Unique Business Cards
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In the world of business you need to stand out and as an artist you have the unique opportunity to make your business card stand out amongst the others.
I love to hand people a little piece of my art knowing its likely to catch their eye every time they look in their wallet, bag or purse.
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Striking idea on your business cards. Colourful art designs from an artist. The variety will always remain one of a kind.
Giving a unique piece of art gives me pleasure and I do try to match the business card to the person I’m giving it to.
Love the Hopeless Harlequin Stencil design!!!!
Thank you, I had it created in three sizes, because its great for anything from ATC’s to full 12x12 backgrounds. Thank you
@@CeriGriffiths As soon as I decide what size, it will be in my shopping cart for a Christmas gift to ME!
Hi Ceri. I have been wanting to thank you for introducing Gayle I am addicted to her videos. Such a nice lady. Thx so very much. Great video as usual.
Diane, Gayle is a treasure and I try to spread the word about her as much as I can, she inspired me to start my Etsy shop and have the confidence to show my artistic side to the world.
Best idea since sliced bread. Really love it.
Ludmila I can’t be the first to have done this but its one I love and have done for a few years now. Thank you
You are a gift to the YT artist community ❤
And the YT community is a gift to me, without its love and support I wouldn’t have the confidence to be the artist I am today. Thank you
Great idea!
I hope you have a delightful day. Love&hugs to you and Biscuit.
Thank you Darcy
Ceri, I adore your creative process! These cards are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing the "how and why" of the choices you make as an artist. The explanations you provide both demystify the artistry and build confidence in your viewers. I'm definitely going to try gelli printing soon!
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Duanne
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Dianne
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What a unique idea!!! I can't wait to make some of my gelli prints into business cards for an up coming craft show.
Fabulous news Connie, have fun with them.
Wow, wow, WOW. Love how your cards turned out.... stunning!
Thank you Sara
These are gorgeous! How fun to give a small piece of your art! Great ideas!
Yes it makes them feel special and the reaction is definitely a conversation starter.
I love this idea!!! Talk about standing out from the crowd. Thank for shating, I can see business cards in my future...
Wonderful
Love this idea for original cards. Thank you! Slowly working my way through your video library and almost every one teaches me something. kudos! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇨🇦
Wonderful!
Years (and years!!) ago I did commissioned watercolors and taught watercolor- I had such a blast throwing in backgrounds on full-size watercolor paper. Then I’d take them to the local printshop to be printed and cut into my business cards- each snd every one, a tiny original.
Unheard of at the time. They still turn up now and again- so fun 😊
Wonderful idea, thank you.
I love this card idea ...and I also cut upside down when making master boards...such a surprise!!
THANK you
You’re welcome
Congrats on your new stencil - very cool! Those business cards are beautiful.
Thank you Vanessa.
You are a wonderful teacher. TFS.
Thank you Robin.
🎉 Thank you for the time you put into teaching us these wonderful and easy to follow projects! ❤️ love them! You rock!😊
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Thank you
I love this idea! I need to order more cards. Now, I will try my hand at making my cards from my gel prints, too. Thanks for sharing. 👏🏽💜
Yes please have a go you’ll be surprised at the reaction when you hand them out.
Thank you for sharing. I make gelli print hang cards for my handmade jewelry. I love how e
each one looks different and I can make them to compliment each piece of jewelry. I never thought of making business cards however. Thank you for sharing this idea and for sharing another gelli printing video with us.
You’re welcome Debbie
Stamping the personal info in the top left corner is a great idea. I often add something to the back of the business card that I hand out, since I often use my card to refer the recipient to a resource. Great video!
Thank you
Great teacher, beautiful art! Thank you!
Thank you too Gayle
Still catching up on your posts from the last few months and just watched this. Such a great idea! I love that these business cards are unique and stand out. I so enjoyed watching your process and your explanation was clear. I have not done this type of artwork, very interesting. I look forward to more of your work. Have a wonderful month!
