubber bands 90 degrees and spray another 2 coats on the other 2 sides. Allow them to dry completely then bring your cards indoors and carefully separate them and place them on a table, not overlapping. I covered my desk with paper to protect the surface because the gold paint will rub off a tiny bit at first. Allow them to dry overnight to make sure the paint cures a bit and you’re done!
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36 Comments
  • Angel Y.
    September 12, 2013

    I love the new design! Your husband did a great job developing. It seems like having developer husbands always works out. :P I can’t wait until my new branding is complete. I absolutely adore this DIY. It’s super cost-effective. What’s paper weight did you use for your business cards? Business cards for me are more than overdue!

    Reply
  • Marlene @ Jade and Fern
    September 12, 2013

    Sarah, the new branding is beautiful! I love the simplicity, simple-chic design always makes me swoon. And the category pages are great! So cool that you can pin directly from there. Go husband! :)

    Reply
  • Sarah
    September 12, 2013

    Thanks so much Angel! Developer husbands are the best, right?
    The cards are 30 pt matte stock. I highly recommend them!

    Reply
  • Carmen
    September 12, 2013

    Love the new site and biz cards!

    Reply
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    September 13, 2013

    […] Speaking of fancy, how cool are these gold-edge business cards by Sarah […]

    Reply
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    September 13, 2013

    […] of lovely ladies, fellow Orlando designer and blogger, Sarah of Sarah Hearts, shared this easy DIY business card edge painting tutorial. While I am all for supporting my local printers, the temptation of a $5 edge painting alternative […]

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  • Jeran
    September 15, 2013

    I love the new site. I need one of those coding husbands though. That could come in handy. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of those new business cards.

    Reply
  • Karina
    September 16, 2013

    What a wonderful idea! I wouldn’t think of spraying the gold myself, I would probably ask the printing house for a gold paper.

    Reply
  • Links I Love: 9.13.13 | Studio404
    October 1, 2013

    […] of lovely ladies, fellow Orlando designer and blogger, Sarah of Sarah Hearts, shared this easy DIY business card edge painting tutorial. While I am all for supporting my local printers, the temptation of a $5 edge painting alternative […]

    Reply
  • Susan
    October 19, 2013

    I love the Moo biz cards. I’ve been wanting to get some of their luxe double thick cards. Spray painting the edges a metallic color is a stroke of brilliance.

    Reply
  • Amber Z
    February 11, 2014

    Love this!!! So creative! May I ask what you used to make the little gold hearts?

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Amber Z
      February 11, 2014

      Thanks Amber! I purchased the small metal hearts from an Etsy shop.

      Reply
  • sai
    March 7, 2014

    Hi, Sarah I’m just in the process of trying this out and I was wondering whether you had to do something to stop the paint form coming off afterwards? Or is there a particular spray paint that you used that doesn’t come off? :)

    Reply
    • Sarah
      sai
      March 7, 2014

      I have only tried this with Valspar gold spray paint and have found that they do rub off a bit. A lot of people recommend Montana spray paints so I would give those a try. You could also try spraying the edges (when they are all stacked up) with a clear, acrylic varnish. You can find these at most art supply stores.

      Reply
  • Ole
    March 12, 2014

    Great work! About DIY business card, I writed a post on my blog…:
    http://theolefiles.blogspot.it/2014/02/biglietti-per-tutti-parte-1.html

    Reply
  • Sophie
    May 28, 2014

    These are stunning!!! How did you do the gold hearts?

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Sophie
      May 28, 2014

      Thanks Sophie! I bought these small metal hearts and used super glue to glue them to the back of each card.

      Reply
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  • Ryan Duffy
    October 6, 2014

    Great post!

    If you guys would like to check out my video tutorial on how I edge painted my business cards, check out my video here:
    http://youtu.be/N6OTQ7bdfhg?list=UUtAFieB-koVftaBYPMc1TwA

    Enjoy!

    Reply
  • Luis
    December 15, 2014

    Sweet tut Sarah! If anyone is considering an alternative solution to the DIY approach Oubly prints edge painted business cards on 36 pt. thick eco-friendly paper. They have 9 colors to choose from. Check them out: http://www.oubly.com/premium-business-cards?

    Reply
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  • Sarah
    March 30, 2015

    Hi, I love your cards and I wanted to do something similar with mine. I was just concerned about them sticking together after they were spray painted but while they were drying.. Did you have any problems with them sticking together or do you have any suggestions how I could prevent that? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Sarah
      March 31, 2015

      They did stick some but I found that by separating them as soon as the were dry to the touch was helpful. Definitely don’t let them dry completely before unstacking and separating them. I covered the table with paper then placed them on top so they weren’t overlapping and let them dry completely.

      Reply
  • Denise
    February 29, 2016

    Hello! Are the gold hearts stuck on? Or embossed? xx

    Reply
  • Leonie
    March 22, 2016

    Thank you so much for this! I have been looking for a website that does them but it’s pricey. I was thinking of this but didn’t want to distroy a new batch of business cards. I love the look so much

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Leonie
      March 23, 2016

      You’re so welcome! I love the look of gold edge cards too :)

      Reply
  • carolina
    April 2, 2017

    This is a great I idea, i tried this but the paint bled onto the business cards. Any idea why?

    Reply
    • Sarah
      carolina
      April 3, 2017

      Hmm, I found this happens when the edges of the cards aren’t aligned perfectly square or when they aren’t held down tight enough. I hope this helps!

      Reply
  • Anja
    August 10, 2017

    hey, just wondering, what kind of paper are you using? is it possible to do this on an art paper?

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Anja
      August 17, 2017

      Hi! I had my cards printed on Oubly their extra-thick card stock.

      Reply
  • Gerardo Villafaña
    August 10, 2017

    I need a cuotation for my presentation cards

    Reply
  • Colin
    September 23, 2017

    Hey Sarah! Could you share what font you used for the business cards? :)

    Reply
    • Sarah
      Colin
      September 24, 2017

      Sure thing! I used Quicksand, a Google font.

      Reply
  • Kelly Johnson
    June 5, 2019

    I love the way you did this. My favorite custom playing card company makes me decks that are both glossy and have gold gilt edges and the card stock is only like 330gsm. The cards look amazing. I attempted to gilt a deck of Game of Thrones playing cards with a Krylon 18k gold leafing pen and succeeded almost but that almost is not a yes. So I did some googling. I love this approach and I’m going to use it on the 500x glossy metallic gold text and silver image with a black background cards. I’ll buy the gloves, spray paint, and rubber bands tomorrow :) I’m certain this will work. I was thinking about how when I order gold gilt decks there is gold dust sprinkled on some cards so I’m going to do this but I still don’t know how they gilt the edges of decks when you order professionally. I may just email them for my own edification. I order from makeplayingcards.com but my mom is old school so she wanted 500 cards from …vistaprint T _ T I designed the cards myself and just uploaded my design and for her going with double metallics and sans serif font was a big step. She wanted glossy, not matte. So I looked at my custom deck site and yep they gold gilt glossy cards too so that’s just how I got here I love your project and how it turned out :)

    Reply
  • Brian H. Phillips
    November 17, 2020

    Amazing points diy gold edge business cards. I am thankful for sharing the great information!!!

    Reply
  • SM Sarim
    October 25, 2021

    Thanks for sharing such beautiful cards with us.

    Reply

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