Hi All,

Just in case you didn’t realise today is the longest day otherwise known as summer solstic. What a great excuse to get the BBQ out tonight. We have had a couple of request this year for summer solstic party invites, not something we have had before.

Maybe its a new craze! or just another excuse for a party, not that one is required!

The plastic cards designs for these invites were submitted to us by the party holders, they opted for the frosted clear plastic cards, not very surprisingly with an image of a sun on them! We suggested printing these with the holofoil which gives a rainbow effect in when the cards is viewed at different angles and the customers agreed that this was a great idea.

The finished products look really good, if I get change I will pop a photo on the blog at a later date.

Bye for now and happy summer solstic.

Hello,

This is a polite request to re-sellers of our full colour solid plastic cards and key cards,

Over the past month we have a lot of re-sellers contacting us after seeing the postal proof for the full colour solid plastic cards, various queries / comments have been made regarding the printing. We have spent a lot of time explaining printing limitations, printing process, CMYK colour values etc and why certain things have happened (usually down to the artwork supplied).

After we have spent a long,  long time discussing the points with the re-seller they have then show the end customer the postal proof, who 9 out of 10 times approves the proof immediately and thinks they are wonderful.

Please could I politely request that the postal proof is shown to the customer before contacting us with concerns as often we find that they are being over analysed and the end customer is 100% happy with it.

Any comments please feel free to post on this blog.

Hi all,

Just a quick note to all customers who place orders for plastic cards with encoded magnetic strips. please please please ensure you have double checked your encoding requirements. We had a customer today with a rush order who insisted we were to encode on to track two however at the last minute this was changed to track one. Luckily we were able to do this for the customer however this may not always be the case as the order could have been encoded already.

Hi All, Following my earlier post regarding postal proof for the full colour solid plastic cards, I also wanted to double check that you are aware that postal proofs are also available with the key cards (these measure 86mm x 54mm). The postal proofs are really great as they allow you to double check the final product before we print the full order. A lot of customers order the key cards with barcodes, these will be present on your postal proof so that you can double check they scan correctly for you. Hope this helps to clarify things. xdelete

Hi All,

There has been a little confusion with a few customers recently regarding the postal proofs for the full colour solid plastic cards. I just wanted to reiterate that the postal proofs are actual finished plastic cards printed the same way as the full order will be printed.

Some customers think they will just be a print out from a desk top printer and others seems confused on receipt of the postal proof that they are better than they expected so were querying whether they would match the full order.

Just to set everyones minds at rest, they will be the same as the full order (with the exception that any optional extras such as signature panels which may not be present on your postal proof, just for speed to get them to you quickly)

Any queries please let us know.

Hi All,

Well its Monday again, its come round far too quickly! We have been relatively quiet today however the plastic cards orders we have got in are all needed asap.

I think it is going to be one of those weeks. One order which was proof approved this morning is for a quantity of 2000 x 760 micron full colour plastic cards with encoded magnetic strips which needs to be dispatched on Wednesday. It is do-able,  just,  however there is no room for anything unexpected to happen. Fingers crossed for us please, this one is going to be tight.

Bye for now and roll on Friday

Hi all, We have had a few requests for our plastic cards recently which have been for things we haven’t done before. For example we had a New Home / new address card today, what a great idea, no excuses for relatives to send birthday cards to your old address! Other recent orders have been for: Christening parties Save the date cards for weddings House warming party Retirement party Surprise 50th Birthday bash If you are having an event and want to ensure all details are clear try our full colour solid plastic cards. The other thing to remember with the plastic cards, that if you are giving them out to your friends in the pub, that they easily fit into wallets and purses for easy storage. Bye for now.

Hi All,

Well its nearly the weekend and looks like it is going to be a hot one. No doubt there will be lots of parties and BBQ’s going on.

Our full colour solid plastic cards you be used for invitations for these kind of events so that all you friends know the date and time. Make sure you include reference to your guests brining a bottle with them!

The special offer that we are currently running on the full colour solid plastic cards would probably be the best option as this would offer the cheapest price and a slightly quicker turnaround time.

Bye for now and happy partying.

Hello All,

Last night we dispatched a order for:

1000 x Frosted clear plastic cards with the following colours to the front of the cards:Holoprint & Clear ink.

We received a lovely email just now from the customer which said “Just got the cards, they look fantastic! – thanks for all the help”

The order was a little confusing to start off with as one person emailed the artwork, which we proofed back as usual and then the customer a few days later sent the same artwork again, we realised this and asked further questions to ensure we fully understood the order requirements.

Got there in the end and the customer is very happy which is the main thing

Bye bye

We are thinking of adding a page to our website offering save the date cards. I am guessing 100 would be ample for most people, probably 50 to 100 would be a typical order. Our frosted plastic cards and satin black plastic cards will probably be most suitable for save the date cards.

If we start offering them, we would need to have an example page showing lots of different save the date cards.

Watch this space!