Thanks so much, you can adapt this idea to other mediums as well for business cards.
you are such a great teacher....love how you make it look easy and simple with a great results. THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge and artistic talent.
You are so welcome Vivian.
Super idea. Love them!
Thank you Joni.
Ordered your stencil , I love harlequin anything. I have used odds and ends of my paintings as business cards for years. Now I’ll do gelli prints also. Great idea.
I just love being able to create something no one else on the planet has.
What a fantastic idea!! I don't have an actual business yet, but I do make things for people occasionally. I work full time so don't have a lot of time to run my own business also without sacrificing my family and health right now.
Amanda I just use them to give to people if they ask for my contact details not necessarily only for business
Absolutely Awesomeness. Loved this!!! Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome Daisy
Ceri your business cards are truly a work of art! So beautiful! TFS! Hugs from South Dakota, USA.
Thank you Geri
Ceri, these are fabulous business cards! I very much enjoyed this video. TFS
Thank you Karin
Love your Harlequin stencil. I need that one for sure. I love this video. What a fabulous idea!!! The artwork on back will definitely remind them who you are and what you do also. Which is important. My son is a photographer. He does a lot of abstract photos. I'm going to show him this video. I thought it would be cool to do this with some of his photos. These all came out so great. Thank you so much. I don't need business cards, but I love these anyway. Would be great to give with a handmade gift. I do a lot of those. TFS! Austin,TX USA
Barbara, yes I’ve done this with some of my own photography in the past, if you happen to make cards these make great card fronts and gift tags.
Thank you, Ceri. Really amazing idea.
Thank you Karen
Such a great idea, Ceri! Thank you for the inspiration!
You’re welcome Laura
This is such a brilliant idea! 👍👍
Thank you Debbi
Brilliant! Love the cards, loved the explanation. Thanks for sharing your creative process. Loved the finishing product.
Thank you
By the way your gel print was just beautiful I loved it
Thank you Judie
Brilliant idea, thank you for sharing😃
You’re welcome Marie
Thanks for another great useful session!
You’re welcome Sandy
What a great idea thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome Odette
Ceri what a great idea! I think I need to do this for sure. Your Hopeless Harlequin stencil is wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you, last night I launched several new designs so watch out for those in the future.
Oh I can't wait!
GREAT IDEA!!! Love it! Thanks for sharing ... Greetings from Quebec Canada
Thank you Danny, I’ve been to Quebec a few times and it’s beautiful.
Great tips, Ceri. Thank you!
You’re welcome Hilda
LOVE THIS! I’m a Fractional CFO, which is a learned skill, not what’s innate for me. The enormous creative streak that runs through me… loves this!
Fabulous
Great idea Ceri ❤
Thank you Carolyn
Brilliant! I’ve already done some of these and they came out great. I used avery business card paper. Thanks so much for yet another excellent tutorial!
Wonderful, glad you liked them.
I know you can’t hear me when I tell you to stop, but I’m not as brave as you. When it looks good, I stop🤣🤣
You always do well, I enjoy watching you😉🥰🙏🏻
Thank you
I loved this video! BTW, those corner rounders to be cleared every couple of punches. Click several times & let the tiny scraps fall. Thanks Ceri! 😀
Thank you I’ll remember that.
Wonderful tutorial - very thorough- loved the whole process! Thank you for sharing your expertise and knowledge; this is a great video!
Thank you
Love these!
Thank you
What a fun idea, thank you for sharing❤️
Not my original idea but one I’ve done for a few years and I’m certain many others have also done it but the designs will always be one of a kind. Thank you.
Love these!!! ❤
Thank you
I love your stencil, is more of your designs? I hope so I'd love to see more.
Deb, PM Artist Studio and I are working on my new stencil and mask range and believe me within a few months there will be quite the collection and I will be using my own designs more and more as they become available and I’m so excited about that. I plan to do launch videos for each stencil as they come out however the British postal system is holding up those videos and on top of that with the holiday season hurtling towards us time is precious…..but they will get done.
