business cards – Esselle Crafts

You may remember that last year I updated my business card to include my new website and some of my favourite 3D papercraft projects, and I also created this little box to display 100 of the cards in.

A business card display box made from mint green cardstock and decorated with white spotty card on a desk holding 100 business cards.

Well, now I’ve created a different kind of box to hold 70 cards. I went to a networking event recently and this was so handy to carry around to give the cards out.

A business card holder made from mint green cardstock and decorated with white spotty card holding 70 business cards.

This is how I made it …

I started by measuring a set of 70 cards and worked out that I needed a 6cm x 15.7cm piece of cardstock, a 13cm x 9.5 piece of cardstock and a 2.5cm x 19cm strip for the belly band. I used the lovely vintage mint green colour again to match my other box and used my scoring board to score the lines shown below, then I cut out the tabs.

Three pieces of mint green cardstock cut out to size to create a business card holder

I assembled the box using my favourite glue (Cosmic Shimmer Special Acrylic Glue) and started with the front section.

The front of a business card holder made from mint green cardstock

This is how the front section looks from the side once the back piece was glued on and folded over.

The side of a business card holder made from mint green cardstock used to hold 70 business cards

Next, I cut out some patterned paper panels to cover each of the sides.

Seven pieces of mint green and white spotty card cut out to size to decorate a business card holder

After gluing the panels on, I put all 70 business cards inside the holder, then wrapped the belly band around the centre. I creased all four edges using my bone folder, then trimmed it in the centre and glued the ends loosely together.

The front of a business card holder made from mint green cardstock and decorated with white spotty card used to hold 70 business cards

As a finishing touch, I die cut a circle out of mint cardstock and a smaller one out of white cardstock and glued them onto the belly band. I then printed and cut out my logo and glued this to the centre.

I love that it perfectly compliments my business card display box, and my cards were kept safe and neatly presented at the event 🥰

What do you think? Will you be giving this project a try?

Happy crafting!
Suzanne

I recently updated my business card design to include my new website and some of my favourite 3D papercraft projects, and I’m so pleased with how it’s turned out!

So, this got me thinking … How can I safely store and present my lovely new set of 100 business cards, whilst keeping consistent with my brand?

And, of course, it had to be a handmade box!

A business card display box made from mint green cardstock and decorated with white spotty card holding 100 business cards.

This is how I made it …

I started by measuring the set of cards and worked out that I needed a 20cm x 20cm piece of cardstock. I chose the lovely vintage mint green colour to match my brand (and my Cricut Explore 🥰). I then used my scoring board to score the lines shown below and drew the diagonal lines at the sides with a pencil.

I folded and burnished the score lines, then cut the tabs as shown below.

Next, I added some patterned paper panels to the front (measuring 8.5cm x 1.5 cm) and the two sides (measuring 4.5cm x 5cm with the diagonal lines at 1.5cm).