Always enjoy watching your video even though I don't need business cards but what a brilliant idea for those who do. I love your work so much.
Susan, punch a hole in to top and their great as a gift tag.
@@CeriGriffiths great idea. That is why you are you and I can learn from you. Thank you.
Thanks for another great video!
You’re welcome Jennifer
Ty Ceri, great idea!
Thank you Joan.
Before ATCs and all the rest, I used to order ultra-cheap business cards and do mini collages on them. I'd seal them in an acrylic medium as protection. People loved them and I found all sorts of uses for my mini-art. One Ceri does not mention are places like doctors' offices that need you to confirm your information, even some hotels where you made e-reservations. Also, it was cool when I met someone new and wanted them to get in touch. The most fun were restaurants and other places that had prize drawings. Mine were personal, not for a business so that's an option for everyone.
All great ideas and option, thank you.
I recently discovered your channel and you have inspired me to experiment with collage, color combos, etc. I just bought my 1st gelli plate and can’t wait to try it too! Thank you!!!
Susie, just have fun with your new plate, watch’s lots of different artists videos to see what can be done with it and understand not every print will be great, all of us have those prints we end up putting aside and revisiting another day.
Great idea thanks 🎉😊
i'M GOING BACK THROUGH OLDER VIDEOS AND ENJOYING IT GREATLY. tHIS IS JUST WHAT i NEED, SO THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING. Sorry bout the caps, cat walked over the keyboard earlier and didn't see caps on 😃😺
Never a problem thank you.
Wow, Gorgeous once again. What a great idea for business cards (and of course so much more 🤔) I also use cheap face cloths from the dollar store when I'm painting. Mind you I only use watercolors or acrylics.
Thank you Joan
Lovely
Thank you
Brilliant!
Thank you Trish
Once again, you have not disappointed.
By the way, I have three of your wonderful stencils from PM Artists, and I hope to play with them tomorrow. Thank you for everything!
Thank you for your support Brooke, I’ve many more designs on their way.
When I need an idea, you never fail to provide inspiration. I have birthday money burning a whole in my pocket, heading over to PM Artists to get some stencils. As always, thanks for sharing.
Fabulous, thank you Robin.
Hi Ceri, your cards are so awesome ! Love from Colorado❤
Thank you Millie and Colorado
Very impressive! I saved and shared these. 🐞
Wonderful, thank you
This is a great idea, Ceri! Of course, you are a genius! 🥰
I’ve been doing this for a few years now and I know I wasn’t the originator of the idea but I have no idea who was…..possibly before TH-cam even. Thank you
great idea! 😊
Thank you Judith.
GREAT IDEA
Thank you
Thanks dear Ceri❣️I love watching you create on the Gelli plate, in fact I hope to try my hand at it soon. Business cards...great idea! I didn't realize there was a standard size difference in the UK. Hugs y'all from Texas just north of Corpus Christi 🤠
Chris, standard size was my wording but I do know that business card holders come in certain sizes which is why I chose the size I did.
I love this Ceri! I made something similar with some collage I had done on a watercolor paper, then I sealed it and cut them as business cards. They looked nice, the only thing is that I did what you mentioned about the label, I printed labels with my info and stuck it to the back, and as you said, since the white of the label was not the same white as the watercolor paper, it didn't look quite good or cohesive. I didn't know there was such a thing as transparent labels :), thank you for this idea with the gelli prints, I might try it!
Fabulous! Thank you. I'll try it with a digital I make up since I don't have a gelli plate.
Alice, it works for collage as well, anything you create and cut up is unique.
Thank you Ceri another fantastic video you’ve given me a idea I make cards and gift tags I’ve got 12 x 12 ds cards stock I don’t like I could use that a business cards just put white card on the back and a Thank you for your order if I sell them Thanks again for your inspiration ❤️
Sounds great
Love this idea for business cards Ceri. The transparent or semi-transparent acrylic white paint is Zinc White often also referred to as Mixing White.
Thank you I’ll look into getting that.
Beautiful Ceri! I love your new stencil... I'm excited for the premier!! These are also great to use as price tags on large items for a craft sale! Still with your info... just add the price My niece is an artist and she displays some of her pieces in tourist area restaurants and businesses and she adds her business card to them with the price to make it easy for the business.
Fantastic idea I’d not thought of that.
Wow!!! These cards turned out spectacularly!!! I would love to go to an event where you were teaching for lots of reasons, but surely so I could say" do you have a business card I may have?". lol. No matter where you put your art work, it's grand. Thank you Ceri for showing us another way to use jelly prints. Wishing you and yours many blessings!!!
Thank you Melinda.
I love this idea!! I’m new to gelli printing and your videos have been amazingly helpful!
Thank you Carol
I really love this! It's brilliant and you made it look fantastic!
Thank you Julie.
Very clever. I don't have gel Prints but I can figure out something else creative for the back. And as far as my name and address and that information goes I would use an Avery template for business card and use hit and have by 11 sheet of paper to make my business cards off of. Then I can just print the Avery sheet and glue it to my art sheet. I hope that makes sense. Love this video
Yup totally understand and if you make a lot of business cards thats the quickest way to do it. Thank you.
I absolutely love watching you Gelli print. I’m getting closer to trying the gel plate I bought months ago 😱. The only thing that stops me is, what do I do with the finished print. I make, cards, gift bags and boxes etc, and all my finished items are piling up and I don’t know what to do with them🤷🏼♀️
Janet this isn’t a finite list but this video has some of my favourite ideas….and theres many more as you’re seeing in my currrent videos. th-cam.com/video/f8Iv9dAbvKE/w-d-xo.html
@@CeriGriffiths Thank you for the link. I had forgotten that I had previously watched it. Great reminder Ceri, many thanks.
Thanks!
You’re welcome
👁👁. CERI: I am sooo excited over this style - sooo very unlike my usual‼️ I have no use for business cards ... However, I do have a great need for POSTCARDS‼️‼️‼️
✅ I can use traditional sheets of 8 1/2 x 11, cut into equal quarters of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 , the common USA Postcard size‼️
(no waste)
✅ I will then ink-stamp Greetings & Phrases plus solid, outline, collage paper bits, and absolutely, inked silhouettes in black - white - ivory AND any of the new-on-market inks❣️❤️❣️
✅ I may need to take my
ORIGINALS TO PRINT SHOP
& have printed/cut into “4- Up”
on heavier stock for Postal
Regulations, than found in
our local stores.
Gotta contain myself -
heart 💜, nearly 80 years old ...
Your most loyal fan in Arizona 🌵, USA 🇺🇸, Nov 2022.
THANK YOU 🙋♀️
Dianne, thats a fabulous idea, the one thing I always do with my postcards is I put them in an envelope to be mailed because they can be damaged and some may even get stolen as they are unique pieces of art.
@@CeriGriffiths 👁👁 You are the artist with a NAME so I can understand you mailing them in envelopes. (Transparent ones?)
✅ Original is Filed in Page Protector, face up.
✅ Back of Page is “Recipient Info Form” with NAME - DESIGN
#1,2,3,4 - DATE MAILED and OCCASION + TECH NOTES
if needed.
I usually have 2 copies printed & cut, at same time = 8 cards ready for final mailing detail.
Reason: Tucson/Area is small so is USA 🇺🇸. (I do not have your worldwide postal needs)
PS ✅ 🤫 I’ve been known to slice postcard in half for an encl. bookmark 🔖 with cord/ribbons attached. ✅ OR slightly trimmed/glued to a Greeting card ... 🙆♀️ Dianne
Ceri, this is a fabulous idea! I especially like the idea of using the clear labels with the info!!! During the video when you were talking about the small white border on the 12 x 12 piece, have you ever tried "kissing" the small plate that has color to see if that will help cover the white? Just curious!!!!!
Yes and I do do that occasionally its just hard to line up when videoing because I’d have to get my head in the shot to look down on the print and do it.
Ceri, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you create your stunning business cards. So unique.
What paper do you suggest to do the gelli printing on?
Also what paper for backing please?
Well done!!!
Julie, as you know you can gel print onto almost anything, my personal preference is to create on 12x12 250gsm cards stock, as I always get the backs of my prints messy I then back them with paper, I tend to go for a white presentation paper as its a little less transparent…….I’ve also backed with old book pages, pages from old art pads basically anything that I think will suit the purpose and cover up my messy paint marks.
You have wonderful idea! Would it be a good idea to seal it with an archival spray?
Rene, you could but at the end of the day its a business card the first impression is the most important after that people accept wear and tear in their bag or packet.
Hey Ceri, loved this, thank you. Just a thought: because you have an overhang on one side of your plate and a shortage on the other side, do you think by turning your gelli plate on the plexiglass 90 degrees that that may solve the problem?
Could well do, thank you
Wonderful idea and video! Thank you! Are there any swap groups, like there are for ATCs?
Jerald, I’m a member of the Mixed Media Art & Artist group run by P.M. Artist Studio and they do regular swaps but of different things each month, thats the only one I knows of. I’m bad with links but this should take you there facebook.com/groups/2463741310607684/about/
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Thank you
Love this idea, but I am not in business so, I thought about making a set of personalized playing cards. My family all play cards especially at family gatherings. I think they would love to have a handmade set. I am trying to figure out how to make them a but slippery. I have no luck with mod podge in my climate it is sticky. Anyone out there have any ideas.
I love your idea of cards! Would laminating the cards be an option?
Rub the sticky with wax and buff. You could try a candle if that’s what you have, or buy some Dorlands wax.
Janice thats a wonderful idea, as for sticky from mod podge when I work in my art journal and when I’ve finished creating a page I then give it a coating a satin varnish for acrylic paint, when that’s fully dry for me in my climate then its no longer stick, not sure if that may be the solution.
A coating a satin varnish for acrylic paint will prevent the stickiness.
A coating a satin varnish for acrylic paint will prevent the stickiness as well.
Love this! It appears as though your gelli plates are on plexi? Can you tell me your layout and why? I just got my 1st gelli plate and have been watching your videos. Thank you!
Lisa you’re correct I have my geli plates on plexiglass so that I can lift and move them around easily for filming purposes but theres also another reason I like them on clear plexiglass and that is if I wish to print onto a larger piece of art where placement is important I can turn the plate over and see where’re I’m positioning it.
@@CeriGriffiths Thank you!
May I ask what type of paper did you use to back up your cards? Also, wouldn't haveit been easier to do that first, before cutting them all out first?
To be honest sometimes I back the cards prior to cutting other times I do it later. The paper or card I back them with depends on how thick the image is but it’s normally about postcard weight.
*** QUESTION: I have not used my gel plate yet cuz I didn't have paints. I just got a box set Arteza paints. But I didn't get any transparent paints cuz I can't seem to find them. *** IS IT WORTH doing gel plate without any transparent paints??? ***
Or should I just wait???
Thanks!! Austin,TX USA
Barbara you can gel print without transparent paints however you need to remember every layer you put on will cover up the previous layer, you could create a collection of backgrounds to be printed over later when you do have transparent paints. You could even try using a very thin layer of paint which should give you the appearance of slight transparency.
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Thank you
Don't know what a gelli plate is, or how to make one?
Wanda you can make them and there are videos on TH-cam about how to make them but they’re made from food products and can break down over time I also feel I don’t want to work with food in my art room. I buy mine on the internet from companies such as GelPress who make gel plates in various sizes, these are commercially made and not made from food products therefore will last a lifetime if they are looked after correctly. I would suggest doing a search for gel printing or gel press on TH-cam to get a variety of videos which will show you how one can be used.
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Thank you